1. He cycled over a volcano.
2. She was sixteen.
3. No
4. The boy was from the USA, and the girl was from India.
5. The surfer, Garrett McNamara, has the most votes.
1. He cycled over a volcano.
2. She was sixteen.
3. No
4. The boy was from the USA, and the girl was from India.
5. The surfer, Garrett McNamara, has the most votes.
Look at the pictures A-D below. Match the prepositions in the box with the actions. Say what each person is doing. Then listen and check.
around down off on over under up |
He's walking through the forest.
Listen to a TV programme about the achievements in exercise 2. Put the sports that are mentioned in the correct order.
cycling mountain climbing sailing skydiving surfing |
USE IT! Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about adventure activities. Use the ideas below.
Do you like the look of …?
Would you like to try …?
Have you ever tried …?
What do you think of …?
Read the Study Strategy. Close your book and make a note of three things you learned from the TV programme. Compare your answers with a partner's.
STUDY STRATEGY Learning through English If you can repeat facts and information in English, you will remember both what you've learned and how you say it in English. |
Read Your Top Five Extreme Adventures and check the meaning of the sports verbs in blue. Then choose the correct prepositions.
YOUR TOP FIVE EXTREME ADVENTURES
Take a look at these amazing achievements and choose ‘like’ on your favourite to vote.
Sail 1around / on the world alone at the age of fourteen. (Laura Dekker)
Climb 2through / up Everest at the age of thirteen. (Jordan Romero and Malavath Poorna)
Dive 3over / off a 27-metre-high cliff into a lake. (Gary Hunt)
Surf 4 – / off a thirty-metre wave. (Garrett McNamara)
Cycle 5down / under a mountain at 222 kilometres per hour. (Eric Barone)
Have you ever watched any videos of extreme adventures or sports? What sport was it?