Review B

Listening

Listen and match the three telephone conversations 1-3 with the places the callers want to visit a-c.

a. 2 a museum

b. 3 a castle

c. 1 a nature reserve

2. Listen again and complete the sentences.

Caller I can see lots of (wild life) or could go scuba diving.

2. The tickets for caller 2 are cheaper on the museum website.

3. Caller 3 has to go the museum before 3 pm today.

3. Choose the correct words.

1. You shouldn't / don't have to eat too many sweets. They are bad for you.

2. You should / have to wash your hands before you eat.

3. I must / have to remember to buy my friend a birthday present.

4. You don't have to / mustn't go to university, although it is a good idea.

5. The train leaves at 9 tomorrow, so you mustn't / don't have to be late.

6. You have to / should wear a uniform at the school, it's a rule.

4. Read and complete the article.

The city of Edfu, Which is located to the west of the river Nile, is known for the famous Temple of Hours. For hundreds of years, people forgot about the temple until 1860, when a French man, August Mariette, found part of a/an arch in the sand.

People carefully took the sand off the temple, and today it is one of the biggest temples in Egypt.

Tourists have to buy a ticket to look around the temple, which is more than 2,000 years old.

Tourists who go to the temple always remember this awesome building.

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box (past simple or past continuous).

1. While Mona was watching television, she had an idea.

2. While the students were looking at the ruins, it started to rain.

3. I dropped my phone while I was texting my friend.

4. While Basel was studying at his computer, an important email arrived.

5. The class learned a lot about Ancient Egypt while they were visiting the museum.

6. Huda's grandparents arrived while she was putting her clothes away.

6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets.

1. The city is always noisier (noise) than the countryside.

2. Alexandria is bigger (big) than Helwan.

3. Playing sport is better (good) for you than playing computer games.

4. Is December as wet (wet) as january?

5. New Zealand is further (far) from Egypt than Kenya

6. The air in cities is usually a lot dirtier (dirty) than the air in the countryside.

7. Complete the definitions of these words.

1. coin is something which you use to buy things with.

2. A servant is a person who works in someone’s house, doing things like cooking and cleaning.

3. A boarding school is a place where students stay all week and not just the day.

4. A lift is something which helps you to get to the top of a building without using the stairs.

5. Tourism is something which is very good for Egypt.

6. A disabled person is someone who cannot use part of their body in the same way as other people can.

8. Write a description of the map showing rainfall in Egypt.

The map shows that the south of Egypt is drier than the north and the areas near the coast.

The wetter areas are next to the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts.

The colours on the map shows areas that have the same amount of rain as the other areas, so, for example, Siwah

has the same amount of rain as Cairo and Marsa Allam has the same amount of rain as Alexandria.

The map shows that areas that are further from the sea might have problems with water, as there is not very much rain.