UNIT 6

What kind of animals can you see in

the picture? When did these animals
live,and where can people see them now?

l1liListen to the descriptions on the

tape and match tf,\e; dinosaurs with
the names: Compsognathus,
Pteranodon, Velociraptor,
Tyrannosaurus

1mRead the
following summary,
then listen to the
undeQine
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Professor-J'ames Kearns opened his eyes, and

everything was different. Suddenly a giant 1)
snake/llzard ran from the forest and tried to attack
him. Then many of them appeared. They all walked on
2) two/four feet and had long tails. They were called 3)
brontosauruses/velociraptors
and they were
dinosaurs which liked to kill in groups. They were
about to attack him when a huge tyrannosaurus
broke through the 4} mountains/ trees. It grabbed
and killed 5} one/two of the creatures. The others ran

away in fear. The professor found a 6) house/cave to hide in.

The next day, as he was picking fruit he saw a baby dinosaur,
no bigger than a 7) chicken/rabbit. He tried to touch it but
a 8) man/woman pushed him out of the way. She held
her 9) spear/sword near the dinosaur's mouth.
The baby dinosaur took a large bite out of it. James tried to speak to her but a flying 10)
pterodactyl/pteranodon
swooped down
and picked James up with its sharp 11)
claws/teeth.

Reading

Professor James Kearns opened his eyes, and everything

was different. The air felt heavy and wet. Thick green forests and
huge piles of rocks surrounded him.
Suddenly a giant lizard ran from the forest and tried to attack
James with its sharp claws, but he was able to dive out of the way.
Then another appeared, and another. They all walked on two feet,
had long tails, and their heads were like those of alligators. James
had only seen these creatures in books before. They were called
velociraptors, and they were dinosaurs which liked to kill in groups ..
Soon, six of these angry-looking creatures were circling him,
making horrible growling noises.
He screamed for help, but he only heard his own voice echo
through the air. The velociraptors were about to attack when a
huge tyrannosaurus broke through the trees. It must have been
fifteen feet in height. Two of the velociraptors tried to attack the
tyrannosaurus, but the enormous creature grabbed one, killed it
with his huge jaws and dropped it on the ground. The others ran
away in fear.
Later, James found a cave to hide in. It was a deep, dark
cave, but he stayed near the front where there was light coming
in from outside.
All of his memories were unclear. He and Dr Applebaum had
been walking home from the university where they both taught.
The doctor had been talking about an experiment he had been
working on for quite a long time. "I
, have seen things you can't imagine," he
, had said. Then everything went black.
James looked at the notebook he
always kept in his coat pocket. The
last entry said:
"It's as if you are
falling. You feel nothing,
then, boom, you're in
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another time period."

Had the doctor said

that? The professor's head
hurt and he felt weak. He lay down
for a few moments, and soon he was
.,
fast asleep.
The roar of a dinosaur woke him up. It was night-time, and
nothing was visible. There was only the sound of something
breaking through the trees, then gradually it faded away. He
took a lighter from his pocket and used this to start a fire. Then
he began writing in his notebook, keeping a record of all his
thoughts and feelings.
The next day, James left the cave to pick fruit from the
nearby trees. While he was out he saw a small baby dinosaur,
no bigger than a chicken. It had yellow and green stripes on its
back and white legs. It looked so small and harmless that he
tried to touch it. Suddenly, something moved in the bushes. A
woman, dressed in animal skins and carrying a spear, pushed
him out of the way. She looked at him as if he had done
something wrong, then, to show him what she meant, she held
her spear near the dinosaur's mouth. The baby dinosaur took a
large bite out of it, then ran away quickly. James was shocked at
the dinosaur's viciousness.
"Can you speak?" he asked her.
The woman seemed confused by his voice. She made a
grunting noise, then pushed him away from the fruit trees with
her spear.
They were standing in an open area, when a huge shadow
covered them both. The woman loo~d up, then jumped out of
the way. A flying pteranodo~ope~own,
picked James up
with its sharp claws and flew aW~\)'J't,,tr'
James looked down and saw the woman staring up at him,
but there was nothing she could do.
"Somebody help me!" he yelled horrified, but his voice just
echoed over the hills and valleys of this prehistoric land.

1 James had an idea of what the velociraptors were because

A he had written a book about them.
B he had watched a film about them.
C they looked like alligators.
D he had seen picb.Jresof them.

3 Why did James wake up in the night?

cPJ.'/ He heard a noise.
B He wanted to write something in his notebook.
C He had a headache.
D He was too cold.

4 When the woman saw the shadow, she

A hid in the fruit trees.
'-B/ moved away quickly.
C bertt down.
D lay on the ground.

Dr Applebaum had told James about

A ' another time period.
B' an experiment
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the dinosaurs.
D the university.

UNIT 6
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Vocabulary Practice_

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect

Simple or Past Perfect Continuous.
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Look at the words in bold on p. 27 and try to

explain them, then choose any three and make
sentences.

Fill in the correct word(s) from the list below.

Use the words only once.

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fast, to make growling, to work on, thick, to pick,

sharp, to scream, dark, to run, to start ,
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2
3
4
5

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for help
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cave
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asleep
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a fire
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fruit
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follow-up
When did Professor Kearns feel a) horrified and b)
shocked?
Describe the baby dinosaur and the velociraptors.
Read the summary in Ex.3,then close your book and
tell the story to your partner in your own words.

1 By th\e timE1'Vfe~got to the cinema, the film l.\\~~.:'- .

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2 She let me use her camera after she .;J.:-,.
};? (show) ,
me how tous~ it.,
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3 Hennetta ,";_1;.,
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:"..J-;.,,( tlJlve I) for tree
days before she
reached her destinatioo.
4 Mark
r. ;..:{(tP~)tor~solong that his fingers hurt.
S He ....'f.\ .. c......... saver6tnounonths before he bought a car.
6 The team .'. _..~....~.,,'hC.. (practise) for the big match since
January.
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7 She left the room only aff'er she
q~.~.(C(IOOk)
eve~h~re !or her missing bracelet.
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8 She v.:'l;';~ ~
"'; (leave) before Paul arnved.

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B:
A:
B:
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B:

Read the short dialogue, then working in pairs, act

out similar dialogues using the notes below.
Have you ever
been to a zoo?
Yes, I have.
When was that?
Last year.
What was it like?
It was exciting.

1 theatre/two weeks
ago/entertaining
2 funfair!yesterday/thrilling
3 operallast winter/boring
4 circus/three weeks ago/fascinating
5 fashion show/last Sundaylfun

Expressing Obligation/Prohibition/Absence
of Necessity

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PAST PERFECT - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Look at the sign and match the words in bold

with their synonyms, then say what each modal
verb expresses.

Identify the tenses in bold then match them to

the correct tense description. How is each tense
formed? When do we use each tense?

1 She had finished her homework by the time her mother

got home.
2 He was tired because he had been working hard all day.
3 He had been studying for two years before he got his
degree.
a past action continuing over a period up to a certain time
in the past
b past action which happened before another in the past
c past action of a certain duration with visible results in the
past

Past Perfect Simple: by the time, after, before, by six

o'clock/midnight, etc.
Past Perfect Continuous: for, since

Wrigglesworth Safari Park

You must stay in your vehicles.

You mustn't feed the animals.
Children under 5 needn't
pay for an entrance ticket.
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museum

leavethe
room
by 12:00

tidy your
room

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UNIT 6

Pteranodon

size

meat

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cmtall

kilos

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very
light

very long
beak

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strong, fast
r nners,

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very fast

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CG>J<r.'dAsia
and North
America

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bodies

small
animals

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Look at the sentences. How do we

form comparisons? When do we
use as...as?When do we use than?
When do we use morelless + adjec-

special
features

food

except in
Antarctica

leave anyvaluables
in the room

medium
size

kilos

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.........
l....

claws"
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America
and
EastAsia

other

very

metres
dinosaurs tall

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big

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strong
legs,
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long .f;Q.l.

15 III

First read the notes then listen to the second part of what
the museum guide said to these children and underline the correct words.

Look at the pictures and the notes

then compare hippos with giraffes
using as...as, less... than, more ... than.

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hotel

Cows are as big as horses.

Seals aren't as smart as dolphins.
Alligators are longer than lizards.
Snakes are more dangerous than spiders.
Spiders are less dangerous than snakes.

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Compsognathus all over the

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Velociraptor

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habitat

Pn.;,l-I

You will hear a museum guide talking to some children

about the dinosaur exhibits in the museum. Read the table then
listen to the tape and fill in the missing information.

disturb the
other
guests

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leave your
bags
at the door
touch the
exhibits

buy a ~
guidebook

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Look at the notes and make sen- I

tences using must, mustn't or needn't.' "

take Photo-l
graphs

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dinosaurs disappeare ",d50 ~million

years ago

Theories about why they disappeared:

Theory"A: a giant meteorite from space bit/broke the earth
huge du~&-clouds rose up and blocked the moon/s_unlight
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all plants died and dinosaurs starved or"'""= froze/
burned to
'
death
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Theory B: climate changed ,8 lotta little because the continents
were moving around
summers got hotter/colder and winters got hotter/cQld-

er
dinosaurs had such big problems with these changes
that they died.---....,
Theory C: a poisonous~anttanimal appeared which killed
dinosaurs
as a result the meat-eating dinosaurs had no food, so
they died

big teeth, big mouth,

Writing

(Project)

eavy, long neck,

- art legs, tall,
.rat., run fas~

angerous

Using the information about dinosaurs in this unit write your project describing them. Say when and where they lived, what they ate
and looked like and why they disappeared. Cut pictures from the
Photo File Section at the back of the book to use with your project.

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