Adriana Lucia Delgado Jiménez

UNIT 9: REVIEW AND MEMORY BOOSTER

1. Complete this good-news story with the correct verb pattern of the verbs.
A seven- year-old boy has been found alive and well in a forest in northern Japan five
kilometers from where he is said 1 to have gone missing a week ago. Soldiers who found the
boy praised him 2 for keeping calm and 3 not panicking.

Yamato Tanooka had been missing since Saturday…. road. It 4 is believed that Yamato had
been misbehaving and his father, Takayuki, ordered him 5 to get out as a punishment. Mr.
Tanooka now admits 6 to reacting too harshly and has apologized to official 7 for causing so
much trouble.

Soon after getting lost, Yamato…he was found. Police said that he was lucky because there 8
are known 9 to be bears in the forest. It is not clear if he had food, but shelter had beds and is
also thought 10 to have had safe drinking water. ‘He did the right thing,’ said a police
spokesperson. ´I recommend anyone in the same situation 11 to find shelter and then 12 to
stay where they are.’

2. Which of these things do we know to be true?

1. Yamato did something naughty. PT

2. Mr. Tanooka feels sorry about his behavior T
3. Yamato acted very sensibly in the forest T
4. Yamato was able to get food at the shelter PT

3. Rewrite sentences 4 and 6 from the article as shown below. Then compare sentences
with a partner.
4. Yamato is believed to have been misbehaving.

6. Mr. Tanooka blames himself for reacting.

5. Choose the correct options

1. Don’t just take my word for it. I suggest trying it out for yourself.
2. She has accused him of taking her car without permission, but he denies it. No one
else was there, so it’s her word against his.
3. It’s such a terrible decision that I’m almost lost for words. I’m going to urge her to
think again. I hope I can convince her to change her mind.
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6. Answer the questions about these people from the news stories in unit 9.
1. Chinese parents like to accompany their children when they go to college for the first
time because it is a special time for the family.
2. Sharbat Gula agreed to let Steve take a picture of him.
3. Peter Burkill was accused of freezing at the controls of a passenger plane when the
engines failed.

7. Decide if the speaker is reporting, expressing belief or expressing disbelief.

1. Ther reckon that half a million people… R
2. I’d take that figure with… D
3. Apparentrly, a lot more people…R
4. I think the newspapers often…D
5. According to oficial reports..R
6. Well, they generally get…B
7. I think we can take much….B
8. I wouldn’t take much notice… D