Unit 2

Vocabulary and Use your English

Circle the odd one out.
1 alien magician archaeologist
2 abandoned odd mysterious
3 incidence disappearance occurrence
4 illusion trick theory
5 report myth legend
6 cemetery tomb phenomenon
7 witness detective researcher
8 clue hoax evidence

Grammar
Complete the text with the correct form of the Past Simple or Past Continuous of these verbs.
agree be buy eat go have not recognise send shine leave look meet stay walk
Last spring, I (1) along the seafront in Thessaloniki. The sun (2) and it
(3) my first day in northern Greece. I hadn’t woken up in time for breakfast at the hotel so
I (4) out and (5) a pie from a bakery. While I (6)
it, I (7) my old friend, Len. I almost (8) him at first because he (9)
so different from before. We had studied history together until he (10) the
country. By chance, we (11) at the same hotel. We (12) to go on a tour of
Vergina together. We (13) a wonderful time visiting all the museums and ancient sites there. The
moment I got home, I (14) Len an email with some photos of our old friends from the past.

Vocabulary and Use your English

Choose the correct answers.
1 She spoke so quietly we could hardly out what she was saying.
a let b take c make d believe
2 Local residents weren’t by the crop circles.
a believed in b taken in c let out d made out
3 Researchers are into the possibility that it wasn’t a paranormal occurrence.
a looking b believing c letting d sticking
4 We came to the that the legend was true.
a situation b discovery c explanation d conclusion
5 Let’s stick the facts and examine the evidence again.
a in b into c to d out
6 Don’t be so ! It can’t possibly be raining frogs!
a sticky b ridiculous c unusual d logical

Grammar
Circle the correct words.
1 
You must be use to / used to this new computer program by now, so can you teach me how it works?
2 The Morrisons didn’t / aren’t use to take so much interest in archaeology.
3 
Jimmy is getting used to live / living in a haunted house and he’s enjoying the sense of mystery.
4 Graham would often / was often travel long distances in search of lost antiquities.
5 Did he use / Was he used to teach your history class?
6 
I’m still new to the job, but slowly I would get / am getting used to being in charge of the museum.

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