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trip. It (4) __________________ (take) six hours 1 The girl __________ sitting in the car is my
cousin.
to get from Scotland to London by train so they 2 The pen __________ on the table is mine.
(5) ______________ (stay) in a hotel for three 3 She’s the one ________ wearing the red dress.
4 Our buses are the ones ___________ waiting
days. outside the hotel.
Carol’s teacher, Susan, 5 The boys ________ sitting in the park are my
friends.
(6) ________________ (know) London very well.
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She (7) _____________ (take) one group of
students to some interesting shops. But Ben’s
9 Complete the sentences with the correct
teacher, Mike, (8) _________________ (not preposition.
know) London very well, so he 1 I like getting up late _____ the morning.
2 My birthday is _____ 26 June.
(9) ______________ (go) round the British 3 I was born _____ 1993.
Museum with another group. The students can 4 I love going out _____ night.
5 I usually go on holiday _____ July.
choose their group. Some of them
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10 Complete the sentences with the correct their funny songs and fancy costumes. Then
form of some of these verbs. there (9) ___________ (be) rock concerts in the
go queue stand listen stay take cathedral square with some of Spain's most
popular groups, and there is a huge firework
1 I enjoy ______ to festivals. display every night in San Juan de Dios Square.
2 You should ______ an umbrella. See the parades with their fantastic
3 We don’t mind ______ for tickets. costumes, (10) ___________ (go) to Parque
4 Should we ______ together? I don’t want to Genrives for carnival rides, or enjoy some time
get lost. with your friends and join the crowds of dancers
5 They hate ______ in the rain. in the streets. At the Cadiz Carnival, there’s
something for everyone. Come to Cadiz – it’s
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READING
11 Read the text and complete with the 12 Choose True or False and give reasons for
correct form of the words in brackets. any false answers. Then answer the
questions.
Carnival in Cadiz
1 The Cadiz carnival is the biggest in the world.
Pack your bag and go to the south of Spain for True / False
the (1) ___________ (noisy) time of your life.
Carnival in Cadiz is starting soon, and you 2 Only Spanish people go to this carnival.
shouldn’t (2) ___________ (miss) one moment True / False
of the fun. 3 Cadiz is always noisy. True / False
They say that Carnival in Cadiz is the third 4 South American music came to Cadiz more
(3) ___________ (large) carnival celebration in than 300 years ago. True / False
the world (after Rio de Janeiro and Trinidad).
5 At the carnival you hear music from South
People from all over Europe (4) ___________
America and Spain. True / False
(travel) to Spain to enjoy the fun of the ten-day
carnival. 6 The fireworks are quite small. True / False
Cadiz is a quiet city in Andalusia except when 7 Dancing in the streets is popular at carnival
it holds Spain's (5) ___________ (good) party. time. True / False
The fun (6) ___________ (start) in the 17th
century, when the city of Cadiz decided that 8 How long does the carnival last?
because there (7) ___________ (be) carnival ______________________________________
celebrations in Venice and Genoa in Italy it
9 Name three things that you can watch at the
should have a carnival too. Spanish ships at that
carnival.
time (8) ___________ (come) back to Cadiz from
_______________________________________
the New World with gold and silver, and also
with lots of different kinds of music you can still 10 Why is carnival in Cadiz fun?
hear today mixed with local Andalusian and ____________________________________
traditional flamenco music.
The people of Cadiz put up stages all over the ____________________________________
city. There are various groups of performers but
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the chirigotas are perhaps the most famous
stage performers. They sing about current events
and make fun of politicians. Groups called choirs
walk around the streets entertaining people with
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LISTENING _______________________________________
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