1. Complete the brochure about Northfield Safari Park. Use the words below.
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NORTHFIELD SAFARI PARK
Look what’s happening today!
10.00 Kangaroo Breakfast
Come and help us to 1……………… the kangaroos. They’re always hungry and they’re funny!
11.00 Monkey Games
At the ape house watch the monkeys and gorillas jump and 2……………… the trees.
12.00 Water Snow
3…………… our wonderful, intelligent dolphins do amazing tricks for you in the pool!
13.00 Baby Wolves’ Playtime
4……………… at our cute new babies in the Park. Watch them 5……………………… and play.
15.00 Snake Talk
Visit the reptile house and you can 6……………………… a beautiful snake in your hands!
16.00 Elephant Bath Time
Don’t 7……………………… before you see the elephants in their huge bath!
Come and help us to 1……………… the kangaroos. They’re always hungry and they’re funny!
11.00 Monkey Games
At the ape house watch the monkeys and gorillas jump and 2……………… the trees.
12.00 Water Snow
3…………… our wonderful, intelligent dolphins do amazing tricks for you in the pool!
13.00 Baby Wolves’ Playtime
4……………… at our cute new babies in the Park. Watch them 5……………………… and play.
15.00 Snake Talk
Visit the reptile house and you can 6……………………… a beautiful snake in your hands!
16.00 Elephant Bath Time
Don’t 7……………………… before you see the elephants in their huge bath!
Listening Strategy
In connected speech, some sounds disappear when we join words together. This is especially true of /d/ and /t/ sounds at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a consonant. The more you listen, the more you will get used to this.
2. Read the Listening Strategy. Read the sentences and circle the /d/ and /t/ sounds that will probably disappear. (They don’t all disappear.)
1 The elephants moved slowly by.
2 Jim walked into the living room.
3 Stella liked watching the birds in her garden.
4 Tom studied drama at school.
5 My parents watched the news.
6 The cat climbed up the tree.
2 Jim walked into the living room.
3 Stella liked watching the birds in her garden.
4 Tom studied drama at school.
5 My parents watched the news.
6 The cat climbed up the tree.
3. Listen. Decide if the webs in the sentences are past simple, or present simple. Write Past, Present, or DK (don’t know) if you cannot tell the tense just be listening.
1 ………….
2 ………….
3 ………….
2 ………….
3 ………….
4 ………….
5 ………….
6 ………….
5 ………….
6 ………….
4. Listen to four people describing their experiences with wild animals. Match the speakers (1-4) with the sentences (a-e). There is one extra sentence.
The speaker ...
a) explains how this wild animal lives.
b) describes a scary experience.
c) explains how a friend lost something.
d) explains why he doesn’t have a photo of a wild animal he watched.
e) describes an experience with some wildlife on holiday.
a) explains how this wild animal lives.
b) describes a scary experience.
c) explains how a friend lost something.
d) explains why he doesn’t have a photo of a wild animal he watched.
e) describes an experience with some wildlife on holiday.
5. Read these sentences from the recording in exercise 4. Circle the /d/ and /t/ sounds that will probably disappear.
1 We were too surprised to remember our cameras!
2 Mum carried the shopping bags in.
3 Mum closed the bad and called the vet.
4 My friends and I visited the zoo last weekend.
5 But the funniest bit was at the monkey house.
6 My family and I were in the north of Scotland last summer.
7 On our last day we travelled by boat back to the airport.
2 Mum carried the shopping bags in.
3 Mum closed the bad and called the vet.
4 My friends and I visited the zoo last weekend.
5 But the funniest bit was at the monkey house.
6 My family and I were in the north of Scotland last summer.
7 On our last day we travelled by boat back to the airport.