FCE Unit 2: Worth the Risk?

 Answer the following questions in pairs:

1. Do you enjoy taking physical risks?

always - often - occasionally - never

2. Do you 

always - often - occasionally - never 

leave things to the last minute?

3. When you buy something new, do you

always - often - occasionally - never

read the guarantee?

4. What is the fastest speed you've ever driven in a car?

5. Do you think about what might go wrong before you try something new?

6. Do you like jumping off high places into the water?

7. Do you 

always - often - occasionally - never 

use a map or GPS to navigate, 

Do you  

always - often - occasionally - never

prefer to 'wing it'?  

8. Do you 

always - often - occasionally - never

take someone up on a dare?

9.  Do you easily get bored?

10. Do you like going to 'edgy' places?

Grammar and vocab

What's the difference?

excited   /   exciting

encouraged      /       encouraging

imaginative      /      imaginary

west      /       western

far, far away    / further and further away

at risk   /   risky

endangered     /    dangerous

Reading

put the words in the correct order

1. the The stretches right  side. cable across the deep to other valley

The cable stretches right across the deep valley to the other side.

2. hook is fixed  cable,  A metal straps with leather hanging from to the it.

A metal hook is fixed to the cable, with leather straps hanging from it.

Put the VERBS in the correct gaps:

hesitating     fastens     throws     does

Diaz ______ the straps around his shoulders and waist, _____ a quick safety check and then, without ________, _______ himself off the edge of the mountain.    

would      picks up    racing through     Crossing     Attached    

walk down through     climb up

______ to the cable by only the metal hook, he rapidly ______ speed and soon he is ______  the air.  _______ the valley by wire takes him 30 seconds, instead of the two hours it ______ take him to  the snake-infested rain forest and _______ the steep muddy slopes on the other side. 

Add the missing words

___ Diaz begins his trip, Diana Rios, a 23-year-old elementary teacher, is waiting ____ the other side of the gorge ____ the moment when he will come racing ____ the mist towards her ___ 160 kph. 

As Diaz begins his trip, Diana Rios, a 23-year-old elementary teacher, is waiting on the other side of the gorge for the moment when he will come racing through the mist towards her at 160 kph. 

Add the correct ADVERB

violently     tightly       in comparison     really

‘At first I wanted to cry,’ she says, clutching her books as the metal cable starts to rattle _______ at Diaz’s approach. ‘But I soon got used to it.’ 

‘What I’m ______ scared of is snakes,’ he says. ‘This is nothing _______.’ Then Diana straps herself into her harness and hooks herself up to the wire behind Diaz, holding on to him _______. 

Quantity and comparison

Exercise 7 - Use your instinct to fill in the gaps. Click on a word in the box, then on the appropriate gap.

fewer   · least   · less   · most   · the least   · the most  

1.	We sent out  Christmas cards this year than last.
2.	Farmers produced  rice this year than last year.
3.	Of all my cousins I Peter talks .
4.	It weighs  than two kilos.
5.	Not at all. It was  I could do in the circumstances.
6.	They say that  popular music to relax to is classical music.
7.	The whole thing came to  than twenty pounds.
8.	The others are all dearer; this is  expensive.
9.	There were  people here than I expected there would be.
10.	This one's really cheap. It costs a lot  than the other one.
11.	What you say is  interesting. I'd love to hear more.
12.	These things happen just when you are  expecting it.
13.	I tend to like  types of seafood.
14.	Spirits up! It's  than five kilometres to go now.
15.	That was  delicious meal I've had in a long time.

Exercise 8 - Look back at the last exercise, and complete the rules. Click on an option to underline it.

1.	We usually use fewer / less with countable nouns.
2.	We always use fewer / less with uncountable nouns.
3.	We use fewer / less when talking about distance, weight, time etc.
4.	We use fewer / less after expressions like it measures ..., it weighs ... etc.
5.	We use most / the most before a noun when we are talking about quantity.
6.	We usually use most / the most when we are making a comparison.
7.	Sometimes instead of very before an adjective, we say most / the most .
8.	When used as a pronoun at the end of a sentence, we say most / the most . Exercise 15 - Fill the gaps. Click on a word in the box, then on the appropriate gap. awful   · better   · called   · cooks   · does   · moons   · precious   · said   · the   · true   1. Come on. We've got  little time left 2. There's an  lot of noise coming from next door. 3. Many's  time I've thought about it. 4. Little  he know what's in store for him. 5. I knew him once, but that was many  ago. 6. You know what they say, too many  spoil the broth. (idiom) 7. There's a lot to be  for booking your holiday early. 8. Many a  word is spoken in jest. (proverb) 9. Many are  but few are chosen (The New Testament) 10. The less said about this the .