UNIT 7: DANGER – FURTHER PRACTICE

LESSON 1: WHAT’S MORE DANGEROUS?

PART 1: GRAMMAR
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Write the comparative form of the adjectives.

happy small useful

dangerous big poisonous
safe intelligent heavy
healthy funny fast

COMPARISON: A little (more) / A lot (less)

Key in complete sentences using the prompts and the comparative form of the adjective
1/ air travel / a lot / safe / driving a car
→ __________________________________________________________________________
2/ hurricanes / a lot / dangerous / thunderstorms
→ __________________________________________________________________________
3/ laptops / a little / heavy / tablets
→ __________________________________________________________________________
4/ The Internet / a lot / useful / an encyclopedia
→ __________________________________________________________________________
5/ The Ferrari Enzo (218 miles per hour) / a little / fast / the Porsche 918 (186 miles per hours)
→ __________________________________________________________________________
Key in comparisons using a bit … than and a lot … than.

++ = a lot more + = a bit more - - = a lot less

1/ A horse can run ____________________ a lion. (fast +)

2/ A mountain lion can jump ____________________ a red kangaroo. (far ++)
3/ A giraffe can run ____________________ a polar bear. (fast ++)
4/ A red kangaroo is ____________________ a grizzly bear. (heavy - -)
5/ A giraffe is ____________________ a grizzly bear. (tall ++)
6/ A Galapagos giant tortoise is ____________________ a lion. (slow ++)
7/ A grizzly bear is ____________________ a Galapagos giant tortoise. (light +)

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 PART 2: VOCABULARY – ANIMALS
Find out twenty (20) animals in the word search.

O N M G O R I L L A O R
L E O P A R D L X M D E
C T U A T S L W O B B D
R A S F E T O L E A O B
O P E L E P H A N T L A
C A N T O L I O N B I G
O M L E S T P X A D O G
D F F H E L P O C D T O
I A R B P D O L P H I N
L G O A T F E A R W G A
E Y G N S E S N A K E L
M O N K E Y H D E E R L
B E S T E C A B L O K O
I A M T H O R S E T O N
A C K O N W K M O S E M

PART 3: READING – THE DART FROG

Read the text.
Have you heard of the dart frog? Perhaps you have seen pictures of the blue dart frog. It is very
pretty, but it is also one of the most poisonous animals in the world. If you eat it or touch it, it will
poison you.
Blue dart frogs live in the rainforests of Central and South America. You can see them in trees and
under leaves and rocks on the forest floor. Their bright blue color warns other animals not to eat
them. And do you know why they are called dart frogs? It’s because hunters dipped their arrows in
the frog’s poison. There are many species of dart frogs and the most poisonous of the dart frogs is
the golden dart frog. Two micrograms of poison from this frog can kill an adult human.
Amazingly, when you take the dart frog out of the rainforest, they are no longer poisonous. The
poison comes from the plants and insects that they eat. Unfortunately, dart frogs are an endangered
species now. The blue dart frog is more endangered than the golden variety. This is because people
want to buy these beautiful blue frogs as pets.

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Choose the correct word.
1/ Hunters used the poison from the dart frogs _______________ (in medicine / on their arrows).
2/ The blue dart frog is a lot _______________ (more / less) poisonous than the golden dart frog.
3/ The poison comes from _______________ (the insects and plants / the frog).
4/ There are _______________ (a lot fewer / a lot more) blue dart frogs now than in the past.
5/ The blue dart frog is _______________ (more endangered than / not as endangered as) the golden
dart frog.
For each statement, choose TRUE or FALSE:
TRUE FALSE
1/ The blue dart frog is not as poisonous as the plants and insects it eats.
2/ The dart frog can kill you.
3/ The dart frogs live in the desert.
4/ The dart frogs are only poisonous when they are in the forest.
5/ You can save the dart frogs by buying them as pets.

LESSON 2: NO AS DANGEROUS AS YOU THINK

GRAMMAR
COMPARISON: (not) as … as
Compare the animals. Write sentences.
dolphin – mouse shark – mosquito
hippo – elephant kangaroo – giraffe
ant – crocodile horse – leopard
dangerous – fast – big – small – tall – intelligent

Example: A mouse is not as intelligent as a dolphin.

1/ A shark _______________ small _______________.
2/ A hippo _______________ big _______________.
3/ A _______________ can run _______________ a kangaroo.
4/ An ant _______________ dangerous _______________.
5/ A leopard _______________ tall _______________.

LESSON 3: WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

PART 1: GRAMMAR
GERUND: -ing forms as nouns.
A (1)_______________ (swim) is a great sport, isn’t it?

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B Yeah, it is but I hate (2)_______________ (dive).
A Are you good at (3)_______________ (climb)?
B No, I’m not. I’m afraid of heights.
A Really? Then I don’t think you’ll like (4)_______________ (hang glide).
B No, I never want to do that.
A (5)_______________ (skateboard) is fun.
B Oh, I love (6)_______________ (skateboard). I enjoy (7)_______________ (ski) too. How
about you?
A Well, (8)_______________ (cycle) is good exercise and I love (9)_______________ (hike).
B What don’t you like doing?
A Well, I’m afraid of (10)_______________ (go) to the dentist. I hate that. How about you?
B I’m terrified of (11)_______________ (sing) in front of people. I hate karaoke!
PART 2: VOCABULARY – VOCABULARY PLUS
PHOBIAS
Choose the phobias to the correct statements.

arachnophobia agoraphobia insectophobia acrophobia bibliophobia dentophobia

1/ Mark is afraid of heights. ____________________

2/ Maria is afraid of spiders. ____________________
3/ Elena is terrified of ants and flies and beetles. ____________________
4/ I am afraid of going to the dentist. ____________________
5/ My grandmother is really afraid of open spaces. ____________________
6/ Some regimes in the past have been afraid of books. ____________________
PHRASAL VERBS WITH “OUT”
Choose the correct phrases to complete the dialogues.
A I can’t believe your mom still has a rotary phone at her house.
B Yeah, I know it’s (1) _______________. (out of date / out of order)

A Oh, no! We’ve (2) _______________ milk. (out of reach / run out of)
B Don’t worry! I’ll go to the store and get some.

A Wait a minute. I just want buy a bag of chips from the vending machine.
B You can’t. Look at the sign. It’s (3) _______________. (out of order / out of work)
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A There’s a sign on the gate. It says, (4) _______________. (“Keep out” / “Out of reach”)
B The factory produces chemicals, so it’s probably dangerous.

A What’s your brother doing now? Is he still working in IT?

B No, he’s (5) _______________ at the moment. (out of work / out of reach)
He’s looking for a job.

A You should always keep medicines (6) _______________ of children. (out of order / out of
reach)
B I do. I always keep them on a high shelf in my bathroom cabinet.

IDIOMS WITH AS … AS
Choose the correct word.
1/ He can’t see. He’s as blind as a _______________. (ox / bat)
2/ She can run really fast. She’s as fast as _______________. (ice / lightning)
3/ She is so well-behaved. She’s as good as _______________. (snow / gold)
4/ He’s not afraid of anything. He’s as cool as _______________. (snow / a cucumber)
5/ Don’t worry. She can carry those suitcases. She’s as strong as _______________. (a dodo / an ox)
6/ He never says anything. He’s as quiet as a _______________. (bee / mouse)
7/ Your fingers are as cold as _______________. (snow / ice)

-ED / -ING ADJECTIVES

Choose the correct word.
A I’m (1) _______________ (bored / boring). Watching TV’s (2) _______________ (boring /
bored). Let’s do something more (3) _______________ (interested / interesting).
B But this horror movie is really good. It’s (4) _______________ (frightened / frightening).
A No, it’s not. It’s not scaring me.
B What do you watch on TV?
A I don’t watch much TV, but I like documentaries about animals. They’re (5) _____________
(fascinated / fascinating). I love those programs where they travel into the Amazon
rainforest. They’re (6) _______________ (amazing / amazed).
B Maybe, but I’m (7) _______________ (amazing / amazed) that you don’t like horror movies.

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 PART 3: LANGUAGE IN ACTION – DIALOGUE
GIVING YOURSELF TIME TO THINK
Choose the phrases to complete the dialogue.
That’s annoying! Hang on a minute. all-time favorite Let me think What’s it about?
A What’s the funniest movie you’ve ever seen?
B (1) ____________________ … Yeah, it was a movie called The Grand Budapest Hotel.
A Come on. We need to go. We’ll miss the bus.
B (2) ____________________ I’m almost ready.
A Are you ready to go?
B Yeah, I am but I can’t find my keys.
A (3) ____________________.
B I know. I’ve looked everywhere.
A What’s your (4) ____________________ movie?
B I don’t have one. I like lots of different movies.
A Have you seen the movie, Mr. Turner?
B No, I haven’t. (5) ____________________.
A It’s about the artist, J.M.W. Turner.
B Oh, yeah! I read a review about that.

GOING TO A MOVIE
Rearrange the dialogue into the correct order.
A: Oh, yeah. She was in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. She played Kari. What’s it about?
No, don’t tell me. Silly question. It’s about Dracula.
B: I thought it was great. You should definitely go and see it.
B: Yeah, it is, but it’s about the origin of the Dracula legend. The movie is set in the fifteen century.
Vlad Tepes (Dracula) fights the Ottoman army of Sultan Mehmet II to protect his kingdom.
A: I’ve heard of that. Who’s in it?
A: What did you do last night?
A: Oh, really? What did you see?
B: We saw Dracula Untold.
B: Luke Evans. He’s a Welsh actor. And Saraf Gadon.
A: What did you think of it?
B: I went to a movie with Lucas.

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