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Unit 3 | Reading
Read the text. Complete the sentences with the correct word.

Cape Town, South Africa — The Climate

Cape Town, like Los Angeles, has a Mediterranean climate with cool, rainy winters and warm, dry
summers. It has 3,100 hours of sunlight a year. In the summer, that's eleven hours of sun a day.
Winter begins in June and ends at the end of August. The average maximum temperature is 64
degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius) and the minimum is 46 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees
Celsius). Summers are from December to March. February can be very hot and windy. The average
temperature in summer is 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius). These are the seasons;
however, the weather is a little crazy in Cape Town: people say you can have all four seasons in one
day!

1. It's cool and ___________________ in the winter.

2. It's hot and ___________________ in February.

3. ___________________ ends in March.

4. ___________________ starts in June.

5. People in Cape Town say you can have four ___________________ in one day.

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Unit 3 | Listening
Listen to the speaker. Match the names and the activities.

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1. Don a. is eating a sandwich.

2. Poppy b. is talking on a cell phone.

3. Alfredo c. is cooking.

4. Margarita d. is taking a picture.

5. Ramiro e. is playing soccer.

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Unit 3 | Grammar – Simple present vs. present continuous (1)

Match the parts of the sentence.

1. I usually a. eating pizza right now.

2. Today I b. am riding my bike in the park.

3. She never c. am studying hard for my exams.

4. They're d. eats pizza.

5. This month I e. ride my bike on weekends.

Unit 3 | Grammar – Simple present vs. present continuous (2)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

1. What is she ___________________? (do)

2. Harry sometimes ___________________ lunch at home. (eat)

3. ___________________ he listening to the radio? (to be)

4. John is ___________________ the newspaper. (read)

5. ___________________ raining at the moment. (to be)

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Unit 3 | Grammar – Present continuous (1)

Read the sentences. Select True if the words are correct and False if incorrect.

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1. What is you reading?

2. What is she doing?

3. Is she go to the party tonight?

4. He doesn't playing cards right now.

5. Are they cycling in the mountains?

Unit 3 | Grammar – Present continuous (2)

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

1. What ... doing?

a. you are

b. are you

c. you're

2. He ... into the room right now.

a. 's coming

b. 're coming

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c. be coming

3. Ben ... the bags.

a. are carrying

b. is carrying

c. am carrying

4. ... at the mall.

a. She're shopping

b. She shopping

c. She's shopping

5. We ... a soccer game after work.

a. is watching

b. 's watching

c. 're watching

Unit 3 | Vocabulary – Time expressions

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

1. Elsa is speaking on local radio ...

a. right now!

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b. every day!

c. usually!

2. Ted is doing a lot of interviews ...

a. today.

b. every month.

c. always.

3. Jade's walking her dog ...

a. sometimes.

b. at the moment.

c. on Sundays.

4. I ride my bike in the park ...

a. every Friday.

b. tonight.

c. still.

5. I'm seeing some friends ...

a. on weekends.

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b. tonight.

c. every January.

Unit 3 | Vocabulary – Months & seasons

Complete the sentences with the correct word.

1. The season before spring is ___________________.

2. The month before May is ___________________.

3. The season after summer is ___________________.

4. The month after June is ___________________.

5. The month between October and December is ___________________.

Unit 3 | Vocabulary – Weather

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Match the weather word and the temperature.

1. sunny a. warm

2. snowy conditions b. cold

3. rainy c. hot

4. cloudy with some sun d. wet

5. cloudy and windy e. cool

Unit 3 | Vocabulary – Common mistakes

Read the sentences. Select True if the words are correct and False if incorrect.

T F

1. It's usually hot in july in North America.

2. In British English people say “autumn” and not “fall”.

3. It's fogging today and very cold.

4. I'm working on a new project at the moment.

5. It's really cloudy and rainy in Ireland.

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