Class 18

- Describe the picture: Women in Kenya spend up to five hours a day fetching water.
Where do you think the women are going?
How often do you think they make this trip?
What do they do with the water they collect?
- How much water do you drink every day?

- What are the things you do in a day that require water? How much water do you need to
use for a day?
- Do you think that we take water for granted nowadays?
- ‘We never know the worth of water till the well is dry’
- What do you think it would be like to have no fresh drinking water?
- What do you think of the fact that most of the world’s population Is without clean water,
yet rich countries spend billions on oil, brand goods, tourism?
- How do you think you can be part of the solution to this problem?
1. Complete the sentences with four of these numbers.
1/5 2/3 3 17 10 46 70 200
a. About ………….. per cent of the Earth’s surface is covered in water.
b. Only ………….. per cent of the Earth’s water is fresh water.
c. Around ………….. per cent of people don’t have running water in their homes.
d. A person in the developing world uses about ………….. liters of water each day.
e. In Europe, the average is ………….. liters a day.
2. Now, listen to a radio clip about World Water Day. Check your answers.
Do you know when WWD is celebrated?
3. Describe the pictures.
Diving fishing jet-skiing kayaking rafting rowing sailing snorkeling surfing swimming water-
skiing wind surfing lake marina ocean pool reservoir river sea stream waterfall
Have you ever done any of these activities?
Now, you’re going to listen to the people in two of the photos talking about their photo.
4. Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE?
a. The girl was rafting down the Zambezi.
b. The raft was approaching some rapids.
c. She saw a hippo near the river bank.
d. The boy learned to dive because he was bored.
e. He went diving in a dangerous cenote.
f. He wasn’t concentrating on what he was doing.
What do you think happened next?
a. The hippo came after them and attacked the raft.
b. A crocodile jumped into the river close to the raft.
c. The raft capsized and they all swam to the river bank.
d. His air ran out and he had to go to the surface.
e. His mother panicked when he saw a sea snake.
f. He almost got lost in a labyrinth of tunnels.
5. Grammar – past simple and past continuous
Underline the past simple verbs and circle the past continuous verbs.
1. We were going around a small island.

2. It jumped into the water about a meter away from our boat.
3. The sun was shining in through an opening in the roof.
4. My mom realized pretty quickly that I was missing and she came after me.
a. An unfinished activity
b. A description
c. A finished action
d. A sequence of actions in a story
Questions in the past simple/ past continuous refer to activities before the key event.
Questions in the past simple/past continuous refer to activities after the key event.
Practice
1. Write sentences with the past simple and past continuous. Use because, when, while and
so.
a. I …………….. (take) a photo of the hippo/ I …………….. (drop) my camera in the water.
b. My friend …………….. (fall) out of the raft/ he …………….. (not/hold) on.
c. I …………….. (see) some strange fish/ I …………….. (dive).
d. I …………….. (have) some problems with my mask / my brother …………….. (help) me.
Talk about an anecdote from a trip. Maybe the first time you tried a new skill, or sports activity.
5. Grammar – past perfect simple

Choose the correct options
1. When Titanic hit the iceberg, it was/had been at sea for four days.
2. When Titanic hit the iceberg, it sank/had sunk.
3. By the time Ballard found the wreck, many items disappeared/had disappeared.
4. They developed video technology because other techniques didn’t locate/hadn’t
located the wreck.
5. James Cameron made his movie because he visited/had visited the wreck.
Love and death in the sea
1. Do you like swimming?
2. Are you scared of the ocean?

3. Are there any places you wouldn’t go swimming? Why?
4. Have you ever had a bad experience while swimming?
5. A couple of times
On several/two occasions
My guts jump to my throat
I feel afraid/angry
I decided to call it a day
I decided to stop/try again tomorrow
I was having a hard time
It was difficult for me/it took a long time
I decided to let myself go
I decided to stop swimming/try again
I scrambled out of the water
I moved quickly/slowly
6. Sala talks about three decisions he took. What were the decisions and what were the
consequences of each one?
7. What is the moral?
8. Word focus: get
Look at the verbs in bold in these sentences. Find expressions with get in the article
which match the verbs.
a. I entered the pool.
b. The weather didn’t improve.
c. I couldn’t reach the shore.
d. I wasn’t moving towards the land.
e. We receive so much from nature.
f. I’d escaped from that dangerous situation.
Video – Looking for a solution to water shortage
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- Describe the picture: Women in Kenya spend up to five hours a day fetching water.

Where do you think the women are going?

How often do you think they make this trip?

What do they do with the water they collect?

- How much water do you drink every day?

5. Grammar – past simple and past continuous

1. We were going around a small island.

5. Grammar – past perfect simple

Love and death in the sea

1. Do you like swimming?

2. Are you scared of the ocean?

Video – Looking for a solution to water shortage

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