2 ** Complete the text with the present simple or the present continuous
form of the verbs in brackets.
Stars of tomorrow
Max Ragley
is (be) one of the UK's best young
dancers. He !
(come) from Manchester, but he
(not live) there most of the time because he's
(go) to the English National Ballet School in
London.
Max normally
(study) ballet at school, but this
week he' of (not do) his usual classes - he
(learn) to dance hip hop instead.
"A well-known singer?
__ (want) me to dance in his
new pop video!' says Max. 'At the moment, I'm orain
(work) with three other hip hop dancers and we're line
Chave a good time together. I went o L (enjoy) these
new
Max's two older brothers"
DA (go) to school in
Manchester. 'They_pice (like) football and they
(not know) how to dance!' laughs Max.
"But they always
(come) to my shows at the
Ballet School.'

My Favourite Food
My name is Alex. I’m 14 years old. I live in one of the most beautiful cities of Russia, in Sochi. My family is quite small. I have got a mother, a father, a younger brother and a cat. My mum is usually responsible for cooking and for buying necessary food. She prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner for all of us. Sometimes my father also cooks. It usually happens at weekends. Both of my parents are good cooks, which is why we prefer eating home-made food. However, sometimes we can also eat out. My father reserves a table in some restaurant or cafe and we spend a great evening together. It usually happens on special occasions. My favourite food is pizza. I like all kinds of pizza and other Italian dishes. For my birthday, my parents always try to arrange a pizza party. There are times when we simply order pizza for lunch or dinner, just because there is no time for cooking. Out of my mum’s home cooking I prefer Ukrainian borscht. It’s a special red cabbage soup, which is tastier to eat with sour cream. Borscht is a traditional Russian and Ukrainian dish and many foreigners want to try it when visiting these countries. In general, I can say that I am a good eater. I like many types of food, among them fruit, vegetables, sweets and cakes, etc. However, there are some products which I don’t like eating. They are mushrooms and fish. My mother knows about it and she tries not to use these products in dishes.

1 The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama had not seen penguins before he travelled to South Africa in 1497. X

2 After he had made a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca in 1325, Ibn Battuta decided to become an explorer.

3 Many explorers had tried to climb Mount Everest before Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the peak in 1953. ✓

4 People in Europe had not eaten potatoes until Christopher Columbus brought some from America. X

5 More than 400 years after Magellan had sailed around the world, the US submarine Triton made a similar journey underwater​

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