Units 5– 6 Adventure sports in Queenstown

Level 2 Video Worksheet units 5–6 Printable © Oxford University Press 2011

Before you watchAnswer the questions.

1 Where is New Zealand?2 What kind of activities do you think tourists

can do there?3 Would you like to visit this country? Why? /

Why not?

Comprehension check

1 Watch the video clip. Choose the correct answers.

1 Where is Queenstown? a on a small island b on North Island

c on South Island2 Why did people come to Queenstown

in 1862? a to find gold b to live on farms

c to see the mountains and lakes3 What is the most famous adventure activity

in Queenstown? a jet boating b bungee jumping

c parachute jumping

2 Watch again. Which is oldest: a or b?

1 a the Lord of the Rings books b the Lord of the Rings movies2 a farms in Queenstown b gold in Queenstown3 a the Shotover jet boat b the TSS Earnshaw4 a jet boat trips in Queenstown b bungee jumps in Queenstown5 a bungee jumps in Queenstown b bungee jumps in other towns

3 Watch again. Match 1–6 to a–f to make names of people and places in the video.

1 Tasman a Tolkein2 South b Wakatipu3 Lake c River4 Peter d Sea5 J. R.R. e Jackson6 Kawarau f Island

4 Watch again. Complete the sentences with the numbers and years.

1 Australia is about kilometers from New Zealand.

2 s of people came to Queenstown to look for gold.

3 Only people lived in Queenstown in 1990.

4 There have been jet boat trips near Queenstown since .

5 The Kawarau Bridge is meters high.6 The first bungee jump off Kawarau Bridge was

in .7 Over people have done bungee

jumps off the Kawarau Bridge.8 In the video, we see some people jump out of

a plane meters over Queenstown.

5 Watch again. Write the answers.

1 Which island is Wellington on? 2 Who are “Kiwis”? 3 Which country are the Lord of the Rings

books from? 4 Where did a man first find gold in

Queenstown? 5 What did the first tourists in Queenstown like

doing in winter? 6 How many people have taken jet boats on the

Shotover River? 7 How does the girl in the video feel about her

first bungee jump? 8 How dangerous is bungee jumping?

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Units 5– 6 Adventure sports in Queenstown

Level 2 Video Worksheet units 5–6 Printable © Oxford University Press 2011

Language checkPresent perfect / Simple past

These tourists have come from many countries.

In 1862 a man discovered gold.

Present perfect + already / yet / just / for / since

Over 300,000 people have already done a bungee jump.

This girl hasn’t jumped yet.

These people have just jumped out of an airplane.

Boats have traveled across Lake Wakatipu for over a hundred years.

People have done bungee jumps since 1988.

6 Complete the text with the correct present perfect form of the verbs.

8 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

already for just since yet

We’ve already been to Queenstown. We went there last year.

1 My grandparents have lived in New Zealand 2009.

2 The jet boat has left! It left thirty seconds ago.

3 Adventure activities have been popular many years.

4 I haven’t tried bungee jumping . Maybe next year!

Extension

Look at the photos and answer the questions.

Photo A

• What is happening in the photo?• Would you like to try this activity? Why? / Why not?• Do you like doing adventure activities? Which ones?• Which kind of vacations do you prefer: adventure

vacations, beach vacations, or city vacations? Why?

Photo B

• What is happening in the photo?• How do you think the people are feeling?• Which activity do you prefer: the one in Photo A,

or the one in photo B? Why?• What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done?

7 Are the verbs in these sentences correct (✓) or incorrect (✗)? Correct the mistakes.

In 1900, not many people have lived X lived in Queenstown.

1 Movie-makers have filmed lots of movies around Queenstown.

2 We have visited North Island last summer.

3 In the nineteenth century, many people have traveled to Queenstown.

4 People have come here from all over the world.

5 In 1970, some people have been on the first jet boat.

Hi from Queenstown! I’ve had (have) a great

vacation. We 1 (go) to Lake Wakatipu

and we 2 (enjoy) a ride on a jet boat!

My sister 3 (jump) out of a plane in a

parachute, but I 4 (do) that. I’m too

scared! I 5 (not see) the mountains yet,

but I’m going to do that tomorrow!

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