Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

12a Loot
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Can do (tick ✓)
I can understand the organization of a text.
I can discuss the stories of films.
I can use the passive form to emphasize an
action or object of an action.
I can talk about pirates.
Did you know
The most valuable coin ever found in Britain was in 2001
in a field by a person with a metal detector. The gold
coin dating from the 8th century and depicting an Anglo
Saxon king was sold to the British Museum for more than
£350,000.
Treasure hunt
Can you find the pirate words hidden in these sentences
‘Right. We’ve found the treasure.
Now what do we do’
1 Jim approached the desk. map
2 This landscape is beautiful!
3 Hello Otto. How are you today
4 My new car goes faster with unleaded petrol.
5 We saw her new play at the theatre. A sure-fire hit!
6 We lived on Adriatic Avenue.
A pirate story
Complete the story with the words in the box.
wooden
bar
peeling
sword
hook
hook
shark
squirted
injuries
patch
A pirate came into a 1 . He had a 2 leg, a 3 instead of a hand and an eye
4
. The barman asked him how he got his 5 . ‘A 6 ate my leg and I got this
wooden leg. A soldier cut my hand off with a 7
; that’s how I got my hook. And I got the
eye injury when I was 8 an orange and some orange juice 9 in my eye.’
‘You lost your eye to orange juice’ asked the barman incredulously.
‘No,’ said the pirate. ‘It was my first day with the 10 .’
Rhyming puzzle
Only three other two-syllables words in the English language rhyme with treasure. What are
they (N.B. They are very common words.)