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Emperor penguins crowd together to
keep warm.
9 LISTEN & WRITE.
A Listen to an interview with a nature filmmaker. Then complete the questions from the interview
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with the verbs in parentheses. Use the simple past.

1. How long did it take (it / take) to make your last nature film?

2. Why (you / choose) Antarctica?

3. So, what (you / see)?

4. Why (they / walk) so far?
5. When (the females / return)?

B Listen again and check your answers.
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C Read the summary of the last part of the interview. Then complete the paragraph with the
verbs in the box. Use the simple past.

begin climb come crowd fall keep lay return survive walk

The emperor penguins (1) climbed onto the sea ice and

(2) 50 miles to mainland Antarctica. The females each (3)

one egg and (4) to the sea. The males (5) the eggs safe
through the terrible winter. They (6) together to keep warm. The temperature

(7) to –40 degrees Fahrenheit, but the males (8) . In the

spring, the females (9) back. Then the sea ice (10) to
melt.

D Work with a partner. Compare your answers from exercise C. Then listen again and check
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your answers.

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