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8 Play in groups. One student mimes an 1 0 Read the text and complete it with the
action from exercise 8. The first person prepositions in the box.
to guess the action with a correct
above around at down from from
preposition gets a point.
inside onto on top of off on past
through to up
you're £wlkM,mXt>v£) across the la fee.
No, I'm. Ku>t. The train journey Crom. Riobamba 1_
Guayaquil in Ecuador is one of the most exciting
you're crawLíi*¿) through the tuuuÿel. in the world.
It starts at 2,700 metres2_sea level and
yes, i am,!
then travels}_the Andes mountains
before gradually going all the way"_to
the sea at Guayaquil.The train travels5_
O volcanoes covered in snow and stops®_
9 Circle the correct option.}
/ N interesting Andean towns.
ÿ He climbed up / down the ladder and onto
There is also something special about the train
the roof.
itself. It has seats on the roof. So most people
1 The train from / off Manchester will arrive soon.
don't sit7_
_the train; they climb®_¿
2 He jumped onto / to the boat as it was leaving.
ladder and sit outside during the journey. When
3 We had to get from / off the bus because it broke
you sit'_the train, the views are fantastic.
down.
4 She got into / onto her car and drove off. Every time the train arrives at a station, people
5 The quickest way is to go across / through the get,°_the train and walk'1_the
forest. colourful markets. After half an hour, they climb
6 There was no lift, so we had to walk along / down back,2_the train and continue their
a lot of stairs to get to the ground floor. journey. The whole journey to Guayaquil takes
7 A tree had fallen down in the road. We had to about eight hours. But you can return ,3_
drive along / around it. Guayaquil to Riobamba ,4_a bus in only
8 Parachutists jump down / out of planes. four hours.
9 I can't believe it. The bus went around / past
us without stopping.
10 The museum is on the opposite side of the river.
You have to walk across / past the bridge.
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