After the holiday, I had to take an important ................. that would affect my final grade.

Before leaving, James wanted to take a ............. at the beautiful view of the mountain one more time.

She decided to take seemed difficult. and apply for the job, even though it

I will take your…… into consideration before making my decision.

We wanted to go camping, ............. it started raining heavily.

............. I packed my bag, I wasn't ready for the trip.

I was lying on the beach ............. you were swimming in the sea.

Lisa's family decided to take a trip to the beach ............. the weather was nice.

The children were walking through the forest _______________ they saw a deer.

I've been interested in nature ever since I was a young child. While my friends were playing games, I used to go fishing or looking for animals in the fields near my home. I wasn't interested in protecting creatures in those days. In fact, I used to catch them to put them in my own little zoo!

Question : What did the writer do with the animals she caught?

While I was at university I met a famous Brazilian explorer. He was planning an expedition to the Amazon rainforest in order to study the plants that people use for medicine. A team member broke her leg, so he asked me to go in her place.

Question : Where did the writer meet the famous Brazilian explorer?

My new TV series is called Secrets of the Rainforest. Of course, it's no secret that many animals will disappear unless they are protected. The idea is to show people that it's not just popular animals like tigers that are in danger. There are lots of animals in the world's rainforests that no one has heard of and many of them need our help too.

Question : What is the main purpose of the TV series?

As soon as I was eighteen, I went to Africa, with an organisation called Africa Exchange. They run different projects. Things like helping to build schools or studying how monkeys behave. My job was to count how many lions and elephants there were in a certain area every day. That was a fantastic introduction, and really important for the protection programme.

Question : Why was the writer's work in Africa important?

As soon as I was eighteen, I went to Africa, with an organisation called Africa Exchange. They run different projects. Things like helping to build schools or studying how monkeys behave. My job was to count how many lions and elephants there were in a certain area every day. That was a fantastic introduction, and really important for the protection programme.

Question : What was the writer's job in Africa?

The dense trees and leaves block most sunlight, making the forest floor quite dark, even on sunny days. The Amazon rainforest is home to about 390 billion trees from around 16,000 species. That's a lot! In fact, these trees play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate and maintaining biodiversity.

Question : The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

When we reached the waterfall, we put on our swimming things and jumped in. We had fantastic fun even though the water was freezing cold. Then we had our picnic. While we were eating, we saw some beautiful butterflies among the trees. Soon it was time to go. Before we left, we picked up all our rubbish. It was getting dark by the time we finally arrived home.

Question : The group left the waterfall immediately after having their picnic.

My friends and I set off on our trip to the waterfall as soon as it was light. We cycled for an hour before we reached the edge of the forest. We locked our bikes so that no one could take them and continued on foot. Although it was very hot, we were all wearing long trousers because there were so many insects.

Question : The group wore long trousers to protect themselves from the insects.

The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains in South America. It is an amazing and important river on the Earth. It is thought to be the second longest in the world, about 4,000 miles (6400 km) long. It is responsible for about one-fifth (twenty percent) of the fresh water that flows into the world’s oceans.

Question : The Amazon River is the most important river in the world.

The Amazon rainforest is the world's largest tropical rainforest. It covers an area of 2.5 million square miles, embracing 9 South America countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. More than 20% of the Earth's oxygen is produced in this area, thus the name "Lungs of the Planet."

Question : The total area of the Amazon rainforest is 2.5 million square kilometers.