GRAMMAR there is / there are @ Underline the correct words to complete the conversation. ‘A's there/ Ave there | There is any good places to go in the evening? B Yes, “there is/ its / there are. *There is There's! There are los of pubs, cafés and discos. ‘A “There is/ Are there Is there any good restaurants? B Yes, Sthere are / there's there is. There are! There's / t's 2 fantastic talan restaurant in the town square. ‘A. Thare is! There are! Is there a theatre? B No, “there is/ there ism'/ there aren, but there are / there’ / there isn'tone in Newtown. ‘A. What about interesting places to visit? B Well, “there's there are/ is there an old caste, but Uthere isn't! there are / thera aren't any museums or art callers, A “Are there Is there There is meto? B No, but we've got a good bus system. b Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1A your town / there /n / nice restaurants / are / any ? Ave thene any nce restaurants in your town? —_—_ B there /yes, /are 2 A beautiful buildings / there / town square /is /@ / with ? B is/yes, /there 3 near /there / metro station /a/sn't/ my house 4 near / shops /any /there / my office / aren't 5 the station / there / near / cheap hotels /are / some 6 the rver/ there's / near /new café /a 7A the city centre /any / there / are / interesting buildings / B aren't /no, / there EAVOCABULARY Places in a city a Write the names of the places in a city under the pictures. 5 6 'b Complete the sentences with the words in the box. street post of police station fice sports centre buildings theatre stadium restaurant 1 The pizzas atthe new italian _nestaurant are amazing! 2 They've got Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at our local 3 There are lots of houses in my few shops and cafés, 4 The Olympic centre of town, 5 You can buy stamps fr your postcards at the , butalsoa — is atout 10 km from the 6 There are los of beautiful concert hail and caste are amazing! 7. They've gota fantastic aym at our 8 Ifyou lose your mobile phone, you reed to go to the in our town ~ the Ey PRONUNCIATION Sound and spelling: /b/ and /p/ @ IBM Listen and underline the correct words. 1 big/ pig 4 bear / pear 2 put/but 5 part/Bart 3 buy/ pie 6 be/ peaB SRE TC RT em mE L VOCABULARY Furniture @ Complete the crossword puzzle. HEGRAMMAR Possessive pronouns and possessive ’s Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. > Across 1 Thisist Alans‘ car! the Alan car/ Alan's car. Its my! 2 You use a wasting machine _ to wash your clothes. sing the mine. 5 You need to turn the —__on when it gets dark. 2 Our! Ours! The ourparents ve in the centre of 6 You can putall of your books on that —_in the Edinburgh living room, 3 No, this isn't the my/ my/ mine dog, W's their/ theirs / 7” The large plates are in that —_____in the kitchen. theyre, 8 Isthere a in the kitchen so I can make my 4. Sarah's Matthews sister/ the sister Matthew / Matthews anne. sister. Hor! Hers! His boyfriend's French, 9 Three people can sit on that big __to watch TV. 5 WhoS/ Whose! Whomobie phone’s ths? Isit the youry ‘10. Why don't you put your jackets, shits and trousers inthis your! yours? ‘and nat on the floor? 6 Jim and Anna! The Jim and Annas’! Jim and Anna's 11 You can wash the plates and cups in the ‘apariment’s got two large bedrooms Down 1 | always lookin the when | brush my hair 'b Find the mistakes in the marked words and rewrite 3 My grandfather always sits in his favourite the sentences. 4 Put your sweaters, T-shirts and socks inthe ‘i in your bedroom. Hibs eeeten an 7 Atnight, close your before you go to bed B its Janes - 2 Its gota living room, two bedrooms and theirs @ small EwPaTsTH| i [No] M[ ACTA] [NTE kitchen 3. Hers sister, Naomi, lives with her. Their dertical twins. i 4 Theyve gota cet, but its not there's ts thelr brothers cat. W's name's Brandy, 5 Janes bedroom i quite large, but Naomis' bedroom is very small. - 6 A Who's is the furiture? = B Jane says that the sofa is her, but Naomi says its her brother F re 7 There brother's got a new sports car. ts rally fast PRONUNCIATION Sound and spelling: vowels before r @ @BB Look at the words and listen to the pronunciation of the marked letters. Complete the table with the words in the box. ox her hard heavy dot certain test door sell art president fantastic boring prefer mad 4 Short sounds (eg. an) voxE TENA ara eS USS UE Ea mre HM USEFUL LANGUAGE Asking for and giving directions @ Put the conversation in the correct order. En =e So, straight on, then left into Broad Street? 5 Yes, then go along Church venue for about 100 metres. The hotel ison your lt. Excuse me, Can you tel me the way to the Grand Hotel, please? (1 Yes, that’s ght Then go stright along Broad Street ntl you come othe Regal Cinema, Then turn ight into Church Avenve 1 Great. Thanks very much. C1 Yes, of course. Go straight on for about 200 metres and then tun left into Broad Street. So. thats rgntinto Chureh avenue after the cinema? b Gam Listen and check. © Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1. until / go /on / you come / on / straight / your / to /a metro siation / eft | 2 tum / along / the cinema / at / and / for 250 metres / go / Huntingdon Road / lett 3. please / you / can / how / get / us /tell/ to / the station / to? 4 along /for 100 metres /go/ and / the High Stret / right / your / the concert hall is / on 5 is stop /a/here / bus / near / there ? 30 6 straight /for 250 metres (on / right / then / Park Street / turn /so/into| 7 i's the / commer / next /on / the bank /to 8 1/to/do/ the tran station / how / from here / get ? d @EB Listen and check. PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress @ EB Listen and tick (V) the stressed word in each sentence, 1 Go along Acacia Road. 2 Go straight on until you come tothe hospital 2 LJoome b Ey hospita 3 Can you tll me how to get to the swimming poo, please? 2 swimming p00 » Fy please 4 Go streighton for about 200 metres aOo b El straight on 5 Tur fight into Carlisle Avenue a tum > CL) right 6 The sports centre ison the left a Lon b (eft 7 Is there a bank near here? aL] bank > Chee 8 Go straight on for about 200 metres a (200NYU atc Daan Cea a een Cece On Ts READING @ Jessica wants to sell her apartment. Read her advertisement on the Internet and tick (V) the pictures that she talks about. 605 ‘Apartment for sale Hi, 'm Jessica and | need to sell my apartment because | have a new job in another city. The apartment is about seven miles from the city centre, but there's a metro station ten minutes’ walk away. There are six rooms in the apartment. ‘There's a big living room with a balcony. You can see a lovely park across the street. In the bathroom, there's a small bath and a shower. The kitchen has a sink, a cooker and a lot of cupboards. There are | three bedrooms ~ one is very big, the other two are L b Re quite small, | don't need the curtains and wardrobes, so | can sell them with the apartment. The neighbourhood is busy in the day, but at night itis quiet and the neighbours don’t make a lot of noise. If you want to see the apartment, click on the reply button and I will email you back. En Posted | week ago jead the advertisement again. Are the sentences true or false? 1 2 3 4 5 ‘The apartment is near the centre of the cy The metro station is near Jessica's apartment. You cant see anything nice from the windows, Jessica wants to sel some furiture with the apartment Its dificult to sleep at night in Jessica's neighbourhood, WRITING SKILLS Linking ideas with and, but and so @ Underline the best words to complete the sentences, 1 2 3 Jeff hasn't got a lot of furniture and / but so his apartment's not very big and/ but soil's nota problem, ive near the city centre so/ but / and | don't need to use the metro I can walk. Simon's house is next tothe river so/ andl / but there's a small park behind it as well We have a really big TV in our living room so/ and but it doesn't work and/ $0/ but we usually watch programmes (on the Internet, My neighbours have got eight children but / and/ so its always very noisy, There's @ great market near my house so/ but andi's ‘easy to get fresh frit and vegetables. 31 eee WRITING @ Imagine you want to sell your house or apartment. Write an advertisement to put on the internet. Remember to: ‘+ say why you want to sell your apartment ‘say where its in the city or town ‘+ say how many rooms it’s got and what they are ‘say what furniture you also want to sell * talk about the neighbours * use adjectives (e.g. big, modern, quiet...) ‘= include any other important information about your home ‘+ se and, butand sowhen you can,UNIT 5 | Reading and listening extension HE READING ees Y From: Carrio From: Carrio Toslarnile Re: Hello Re: Hello. oth Hi Jamia! Outbox How are you? Are you very busy at the moment? If not, let's have a meal together soon ~ | want to try the new French restaurant in the square - what Spam do you think? Trash You must go and see Isabel's new apartment soon - it’s 80 Cool! It’s in that really tall building near the station, and the view from her bedroom window is amazing, especially at night. You can see right across the city. It's quite small, but there's a big mirror on the living room wall. That makes it look bigger. She has a lot of beautiful old furniture like two leather armchairs, an enormous bookcase and a big, red sofa from her aunt's house. It’s so comfortable — just right when you want to chat all evening! The kitchen is lovely too. It's very modern. It's great for Isabel, because she's a fantastic cook. ‘There are two bedrooms, so her sister can stay with her when she wants, Do you know Isabel's sister? She's an actor, and she usually works at the theatre here once or twice a year. Next time she comes, we can all go out together if you want. Anyway, | hope you're well, and do write and tell me all your news very soon! 2 Love Carrie @ Read Carrie's email to Jamila. Are the sentences true or false? 1 Jamila often goes to Isabel's apartment. 2 Carte likes Isabel's apartment. 3 Isabel's sister lives with her, bb Read the email again, Match 1-8 with a-h to make sentences. 1 Carrie wants to 29 2 ily from Isabel’ bedroom, 2 Isabel's apartment isin bin Isabels apartment. 3. You can see across the © a tall bullding, 4 Abig micror makes dis very madern, 5 Isabel has her aunts Isabel’ living room look big. 6 Isabel’ kitchen fred sofa in her living room, 7 There are two bedrooms & stays in her apartment, 8 Isabel's sister sometimes h toa French restaurant © Think about an apartment or house where you would like to live, Write @ description of the rooms and the furniture. 32LISTENING @ ©EM Listen to the conversation. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. find get_meet starts 1 Dom and Jack agree toma __ outside a restaurant. 2 Jack calls Dom because he can't im, 3 Jack tes Dom how to___ to the Flammmengril ‘estaurant. 4 Dom___ atthe wrong metro station, |b Tick (¥) the places you hear in the conversation. restaurant D1 concert hall square erage Ceate river C1 post office Oi castle i pace station CO tneate ¢ @EM Listen again. Underline the correct words to complete the sentences about the conversation. 1 Dom and Jack bath wait outside a post office / restaurant / river. 2 The Flame & Gril restaurants near the squere/ theatre Wer. 3. Jack tells Dom to turn right atthe church / bridge post oe, 4 Jack els Dom the restaurant is on his left! straight ahead / on his right, 5 Dom tels Jack that he can't turn right because there is no 102d ! river! post office 6 Dom tes Jack that he can see a river theatre bridge on & Review and extension GRAMMAR Correct the sentences. 1 Thisisntyour phone I's my. Thi ent your phone min 2 My parents apartments inthe city cent, 3 This isnt your bike. Its her 4 My rooms number 127 Its next to your 5 Matt and Nick teacher is Scotts 6 7 8 Yours car's so fast! ‘This isnt our bus. It's the, ‘The phone my brother is black. VOCABULARY Correct the sentences. 1 There's a fantastic sport centre near my house. ‘Theres a fantastic sport centre near my house. ‘The staton metro is 100 meres ater the bridge. | don't go into the centre city very often. My favourite Greek restureunt is called Leonia, ‘There are lots of beautiful od bildngs in my town, ‘There is @ lovely parck near where Ive. I never goto the teater at weekends, ‘The station police is opposite the town hal, wioasen Prepositions of place Look at the map on the left and complete the sentences with the words in the box. infront of extte opposite behind at the end between in on the corer on. E 1. The Odeon cinema is next-to. the Oasis Caf. 2 The bank is ‘Oak Road, the library. 13. The rallway station is of Station Road. 4 The bus stop Is the town hall £5 The car park's on Blackhill Roe, the sports centre, 6 The sports centre is. ‘of Blackiil Road and Green his it a case tt | i te BLACKHILL ROAD weatog, ESET d Write a conversation between two people asking for and giving directions to places in your town or city. These phrases may be useful: Can you tell me how to get to..? Turn rightfent Go straight on 1s on your rgntfeft Go down street Street. ‘The Oasis Café is. the cinema and the supermarket ‘The town hall is. Blackhill Road, Raa AAC Ma UT tas