places
Tick (/) when you've done these sections
natural English
|~| the best/worst thing about... |~1 once, twice, etc.
□ a five-minute walk
□ asking where things are
grammar
□ present perfect and past simple
□ expand your grammar present perfect with just
vocabulary
□ describing towns
□ distance and time
□ prepositional phrases expand your vocabulary places of interest
frate to Live
natural English the best/worst thing about...
1  Complete the sentences with phrases a to f.
JL_is that my apartment is always tidy! When I shared with
other people the house was always a mess. _is the people. We all get on really well, so it's fun being in
the office.
is that my parents still say that I have to be home by
11p.m. - even though I'm 21 now!
_is the money I spend on taxis as I hate waiting for the bus!
_is that everyone knows everything about each other.
No one can have any secrets.
_is meeting people. It's hard work and sometimes difficult,
but I love talking to people and helping them.
a The best thing about being a nurse
b The best thing about working here
c The best thing about living alone
d The worst thing about not having my own car
e The worst thing about living at home
f The worst thing about living in a small town
K say it!
What's the best and worst thing about
your job or your school?       where you live?
grammar present perfect and past simple
2 Underline the correct verb forms.
A Have you been / Did you go to America?
B Yes. 1 I've been /1 went there on holiday when 2 I've been /1 was ten.
A Can you remember much about it?
B No, not really.
A Do you know Cafe Zibar?
B 3 I've heard / I heard of it, but 4 I've never been / I never went there. Why?
A 5 I've had /1 had dinner there last night.
B 6 Has it been / Was it good? A Yes, great!
A Gustavo's girlfriend is nice. 7 Have you met / Did you meet her?
B Yes, 8 we've met / we met at Danni's party last Saturday.
A Oh yeah. How was the party?
B Good. Why 9 haven't you gone / didn't you go?
A 10 I've finished /1 finished work late.
3 Complete the sentences using the verb in either the past simple or present perfect.
Have you studied (you/study) any other languages?
1 I
(never meet) anyone
from Vietnam before.
2 We_(finish) our exams
three weeks ago.
3 They ^_(get) married in
1996.
4 _(you/see) the new James
Bond movie?
5 _(you / go out) last night?
6 My dad_(buy) his first car
in 1969!
7 My sister_
(be) to England
three times.
I_(live) in Germany all
my life.
natural English once, twice, etc.
4 Look at the pictures and complete the questions. Do the quiz. Put a (/) in the box to say how many times you've done something.
Your life - is it exciting, normal, or a bit quiet?
Have you ever...
... (be/on/plane)? been on a plane?
... (do / dangerous sport)?
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... (meet / famous person)?
... (sleep/outside)?
... (be/surfing)?
... (climb / mountain)?
add up your points
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Your life so far...
20-30   Very exciting. 10-20   Quite normal - fun but safe. 0-10   A bit too quiet and calm. Try something new this week!
^ say it!
Answer the quiz questions for yourself.
unit three 15
your grammar
present perfect with just
Look at these examples. Tom's just arrived, or He arrived a few minutes ago.	
Tom arrived. _\s _	now
A- 7.28 p.m.	-- 7.30 p.m.
I've just eaten, or I ate ten minutes ago.	
late. _V_	now I w
A 1.50 p.m.	1 > 2.00 p.m.
They've just moved house, or They moved house last week.	
They moved. _V_	now I w
7S 2nd March	1 ^ 9th March
Write sentences with the same meaning. Use the present perfect with just
A  Can you give this to Jack?
B   No. He Left a minute or two ago.
No. He's just left.
1 A That's a nice jacket.
B   I bought it an hour ago. I_
2 A  Hyo Sang's not here today.
B  Yes he is. I saw him a few minutes ago. Yes he is. I _
3 A  Have you read this book?
B   Yes. I finished it earlier today. Yes. I _'
4 A What's wrong with Sarah?
B   She had an accident about ten minutes ago.
She__
5 A What time's the next bus?
B
You'll have to wait. One left about one minute ago.
You'll have to wait. One
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wordbooster
describing towns
think back!_
Think of...
- a country that is dangerous to visit at the moment.
- a place that you think is peaceful/attractive/lively.
- a building you know that is ugly.
- a place you sometimes go to that is noisy/polluted.
Complete the sentences using the words in the box. ugly  dangerous  peaceful  polluted  fmsf  lively  safe  quiet clean
There was a disco under the hotel. It was really noisy. night and I couldn't sleep.
The apartment is in a very_grey building. It's
horrible.
You can't swim in the river any more because it's so_
at
The food in my local restaurant is fantastic, but it's always _in there. I never have to book a table.
4 I don't feel.
if I walk through the park in the
evening. I prefer to stay on the main road.
5 That's a_part of the city. Don't go there alone.
6 The streets there are always very__You never see
any rubbish.
7 It's a_part of the city, especially in the evening as
there are lots of clubs and bars there.
8 We stayed in a holiday house outside the city. It was a really _place right on the beach with no one else around.
i
distance and time
6  Order the words to make sentences.
school / It / near /'s / the . It's near the school.
1 from / the / far / It / station /'s / not / train
2 near/'s/hospital/quite/It/the .
3 a / from / centre / way / It / city / long / the /'s .
4 from/Is / far/here/it ?
5 way/ho use/long/from/my/It/ quite/a /'s .
Talk about these places and your school.
the bus station the post office a car park the train station a supermarket a bank
natural English a five-minute walk
7  Complete the sentences using the words given.
1 don't drive to work. It's only a ten-minute walk . (a walk /10 minutes)
1 You could get the train. It's
_ (a journey / 50 minutes)
from here.
2 It's_ (a flight/20 hours)
from England to Australia.
3 It's_ (a drive /1 hour) to
my grandparents' house.
4 I'm doing_ (a course/
12 weeks).
5 She's going on_ (a tour/
2 weeks) of Europe.
get around town
vocabulary prepositional phrases
8 Kelly is looking for somewhere to live. She has information about five flats in different parts of her city. Complete the sentences using the words from the box.
road
hrivf tic At
near opposite
A
The flat is i
next
right end
to a hotel
close round
just edge
corner
in the centre of town. It's
lively at night, which is fun, but it can be a bit noisy and it's sometimes dangerous.
It's in a really quiet area on the
if you want nightclubs or shops nearby, but it's peaceful. There's a
bus stop I_outside the flat and buses to the city every
20 minutes.
It's quite i
the centre. It's on the 5
_of two
busy streets and it's an ugly building, but inside the flat's very nice. There's a cinema down the £_.
D
to the centre.
It's a really small flat but it's very 7__
It's not far from the train station and there's a supermarket s_ the corner.
.a park so your bedroom
It's!_
looks over the trees. It's a very safe part of town and there's a shopping centre at the
]2._of the road. It's expensive
though.
write it!
A friend is coming to Live in your flat for two weeks while you are on holiday. Write an e-mail describing where you live.
unit three 17
natural EngKsh asking where things are
9  You want to find these places. Write questions using the words given.
car park (near)?
A Is there a car park near here?
B There's one just down the road.
1 bank (nearest)?
A _
B There's one opposite the supermarket.
2 post office (far)?
A _
B It's a twenty-minute walk.
3 supermarket (near)?
A _
B It's just round the corner.
4 train station (far)?
A _
B It's about ten minutes by bus.
5 bus stop (nearest)?
A _
B There's one next to the school.
] say it!
pronunciation
Underline the stressed words in the questions in exercise 9. Practise asking and answering them.
You are outside your school. Imagine someone asks you these questions. Answer them.
your vocabulary
places of interest
Match the places and activities.
an information centre —«^ a
1 an art gallery | b
2 a stadium /'steidiam/ c
3 a museum /mju'ziram/ d
4 a theatre /'Grata/ e
5 an open-air market \ f
6 a shopping centre g
7 a fun park h
8 an aquarium /a'kweariom/ i
look at paintings
buy things (inside)
buy things (outside)
watch or play sport
watch a play or a concert
look at things from the past
find out about a city and get maps
look at fish and other sea creatures
go on fairground rides and play games
Complete the sentences from a guidebook to Vancouver. Use the words from the box.
Playland Fun Park Vancouver Art Gallery information centre
B.C. Place Stadium open-air market Vancouver Aquarium
Vancouver Museum Vancouver Little Theatre shopping centres
■ Vancouver Little Theatre has productions by national and international companies.
1 _exhibits the paintings of Canadian and
international artists. -■ Vancouver has 2
everywhere! Go to Granville Mall
for department stores and Robson Street for clothing.
a I_seats 60,000 people. It's home to one of the top
Canadian Football league teams.
a You can learn about Canadian history and culture at the
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a I_is in the east of Stanley Park. Among more
than 8,000 aquatic animals on display are whales, sea lions, sharks, and crocodiles.
a Get maps of the city from the ^_on Hornsby Stree
a Z_features lots of amusements, including a
merry-go-round, a rollercoaster, a games arcade, and a small zoo.
a Every Sunday on Granville Island there's a huge ^_
where you can buy arts, crafts, clothes, and fresh produce.
test yourself!
Look at the places (1 to 8) again. Do you have any of these places in your hometown?
Now cover the words on the left and remember the places. You find out about a city in an information centre.
buy it
Tick (/) when you've done these sections.
natural English
□ this/that (one), these/those (ones)
□ can/can't afford
□ wear/ carry
□ talking about size
grammar
□ will for spontaneous decisions and offers
O too/very, too much /many
Q expand your grammar will for requests and shall for offers
vocabulary
□ clothes
□ phrasal verbs (1)
□ shopping
□ expand your vocabulary commonly confused words
Kill you drop
natural English this/that (one), these/those (ones)
1 Match the questions and responses.
0 Can you pass me my jacket?
1 □ Which bag do you think I should take?
2 O Are you going to wear your black trousers?
3 □ Shall we take this table?
4 □ Is that my book?
5 □ Do you think she'd like the yellow flowers? a No. This one's mine.
b No, get her those ones by the counter. She loves red.
c Is this one yours?
d Take that one. It's really big.
e No, I'm wearing these,
f No, let's sit at that one, over by the window.
1 say it!
Cover the responses a to f. Look at the pictures and respond to questions 1 to 5.