1 Travellers tales

1 Giving advice PER Niveau 1 Discovery

a Circle the correct form of the verbs to complete the travelling tips.

Travelling Tips
1 You should / shouldnt cross the road without looking.
2 You should / shouldnt wear comfortable shoes.
3 You should / shouldnt go to the front of queues.
4 You should / shouldnt put your money in a safe place.
5 You should / shouldnt always carry your mobile phone.

b Complete the questions with should. Then give advice about the customs
inSwitzerland.
1 What / do What should you do when you meet a new person?
You should
2 What / say if you want to get past someone?

3 What / do before you go into someones home?

4 students / call their teachers by their first names

at school?

5 Which way / look first

when you cross the road?

6 What kind of present / take

when someone invites you to their home?

2 Habits and present activities

a Circle the correct form of the verbs.

This is Jake Barns. Hes a student at St Georges High School in Bromsgrove.

Today he 1 studies / s studying for a Science test. Jake 2 likes / s liking
reading travel books and playing football. He 3 plays / s playing football
most evenings and he usually 4 spends / s spending all his money on
ebooks. But at the moment he 5 doesnt spend / isnt spending any money. He 6 saves /
s saving everything because hes also a serious mountain climber. He 7 wants / s wanting
to climb Mount Everest next July and so he 8 trains / s training really hard at the moment.

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b Write present simple or present continuous questions.
Then match the questions with the answers below.
1 What / Jake / do / now? Whats Jake doing now?
2 Why / he / study / Science today?
3 he / like / playing tennis?
4 he / usually / spend / all his money
on ebooks?
5 When / he / play / football?
6 Why / he / train / hard
at the moment?

a Because he wants to climb Mount Everest. d Most evenings.

b Because hes got a test. e No, he doesnt.
1 c Hes studying. f Yes, he does.

c Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form
of the verbs in the box.

explore not go not look send think travel try use work

Dr Robert Ballard is famous for finding the wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic.
He 1 travels around the world looking for things under the sea,
but he 2 down himself. He 3 a submarine with
a camera that 4 back pictures of the bottom of the sea.
However, Dr Ballard 5 for a ship at the moment. He 6
the bottom of the Black Sea. In 2000, Dr Ballard and his team found the ruins of a village
100 metres under the water. They 7 that its about 7,500 years old.
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They to find out about the people who lived there.
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Dr Ballard on an idea for an online underwater museum as well.

3 Pronunciation: sounding polite

a CD3 T2 Listen to these sentences. You hear each one twice. Which is polite: A or B?
1 Can I have a return to Cambridge, please? A
2 Excuse me, wheres the nearest underground station?
3 Thank you for picking me up at the station.
4 Its nice to meet you.
5 Sorry to bother you, but when is the next train to Toronto?

b CD3 T3 Listen, check and repeat the polite sentences.

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 4 Travel and transport
a Complete the crossword.

ACROSS
2 You put your clothes in this when you travel. 1

4 This means not in your home country. 2 3

6 You can pay to travel on a train here. (6, 6)

S U I T C A S E
8 You wait in this line.
4

DOWN 5

1 This is when someone takes you

around a place and tells you
about it. (6, 4) 6 7

3 This is another word for a journey.

4 When you dont know how to get 8

to a place, you do this. (3, 3, 3)

5 This means to take someone from
a place in a car. (4, 2)
7 This is a bus for long journeys.

b SB Think of the meaning of these words.

Vocabulary bank page 94
Cross out the odd word in each group. Write your reason.
1 van chairlift ambulance It goes above the ground, not on the ground.
2 passenger luggage crew
3 motorway canal harbour
4 cruise ship ferry tunnel

5 Opinions
Write questions for the answers about a holiday in California with What + be + like?
1 A: Whats the food like?
B: Its delicious. I love it.
2 A:
B: Its amazing hot and sunny.
3 A:
B: Theyre fantastic very friendly.
4 A:
B: Theyre terrific. I love the shoes and bags here.
5 A:
B: Its terrible. Everyone drives everywhere!

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6 Directions
a Look at the map and circle the correct prepositions of movement.
Ethan: Excuse me, could you tell us how to get 1 to / away from the caves, please?
Guide: Of course. You walk 2 over / out of the campsite. Then you go left,
3
through / down the hill. Thats St Johns Road. Walk 4 past / into
the old church and then youll see the main road, Dale Road.
Lara: Dale Road, OK. And then?
Guide: Cross Dale Road to the bus stop and take a number 15 bus 5 onto / to Hoxton.
Get 6 off / to the bus at the stop opposite the garage its easy to see and
then walk back 7 over / away from the town. Go 8 across / into the small bridge
on your right.
Lara: The bridge?
Guide: Yes. Look at the map. It goes 9 through / over the river, see? This one here.
Ethan: Oh yes.
Guide: Walk 10 through / up the trees on the other side. Then get 11 out of / into
a cable car. It takes you 12 across / up the hill. The caves are at the top.

b Ethan and Lara are going back to the campsite, but they want to go to the pool
first. Use the map to complete the directions with the words in the box.

across away from down into into out of out of over past through to up

Now, you need to get back 1 into a cable car to go 2 the hill. You go
3 4
high the trees. Its great! Get the cable car at the bottom and
walk 5 the hill. Go 6 the trees and 7 the bridge.
8
Then turn left and walk the centre of Hoxton. The pool is on your right.
After your swim, come 9 the pool, turn left and walk 10 the
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hotel. Near the garage, take the bus the stop near St Johns Road.
Walk 12 the hill and the campsite is on your right.

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 Skills in mind
7 Read and write
a Read Emmas holiday blog and complete the notes.

like
home contact about best bits July 29

Emmas
Egypt blog
Im really enjoying my holiday in Egypt. Everything
is brilliant here the sunny weather, the warm and
friendly people, the food, the sights. Theres a lot to
write about. Where do I start?
5 We began our journey in Cairo. Its a huge city terrific
for sightseeing and shopping, but the traffic and the
pollution are dreadful. My favourite place in Cairo was
the Old Bazaar the old market. I spent hours there
buying souvenirs with my mum.
10 You can see my sister and me on a camel in one of the
photos. We all went on a camel tour of the pyramids
near Cairo. Theyre one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World and theyre amazing.
We got the overnight train from Cairo to Luxor.
15 Thats a city in the east of Egypt. There are many
interesting Ancient Egyptian temples and pyramids
near it, so we did a lot of sightseeing there. Then we
went on a boat trip along the River Nile. The Egyptian
food on the boat was delicious!
20 Now were staying in Sharm el-Sheikh for the fantastic
water sports. My brother and I go kite surfing or
scuba diving every day. The sea is crystal clear and
Mediterranean Sea there are lots of beautiful fish and corals. (Theres a
photo of me scuba diving here.) I was scared the first
Alexandria 25 time I tried scuba diving, but now I love it.
Cairo Were travelling back home tomorrow. Ill never
forget my dream trip to Egypt.
River Nile

Sharm
el-Sheikh
Holiday 1 Egypt
destination
EGYPT
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Places 2 3
d

visited
Sea

4
Luxor
Activities 5

b Write a description of an 7

interesting holiday that 8

you had. Look at Emmas 9 10
holiday blog to help you.

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8 Listen
a CD3 T4 Listen to Emma talking about her holiday. Tick the topics
that she talks about.
1 the trips that she went on 4 the clothes that Egyptians wear
2 the weather 5 the River Nile
3 going shopping 6 visiting someones house

b CD3 T4 Listen again and circle the correct words to complete the customs.
1 When you buy something, its a good / bad idea to bargain.
2 When you visit someones home, take off / dont take off your shoes.
3 When you go to dinner with people, it s usual / isnt usual to bring flowers.

9 Write
a Roses friend Anna is planning to visit her. 1 2
Look at the pictures and complete Roses email.

3 4
Hi Anna,
Great that you can come to visit me this Saturday! I cant meet
you at the station because I have a flute lesson until 11, but here 5 6
are the directions to my house:
Get off the 1 train at East Croydon station.
Go 2 the station and walk across the tram lines to 7
3
the nearest stop.
Take a 119 or a 194 bus 4 Shirley Library.
5
Get off the bus and walk the supermarket.
Turn left just before the Chinese 6 .
7
Walk down the road. My is on the left number29.
Im sending you a photo.
See you soon,
Rose xxx

b Look at the Tip box and WRITING TIP

do the activities.
Using bullet points
c Write an email telling Bullet points are a clear way to present instructions,
a friend how to get to your such as directions to your house. Keep them short and
house. Include your bullet dont describe things.
point list. Use Roses email Think about the route from the nearest train station
to help you. or bus station to your house. What places can
a friend look for? Make a list.
Make a bullet point list of directions.

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 Watch out! Common errors

1 Present tenses Use the present simple for permanent situations

and habitual actions:
Complete the sentences with Dan lives in Cambridge. He usually travels by bus.
the present simple or present Use the present continuous for actions that
continuous form of the verbs. are happening at the moment of speaking:
Hi. This is Dan. Im getting on the bus now.
Hi. This is Dan. I get on the bus now.

1 Dan is talking (talk) to a friend on the phone.

2 Im on the bus now. I (go) to the gym.
3 Dan (use) the bus every day.
4 Dan often (meet) his friend at the gym.
5 Joe, (you / come) to the gym too?
6 Yes. I (cycle) there now.
7 His friend Joe (prefer) cycling.

2 What + be + like?
Use What + be + like? to ask for a description or opinion:
Whats he like? Hes tall with dark hair and hes very funny.
Use How is ? to ask about health or general well-being:
How is she? Shes well and shes enjoying life.

Match the questions with the answers.

1 Hows Thomas today? a Shes noisy and laughs a lot.
2 Whats Ben like? 1 b Hes better than yesterday.
3 Whats your sister like? c Hes nice. I like him.
4 Hows your cousins baby? d Theyre very good.
5 Hows your Maths teacher? e She was fine.
6 How was your aunt yesterday? f She isnt well. We have Mr York this week.
7 What are your teachers like? g Shes well. Shes learning to walk.

3 Prepositions of movement
Circle the correct prepositions.
Be careful to use these prepositions correctly:
1 Get off / out of the bus at the next stop. Get off the bus / the plane. out of
2 Are you coming at / to Switzerland? Get out of the car. off
3 Im cold. Im getting off / out of the pool. The plane flew over the mountains. on
4 I rode my bike through / over a piece We walked past some shops. along
of broken glass. Last year, I went to Scotland. in, at
5 Id like to go in / to Canada.
6 She fell off / to her bike yesterday.

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