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MÓNICA ELBAUM
2002
NEW YORK
by John Escott- Oxford Bookworms Factfiles - Stage 1
1- THE BIG APPLE (Page 1)
a- Choose the best answer

1) People often call New York 3) New York has ________ boroughs
 The big banana  Five
 The big apple  Four
 The big orange  Six

2) Who wanted to go there in the 1920s 4) Which of the following is NOT

and 1930s? true?
 Tango musicians  New York was never a big city.
 Rock musicians  New York is the most exciting city
 Jazz musicians in the world.
 New York wasn't always a big city.

b- Numbers: what do these numbers mean?

1) 20.000.000:..................................................
2) 21.5 km long and 3.7 km wide:...............................................
3) 5:...............................................
4) 10.000:......................................
5) 7.000.000:.................................

2- IN THE BEGINNING (pp.2-3):

Read pages 2 and 3 and find the past form of the following verbs

1. BE (HE) 6.CALL 11. LIVE 16. WORK

2. COME 7.TAKE 12.BEGIN 17.WANT
3. PUT UP 8.CHANGE 13.WANT 18.HELP
4. MAKE 9.FINISH 14. DIE 19. PAY
5. PUSH 10.OPEN 15.BE 20.STOP
(THERE)
Answer these questions

1) Who lived on Manhattan Island four hundred years ago?

2) Who came up the River Hudson?

3) When did he come?

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4) What nationality was he?

5) How much did Peter Minuit pay the Indians for the island?

6) What did he call the island?

7) When did the War of Independence finish?

8) Who was the first president of the U.S.A.?

9) Where did the immigrants come from?

10)What does the word "skyscrapers" mean?

3- VISITING THE CITY (pp4-5)

Find a word in the text that means the opposite of :

1. after ↔…………………… 8. clean ↔………………………

2. easy ↔……………………. 9. east ↔…………………………
3. quiet ↔…………………… 10. expensive ↔…………………
4. get off ↔…………………. 11. arrive ↔………………………
5. slow ↔…………………….. 12. smaller ↔……………………
6. north ↔……………………. 13. short ↔………………………
7. A few ↔…………………… 14. far↔…………………

Correct these statements:

1. The streets only have numbers.
2. The subway is always clean.
3. There aren’t any buses at night.
4. Taxis are black.
5. You can only travel by bus in New York.

4- SOME PLACES TO GO (pp.6-7)

PLACES TO GO WHERE IS IT? WHAT IS THERE? ANY OTHER

INFORMATION?
CHINATOWN

LITTLE ITALY
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GREENWICH
VILLAGE

CENTRAL PARK

CONEY ISLAND

5- LOOKING UP (pp. 8 and 9)

Ask questions. Here are the answers

1)………………………………………………………………………………………?
They are beautiful and very modern.

2) ………………………………………………………………………………………?
It's on Liberty Island.

3) ……………………………………………………………………………………….?
There are 354 stairs.

4) ………………………………………………………………………………………?
Yes, there is a museum at the foot of the statue.

5) .....................................................................................................................................?
It's at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.

6) .....................................................................................................................................?
It has got 102 floors.

Now answer these questions (p.9):

1) Why is the World Trade Center famous?

2) What is there inside the buildings?
3) Where is the "Windows on the World" restaurant?
4) What's the address of the United Nations Building?
5) What can you see outside the building?
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6- Shopping and eating (pp. 10-11)

Say the name
1) You can buy everything you want in
2) Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Lord and Taylor are on
3) The biggest shop in the world
4) World famous for men’s clothes
5) You can buy something different at and

About Food
Mention four different types of food.
Where can you have them in New York?
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7. ENTERTAINMENT
Complete with prepositions

IN TO TO ON IN FOR AT AT

1. What can you do _________ the evening?

2. Go __________ the theatre.
3. Listen __________ some music.
4. There are more than thirty theatres __________ Broadway.
5. There are “off” Broadway theatres __________ Greenwich Village.
6. New York is a wonderful city __________ jazz.
7. You can hear the best jazz __________ the Blue Note.
8. ...and you can hear a rock concert __________ Madison Square Garden.

SPORT (page 13) Match and write sentences:

If you like... Go to....
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BASEBALL The U.S. Open Tennis Championship

TENNIS The New York Marathon in Central Park
RUNNING The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
ART Shea Stadium
SOMETHING DIFFERENT New York City Police Museum

8. WE LOVE A PARADE
PARADE WHEN? WHERE?
1.

2.

3.

4.

9. NEW YORK AND NEW YORKERS

1. Don’t carry a lot of __________ with you.
2. The weather is very cold in __________.
3. American English word for “underground”.
4. The most exciting city in the world.
5. It’s very __________ in summer.
6. Lots of people.
7. Stop!
8. Policemen blow __________.
9. Tourists or __________.
10. The opposite of dangerous.

1. _____ _____ N _____ _____

2. _____ _____ _____ _____ E _____
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3. _____ _____ _____ W _____ _____

4. _____ _____ _____ Y _____ _____ _____

5. _____ O _____
6. _____ R _____ _____ _____ _____
7.___ _____ ____’ ____ _____ _____ _____ K

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8. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ E _____
9. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ R _____
10. S _____ _____ _____