Unit 4 Asking for information in public places Speaking Interaction

I need your help!

A. Choose two places you like from London and New York. Compare with a friend.

LONDON NEW YORK

The London Eye The Empire State Building

The Houses of Parliament The Museum of Modern Art

Madame Tussaud’s Chinatown

Camden Market Central Park

B. You have a new job!

A – you are the director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
B – you are the boss of the London Eye!
Complete the information for your place.

The Museum of Modern Art: MoMA

Address: 11 West 53rd Street, New York The London Eye
(Nearest subway: 33 Street, Queens) Address: Riverside Building, Westminster
Bridge Road, London
Opens: ________ Closes: _________ (Nearest underground: Waterloo)

Price: Adults $______ Children $______ Opens: ________ Closes: _________

A Price: Adults $______ Children $______
B

C. Complete the dialogue with the words from the box.

does course how welcome closes much children nearest help some

A: Madame Tussaud’s. Can I (1)______ you? A: Adult tickets are £29 and £24
B: Can you give me (2)______ information, for (7)__________.
please? B: And (8)______ do I get there?
A: Yes, of (3)__________. A: The address is Marylebone Street
B: What time (4)__________ the museum and the (9)______ underground station is
open and close? Waterloo.
A: It opens at 10:00 and it (5)______ at 17:00. B: Thank you!
B: How (6)______ are the tickets? A: You’re (10)______!
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D. Work with a partner. Make a new dialogue like exercise C. Use the information in exercise B.
Decide: who has the best conditions?

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Tourist information
A. What do you like to visit in a city? Tick (✔) your favourite things to see.
Then compare with a friend.
1. museums 5. the theatre
2. shopping centres 6. restaurants
3. parks 7. the library
4. the stadium 8. historic places

B. You’re visiting a new city! Complete the information below with your ideas.

C. Match the questions and answers in the tourist information centre. Draw lines.
Can I help you? 1. •
What would you like to see? 2. •
How are you travelling? 3. •
OK, here’s a map with 4. •
the places.
We’d like to have lunch 5. •
near here.
How many days are you 6. •
staying?
• a) Just one – we want to see everything we can!
• b) There’s a shopping centre here with lots of
restaurants.
• c) We are going on foot or by bus.
• d) Yes, please. I’d like to visit some places in the
city.
• e) I want to visit the stadium and the historic
centre.
• f) Oh, thank you!

D. Work with a partner. One of you is a tourist and the other works in the tourist information centre.
Make a dialogue similar to the one in exercise C. Use the information from exercises A and B.
Then change roles.
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