8 VOCABULARY EXTRA

STARTER UNIT 8 3 Complete the email using the words and phrases in the box.

became ill go camping good time meet the local people

8.1 Prepositions of place speak English the local food the local water
1 Circle the expression in each group which is
not used with the preposition in bold. Having a 1 on holiday. The weather is
1 at work home chair great, so we decided to 2 , rather than
2 on a bridge holiday China stay in a hotel. There are lots of Brazilian families here, so it’s a
3 in the internet a taxi Rome great way to 3 . Luckily, most of them
4 under a bridge a chair a party 4
as my Portuguese isn’t very good.
5 over television the river a mountain I love eating 5 . The fish is delicious!
6 on a taxi the internet the table Unfortunately, Dan drank 6 and
7 at a party Berlin school 7
. He is better now though.
Love, Suzie x
8.2 Holiday activities
2 Label the holiday activities with the phrases
Weather
in the box.

see old buildings eat the local food 4 Underline the best sentence for each photo.
go camping go on a guided tour

    
1 It was hot and sunny./ 2 It rained./It snowed.
It was cloudy.

1 2

3 It was cold./ 4 It was windy./It rained.

It was hot and sunny.

8.3 Prepositions of place

5 Look at the photo and underline
the correct alternatives in the text.
3 1
Behind/In front of the girl, there
are some packets of tea or coffee.
2
Under/In front of her, 3on/in the
table, is a burger and a drink of
lemonade. The burger is 4on/
opposite a white plate. 5Between/
Next to the burger is a small pot
of sauce. 6On the left of/Near the
photo is a knife and fork. 7On the right of/In front of the
burger is a glass of lemonade. There is a straw 8on/in the
4 glass. The burger is 9on/between the sauce and the drink.

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Other vocabulary
6 Match 1–5 with a)–e) to make phrases.
1 a big a) my leg
2 friends b) over to her
3 stay with us c) for the night
4 broke d) mistake
5 went e) for life

7 Complete the sentences with the phrases from Exercise 7.

1 I and asked her if she needed help.
2 I went to hospital, because I fell over and .
3 I’m sorry, I made .
4 I invited her to .
5 We got on really well and now we’re .

Crossword 1

8
2

Use the clues to complete

3
the crossword with words
and phrases from Unit 8.
4 5

7 8

10 11

12 13

14 15

16

Across Down
3 someone/something from a particular place (5) 1 The opposite of far. (4)
5 school, work, home (2) 2 The opposite of cold and cloudy. (3, 3, 5)
6 When you can’t see the sun because of 4 cold white rain (4)
the clouds. (6) 7 The opposite of in front. (6)
10 Best friends forever are . 8 The opposite of over. (5)
(7, 3, 4) 9 stay in a tent (2, 7)
12 water from the sky (4) 11 class/Chile (2)
14 I had a really on holiday, it was 13 not well (3)
fantastic. (4, 4) 14 television/the internet (2)
16 with a lot of wind (5)

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