Listening A radio report 1 B® Work with a partner. Lookat the objects in the pictures and guess what they are used for. Which do you think isa) the most. ‘expensive and b) the cheapest? 2 QUEI Listen to a radio reporter talking about the three objects and check your 3 QED Listen again and match the objects 56 (@- with the sentences (1-6). 1 These objects have two purposes... 2. These objects are quite expensive 3. The reporter buys ths object. 4 This object is unique. 5 This object comes indlferent colours {5 This objects the oldest and the frst one to be invented Vocabulary Modifiers 4 QUT Listen to the extracts from the recording and complete them with the modifiers in the box. Then listen, check and repeat. much too. quite extremely kind of totally risiculously abit really The heaterght combination: Tha’ quite, unusual. 2 The heater That. hot! 3. The priceof the heater: That was... expensive! 4 The solar ees: They ook ... stylish 5 The solar trees: They are... prety, The price ofthe chargers: They're... expensive 7 The third stall: Ths stall looks. better 8 Thefan: I's. sale. 5 Look atthe modifiers again. Do they make the adjectives 0) alittle stonger or b) lot stronger? GE 6 Think of an object you own and match it to three expressions from Exercise 4. Then work with a partner and explain your choice. te got a solar travel charger. i's rally useful ts exremely small and Vocabulary bank + page 111Language focus 2 Relative pronouns and clauses ‘1 Choose the correct words to complete the examples from the listening on page 56. Then answer the questions in the box. 1 It. great market where / who you can find all kinds of ‘unusual things, 2. The heat comes from the ight bulb in the middle an reflected by this part whose / which you can see here. 2 need something that / where | can put on my desk 4 I wonder where the person that / whose stall tis-can be? The guy where / who you can see in the phatois.a friend of mine. 6 don’t think the juy that / which | was talking to is going 10 ell alot of battery chargers! Which pronouns refer to... an object (two pronouns)? b a place? a person (two pronouns)? a possession? © Grammar reference « page 103 2. Rewrite the two sentences using one of the relative pronouns in brackets. 1. This is the stall. buy second-hand ‘computer games here. (where/which) Thisio the stall where Ibuy second-hand ‘computer games, 2. Thisis the birthday present. My brother ‘gave it to me, (thatitio) 2 [realy ike the woman, We met her atthe market, (whaAwhich That’ the man. I bought his bike last week. (wirodwhose) 5 Can you remember the name of the boy? We talked to him here last whose) 6 really don’t think much ofthe restaurant. We a ek, (that? here last night. thavivhere) Oo ‘When the relative pronoun isthe subject © of the verb that follows, we don't need a subject pronoun. A grey shirt thae it cost £20. The man who he works on this stall, = 3. Write sentences using the prompts and the relative pronouns in brackets. 1 This/be /per yesterday (that 2 I/notlike fnew teacher ust start / teaching Art (ho) 2 My favourte market can see/on the n/1/tel/ you about / all/ be /one /you/ which) 4 My aunt /have/a friend /sell/ handmade jewelery /in the market (t 5 I/ see /that gil / party / we / go lastnight 5 Over there / be /shop / my brother / work / at weekends (where) © say ivight! = page 97 four turn] 4 Choose a person, an object and a place. Write definitions of them using who, which where or whase hut dant say what they are! 5 Work with a partner. Read each other your definitions and guess what they're defining. He's an interesting person who gets involved ina lot of adventures Bear Grylst 57