those personal items

2A The
Listen and check.

a book a

Key5 b 00K
Go to Vocabulary practice: personal items, page 110
2 Look at exercise 1 and answer the questions. Then read the Grammar box.
1 Which noun do we use with 2 Which noun is plural? YS

singular and plural nouns

Singular nouns: a key an umbrella a watch
Plural nouns: keys umbrellas watches

Go to Grammar practice: singular and plural nouns, page 97

3 A Imagine you live with only 15 things. What are your 15 things?
B Read the text. Are your 15 things the same as Andrew's?
MANUAL
MODERN

15 COUNTRIES
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with
This js Andrew Hyde, and that's his book',
15 countries with 15 things, Andrew is from
Colorado jn the U.S., and he's a writerand
traveler.And it's true - he's a man with
only 15 things!

THESE ARE HIS 15 THINGS:

1 backpack 6 wallet 13 shoes

2 smartphone 7 ejacket 14 towel
3 e camera pants 15 Q toiletry bag
iPad 9 & 10 shirts
sunglasses 11 & 12 shorts

Andrew is back in the U.S. now, but is he happy with just those ,
15 things? Yes, he says. Life is easy withouta lot of things.
 SKILLS READING preparing to read • adjectiveq and

2B Lost!
1 A Match the words in the box With the color 3,

blue br wn green orange pink

best Go to Vocabulary practice: colors, page

B In pairs, point to items in the classroom. Ask and arc,:
A What color are those books? B They're orange,

preparing to read
Before you read a text, look at other information to help you prepare.
• Think about the style of the text. Is it from a magazine, a website, a letter)
• Look at the pictures. What people, places, and things can you see?
• Read the title. What does it mean?

2 A Read the Skill box. What do you think the text on page 17 is about? Check (V) a, b, or c.
a lost tourists in London o b transportationin-London CJ c lost items in London
B Read the text quickly and check your answer.

3 Read the text again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 The Lost and Found Office is in London. —T— 4 The laptop is new.
2 The items are all from buses. 5 All the musical instruments are expensive. —E—
3 Tim Carlisle is a tour guide every day. —Z 61 The $15,000 is in the office now.
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Check your answers in the text.

expensive violin guitars cheAp

1 These are 2 That's an 042M!Y-L

affectives and nouns

adjective + noun: $15,000 in a broin envelope.
noun + be + adjective: fhis lab(dbishlii
Look! Adjectives don't change witwplural nouns: It's'an expensive instrument
They're expensive instruments

5 Read the Text builder, Put the words in order to make sentences.
1 good it's a camera
2 sunglasses they're expensive
3 green purse the is
4 are the brown wallets
5 fast a it's car a $aa-cae------------
6 A 02.9) Read and listen to the conversation in a Lost and Found
Office,
B In pairs, change the highlighted words and make a new conversation.

A Hello, can I help you?

B J)? you my wallet? It's a small, black wallet, It's expensive.
A Hold on. Is this your wallet?
B Yes,that's it!