Pre-intermediate

Presentation practice
Presenting the big idea

1 Speaking
Work with a partner. Discuss the following questions.

• Where in the world would you like to fly to? Why?

• Who would you go with? Why?

2 Vocabulary
Work with a partner. Add more forms of transport to the mind map below.

boat
canoe

sea

TRANSPORT

air land

car
foot

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3 Speaking
Look at the adjectives below which can be used to talk about different types of transport.
Decide which are positive, negative or neutral in meaning and put them into the table.

expensive convenient cheap

fast common safe

enjoyable tiring modern

exciting old-fashioned

Positive Negative Neutral

Add your own words to the table.

With a partner, use the adjectives to compare the different types of transport from the
mind map activity.

e.g. Travelling by aeroplane is more expensive than travelling by car

I think travelling by boat is the most enjoyable form of transport.

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4 Vocabulary
Match the adjectives (1–8) to the nouns (a–h) to make collocations which can be used to
describe towns or cities.

1. delicious a. sights

2. warm b. scenery

3. famous c. people

4. cheap d. culture

5. wonderful e. food

6. friendly f. buildings

7. interesting g. shopping

8. historical h. weather

Note down some other collocations to describe cities.

5 Speaking
Add some more cities to the list below.

Tokyo London New York Paris

Hong Kong Prague Bangkok Moscow

With a partner, compare these cities using the collocations above.

e.g. ‘I’ve heard the food is more delicious in Paris than in London.’

‘I think London is most famous for its historical buildings.’

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6 Language
Unscramble the sentences 1–5.

e.g. fly / Why / we / don’t / into / Tokyo?

Why don’t we fly into Tokyo?

1. about / How / going / London? / to

2. heard / I’ve /for / it’s / famous / scenery / wonderful / its

3. historical / We / could / see / the / Rome / buildings / in

4. shopping / Hong Kong / cheap / is / for / good

5. might / fun / see / famous / sights / It / be / Paris / in / to / the

7 Listening
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

1. What did they win?

2. Where will they go?

3. What is their relationship?

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8 Listening
Listen again and fill in the blanks:

1. It’s such an place.

2. Let’s go somewhere .

3. It’s than Las Vegas.

4. French food is than Chinese food.

5. Wow! Paris! It’s got shopping too.

9 Pronunciation
Listen to your teacher say these sentences. Underline the stressed words and notice the intonation
used when making suggestions.

e.g. How about starting in Paris?

1. I’ve heard Rome is famous for its friendly locals.

2. Why don’t we go to Moscow?

3. Tokyo is good for culture.

4. We could go shopping in Hong Kong.

5. It might be fun to go to Seoul.

Practise the sentences with a partner, paying attention to each other’s intonation.

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10 Speaking
You are going to plan an around-the-world trip. You have to stop at five different cities.

Use the language for comparing and making suggestions:

e.g. A: Why don’t we start in Tokyo? I’ve heard it’s good for culture.

B: Hmm, I think Kyoto’s better for culture. Why don’t we go there instead?

Notes

Share your trip with another pair/group.

Our first stop is going to be Kyoto. We’ve heard it’s really good for culture and lots of places to eat.

After that we’re going to …

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