6 VOCABULARY EXTRA

STARTER UNIT 6 3 Write the missing vowels to complete the signs.

1 P _ ll 6 W_y _ _t
6.1 Places 2 P _ sh 7 D _ ng _ r
3 F _ r_ _ x _ t 8 _ nt _ _ nc _
1 Put the letters in the correct order to make places. 4 L _ _ k b _ th w _ ys 9 N _ _ ntry
The first and last letters are correct. 5 T _ _ l _ ts 10 N _ sm _ k _ ng
1 bnak
2 rnrsatauet
3 pcmhraay
6.2 Transport
4 irneentt cfaé 4 Answer the questions with the words in the box.
5 nnesaegwt’s You can use the words more than once.
6 psot oifcfe
7 heotl a bike a bus a car a plane a motorbike
8 cfaé a taxi a train the underground
9 ppahnoye 1 Which form of transport doesn’t use petrol or
10 csah mihance electricity?
2 Which forms of transport need a ticket?
2 Put the words in the box in the correct place. , , ,
Some words may fit in more than one place.

a cinema a farm a gym a hospital a library 3 Which forms of transport have no passengers, or
a museum a park a pharmacy a school only a few?
a shopping centre a supermarket a theatre , , ,
a zoo

Somewhere to go in your free time

6.3 Travel
5 Put the letters in the correct order to make
travel words. The first letters are correct.
Somewhere to buy things 1 psanegres
2 tkicte miachne
3 slinge
4 rutrne
5 bus satiton
Somewhere to see animals 6 mohltny pssa

6 Match 1–6 with endings a)–f).

1 You need to go to the ticket
2 I’d like to buy
Somewhere to go if you are ill
3 The bus goes at 6p.m. Let’s go to
4 Is this where I
5 Show your ticket
6 Please can you tell me where to get
Somewhere to learn new things
a) a return ticket.
b) wait for the bus?
c) off the bus?
d) the gate.
Somewhere to do exercise e) to the driver.
f) machine to get your ticket.

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Down
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2 3 4
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write what
you see in the
crossword. (5)

5 3

6 7

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4
8 9

10

11
(6, 7)
5

12

Across (4)
2 11 7

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STARTER UNIT 6 6.2 a/an, some, a lot of, not any

6.1 there is/are

1 Look at the box and the words in brackets and
complete the sentences. Use there is/are and a/an,
some or a lot of.
1 Complete the sentences with There’s or There are.
1 a cash machine at the hotel. Items
2 sandwiches and drinks on the table. ✓ = a/an ✓✓✓ = some ✓✓✓✓✓ = a lot of
3 two computers in his office.
4 a dictionary on the desk. 1 There are some bikes in the shop. (bike ✓✓✓)
5 taxis at the station. 2 outside the museum.
6 a swimming pool near here. (tourist ✓✓✓✓✓)
7 clothes shops in the town. 3 near the city. (airport ✓)
8 a new film at the cinema. 4 in the centre. (shoe shop ✓)
5 at night. (taxi ✓✓✓✓✓)
2 Put the words in the correct order to make 6 to the airport. (train ✓)
sentences. 7 for the concert.
1 four / restaurants / There / but / is / are / good / (cheap ticket ✓✓✓✓✓)
only one. 8 near here. (lovely beach ✓✓✓)
2 the / a / Is / station / café / there / in? 2 Complete the conversations with some or any.
3 in / There / this / six / eggs / aren’t / box. 1 A: Are there any bananas for breakfast?
4 me / Are / two emails / there / for? B: No, there aren’t any bananas but there are
5 internet / this / isn’t / café / in / an / There / town. some apples.
6 are / over there / two payphones / There. 2 A: There aren’t trains aer 12a.m.
B: No, but there are night buses.
7 a / Is / to / the / train / airport / there?
3 A: Are there houses near the beach?
8 isn’t / toilet / the / a / There / in / shop.
B: No, but there are hotels.
3 Look at the places in the box. Ask and answer 4 A: Are there messages for me?
questions to find out what there is where B: There are emails but there aren’t
Yvonne lives. messages.
5 A: There are cafés near here.
cash machines ✓ a hairdresser’s ✓ B: But there aren’t internet cafés.
a pharmacy ✓ restaurants ✓ 6 A: Are there visitors in the museum?
internet cafés ✗ clothes shops ✗ B: Yes, there are schoolchildren with their
a newsagent’s ✗ a train station ✗ teachers.

1 You: Are there any cash machines? 3 Circle the correct answer, a), b) or c).
Yvonne: Yes, there are. 1 Are there good programmes on TV in the UK?
2 You: a) lot of b) not some c) any
Yvonne: 2 There isn’t underground in this city.
3 You: a) some b) an c) a lot of
Yvonne: 3 There are of Polish newspapers at the
newsagent’s.
4 You:
a) some b) a lot c) any
Yvonne: 4 Is there gym near here?
5 You: a) any b) a lot of c) a
Yvonne: 5 There aren’t cars in the street.
6 You: a) some b) any c) not any
Yvonne: 6 There are restaurants near here.
7 You: a) some b) any c) not a
Yvonne: 7 Is there bus stop near here?
a) an b) some c) a
8 You:
8 There are problems with the new computer.
Yvonne:
a) any b) some c) lot of

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6.3 buying a ticket Consolidation

1 Put the conversation in the correct order. 1 Complete the conversations. Use the words in
Part A brackets and the correct form of there is/are
B: Single or return? where appropriate.
A: Friday the tenth At the airport
B: That’s 205 euros. David: How do I go from the airport to the city
A: A ticket to Hull, please. 1 centre? 1Is there a train? (a train)
B: When do you want to come back? Sven: Yes, 2 and the ticket is
A: Return, please. eight euros. (a train/every thirty minutes)
Maria: 3 , too.
Part B (a lot of/taxis/at the airport)
B: At half past six. Here’s your ticket.
Sven: Yes, but a taxi is thirty euros!
A: What time is the first train? 1
David: 4 ? (an airport bus)
B: Thanks a lot.
A: No, twenty minutes. Sven: 5
. The ticket is four
euros. (yes)
B: There’s one in twenty minutes.
A: Sorry? In ten minutes? At the bus station
B: And what time does it arrive in Hull? David: 6 , please.
(a return ticket/city centre)
2 Complete the conversation with one word in Man: That’s eight euros.
each gap.
David: 7 ? (when/first bus)
A: Two 1 to Termini, please.
Man: 8
.
B: Single or 2
? (one/in fieen minutes)
A: Single, please. David: 9 ? (sorry/fiy)
B: 3 ’s twenty-eight euros. Man: No, fieen. 10
.
A: Here you are. When is the 4 train? (a bus/every twenty minutes)
B: 5
’s one in ten minutes. David: 11 ? (buses/at night)
A: When does it 6 in Termini? Man: Yes, 12
.
B: At half past two. Here 7 your tickets. (buses/every hour/at night)
A: Thanks a 8
.
13
. (here/your ticket)
David: 14
. (thanks/lot)

2 Cover Exercise 1. Find and correct the mistakes in

the sentences. Then look at Exercise 1 and check
your answers.
1 At night, there are buses every half hour.
At night, there are buses every hour.
2 There’s a train every twenty minutes.

3 There’s a bus every fieen minutes.

4 There aren’t any taxis at the airport.

5 A single bus ticket is six euros.

6 A return bus ticket is twelve euros.

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LISTENING EXTRA
STARTER UNIT 6 3 What services are there in the village?
And in the next town?
1 Think about a place you know well that is not your hometown.
Answer these questions. 4 Would you like to visit Damon’s
1 Where is it? grandmother’s village?
2 Is it big or small? Why/Why not?
3 What do you like about it?
4 Is it different from your hometown? 5 6.1 Listen to a conversation
with a visitor in the village.
2 Read Damon’s description of his grandmother’s village. 1 What does the visitor want?
What does he like about it? Is it different from his home? 2 Can she get it in the village?

6 Listen again. Complete the questions.

Forum: Write about a place you know well 1 Do you live in the ?
2 Is there a in the
village?
Today 09:22 3 Does it wifi?
4 Where’s the next ?
My grandmother lives in a very small village. There’s
one shop and a small café. And nothing else! The next 7 Match the answers a)–d) to the
town is two miles away. Sometimes when we visit my questions in Exercise 6.
grandmother in the summer, we walk to the town. a) No, but there’s an internet café in
There’s a nice walk along the river. There’s a bus too the next town.
but we like to walk. The town is small, too, but there’s a
b) Not far. Follow the road. It’s only five
supermarket, an Indian restaurant and a cinema! It’s a
very small cinema. There are only thirty seats. It’s great!
minutes by car.
I love visiting my grandmother. Her life is very different c) Yes, there is. There’s a small café in
from our life in London! the main street.
d) Yes, well, my grandmother lives here.
Damon03 Likes (2)
8 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the
questions in Exercise 1. Use questions
REPLY 
with Is there … /Are there … to ask for
more information.
A: Is there an internet café in your
hometown?
B: No, there isn’t, but there’s a …

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STARTER UNIT 6 6.2

6.1 3 A WEAK FORMS: a/an, some, a lot of Tick the
sentences that are true about your town or city.
1A 6.1 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /eə/ Look at 1 It has a beach.
some different spellings of the sound. Then listen 2 There’s a river.
and repeat the sound and words.
3 There’s an Indian restaurant.
/eə/ there, where, chair, work in pairs, their, 4 A lot of people drive to work.
parents, Mary, they’re
5 There are some parks.
6 It has some good hotels.
PRONUNCIATION TIP
7 There are a lot of tourists.
Some sounds in English are two sounds together. 8 It’s an important business centre.
Practise the two sounds and then say them together.
/e/ + /ə/ = /eə/, e.g. chair B 6.4 Listen to the sentences and underline the
/e/ + /ɪ/ = /eɪ/, e.g. cake stressed words.
/æ/ + /ɪ/ = /ɑɪ/, e.g. time
C Listen again to the weak sounds of a /ə/, an /ən/,
some /səm/ and a lot of /əlɒtəv/. Then listen and
B Complete the conversations with the words in say the sentences with the speaker.
the box.

there’s Mary where parents their pairs

6.3
there (x2) chair they’re
4A 6.5 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /æ/ /aː/ Look
Conversation 1 at some different spellings of the sounds. Then
A: 1 a mouse over 2 . listen and repeat the sounds and words.
B: 3
? /æ/ passenger, platform, taxi, international
A: On the 4 ! /aː/ car, pharmacy, sparkling, weekly pass, father
Conversation 2
B Look at the table. Start at ‘pharmacy’ and go to
A: Work alone or work in 5 . ‘market’. Choose only words with the sound /aː/.
B: 6 are three of us. Go up, down, le or right.
A: Then work in a three.
Conversation 3 pharmacy Saturday parent match
A: 7 and Pat are sisters. Argentina start apple café
B: Are they from the USA?
carrot answer aernoon party
A: No, 8 British but 9
10
are American. that Paris practice market

C 6.2 Listen and check. Then listen again and C 6.6 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
say the conversations with the speakers.
5A 6.7 WORD STRESS: checking Listen and
2A 6.3 INTONATION: yes/no questions Listen underline the stressed syllables in 1–4. Then listen
and write five questions. again and repeat.
B Read the Pronunciation tip. Then listen again A: Please send my ticket to svet19@bmail.org.
and repeat the questions in Exercise 2A. Copy the B: Sorry, 1svet ninety?
intonation. A: No, 2svet nineteen.
B: At 3bmail.com?
PRONUNCIATION TIP A: No, 4bmail.org.
Yes/No questions oen go up at the end.
B 6.8 Listen to the conversation and correct the
information in the form.
Is there a bank near here? Are you hungry? NAME: Mrs Jo Kalani
ADDRESS: Flat 9,
49 Yew Road
POSTCODE: W7 3AB

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STARTER UNIT 6 B Rewrite the email using informal words or phrases.

starting and ending an email
1
Dear Natalie,
WRITING TIP How are you? I’m in Rome! There are no planes to
London this evening because the weather is very bad. I’m in
We start and end emails in different ways when writing to a really nice hotel, but there’s no wifi in the hotel so I’m at
different people. an internet café now.
If you write to someone close (a family member, friend,
2
I hope to hear from you.
a partner etc.), use informal language. 3
Regards,
Hi Jessie, See you soon! Take care, Belle Rachel.
If you write to someone you don’t know, or your manager,
etc. use formal language.
Dear Mr Wright, Regards, David

1 Read the email below and answer the questions.

1 Is the text to Philip Shaw’s brother, friend or
manager?
2 Find two examples of formal language.
4 Write an email to a friend or your manager explaining
why you aren’t at work today. Use a situation from one
of the photos. Use informal/formal words or phrases
to start and end your email. Write 60–80 words.

Dear Mr Purley,
I am at home. There are no trains this morning because
the weather is bad.
Regards,
Philip Shaw
Sent from my iPhone

2 Choose the informal options to complete the email.

1
Hi/Dear Elaine!
I’m in a great restaurant with Rosie. The food is fantastic!
2
See you soon/I hope to hear from you.
3
Take care/Regards,
Emma

3 A Rewrite parts of the email using formal words or

phrases.

1
Hi Mr Stewart,
I’m at the train station. I have a problem with my car –
it won’t start. There aren’t any trains because the weather
is bad, and there aren’t any taxis at the station. I’m at café
waiting for a taxi but I can’t work because there’s no wifi.
2
See you soon!
3
Take care,
John.

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STARTER UNIT 6
1 OVERVIEW: Watch the video. Do people travel in the same way in your country? Natalie

2 Read Natalie’s text. Then watch the video from 0:11 to 0:21 and complete
the words.
I 1a l w a y s go to work 2b _ tube. It 3t _ _ _ _ about 4t _ _ _ _ _ minutes.
It’s 5f _ _ _ . How about you? How do you 6g _ _ to work?

Glossary: tube = underground

3 Look at the people below and read the questions and answers. Then watch the video from 0:21 to 2:36 and
circle the correct answers, a) or b).

How do you get to work? How long does it take? How much does it cost?

1a) By underground. 4a) An hour. 7a) £18 a month.

b) By bike. b) Half an hour. b) £80 a month.

Dawn

2a) By train. 5a) Half an hour. 8a) £15 a day.

b) By bus. b) An hour. b) £50 a day.

Christopher

3a) By car. 6a) Forty minutes. 9a) About £2.

b) By tube. b) About half an hour. b) About £12.

Robbie

4 How do they get to work? Read the words in the box. Then watch the video from 0:21 to 0:49 and tick the words
you hear. How many people walk to work?

underground ✓ bus motorbike car tube train plane taxi bike walk

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5 How long does the journey take and do they like it? Look at the people below and read their answers. Check new
words in your dictionary. Then watch the video from 0:52 to 1:28 and match the people to the correct answers.

1 It takes me an hour and a half. A

_____
A Ailsa

2 It’s about half an hour to walk. Ten minutes in the car. _____

3 About an hour. _____

B Beth 4 Sometimes it’s boring. But sometimes I talk to people. _____

5 Yeah. I just normally listen to music. _____

6 It costs me £20 a month. _____

C Gabriel
7 It costs about £3. _____

8 It’s free. _____

D Ahlian

6 THE WAY WE SPEAK: The people in the pictures talk about how they get to work. Watch the video again from
0:21 to 0:49 and complete their answers with the correct verb.

1 I take the underground to work. 2 I _____________ my bike. 3 I _____________ to work on

the train.

4 I _____________ the tube. 5 I _____________ by car or I walk. 6 I _____________ the bus every day.

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7 PERSONALISATION: Write your answers to Natalie’s questions.

1 How do you get to work?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 How long does it take?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you like the journey?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 How much does it cost?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________

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6 DVD EXTRA

STARTER UNIT 6 4 Underline the correct alternative to complete the

extracts.
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1 India, it’s a country of millions of different people,
1 How do you travel to work/school?
colours and sounds/noises.
2 What is your favourite way to travel? Why?
2 On the roads people and animals walk anywhere/
everywhere.
3 A motorbike is a good way to travel about/around.
4 Motorbikes are great/good.
5 I travel to Mumbai on business/work a lot.
6 It’s all part of the many places/faces of India.

5A Choose one of the types of transport below and

find the answers to the questions.
• rickshaw
• traghetto
• ice angel
• jeepney
• monte toboggan
1 Where do people use this type of transport?
2 What is it?
3 What adjectives can you use to describe it?

B Work in groups. Tell other students about the

type of transport you chose. Which would you
like to try?
2 Watch the DVD. What do the underlined things in
the sentences refer to?
1 It’s a very popular way to travel.
2 There are a lot of them on the road.

3 They go everywhere in the cities.

4 They are expensive.
5 They can be too much for a
visitor.

3A Work in pairs. Match the numbers in the box with

the things they refer to in 1–5.

3 or 4 5 a hundred hundreds millions

1 different people in India
2 what time the boy gets up every day

3 the Indian train system is this many years old

4 how many places the train system goes to

5 the number of people you can see on a

motorbike

B Watch the DVD again to check.

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