On holiday

Topic: On holiday
Skill: Describing places
Making suggestions with ‘should’
Grammar: Deductions: use of ‘it must be’ and ‘can't be’ with an adjective
Adverb ‘too’
Suggestions with ‘should’
Vocabulary: Simple descriptions of the weather
Travel and descriptions of places

Holiday
plans 1 lesson

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Lesson
Holiday
plans
Family members planning a summer holiday want to
go to different places and finally do not agree.

Aims
In this lesson you learn about different types of holidays, how they differ and what types of people
choose such holidays.

• backpacking
• city break
• camping

You practise vocabulary connected with different types of holidays.

• ticket
• sunbathing cream
• sleeping bag

Finally, you learn about the word ‘too’ (too hot / too heavy / too expensive). You know how
and when to use this phrase and in this lesson you have more practice how to use ‘too’ and other
phrases connected with it (too much / too many / enough)

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Comprehension
Character Dialogue
Ellie Hi. We need to think (1) about our summer holiday.
We need to plan our summer holiday.
Let’s plan our summer holiday.
We should (2) think about our summer holiday.
We should plan our summer holiday.
1 Christine I suppose so (3) .
Here, think means plan, organize.
I guess so.
I reckon.
2
Ellie How about a beach holiday in Spain?
Should here means the same as
need. How about (4) a sandwich?
Why don’t we go to Spain?
3 Martin Oh no, Spain’s too hot in summer!
I suppose so is an expression which It’s very (5) cold there.
means that we agree.
Ellie Well, what about camping in Scotland?
4 How about Italy?
How about is used to make a Christine Oh no! Camping’s too (6) difficult and Scotland is too cold.
suggestion. That’s too much work.
It’s too hard!
5
Ellie Well, why don’t we go to Rome or Paris? We can go
Very and too mean the same. sightseeing and visit the museums and art galleries. I love
the Louvre!
6 How about Rome or Paris?
Too means a lot. What do you think of Rome or Paris? (7)
Martin Museums? Too boring for me!
7 Reading is very (8) boring!
What do you think… is used to make
a suggestion. I have a very boring job.
I hate museums. They are very boring.
8 Ellie A cruise around Scandinavia?
With the verb ‘to be’ we can use very Christine Too expensive!
instead of too.
Ellie Oh dear! (9) You don’t like any of these ideas. We can find
some more on the Internet.
9
Oh my God!
Oh dear! is a phrase that expresses
emotions. Oh well!
Ellie This is interesting. A working holiday in the Alps. Two weeks
cleaning rivers and planting trees. It’s different and it helps
the environment.
This sounds like fun!
That sounds good!
Martin Working? No thanks, I work all year!
Ellie I can see you don’t like any of my ideas. I’m going to plan a
holiday with my friends!
You don’t seem to like any of my ideas.
Christine Fantastic! This year we can stay at home.
Martin Yes, we can read and work on the garden.
We can watch a film.
I can work on my book.
Christine Perfect!
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Use of English

TOO

We use Too before adjectives and adverbs and Notice that we add the word enough after
it means 'more than necessary'. an adjective (big enough, loud enough)
but before a noun (enough money, enough
• This music is too loud. Can you turn it space).
down, please?
• This coffee is too cold now to drink.
Would you like a fresh one? Too goes with much and many.
• This room is too small for a family
with three children. Can we change it • too much
for a bigger one? • too many

The opposite of too is enough, which we • There are too many people in this
often use in questions and negative sentences. swimming pool. Let’s go to the sea.
• There’s too much sugar in this tea. It’s
• This coffee isn’t hot enough. Would you awful!
like a new one?
• This room isn’t big enough for a family
with three children. Can we change it
for a bigger one?

Work-out
A
Find 10 adjectives in the word search.

A H O T U N R B E X P E N S I V E G

A A C H E A P T A S U N N Y D F K W

B I T V I N T E L L I G E N T G A W

K N D B Q B I G S A F L O U D W A V

B J S T R O N G S A W L H E A V Y H

Q N R G A T I R E D A K B Y K A S T

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B
Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the previous exercise.

1. Barcelona’s too hot for me for a holiday, let’s go to Oslo.

2. This tea’s a bit too         , can I have a fresh one?
3. Jim was too          to read a book so he went to bed.
4. Kathy will not believe your story, she’s too         .
5. This watch is too          to be an original Rolex. Check it twice before you buy it.
6. My suitcase was too          so I had to check it in.
7. My family wanted to go to China for their holiday but the plane tickets were too      
  .
8. The music’s a bit too        , can you turn it down because I can’t focus on my book!?
9. This piece of cake’s too          for me, can I have a smaller one?

C
Complete the sentences with ‘too’ or ‘enough.’

1. These shoes are too big for you. You need to try on a different size.

2. I don’t have         money to go on holiday this year. Maybe next year.
3. There are         many people here, let’s go somewhere else.
4. There’s         much salt in this sea, it’s difficult to swim here.
5. The sea’s not warm         and nobody’s swimming.
6. China’s         far away and the Johnson family can’t fly there with their
10-month old baby girl.
7. Isn’t it         spicy for you? I thought you didn’t like spicy food.
8. This chicken isn’t spicy        , I need to add more chilli pepper.

D
Put the words below into groups. You can put some phrases in more than one
category.

plane ticket / passport / tent / sleeping bag / sightseeing / sandy / museum /

monuments / campsite / sun cream / torch / restaurant / hotel / art gallery / forest
/ sunbathing / souvenirs / resort / peace and quiet / cosmopolitan / big waves

Beach holidays Camping City break

plane ticket

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E
Read the definitions below and fill in the crossword.

1 3
2
T
E
4
N
5 6
T

Across: Down:

1. What most people do on the beach 1. Visiting interesting places in a city.

when it’s sunny. 2. What you sleep in when camping.
4. This is a place where you can see old 3. A type of document you need when you
artefacts. travel.
5. This is a place where most people stay 6. A historical statue or a building in
when on holiday. a city.
7. A small thing that people buy on
holiday to remember the place.
8. A place where people put up tents.
9. An adjective to describe a place with
people from all over the world.

F
Describe your last holiday.

Where did you go?

(destination)
Who did you go with?

Where did you stay?

(accommodation)
What did you do?

What was the food like?

What were the people like?

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Word List hotel

monument
museum
passport
HOLIDAYS peace and quiet
accommodation plane ticket
com
peaceful ta
active holiday resort
art gallery restaurant sedan neighbo
backpacking sandy spend enou
beach holiday sightseeing butcher w
big waves sleeping bag engaged g
polite sirlo
camping souvenir
habit
too
ge
campsite sunbathing worth la
starve he
unlucky
check in sun cream kiosk
gossip
city break tent desire
cosmopolitan torch
destination turn down

Key
1. hot
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B
T
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A
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W B 2. strong
B I T V I N T E L L I G E N T G A W 3. tired
K N D B Q B I G S A F L O U D W A V 4. intelligent
B J S T R O N G S A W L H E A V Y H
5. cheap
Q N R G A T I R E D A K B Y K A S T
6. heavy
7. expensive
8. loud
9. big

1. too Beach holidays:

C 2. enough D plane ticket / passport / sandy / sun
3. too cream / restaurant / hotel / sunbathing /
4. too souvenirs / resort / big waves.
5. enough
6. too Camping:
7. too passport / tent / sleeping bag / campsite
8. enough / torch / forest / peace and quiet

City break
plane ticket / passport / sightseeing
/ museum / monuments / restaurant
/ hotel / art gallery / souvenirs /
cosmopolitan

Across:
E 1. sunbathing Down:
4. museum 1. sightseeing
5. hotel 2. tent
7. souvenir 3. passport
8. campsite 6. monument
9. cosmopolitan

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Barcelona 2 lesson

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Lesson
A trip to
Barcelona
One friend gives another suggestions about
what he should do on his trip to Barcelona.

Aims
In this lesson you learn adjectives to describe cities and their atmosphere.

• It’s such a cosmopolitan city. There are so many different people and different cultures.
• The city’s really polluted and it’s even difficult to breathe.
• Athens is an ancient city with a lot of buildings and monuments which were built thousands
of years ago.

You also learn vocabulary connected with holidays in a city.

• cathedral
• museum
• art gallery

You learn how to make suggestions and give advice using the modal verb ‘should’. You also learn
about other expressions to give advice and express opinions.

• Kate: I’m going to Rome next week.

• George: You should definitely see the Colosseum.
• If I were you, I would stay at the Ritz.
• Harry: What would you like to eat?
• Penny: What about having some fish and chips?

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Comprehension
Character Dialogue
Kayla Hi Rhys! You look happy!
Rhys Hi Kayla. Yes, I am. I’m going to Barcelona with some friends
next week.
Kayla Oh, I went there last summer. Barcelona is a fantastic (1) city.
1 It’s beautiful, with lots of things to see and do.
Fantastic means great, amazing. That is a fantastic plan!
Italy is a great place to visit.
2 Rhys I know (2) , I…
I know means the same as I agree. Kayla You should (3) visit the Sagrada Familia. It’s a tall, modern
cathedral. It’s a very original building.
You should visit Paris.
3 You should do some work.
Should is a modal verb to express
your opinion or give advice.
Rhys Yes I know but...
Kayla Oh, and you should go to the Picasso Museum. It’s really
interesting and it’s in the old part of the city where you can
4 see lots of monuments and famous buildings.
Here, too means as well. Rhys Yes but...
Kayla Then you should go to the Olympic port. It’s really exciting!
There are lots of bars and restaurants and it’s close to the
beach, so you can sunbathe, too (4) .
Rhys Yes...
You shouldn’t miss the Boqueria. It’s a very big market where
they sell all types of delicious food. And...
Rhys Kayla, I know. I went there last year. I saw all those places.
This year I’m going to a big building with a kind of park in the
middle.
I have already seen those places.
Kayla Oh, I don’t think I know that. What is it?
I don’t know what that is.
What is that? I don’t know anything about it.
I don’t really know about it.
Rhys The Nou Camp. It’s a football stadium. I’m going to watch
Chelsea play to win against Barcelona football club.
Kayla Oh...

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Use of English
MODAL VERBS ‘SHOULD' AND ‘OUGHT TO’

If you want to give advice in English, use the Should and ought to are modal verbs, which
modal verb should. means:

• You look tired. You should have some • They have the same form for every
rest. pronoun
• You shouldn’t eat too much sugar. It’s (I ought to, she should)
not healthy. • The verb after a modal verb
is in the infinitive form
(I ought to go, she should stay)
Another modal verb ought to has the same • 
We make questions with inversion
meaning. (Ought I to go? Should she stay?)
• We make negative forms by adding the
• You look tired. You ought to have some word 'not'
rest. (I ought not to / oughtn’t to, she should
• You oughtn’t to tell her your secrets. not / shouldn’t)

OTHER PHRASES THAT WE CAN USE TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS AND ADVICE.

In English there are more examples of how What/How about...(doing)

to give advice and make suggestions. For
example: • What about going to the cinema
tonight?
If I were you, I would...(do)

• If I were you, I would go to Jamaica. Let’s...(do)

• Let’s stay in tonight.

ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE CITIES

• modern – like Munich • bustling – like New York

• ancient – like Rome • crowded – like Mexico City
• touristy – like Barcelona • lively – like Ibiza
• cosmopolitan – like London • picturesque – like Sofia
• polluted – like Beijing

Work-out
A
Lily’s going on holiday and she has a few problems. Give her some advice and
suggestions. Use ‘should’ or ‘ought to.’

buy some sunglasses / borrow a camera from a friend / take a few swimming
lessons / take a big hat to protect you from the sun / book a hotel room / buy a
swimming costume / go sightseeing around the city / learn a few phrases in Greek

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Example: If you have no camera you should borrow a camera from a friend.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

B
Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

Example: You should to see the Colosseum when you’re in Rome.

1. How about go to the cinema in the evening?

2. Let’s to go to the theatre when we’re in London. I’ve never been to an English theatre
before.

3. You ought to don’t swim too far from the shore.

4. Do I should buy a phrasebook before my holiday in Barcelona?

5. What about we stay in the hotel tonight? I’m tired.

6. If I were you, I didn’t walk alone in this district at night. It’s very dangerous.

7. You should seeing the Empire State Building when you’re in New York.

8. Let’s starting packing the suitcases. We’re flying tomorrow morning.

9. If I would be you, I would book a room in advance.

C
Form sentences using the prompts.

Example: how / about / travel / greece this year?

How about travelling to Greece this year?

1. you / not / should / carry / too much money with you

2. if / I / be / you / I / wouldn’t talk to strangers

3. I/ should/ buy / a Spanish phrasebook / before / holiday in Spain?

4. let / go / museum / today

5. what / about / go / sightseeing / round the islands tomorrow?

6. you / ought / put on some sun cream / before / go / to the beach

7. I / should / book a room / in advance?

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K H S T A T U E J O Q U H O

N F H B M U S E U M L K W Y

A K A R T G A L L E R Y O A

O F O U N T A I N L K J H J

C A T H E D R A L H P I O W

A B C M O N U M E N T K G H

D N P H C H U R C H L V L L

S H O P P I N G C E N T R E

M A I N S Q U A R E K B T O

E
Complete the sentences with the words from the crossword below.

Example: This place has many beautiful views picturesque

1. This place has too many tourists

2. There are too many people in this place
3. This place has a lot of active people
4. This place has new architecture
5. In this place there are many different people and cultures
6. This place has many very old buildings
7. This city has ‘dirty’ air or water

P I C T U R E S Q U E
O
L I V E L Y A

L N

U C

T O U R I S T Y I

E C R O W D E D

D M O D E R N

C O S M O P O L I T A N

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F
Rearrange the words to form sentences.

Example: would / book /I/ a / room / single / nights / for / two / like / to
I would like to book a single room for two nights.

1. you / would / smoking / like / non-smoking / or / room / a / ?

2. I / what / can / do / city / in / this / ?

3. this / expensive / restaurant / is / ?

4. you / visit / should / this / when / London / in / museum

5. you / like / to / watch / would / match / a?

6. buy / I / a / ticket / would / to / like / train

7. me / excuse / I / to / get / city / how / centre / the / do

Word List
decryption detect
CITY HOLIDAY pagan woven
dressage range overdose
art gallery shortlist gunpowder gather
ancient attendance
esteemed abbreviation
ban
trial

bustling community attend recognition

peaceful tattoo bleep
pierce
overload entrepreneur
cathedral sedan neighbourhood godson badminton
weird join
church spend enough redecorate swap
butcher wagon confused fee
cosmopolitan engaged generous
attentive
rude dust
cue

crowded polite sirloin vet mutton

habit
too
get promoted
fountain starve
worth lamb seafood
unlucky herring
kiosk
lively gossip
desire
main square
modern
museum
monument
picturesque
polluted
shopping centre
statue
stay at
think through
touristy
visit to

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Key
1. If you can’t speak Greek, you should 1. How about going to the cinema in
A learn a few phrases in Greek. B the evening?
2. If you have no swimming costume, 2. Let’s go to the theatre…
you should buy a swimming costume. 3. You oughtn’t to swim too far…
3. If you’re allergic to too much sun, 4. Should I buy a phrasebook…?
you should take a big hat to protect 5. What about staying in the hotel…
you from the sun. 6. If I were you, I wouldn’t walk
4. If you can’t swim, you should take a alone…
few swimming lessons. 7. You should see the Empire State…
5. If you haven’t booked a hotel, you 8. Let’s start packing the suitcases.…
should book a hotel room. 9. If I were you, I would book…
6. If you don’t know what to do in
Athens, you should go sightseeing
around the city.
7. If you have no sunglasses, you should
buy some sunglasses.

1. You shouldn’t carry too much money K H S T A T U E J O Q U H O

C with you. D N F H B M U S E U M L K W Y
2. If I were you I wouldn’t talk to
A K A R T G A L L E R Y O A
strangers.
O F O U N T A I N L K J H J
3. Should I buy a Spanish phrasebook
before my holiday in Spain? C A T H E D R A L H P I O W
4. Let’s go to the museum today. A B C M O N U M E N T K G H
5. What about going sightseeing round D N P H C H U R C H L V L L
the islands tomorrow? S H O P P I N G C E N T R E
6. You ought to put on some sun cream M A I N S Q U A R E K B T O
before going to the beach.
7. Should I book a room in advance?

1. touristy 1. Would you like a smoking or non-

E 2. crowded F smoking room?
3. lively 2. What can I do in this city?
4. modern 3. Is this restaurant expensive?
5. cosmopolitan 4. You should visit this museum when
6. ancient in London.
7. polluted 5. Would you like to watch a match?
6. I would like to buy a train ticket.
7. Excuse me, how do I get to the city
centre?

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weather like
in Paris? 3 lesson

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Lesson
What’s the
weather like
in Paris?
An American visiting London wants to visit
another European city and talks with a friend
about different options.

Aims
In this lesson you learn about describing the weather.

• What’s the weather like today?

• Today it was boiling hot across the whole country.
• It’s very foggy, I can’t see my neighbours’ house.

You also learn vocabulary connected with weather

• freezing
• boiling hot
• temperature

and vocabulary connected with transport.

• by coach
• by ferry
• hitch-hiking

You revise and practise the Present Simple tense

• It often rains in England.

• How do you usually travel on holiday?
• I don’t like it when it is windy like today.

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Comprehension
Character Dialogue
Tom What do you want to do this weekend, Jessica?
What would you like to do this weekend?
What are your plans for this weekend?
What should we do this weekend?
1 Any plans for the weekend?
Possible means something is likely
to happen.
Jessica Well, I have two more weeks in London before I go back to
New York. You know, I want to visit another city in Europe.
Is that possible?
2 Is it possible (1) to go somewhere else?
Sure is a phrase to say
that you agree. Do you think it will rain today? It’s possible.
Tom Sure (2) , why not? We can go away for the weekend.
3 Would you like a sandwich? Yes sure!
Here, of course means certainly. We
use it when we agree with something.
Sure! I’d like that very much.
Jessica I really want to see Paris. How do we get there from London?
4 Tom Well, we can go by plane, of course (3) . We can go by train
Perhaps is used to suggest some too; there’s a tunnel from here to France or we can go to
hesitation, when you are not sure. France by ferry and then take the train to Paris.
Can I stay over? Yes, of course!
5 Jessica Oh, I like boats! Can we go by ferry?
Maybe is the same as perhaps. Tom I’ll look at the times on my computer. Yes, there’s a ferry on
Friday evening.
6 How’s the weather in Paris today?
Here really means very.
Jessica Great! What’s the weather like in Paris at the moment?
How’s the weather in Paris today?
7
Tom I’ll look. Oh! It’s cold and windy and it’s raining. That’s not
If you like means if you want. good weather for sightseeing. Perhaps (4) we should go to
Paris another weekend.
Perhaps you should try a different career.
He looks angry! Perhaps.
Maybe (5) we could go to Paris another weekend.
Jessica Well, what about Amsterdam? How do we get there from
London?
Tom We can take a boat to Holland, and then go to Amsterdam by
train or bus, I think.
Jessica What’s the weather like in Amsterdam?
Tom Oh, it’s really (6) cold! And it’s foggy.
I really want to go to Thailand.
I am really sorry about yesterday.
Jessica Let’s look at the weather forecast for this weekend around
Europe.
Jessica Look! Warm and sunny! Where’s that?
Tom Er… that’s London! We can still travel by boat if you like (7), on the
lake in Hyde Park!
We can eat Chinese tonight if you like.
We’ll go later if you like.
I’ll call him if you like.

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Use of English

WEATHER - WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE?

This is a typical question we use to ask about When we describe the temperature, we can
the weather. To describe the weather you can use (degrees Celsius) or (Centigrade).
say:
• It’s 25 degrees Celsius / Centigrade.
• sun (it’s sunny)
• rain (it’s rainy)
• wind (it’s windy) In some countries we use the Fahrenheit scale.
• cloud (it’s cloudy)
• snow (it’s snowy) • It’s 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
• fog (it’s foggy)

Compare.
• Mary: What’s the weather like today?
• Betty: It’s cloudy and foggy. • 0°C = 32°F
• Tom: What’s the weather like today? • 0°F = -17,78°C
• James: It’s sunny but windy.
Other words that we can use to describe the
We can make sentences in Present weather:
Continuous with rain, sun and snow.
• wet
• It’s raining. • dry
• It’s snowing. • thunder and lightning
• The sun is shining. • storm
• breeze
Describing the weather, we can also say • weather forecast
something about the temperature. • What wonderful weather!
freezing → cold → chilly → warm → hot →
boiling hot Remember! Don’t use a before the word
weather!
• Amy: Is it cold today?
• Sheldon: Cold? It’s freezing!

PRESENT SIMPLE

We use Present Simple to describe habitual Present Simple is often used together
activities that we do often or are always true. with Present Continuous, which describes
activities happening at the moment of speaking.
• It always snows in Poland in winter.
• Let’s take a taxi, it’s raining.
• Mary goes to work every day.

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Work-out
A
Describe the weather in these places.

1. (Warsaw – rain) It’s raining in Warsaw.

2. (Moscow – snow)
3. (London – fog)
4. (Barcelona – sun)
5. (Berlin – clouds)
6. (Cairo – boiling hot)
7. (Stockholm – minus 10°C)
8. (Rome – chilly)
9. (Amsterdam – wind)
10.(New York – 68°F)

B
Complete the sentences with one word.

1. I like it when the sun shines.

2. It’s         . Take an umbrella with you.

3. It’s very cold today. It’s -15          Centigrade.
4. It’s very          today so let’s go and fly a kite.
5. Many people like the light          at the seaside.
6. What’s the weather          today?
7. Have you seen the weather         ? What are they saying about tomorrow?
8. Tom and Patricia didn’t stay at the beach as it was very         and they couldn’t
sunbathe.

C
Read this weather forecast and decide if the sentences are true or false.

Hello, this is Penny Cooper. It’s 7 o’clock and it’s time for our daily weather report. As you
can see, it’s rainy and windy and this weather will stay with us till late in the afternoon today.
Not the best weather for the first day of summer. But, fortunately, the weather will start
improving later in the day and we may expect sunny spells. The temperature will reach 25
degrees Celsius in the south of the country. Tomorrow, the weather will get better and we can
expect sunshine and a clear sky. You can leave your umbrella at home tomorrow.

1. It’s raining now. T / F

2. There’s no wind. T / F
3. This weather will change in two or three hours. T / F
4. It’s June. T / F
5. There will be some sunshine today. T / F
6. It’s the same temperature all over the country. T / F
7. It may rain tomorrow. T / F

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D
Find 11 words connected with transport.

A B C O A C H D A K C A R H

F E R R Y B N M L P O I U Y

B K P L A N E A H F B U S H

D B H I T C H H I K I N G S

T J T R A I N D B S H I P D

F A T R A M V D B I K E D G

T R O L L E Y B U S G H J K

E
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb using Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

1. Sheila lives (live) at the end of this street.

2. It          (not snow) much in Africa.

3. Look! It          (rain). We’ll take a taxi.
4. How         (you travel) on holiday?
5. What          (you do usually) when it         (rain)?
6. What          (the children do)? They are so quiet.
7. This house          (belong) to Kate’s grandparents.
8. Usually, I          (work) on the 1st floor but this week I         (work)
on the 3rd floor because of renovation work.
9. The weather often          (change) in London.
10. Why          (Alison read) a book about the climate in Spain?

F
Read the definitions below and fill in the
crossword with routine activities.

Across: Down:
2. This is an activity you do with a car. 1. This is an activity you need to do if you
3. This is what most people do from want to make something to eat.
Monday to Friday between 9am and 2. This is an activity you do when you’re
5pm. thirsty.
4. This is what you do at night in your bed. 6. This is what you do if you want to
5. This is what you do a few times a day communicate with people around you.
when you are hungry.
7. This is what you do with water and
soap.

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1 2
D R I V I N G
3

5 6

decryption detect
pagan woven
dressage range overdose
shortlist gunpowder gather
attendance
esteemed abbreviation
ban
trial
community attend recognition
peaceful tattoo bleep
pierce
overload entrepreneur
sedan neighbourhood godson badminton
weird join
spend enough redecorate swap
butcher wagon confused fee
engaged generous
attentive
rude dust
cue
polite sirloin vet mutton

Word List habit

too
get promoted
starve
worth lamb
unlucky
kiosk
herring
seafood

gossip
desire

WEATHER

boiling hot sun (sunny)

breeze thunder and lightning
chilly warm
cloud (cloudy) weather forecast
degrees Centigrade wet
dry wind (windy)
fog (foggy)
freezing GENERAL VOCABULARY

gale double-decker
humid invite over
rain (rainy) hitchhike
snow (snowy) open-top
storm sightseeing tour

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Key
1. It’s raining in Warsaw. 1. I like it when the SUN shines.
A 2. It’s snowing / snowy in Moscow. B 2. It’s RAINING. Take an umbrella
3. It’s foggy in London. with you.
4. It’s sunny in Barcelona. 3. It’s very cold today. It’s -15
5. It’s cloudy in Berlin. DEGREES Centigrade.
6. It’s boiling hot in Cairo. 4. It’s very WINDY today so let’s go
7. It’s -10 degrees Centigrade / and fly a kite.
freezing in Stockholm. 5. Many people like the light BREEZE
8. It’s chilly in Rome. at the seaside.
9. It’s windy in Amsterdam. 6. What’s the weather LIKE today?
10. It’s 68 degrees Fahrenheit in New 7. Have you seen the weather
York. FORECAST? What are they saying
about tomorrow?
8. Tom and Patricia didn’t stay at the
beach as it was very CLOUDY and
they couldn’t sunbathe.

1. T A B C O A C H D A K C A R H
C 2. F D F E R R Y B N M L P O I U Y
3. F
B K P L A N E A H F B U S H
4. T
D B H I T C H H I K I N G S
5. F
6. F T J T R A I N D B S H I P D
7. F F A T R A M V D B I K E D G
T R O L L E Y B U S G H J K

1. Sheila lives at the end of this street. Across:

E 2. It doesn’t snow much in Africa. F 2. driving
3. Look! It is raining. We’ll take a taxi. 3. working
4. How do you travel on holiday? 4. sleeping
5. What do you usually do when it 5. eating
rains? 7. washing
6. What are the children doing?
They are so quiet. Down:
7.  T his house belongs to Kate’s 1. cooking
grandparents. 2. drinking
8. Usually, I work on the 1st floor but 6. talking
this week I am working on the 3rd
floor because of renovation work.
9.  T he weather often changes in
London.
10. Why is Alison reading a book
about the climate in spain?

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 It must
be Venice 4 lesson

4
unit
 4 /4Unit

Lesson
It must be
Venice
Looking through holiday photos with descriptions
of what the weather was like in each place.

Aims
Today you practise expressing assumptions using the words must or can’t.

• Tom must be rich. Look at his house. It’s got a swimming pool.
• It can’t be Kate over there. She’s still on holiday in Greece.
• The streets must be wet. It was raining all night.

You also revise vocabulary connected with the weather.

• freezing
• boiling hot
• temperature

You revise vocabulary connected with holidays.

• sailing holiday
• go camping
• sightseeing holiday

You practise vocabulary connected with hobbies and leisure time activities.

• reading books
• playing Scrabble
• playing football

You revise the Past Simple tense.

• It was very cold yesterday.

• Where did you go on holiday last year?
• Did you have good weather?

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Comprehension
Character Dialogue
Suzanne Would you like to come on holiday with me this year? I’d like
to go to Portugal.
Do you want to go on holiday with me?
Want to go on holiday with me?
Do you want to come on holiday with me?
1 Sophie No thanks! You always have bad weather (1) when you go on
You always have bad weather holiday.
means the weather is bad every time.
You always get bad weather.
You always face bad weather wherever you go.
2 Bad weather always follows you wherever you go.
Here you are is an expression Suzanne No, I don’t!
we use when we give or show (2)
Sophie Yes, you do. Look at your holiday photos. Here you are in
something to someone.
Greece. You’re holding an umbrella because it’s raining.
Where are my glasses? Here you are.
3
Suzanne That’s true, it rained every day.
Must is a modal verb
and it expresses necessity. Sophie This must (3) be India because I can see the Taj Mahal. Where
are you?
You must finish your homework right now.
4
We must visit the doctor tomorrow.
Hard here means you put
a lot of effort into it. Suzanne I’m on the tour bus. It was really cold that day.
Sophie Hmm, where’s this? The photo isn’t very good.
5 Suzanne This one? It must be Venice because I can just see a gondola on
Too suggests very. the canal. It’s hard (4) to see because it was very foggy.
It’s hard to work if you feel sleepy.
6 These math problems are very hard to solve.
Terrible here means bad. Sophie Ha, ha! Where’s this? I can see some boats in a port, so it
must be near the sea.
7 Suzanne Yes, it’s Ibiza. I went on a sailing holiday but it was too (5) windy.
Wait a minute is a phrase we use Too cheap.
when we want to interrupt someone.
Too difficult.
Too cold.
Sophie Terrible (6) weather again!
She has a terrible accent.
I have a terrible cold.
Megan had an accident. Oh, that’s terrible!
Suzanne I think you must be right. I always have bad weather.
Sophie Wait a minute (7) , look at this! It’s sunny and you’re on a
beautiful green mountain.
Hold on for a second.
Hang on for a moment!
Just a minute!
Suzanne Yes, it was very hot.
Sophie Oh well, you have good weather sometimes.
Suzanne Not really. That’s Switzerland in February. It was a skiing
holiday.
Do you know salsa? Not really.
Weren’t you good at maths? Not really.
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Use of English

EXPRESSING ASSUMPTION OR PROBABILITY USING MODAL VERBS

To express our assumptions or conclusions You know that Big Ben is in London so you are
based on a present situation, we use the modal 100% sure where that photo is from.
verbs ‘must’, ‘can’t’, ‘may’, ‘might’ or ‘could’.
We use may / might / could when we are not
• It must be Paris. I can see the Eiffel 100% sure, we only believe it is this way (may
Tower. / might / could → 30%-40%).
• She can’t be his sister. Leonard doesn’t
have any siblings.
Imagine that you are looking at photos again
but you can’t see any landmarks. You think it’s
Which verb we use depends on how sure we some European city so you say:
are.
• It may be London. But I’m not sure.
We use Must when we are almost 100 % sure.
(must → 100%)

Imagine that you are looking at photos with a Can’t is used when we are 100% sure that
friend and you wonder where they are from. something is not true. (can’t → 100%)
Suddenly you notice Big Ben and you say:
Imagine again that your friend is showing you
• It must be London. I can see Big Ben. her holiday photos and she says that she was
in Paris. You see mountains in the background
so you say:

• It can’t be Paris. Look, there are some

mountains in the background.

PAST SIMPLE

Past Simple is used when we talk about past To make a negative sentence in Past Simple we
situations that happened only once or that took use DIDN’T and a verb in its infinitive form.
place regularly.
• I didn’t see that spider.
• I always drank milk for breakfast when I
was a child.
• I went to the cinema yesterday.

Remember that we use the second form of the

verb, Past Simple (go-went, see-saw). To
make questions, we use the auxiliary verb DID
and the verb is in its infinitive form.

• Susan saw a really big spider in her

hotel room.
• Did Susan see a really big spider in her
hotel room?

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Work-out
A

Complete the sentences with ‘must’, ‘might’ or ‘can’t.’

1. Tim was driving a car all night. He must be tired.

2. I’ve left my umbrella on the train again. I         be more careful.
3. It         be hot. It’s foggy and rainy.
4. Look! It’s Sheldon with some woman. It         be his new girlfriend.
5. This milk smells funny. It         be off.
6. You must be joking. It         be true.
7. The boss wants to talk to Sue today. She         get promoted.
8. It         be Penny’s new phone number. I called the number and a man picked up.
9. Steve and Helen are getting married tomorrow. They         be excited.
10.Sue’s on holiday. She         be at home.

Comment on the situations using ‘must’, ‘might’ and ‘can’t’ and the words in
brackets.

1. I can’t find my glasses. (They / be / somewhere I can’t see)

They must be somewhere I can’t see.

2. Peter’s not at work today. (He / be sick)

3. The kids fell asleep in one minute. (They / be / very tired)

4. I don’t know that man with Amanda. (It / be / her brother)

5. I don’t believe Adam and Eve are getting divorced. (It / be / true)

6. Sue has a job interview today. (She / get / the job)

7. It’s 20°C and the sun is shining. (It / snow / today)

8. Tom knows a lot about the Vietnam War. (He / read / a lot about history)

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C
Read the definitions below and fill in the crossword.

1 2 3 4

6
C
5
H E S S

10

Across: Down:
5. It’s a strategy board game for two 1. This is what you do with books or
people. newspapers.
6. It’s the most popular sport in the 2. An activity people do in the mountains
world. where there’s a lot of snow.
7. It’s an activity for young people who go 3. An activity you can do in the forest or
from club to club. park.
8. It means to move to the music. 4. It means to go from one place to
9. Riding a bike. another.
10.This is what you listen to from your CD
player.

D
Write the Past Simple form of these verbs.

1. be –    was / were

2. begin -
3. buy -
4. come -
5. drink -
6. drive -
7. eat -
8. fly -
9. pay -
10. send -
11. sleep -
12 swim -

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E
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb using Past Simple.

1. I went (go) on holiday to Russia last year.

2. It         (not snow) much when I was on my skiing holiday in Austria.

3. How         (be) your holiday?        (you have) good weather?
4. Peter         (knew) the price he        (pay) was too high.
5. Susan         (take off) her jumper as it was getting hotter and hotter.
6. Why         (you quit) your last job?
7. I         (want) to visit the Smiths when I        (remember)
they         (be) on holiday.
8. Sam         (say) she        (not like) it.
9. The moment we         (leave) home it        (start) raining.
10.The hotel         (be) expensive so we        (spend) a lot on our holiday.

F
Complete the sentences with the words from the crossword.

1. I never travel by car on holiday.

2. Tom always goes on holiday        .

3. Sheldon went on a         holiday this year.
4. I like doing         when I’m on holiday.
5. Tom sometimes pays         debit card but he prefers to pay        cash.
6. We travelled with our friends so we booked two         rooms.
7. If you want to stay in a hotel you should book in        .
8. Suzanne enjoys reading a         when it rains on holiday.

A B R O A D N

D U B O

V B Y O T

A L O H

N E K I N

C N

E C A M P I N G

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shortlist gunpowder gather
Unit 4 attendance
esteemed abbreviation
ban
trial
community attend recognition
peaceful tattoo bleep
pierce
overload entrepreneur
sedan neighbourhood godson badminton
weird join
Word List spend enough
butcher wagon confused
engaged generous rude
redecorate swap
fee
dust
cue
attentive
polite sirloin vet mutton
habit
too
get promoted
starve
worth lamb seafood
unlucky herring
WORK VOCABULARY kiosk
gossip
desire
afford
be off redecorate
fall ill responsibility
garlic sauce sight
ingredients What a shame!
in advance whine
naughty You're kidding!

Key
1. must 1. T hey must be somewhere I can’t
A 2. must B see.
3. can’t 2. He might be sick.
4. might 3. They must be very tired.
5. must 4. It might be her brother.
6. can’t 5. It can’t be true.
7. might 6. She might get the job.
8. can’t 7. It can’t snow today.
9. must 8. He must read a lot about history.
10. can’t

1. reading 1. be – was / were

C 2. skiing D 2. begin - began
3. walking 3. buy - bought
4. travelling 4. come - came
5. chess 5. drink - drank
6. football 6. drive - drove
7. clubbing 7. eat - ate
8. dancing 8. fly - flew
9. cycling 9. pay - paid
10. music 10. send - sent
11. sleep - slept
12. swim - swam

1. I went on holiday to Russia last 1. I never travel by car on holiday.

E year. F 2. Tom always goes on holiday abroad.
2. It didn’t snow much when I was on 3. Sheldon went on a camping holiday
my skiing holiday in Austria. this year.
3. How was your holiday? Did you 4. I like doing nothing when I'm on
have good weather? holiday.
4. Peter knew the price he paid was 5. Tom sometimes pays by debit card
too high. but he prefers to pay in cash.
5. Susan took off her jumper as it was 6. We travelled with our friends so we
getting hotter and hotter. booked two double rooms.
6. Why did you quit your last job? 7. If you want to stay in a hotel you
7. I wanted to visit the Smiths when I should book in advance.
remembered they were on holiday. 8. Suzanne enjoys reading a book
8. Sam said she didn’t like it. when it rains on holiday.
9.  T he moment we left home it
started raining.
10. T he hotel was expensive so we
spent a lot on our holiday.

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