Straightforward ele unit (10)

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VOCABULARY: places in a city
1 Complete the sentences with a word from the box.
shop - library - bank - town hall - stadium - cinema - supermarket – chemist - pool
1 A _________is
the building that has all the offices of the town government.
town hall
2 A______is
a place where you can keep money or change money.
bank
supermarket
3 A ___________is
a large place where you can buy things to eat and drink and things for
the home.
4 A________is
a place where there are sports events, like football matches.
stadium
5 A ______is
a place where you can look at books, CDs and films.
library
6 A ______shop
is a place where you buy things.
7 A ______pool
is a place where you can go swimming.
8 A_______is
a place that sells medicine.
chemist
9 A_______is
a place where you can see films.

cinema

supermarket
town
stadium
chemist
cinema
library
bank
shop
pool
hall


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children study.
A hotel is a place where …
A hospital is a place where …
A disco is a place where …

we stay for a short time.
doctors and nurses work.
we can dance or enjoy music.


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3 Look at these signs. In which places in exercise 1 or exercise 2 do you see these signs?

READING

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1 Read a magazine article about different laws and choose the best title for the article.
1 Important laws for visitors to American cities 2 School laws in American cities 3 Strange laws in American cities

Several years ago, two American students started a collection of interesting

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American laws and put them on the internet. It was part of a high school
project. They now have several hundred different bizarre* laws from
different parts of the United
States on their web page.
Here are some examples:

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If you want to go swimming in Destin, Florida, you must get dressed in
your hotel room and not in your car.

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You must not look into car windows on the street in Milford,
Massachusetts.

3 Strange laws in American cities

You mustn't ride a bicycle in a swimming pool in the town of Baldwin Park,
California.

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In Cathedral City, California, it's illegal to take a dog to school.
In the state of Virginia, you must wear shoes while you are driving.
A law in Walnut, California, says that a man must not wear women's clothes.
In Toledo, Ohio, it's against the law to throw a snake at another person.
You must not shout or sing in public at night in the town of Topeka, Kansas,
In the majority of American cities, you needn't have a permit to buy or carry a
gun.


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Destin, Florida,
Milford, Massachusetts
Virginia; Walnut, California
Cathedral City, California; Toledo, Ohio


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GRAMMAR: must/mustn’t/needn’t

3 Strange laws in American cities
Several years ago, two American students started a collection of interesting

•

American laws and put them on the internet. It was part of a high school
project. They now have several hundred different bizarre* laws from
different parts of the United
States on their web page.
Here are some examples:

•

If you want to go swimming in Destin, Florida, you must get dressed in
your hotel room and not in your car.

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You must not look into car windows on the street in Milford,
Massachusetts.

You mustn't ride a bicycle in a swimming pool in the town of Baldwin Park,
California.

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In Cathedral City, California, it's illegal to take a dog to school.
In the state of Virginia, you must wear shoes while you are driving.
A law in Walnut, California, says that a man must not wear women's clothes.
In Toledo, Ohio, it's against the law to throw a snake at another person.
You must not shout or sing in public at night in the town of Topeka, Kansas,
In the majority of American cities, you needn't have a permit to buy or carry
a gun.


GRAMMAR: must/mustn’t/needn’t
E.g. You must get dressed in your hotel room and not in your car.
You must wear shoes while you are driving.

Positive
Negative
Yes/no questions

Short answer

Wh_ questions

S + must + Vinf… .


GRAMMAR: must/mustn’t/needn’t
E.g. You mustn’t shout or sing in public at night.
You needn't have a permit to buy or carry a gun.

Positive

Negative
Yes/no questions

Short answer

Wh_ questions

S + must + Vinf… .
S + mustn’t/ needn’t + Vinf… .


GRAMMAR: must/mustn’t/needn’t
E.g. Must I get dressed in my hotel room?

Must I press this button?

 Yes, you must.

 No, you mustn’t.

Must I wear shoes while I am driving?
 No, you needn’t.

Positive

S + must + Vinf… .

Negative

S + mustn’t/ needn’t + Vinf… .

Yes/no questions

Must + S + Vinf… ?

Short answer

Yes,

S must.

No,

S mustn’t.
S needn’t.

Wh_ questions


GRAMMAR: must/mustn’t/needn’t
E.g. What must I have to go to a foreign country?
 You must have your passport and visa.
Where must he stay during these day?
 He must stay at home.

Positive

S + must + Vinf… .

Negative

S + mustn’t/ needn’t + Vinf… .

Yes/no questions

Must + S + Vinf… ?

Short answer

Yes,

S must.

No,

S mustn’t.
S needn’t.

Wh_ questions

Wh_+ must + S + Vinf… ?


1 Write different sentences using the words in brackets.
1. They must drive slowly, (you).

 You must drive slowly.
2. You needn’t wear a tie. (must)

 You must wear a tie
3. You must have a permit to buy a dog. (needn’t)

 You needn’t have a permit to buy a dog.
4. You must go now. (he; not)

 He mustn’t go now.
5. I mustn’t call the police. (you; must)

 You must call the police.
6. The teacher must prepare the lesson. (students; needn’t)

 The students needn’t prepare the lesson.

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must have
must bring


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must pay
must buy
mustn’t smoke in the bus

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2. Now make sentences with the phrases.
Use must, mustn’t or
needn’t. Add at least one more sentence of
your own.
3. Work with another pair. Read your
classroom laws. Do you agree? Decide on the
five most important classroom laws.


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• Are there anti-smoking laws where you
live?

• Where mustn’t you smoke in your city or
town?

• Do you think these laws are a good idea?



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Were you born in the capital of your country ?

Do you live there now ?

Do you like living there ?

Why or why not ?


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2 T 2.44 Listen to Giovanni talk about life in Rome.
Tick () his answers in exercise 1.

3 Match the words in the box to their opposites in

unfriendly

exercise 1.

cheap
safe

boring
4 T 2.45 Listen to the recording to check your answers.

quiet
ugly

modern

Say the words.
5 Work in pairs. Choose a city, town or village that you

clean

know well. Interview your partner about his/her city.


GRAMMAR: Comparative adjectives

• Examples
Nam is taller than Minh.
Today is hotter than yesterday.
This class is noisier than that one.
English is more difficult than history.

• Form
S1 + be + short adj +ER + (than) + (S2)
S1 + be + more + long adj

+ ( than) + (S2)


Rules for comparative

One-syllable adjectives

two-syllable

adjectives

ending in -y

Adjectives with two or
more syllables

Irregular adjectives

old

older

safe

safer

big

bigger

hot

hotter

dirty

dirtier

noisy

noisier

boring beautiful more boring

more beautiful

good

better

bad

worse

far

further


LISTENING
1 Look at the photos of different capital cities. How many can you recognize?
2 T 2.46 Listen to Nick and Sofia talking about life in different
capital cities around the world. What capital cities do they talk
about?
3 T 2.46 Listen again and decide if the sentences are true (T)
or false (F). Correct the false sentences.
1 Sofia lives in the capital.
2 Sofia lives with her family.

3 You can see bigger families in Alicante.
4 Life in Madrid is not expensive.
5 Nick lives in the capital.
6 Nick’s city is very clean and quiet.
7 Nick’s city has big stadiums.

8 Nick thinks that people have the wrong opinion about the capital.

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New York City
is older than
White Plains.


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