7. Conversation patterns

7.1 Listen and complete the phrase.

Don’t ____ the TV, I’m watching it.

Please, ____ it ____ again!

7.2 Make sentences suitable for the situations.

1. Switch off/on – light – read

2. Put away/give back – dictionary – use

3. Turn on/off – radio – listen

4. Walk/stay away – floor – clean

5. Take/give back – pen – write

8. Writing

8.1 Look at the two postcards. Do you know which cities these are?

8.2 Read Allie’s postcard. Which postcard is it? What is Allie doing there?

Put the verbs in the postcard in the correct form.

8.3 Write a short letter to your friend in another town about your studies at university.

Give this information.

• Where are you living?

• What are you studying?

• Are you having a good time?

• Are you taking part in student activities?

• Say something about the town.

OVER TO YOU:

1. Can you describe your life at university?

2. Can you say what you usually do and what you are doing this week?

3. Can you describe student activities at university?

Module 7 going places

When was the last time you travelled? Where did you go?

Where would you like to go? What do you want to see or to do there?

Do you know where these tourist attractions are?

1. Pronunciation

1.1 Which irregular verb has a different sound? Listen and check.

1. sent made went said

2. bought saw told caught

3. put spoke took could

4. paid said made came

1.2 How do you pronounce –ed in these sentences? Listen and repeat.

1. We booked a holiday.

2. We sunbathed.

3. They rented a house.

4. We decided to go to Sweden.

5. We walked to the hotel.

6. We argued all day.

2. Vocabulary and speaking

2.1 Match the verbs and pictures.

• go abroad

• go swimming/sailing

• go sightseeing

• go camping

• go by car / bus / plane / train

• go to the beach

• go out at night

• go away for the weekend

• go for a walk

2.2 Complete the phrases with the verbs from the box.

buy have hire meet rent spend stay sunbathe take walk

1. _____ in a hotel/campsite

2. _____ photos

3. _____souvenirs

4. _____ on the beach

5. _____ a good time

6. _____ time/money

7. _____an apartment

8. _____ in the mountains/around the place

9. _____ friends

10. _____ a car

2.3 Complete the questions about your last holiday.

Your last holiday

Where/go? When?

Who/go with?

How/get there?

Where/stay?

How long/be there?

-/have good weather?

What/do during the day?

What/do at night?

-/have a good time?

-/have any problems?

2.4 Answer the questions using the words and phrases from 2.1 and 2.2.

2.5 Work in pairs. Practise asking and answering the questions with a partner.

Use your partner’s answers to tell the class about his/her last holiday.