Elementary – Week 11 –
How do you get there?
I)
Vocabulary: using transport
1)
Match the questions with Vijay’s answers a-e
1.
How do you get to the city centre?
2.
How do you get to the shops?
3.
How do you usually get to work?
4.
How do you get to your closest friend’s home?
5.
How do you get to the airport?
a.
Well, it’s a bit difficult to get there by
public transport, so I usually walk. He rides a motorbike and that’s how he
gets to my place.
b.
Well, I usually get the underground because it’s
cheaper. But if it’s a business trip, I get a taxi.
c.
I drive because I usually buy more than I can
carry.
d.
I get the train. I hate driving on crowded roads
and it’s difficult to park in the centre.
e.
I cycle most days if I’m late, I get the bus.
II)
Listening:
1)
Listen to Vijav talking to his cousin Meera
living in Lucknow, India.
Is this his first visit to Lucknow?
Is this his first visit to Lucknow?
2)
Are these sentences True or False?
1.
There are cash machines near Meera’s house. T / F
2.
Vijav wants to buy an English book. T / F
3.
Universal Booksellers opens very early. T / F
4.
It takes about twenty minutes to walk to the
centre of Lucknow. T / F
5.
Meera and Vijav decide to walk to the city
centre. T / F
3)
Complete the questions from Meera and Vijav’s
conversation with these words:
best know near nearest take can
-
Asking where something is:
Is there
a cash machine _____________ here?
Are there
any bookshops here?
Where’s
the ___________ rickshaw stop?
-
Asking how to get there:
What’s
the ___________ way to get there?
____________
we walk?
Is there
a bus?
-
Asking how far away it is:
How long
does it ____________?
-
Asking when it’s open
Do you
______________ when it’s open?
III)
Reading:
1)
Joe Marshall rides a unicycle to work. Why do
you think he rides a unicycle to work?
1.
He enjoys it
2.
It’s quick and safe
3.
He likes people looking at him
4.
It’s good exercise
5.
It’s good in traffic jams
6.
It’s cheap
2) Read
the article to check your ideas.
One-wheeled
Wonder: the unicycle is the real king of the road
Forget
public transport. For computer programmer Joe Marshall, the daily journey to
work across one of the most crowded cities in the world is fun. “It’s like
playing on the way to work,” he says.
It takes
Joe 50 minutes to travel the nine-mile journey across London by unicycle. That’s
about the same as it takes on the bus or the underground, and ten minutes
quicker than by car. “Unicycles are slower than bikes,” he says, “but they’re
the best thing in traffic jams because you can turn in a really small space. It’s
great exercise, too, because you can’t stop moving. I have to jump up and down
at traffic lights.”
But
aren’t unicycles more dangerous than bikes? Marshall doesn’t think so. “Unicycles
are safer than they look and easier to ride,” he says. “And drivers are more
careful with me than with cyclists.” Long-distance unicycling is more common
than many people think. “Someone rode across America a few years ago,” Marshall
says. “That’s the longest trip ever on a unicycle. And last year a group of
people rode across Norway.”
But
what about all the looks you get? “You can’t worry about what people think,” he
says. “Most of them are all right but I get a lot of comments, like ‘Where’s the
other wheel?’ A few days ago, an old lady came up to me and said, ‘That’s
really stupid. Buy a car!’”
3)
Who thinks unicycles are fun? Dangerous? Stupid?
4)
What do you think of Joe’s form of transport?
5)
Read the second paragraph and answer the
questions
To get
across London, what’s:
-
Quicker than a unicycle?
-
Slower than a unicycle?
- The
best form of transport when there’s a lot of traffic?
IV)
Grammar: Comparative and superlative
adjectives
Complete
the table with comparative and superlative adjectives from the article
adjective
|
comparative
|
superlative
|
1 syllable
Quick
Safe
Long
|
+er
________________
________________
Longer
|
+est
The quickest
The safest
The ____________
|
2 syllables or more
Careful
Crowded
Dangerous
2 syllables -y
Easy
|
More …
_________________
More crowded
_________________
+-ier
_________________
|
The most …
The most careful
The ______________
The most dangerous
+iest
The easiest
|
Irregular
Good
Bad
Far
|
Better
Worse
further
|
The ____________
The worst
The furthest
|
V) Homework:
What are
the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives?
Cheap ________________________
Busy _________________________
Clean_________________________
Expensive_____________________
Interesting____________________
Nice _________________________
Comfortable
___________________
Slow _________________________
Good_________________________
New__________________________
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