Задание по английскому языку

7.1 Transport

Match pictures (1-12) with the words in the box.

7.2 Travel phrases

Complete the email using the past tense of the verbs in the box.   

7.1 could

A Use the prompts to write sentences with could.

Eighty years ago ...

1. ride / a horse / into town

You could rida a horse into town.

2. take / a bullet train / across Japan

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3. find / trams / in San Francisco

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4. see / red double-deckers / in Mumbai

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5. fly / quickly / across Europe

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6. be / stuck / in a traffic jam

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B Complete the paragraph using could or couldn't.

Two hundred years ago you _______ travel around London on public transport because ... there wasn't any! In 1800, the city was still quite small with only about one million people and most people ________ walk from their home to their place of work. If you wanted to travel further, you ________ take a carriage pulled by horses, but only the very rich ______ have their own private cariage. People ______ cross the River Thames by taking a boat called a 'wherry'. Londoners _____ take an underground train until 1863 when the first station opened.

7.2 Past simple negative

A Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions.

1. It's OK. They didn't miss (not miss) their fight.
2. I _______ (not arrive) home until midnight last night.
3. He _______ (not like) the food on the plant.
4. We _________ (not take) the train because it was very expensive.
5. Sarah ______ (not feel) well on the ship.
6. The children _______ (not enjoy) the journey. They were so bored!

B. Complete the sentences with the negative form of the verbs in the box.

1. We didn't read Journey to the Centre of the Earth at school.
2. Jules Verne __________ about a real person.
3. Nellie Bly ________ to India.
4. She _________ a lot of luggage with her.
5. She _________ for the trip. The New York World paid.
6. Nellie _______ Elizabeth Bisland on her journey.

7.3 Past simple questions

A Use the prompts to write questions and short answers.

1 they / go / with their friends

Did they go with their friends? (?)

Yes, they did. (+)

2. you / visit / a lot of cities

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3. she / meet / many people

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4. your company / pay / for the flight 

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5. they / visit / the Eiffel Tower

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6. you / sleep / on the plane

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B Complete the questions with you and a verb form the box.

1. Did you have a good holiday?
2. Where _____________ on holiday this year?
3. How _____________ there? By plane?
4. ______________ any interesting museums?
5. ______________ any local food?
6. _____________ in the sea?
7. How long _____________ for?
8. ______________ by bus or train?

VOCABULARY

Transport

A Look at the pictures in Where in the world are they? What types of transport can you see? What other types of transport can you think of?

C Speak Work in pairs. Think about a time you were in a different country or city. Answer the questions.

What types of transport did you see?

Were they difficult to use? Why?

Were they cheap or expensive?

When I was in Vietnam last year, I took a motorbike taxi. It was cheap and easy to organise.

PRONUNCIATION

B Listen to the vowels sound in boat. Then underline the words in the box in Exercise A that have the same vowel sound. What letters can make the sound?

C Listen to the vowel sound in plane. Then circle the words in the box in Exercise A that have the same vowel sound. What letters can make the sound?

READING

A READ FOR GIST Read Where in the world are they? What is it about?

1 buildings               2 countries             3 transport

B SPEAK Work in pairs. Complete the quiz.

C SCAN. Read Six quick facts. Match facts (a-f) with pictures (1-6) in the quiz.

D READ FOR DETAIL Read Six quick facts again. Answer the questions.

1. How old are the buses in Mumbai?

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2. How many San Francisco trams are there today?

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3. How many underground stations are there in Moscow?

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4. What two types of transport can you take from Amsterdam station? 

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5. Where does the Star Ferry go between?

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6. What are three popular types of transport in Hanoi?

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E SPEAK Work in pairs. Think about the cities in the quiz. Which do you think are difficult to travel around? Why?

A: I think it's easy to travel around Hong Kong. It's quite a small place. What do you think?

B: yES, i AGREE.