Language 3 Verbs with adjectives

1 Verbs with adjectives a) You already know that adverbs describe the verb they follow.

Example: Rhona said to Shirin quietly.

b) Sometimes there is an adjective after the verb.

Find sentences like this in the text.

Example: I know you feel hungry after the long trip.

c) Finish Rhona’s letter to a friend in Swansea.

d) The verbs be, get and become tell you what something or someone is (good, exciting, famous, surprised …).

Compose your own sentences with these verbs.

I feel a bit silly!

GRAMMAR verb + adjective feel hungry/cold/silly… look unusual/funny/tired… taste good/terrible/sweet… smell nice/awful/funny…  G19

TIP

Dear Megan, Went to The Beatles Story yesterday. It was 1 (interesting) than I had expected; I must buy a CD! After that we walked 2 (slow) round Albert Dock. It was warm, but the wind felt 3 (cold), and Shirin bought a new scarf. It looks 4 (terrible), but don’t tell her, she’d be 5 (angry)! We found a pizza place that seemed 6 (good). The pizza came 45 minutes later, but we waited 7 (patient). It smelt 8 (good), but tasted 9 (horrible), so Shirin’s dad bought us a curry, which we ate 10 (hungry). He’s 11 (wicked)! After one day in Liverpool, we had 11 (quick) learnt that Asian food is the best here! See you! Lots of love, R.

4 A game: Sixth sense a) Make groups of 3–4. Your teacher thinks of something but only tells you “It smells good”, for example. In two minutes, think of and write down as many things as you can that “smell good”. b) After two minutes, you get a point for each thing.

If you think of exactly the same thing as your teacher, you get five more points for your ‘sixth sense’.

5 Your turn: A new situation

a) Now think for a few minutes about a time when you had to meet new people or find your way in a strange place.

Tell your partner about it.

Changing places

1 Before you read a) Look at the photos on the pages that follow. Which place looks most interesting to you? Why? b) Skim the texts and then make notes: 1. Which places did the people visit? 2. What do you already know about these places? 2 Collect more information Scan the texts. Find information about these things in the places that Wayne, Michael and Rhona visited:

leisure activities

language people history culture Put the information in two lists: one for positive things, one for negative things.

Last month the readers of VISIT BRITAIN Kids had the chance to win a week with an exchange family in another part of the UK. Find out what our three winners said about their ‘holidays’ …

Wayne from London had an interesting time in Swansea, Wales. “I looked at the city centre and thought: ‘Oh no! The same shops as at home. This could be anywhere in Britain.’ I had expected some differences, but the only one was that all the signs looked funny because they were in English and Welsh. (‘Swansea’ is ‘Abertawe’ – don’t ask me why!) Nobody I met spoke Welsh, only English, and that was a pity. But the Welsh accent sounded cool.”

The Gower Coast ✶ “‘One of the most beautiful parts of the UK coast’ it says in the guidebook that VISIT BRITAIN Kids gave me. That sounded good to me, and I loved the beach at Rhossili – miles and miles of sand, great for a city kid like me! But I soon got tired of all that fresh air, and it was cold, so we went to the café on the hill to get warm again.”

We asked Wayne to choose his top three places: ✶ ✶ ✶

The National Waterfront Museum ✶ “I don’t usually like museums but my Welsh exchange partner Rhodri wanted to go here, so I couldn’t say no. (I’m a polite visitor, see?) But now I’m glad we went, because it wasn’t boring at all. The whole place is really high-tech, and you can do a lot because it’s all interactive. It was the first (and last?) time I found history interesting!” Swansea Leisure Centre Skatepark ✶ “This isn’t the only skatepark in Swansea (there are nine!), but it’s the best I saw. Rhodri’s mates are really good skaters. They showed me some wicked new tricks. I can’t wait to show them to my friends at home!”

Find out more on the next page ➙

Michael’s top three places are: ✶ ✶ ✶ The ferry across the Mersey ✶

“It was funny to hear that Michael from Leicester spent Liverpool accent in real a few days in Liverpool. life – I quickly started to speak like that myself! I did the visitors’ sightseeing tour – and I never want to hear the word ‘Beatles’ again! I know they’re famous, and some tourists (the older ones!) go to Liverpool just for them, but I can’t tell a lie: they’re not my favourite band.”

“If I lived in Liverpool, I’d go on a ferry trip with my friends every weekend – just for laughs! It’s fun on the boat, you can see the docks and the waterfront, and it doesn’t cost much. It’s also a good way to meet people: The Williamson Tunnels ✶ “This must be the weirdest place in Liverpool! They’re under normal streets. A rich man called Joseph Williamson built them in the 1820s –but nobody knows why! We went to the visitor centre and had a look. The funniest thing was, we met the girls from the Mersey ferry again, and chatted with them in the café!”

Anfield Road ✶ “That’s the home of Liverpool Football Club, one of the most famous clubs in English football. I’m not really a football fan, but I enjoyed the match I went to on Saturday afternoon. The crowd sang the song We met some girls from Liverpool and found out a lot about the city from them – like where to eat, or get the best music. One of them gave me her address!”

‘You’ll never walk alone’ and cheered wildly every time Liverpool FC got the ball. But the Manchester fans drove me crazy: They looked (and sounded!) very aggressive, and some of them behaved like animals.”

3 Would you like to live there? Tell your partner which place you would or would not like to live in, and explain why. Use the notes you made in exercises 1 and 2. 4 Writing texts:

Your “top three places” a) Think of three things you would like to do on holiday in the UK. Write down some useful keywords that go with them. b) Then use an Internet search engine or a guide to the UK: Look for a town where you can do at least two of the things you chose in a).

Rhona from Swansea tried out life in Reading. “People seemed richer here than at home. There are lots of big houses with gardens, and things in the shops were more expensive than in Swansea. Some kids made fun of my accent when I started to talk, but they didn’t speak BBC English, and when I told them that, they stopped. Most people seemed nice.”

The Reading Rowing Club ✶ “My exchange partner took me there, and I tried out rowing. It’s a great feeling. You’re moving very, very fast, but it’s quiet. I’m quite fit, but my arms and shoulders hurt the next day! They have famous races on the Thames in the summer. I’d like to see that.”

Rhona’s top three places in the Reading region: ✶ ✶ ✶ The Rivermead Leisure Complex ✶ “In the summer they have big open-air rock and folk festivals here. Sometimes they go on all weekend. I’d like to come back to one of them with my boyfriend in August – then I’ll be able to show him what good folk music is! I also loved the leisure pool. You can swim there of course, but it’s got all the extras, too: wave machine, lights under the water, music …”

Windsor ✶

“No, I didn’t see the Queen, I just had a look at her castle. (My exchange family from Reading paid quite a lot to get in!) It’s a very big place – but I wouldn’t like to live in ANY of those rooms, they’re all far too old-fashioned! Windsor town centre is a good place to hang out in. There’s the Thames again, like in Reading – and all the people who buy the rubbish in the tourist shops!”

c) Use the reading skills to find out more about the town you have found. d) Now write about your own “top three places” for your holiday town. Say: e) Remember to write down any useful new words you find in your ‘personal vocabulary’ list and put it in your English folder.

• what the place is; • why you like it; • what you can do there; • what is not so good about it.