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CURSO DE INGLÉS Requerido para el sector Turismo

El acceso al mundo… Programa Putre 2007: “Capacitación enfocada al área de Turismo” organizado y ejecutado por:

apoyado y financiado por:

Textos y ejercicios: Cindy Schlicke (cindy.schlicke@googlemail.com) Dibujos: Rodrigo Verdugo (rodrigo@rodrigoverdugo.cl)

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Unit 1: Name, Country, Language A B A B

Hello. My name is Lisa. What´s your name? Anna. Where are you from, Anna? I´m from New York.

A1 Read the dialogues and fill in the blanks.

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Hello, what´s your name? I´m Luis. And your´s? Robert. Where are you from? I´m from Peru. And you? I´m from England. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.

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Hello. My _________ is Peter. What´s _______ name? Walter. _________ are you from, Walter? _______ from Germany. Where _______ you from? ______ ______ Canada.

Excuse me, what´s your name? My name is Maria Guzman Gonzalez. Where are you from? I´m from Spain. Welcome to Chile! Thank you.

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What’s your name? Where are you from? Nice to meet you. Welcome to Chile!

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Countries and cities of the world. Complete, please. Spain/ Madrid_____ _________/ Sydney Japan/___________ Austria/_________

2. 5. 8. 11.

__________/ La Paz USA/ ____________ ________/ Hongkong _________/London

3. 6. 9. 12.

Brazil/ ___________ ____________/ Rome ____________/ Berlin Columbia/_________

Countries, languages and nationalities. 1. This is Marcela. She´s from Brazil. She is Brazilian. She speaks Portuguese and a little English.

2. This is Magda. She´s from Italy. She´s Italian. She speaks Italian and German. 3. This is Martin. He´s from Switzerland. He is Swiss. He speaks German, French and Italian.

4. This is Roberto. He´s from Bolivia. He´s Bolivian. He speaks Spanish and a little Portuguese.

Name 1. Marcela

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Nationality

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2. 3. 4. you!

Ask questions like that: What’s her name? Where’s she from? What’s his name? Where’s he from?

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Fill out the following formulary, asking the right question!

Name: Country: Languages:

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a) What´s your name? b) Where are you from? c) What languages do you speak? name

Do you speak Spanish? country

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What´s my nationality?

Hello, my name is Brandon. I live in a (1 = francés) _________________ town. I have a (2 = japonés) _________________________ camera and a (3 = alemán) __________________ __ car. I like to spend my holidays in the (4 = austriaco) _______________ or (5 = sueco) _______________ mountains. I work for a (6 = suiza) _________________ company. I like (7= italiano) ______________ food and (8 = español) _______________ wine.

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Dialogue! A How do you spell your first name? B M – O – N – I – C – A. A How do you spell your last name? B N – U – N – E – S. A Monica Nunes. B That´s right.

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Talking on the phone. Hotel “Good Dreams”, John Johnson. How can I help you? L Hello, my name is Paul Pearson. Can I talk to Mr. Jones, please.

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Hello, Mr. P…. Excuse me, what´s your name again, please? L It´s Pearson. Paul Pearson.

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How do you spell that? L P – E – A – R – S – O – N.

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I repeat, P – E – A – R – S – O – N. All right. I´m sorry, Mr. Pearson. Mr. Jones is not here.

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Bye-bye. Have a nice day.

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Unit 2: Address and Profession How are you? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Great! Wonderful! Fine, thanks! Well, I´m all right. Not so good today.

Read the dialogues.

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Hello Mr. Jones. Nice to see you. Hi Mr. Isaac, how are you? Fine, thanks. And you? Just great.

Hi Michael! Hi Peter,what´s up? How are ya? Fine, and you? Great, thanks.

Create your own dialogues.

How are you? Fine, thanks.

Hi, how are you? Just great.

Where are you from? I´m from Austria.

Where are you from? I´m from Germany.

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© DiskArt™ 1988

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surname – first name – country - street – zip code - street number – city

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Ask questions and complete the list below.

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Donna: I´m unemployed.

Luke: I´m a travel agent. I work for a travel agency.

Mary: I´m a housewife.

What do you do? Where do you work? Tom: I´m a waiter. I work in a restaurant called “food corner“. What do you do? I´m a teacher. B6

Brandon: I´m a receptionist. I work in a hotel.

does she do? She´s a director.

Find the people in the picture!

1. Tom is a waiter. 2. Brian is a doctor. 3. James is a secretary. 4. Eva is a computer programmer. 5. Ramon is a teacher. 6. Tina is an engineer. 7. Jennifer is a student. 8. Mary is a housewife. 9. Sally is an artist. 9

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Is Ramon a student? No, he isn´t. What does he do? He´s a teacher. Oh, really?

Ramon/student? Brian/waiter ? Sally/housewife? Eva/doctor?

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Jennifer/engineer? Mary/teacher? ames/computer programmer? Tom/artist?

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Ramon isn´t a student. Brian isn´t Sally isn´t Eva

He´s a teacher. He´s a She´s She

Match a picture with a job. A

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A pilot An interpreter A hairdresser A singer A nurse An actor A mechanic A journalist A receptionist A baker A shop assistant

makes bread. (1) looks after people in the hospital. (2) writes for a newspaper. (3) works in a hotel. (4) translates at a conference. (5) sells things. (6) flies a plane. (7) works in a night club. (8) cuts hair. (9) repairs cars. (10) makes films. (11)

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B10 Look at the phonetic spelling of some words. Practise saying them. a /n:s/ d /ækt/

b /int:prit/ e /si/

c /risepƒnist/ f /mkænik/

B11 Memorize the lines in A and B. Close your books. Ask and answer questions, like this: What does a baker do? – He makes bread. What does an actor do? – He … What…

B12 Text comprehension. Listen and read. Johnny: Lisa: Johnny: Lisa:

What do you do? I´m a waitress, but I also work as a receptionist for Mr. Smith. Oh, really? What does Mr. Smith do? He´s a manager. We work in a hotel called “Nice dreams“.

True or false? Lisa is a manager. Johnny is a receptionist. Mr. Smith and Lisa work in a hotel. The hotel´s name is “Nice beds“.

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Unit 3: Family, Age and Time OTV´s new televisión show: The Family, Wednesdays, 8:00 – 8:50 pm Today: Meet the Smith family

Donald Smith Donald is a very rich man. He owns a computer factory in London. He is married to Rosemary. They have three children – two sons and a daughter.

Charles & Amanda Smith Charles is their son. He´s 36. wife´s name is Amanda. They have two children. Amanda is a famous model and Charles is a serious businessman. He doesn´t have many friends.

Rosemary Smith Rosemary is Donald´s wife. She´s a writer of romantic novels. She´s 55.

Andrea & Joseph Williams Andrea is Donald and Rosemary´s Daughter. She´s her father´s favorite child. She´s a scientist. Joseph is Andrea´s husband. He´s a doctor. Andrea is 32 years old.

Lucy & David They´re Charles´s children. Andrea is their aunt. Robin is their uncle. Lucy´s Andrea´s niece, and David´s her nephew. Lucy is six and her brother is five. They have two pets – a dog and a cat.

Robin Smith Robin is 25. He´s a rock His singer but he isn´t famous He´s his mother´s favorite son.

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True or False? Donald is Robin´s father. Peter is Charles´s son. David is Robin´s nephew. Charles is Lucy´s uncle. Andrea is Lucy´s aunt. Andrea is Rosemary´s granddaughter. Robin is Rosemary´s son. Lucy is Donald´s granddauther. Andrea and Joseph are Peter´s parents. Rosemary and Donald are married. Amanda is Charles´s wife.

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Answer questions about the Smith Family. 1. Who is Rosemary´s daughter? 2. Who are Rosemary´s sons? 3. Who is Joseph´s wife? 4. Who is Amanda´s husband? 5. Who is Lucy´s brother? 6. Who is Robin and Charles´s sister? 7. Who Andrea´s parents? 8. Who is Charles´s niece? 9. Who are Robin´s nephews? 10. Who are Peter´s cousins?

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Please fill in the gaps! husband

wife

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Dialogue. How old is she? How old is Andrea? She is thirty-two.

How old is Lucy, David, Peter, Mary, Rosemary, Charles, and Robin. How old are you? C4

Now let´s talk about your family

This is This is 4 .my 5

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Fill this space with your own family pictures and describe them!

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What time is it?

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Excuse-me, what time is it, please? It´s five o´clock. That late already! Thank-you. You´re welcome.

Look at the clocks. Write the times.

It´s five o´clock.

It´s half past four.

It´s quarter past five.

It´s quarter to six.

It´s five past five.

It´s twenty to six.

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Practise the time.

10:00 17:45 8:00 9:30

Vocab Check:

nearly already exactly early late time o´clock

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Unit 4: Supermarket D1

Some or any?

Is there any milk in the fridge? Yes, there is some milk.

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Dialogue. What´s in the fridge?

Is there any...? Are there any...? 1. bananas 5. lemons 2. butter 6. oranges 3. eggs 7. salad 4. potatoes 8. cheese D3

Is there any beer? No, there isn´t any beer.

9. meat 10. chicken 11. bread 12. tea

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Dialogues. What´s for breakfast?

Breakfast Is there a lemon? Yes, there is./ No, there isn´t. Are there eggs? Yes, there is./No, there isn´t. Is there any milk? Yes, there is./ No, there isn´t.

2. Lunch A: Is there B: No, A: Is there B: Yes, A: Is there B: No,

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3. Tea – True or false? There are two eggs on the plate. There´s some tea in jug. There isn´t any sugar. There´s some salad on the table. There aren´t any fruits. D5

A very special pizza. Create your own pizza.

I want my pizza with some onions…. There are some olives on my pizza. We deliver to your door - free! Order your pizza! Telephone: 1453 6789 Open every day: 11:30a.m.-midnight

Large (35cm) Medium (20cm) Small (15 cm) A tomato and cheese pizza with: - mushrooms – pineapple – salami – onion - olives – green pepper – hot chillies

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At the souvenirs shop

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Can I help you? Yes. How much is this city map of Arica? It´s 5.000 Pesos. Do you have any postcards? Yes, of course. How much are they? They´re 250 cents each. How many do you want? Four, please. And a city map of Arica. Here you are. How much is that? That´s 6.000 Pesos, please.

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How much or how many?

beer, potatoes, cigarettes, money, questions, beef steaks, children, petrol, people, apples much many D8 Dialogue: At the market A B A B A B A B A

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Good morning. Good morning. How much are the apples? 3,50 $ a kilo. That´s not expensive. Do you have any grapes? Yes, black or green? Black, please. How much are they? 4,60 $ a kilo. How many do you want? A kilo of apples and half a kilo of black grapes, please. Sure. There you go. That´s 5,80 $, please.

Dialogue. Do you have...? How much is that? How much are they?

At the market 1. bananas (8,45$/kilo) potatoes (2,30$/kilo) small or big 2. tomatoes (7,80$/kilo) lemons (10,20$/kilo) yellow or green

At the souvenirs shop 3. T-shirts of Arica (12.000 Peso) stickers of Chile (1.500 Peso each) 4. city guide of Arica (8.000 Peso) posters of Chile (7.500 Peso each) 5. …

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D10 Adjectives – the colors green

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Bananas are yellow.

blue

Some days are just grey.

Bears are usually brown.

white orange

The night is black.

Oranges are orange.

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is red.

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D11 Adjectives - match the opposites. difficult expensive old hot

horrible cold cheap new

lovely small old big

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D12 Adjectives - Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives good better the best

old older the oldest

small smaller the smallest

interesting more interesting the most interesting

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D13 Adjectives – Complete the sentences. a) The weather is better today than yesterday. b) Summer is as nice as spring c) The weather today is worse than yesterday.

a) A mouse is smaller than a cat. b) A mouse is as big as a hamster. c) An ant is the smallest animal.

Make three sentences to each picture! 1. 2. 3.

TOM (1,70 m)

TOM (1,60 m)

TINA (1,55 m)

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Likes and Dislikes E6

Make sentences, like this:

She likes…. / She doesn´t like… Woman of the week: Susan Rogers Susan is the autor of “Love in L.A.” AGE: 34 NATIONALITY: American FAVORITE COLOR: red FAVORITE SPORT: tennis FAVORITE FOOD: salad FAVORITE DRINK: champagne LIKES: cinema, shopping, chocolate DISLIKES: meat, dogs, loud music E7

Interview your partner.

What´s your favorite color? What´s your favorite …. ? ….? E8

Dialogues.

1 Ask another student questions. A Do you like painting? B Yes, I do./ No, I don´t. 2 Work with a different student. A Does she like painting? B Yes, she does./ No, she doesn´t.

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The ABC of likes likes A apples B BMW cars C Christmas D… E…

dislikes algebra brown hats cities

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People E10 Clothes. Match the numbers with the words below. pants

a hat

a baseball cap

a blouse

a jacket

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a skirt

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E11 Describing people. What are they wearing? A What is he wearing? B He´s wearing jeans / pants / a suit / a shirt. What are they like? A What´s he like? B He is good looking / tall / handsome. He isn´t very tall / short. How old are they? A How old is he? B He is young / old / middle-aged / about 20.

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Who …? is smiling is wearing glasses is wearing earings

is greeting is wearing a hat isn´t smiling

Who are they? E12 The people at this party are all famous. Put the letters (A, B, C,…) in the spaces.

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The American ambassador. Short, fat. Black suit.

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Jean Collier, actress. Blond hair. Pink suit. About 50. Gary Trevor, footballer. Brown hair. Pullover. Good-looking. Donna, singer. Young. Orange and green hair. Very short skirt. Earings.

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David Wilson, politician. Blue suit. Moustache. Middle-aged. Glasses. Doris Decaer, tennis placer. Long curly hair. About 28. Paul Cooper, racing driver. Brown hair. Beard. Green shirt. About 26. Barbara Heartland, writer. Old lady (87). Long dress, white hair, glasses. Michael George, singer. Black hair. Jeans and T-shirt. Very good-looking. Miss World. Tall. Long dark fair hair. White dress. Brazilian. Beautiful. Suzy Ford, journalist. Short blond hair. Tall. About 35. Bruno Higgins, boxer. Black. Very tall. Blue shirt. Green pants.

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Unit 6: Places and Directions

Do you know Prague? Prague is not the biggest city in Europe, but it is one of the most beautiful. The old town hall with its golden clock is very famous. The building is very old and is from the 15th century. People also call Prague “Europe’s School of Music“. There are many concert halls and theaters. In the center, there are also many old pubs, wine bars and restaurants. Historical buildings Cathedral

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museum of art or of history

cinema for fun to watch movies

Important Places port ships

train station trains

airport planes

bus station buses

hospital emergency Help!

tourist information information for tourists

police station policemen

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Streets main street

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main square

on - next to – behind - in front of under – between – in

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Exercise. Answer the questions below.

Where is the bag? The bag is on the table.

Where are the keys? The keys are

Where is the cup?

Where is the book?

Where is the shoe?

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1. C: Excuse me, where´s the bus stop? D: It´s straight ahead, then first right. C: Thank you.

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1. a public toilet/ a telephone box/ a bank F3

2. E: Excuse me, I´m looking for a post office. F: Yes. Go along this street, turn the first left and the second right. There it is next to the church. E: Thank you very much.

2. a supermarket/ a hospital/ a taxi rank

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Excuse me, can you help me, please? Yes, of course. Where is the Cathedral? It´s right on Cathedral Street, 200 meters from here. Thank you very much. You´re welcome. No problem!

Work in pairs asking the way.

Student A: Ask the way to the police station / the Ritz Hotel/ the lighthouse/ the post office.

Student B: Look at the map. Tell your partner the way.

Student A: Look at the map. Give student B directions to a place on the map.

Student B: What is the place?

Take the Arica city plan! Student A: You are in front of the Cathedral. Ask the way to the Morro/ the post office/ the Custom House.

Student B: Give directions.

Student B: You are at McDonalds. Ask the way To the port/ the Cathedral/ Chinchorro Beach.

Student A: Give directions.

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1. On the street A: Hello Lisa! Nice to see you. How are you? B: Fine, thanks. I´m really in a hurry. I have to take the 9 o´clock bus. A: No problem. Talk to you later.

2. At the bus stop C: Hey Robert. You are taking the bus today? D: Yes, I get stuck in the traffic jam all the time. And going by bus is cheaper.

How do you go to school? How do you go to the supermarket? By bus? By bike? Walking?

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healthy

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boring

relaxing

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Subway is Walking is Going by bus is Going by bike is F8

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park

cross

bus

bi

side

walk

air

cy

walk

sidewalk,

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Find the right walking pace:

to run, to walk, to go, to stroll, to go for a walk? slow

fast to stroll

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Unit 7: Tourist Institutions At the train station

A B A B A B A B

Good afternoon. ´Afternoon. Two tickets to London, please. Single or return? Return, please. How much is that? Twenty-four dollars. Here you are. What time is the next train? Seventeen twenty.

Useful vocabulary at the train station:

INFORMATION / DEPARTURES

ticket single and return roundtrip leave arrive platform

TIME 17.25 17.30 17.50 18.20 18.50 18.50 19.00

G1 Ask questions, like this: What time´s the Manchester train? What platform is the London train?

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DESTINATION PORTSMOUTH OXFORD LONDON WINCHESTER MANCHESTER LONDON LIVERPOOL

PLATFORM 4 1 5 3 7 5 4


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Excuse me! Yes? Is this the London train? No, it isn´t. The London train is over there. C Where? D On platform three. C Thank-you.

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Excuse me! Where is the waiting room? It´s next to the information office. Thank-you.

G Excuse me! Can you help me? H Sure. G I´m looking for the ticket office. ….

Check-In at a hotel C Good evening. Can I help you? D Good evening. Yes, please. Could I have a room for tonight? C Sure. A single or a double room? D Single, please. C Would you like a room with private or shared bathroom? D With private bathroom, please. How much is the room? C It´s 20 dollars for the room including breakfast. D Can I pay by credit card? C Yes, of course. We take Master and Visa. Could you sign the register, please? D Yes, sure. Do you want my address, too? C No, just a signature. Do you have any luggage? D Just one suitcase. C Here is your key. Your room number is 21. Enjoy your stay. D Thank-you very much.

Useful vocabulary at a hotel: - Room: single or double; private or shared bathroom - to pay cash or by credit card - to sign the register - luggage: suitcase, bag, ..

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Comparing hotels The Ritz 102 $45– 85 10 min. 20 min. 1990

Number of rooms Price How many minutes to the sea? How many minutes to the city center? Old or new? big

expensive

close

far

The Star 56 $150-200 25 min. 30 min. 1890

modern

Example: good – The Ritz is a better hotel than The Star. A C E

B D

About the Morgans G3

Read about the Morgan family!

Wallace Morgan was a pirate. He lived from 1624 to 1657. He worked as a navigator for Captain Eagle Blood. They sailed around the world three times. This was by mistake: Wallace didn´t have a map. Finally, in 1657 they arrived in England. Wallace died in his bath. He slipped on the soap and drowned.

Wally Morgan wanted to know about his ancestors. He looked in old books, and visited churches. He discovered a lot of things about his family.

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His grandfather, Willy Morgan, played football for England. He was a defender. He played against Scotland in 1923. The game started at 3 o´clock on a Saturday afternoon in May. England scored the first goal at 4:15. Then, Willy scored two goals… both for Scotland. He didn´t play for England again.

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Sir William Morgan lived from 1413 to 1452.He was very romantic. He loved Lady Matilda Potter, the niece of the King. He asked her to marry him in 1432. She said “No”. He asked her again in 1437, 1441, 1443, and 1450. Finally, she married him in 1452. He died ten minutes after the wedding. His horse stopped on a bridge. He fell off and landed in the river. He was wearing his armour It weighed 400 kg.

Billy “Four Eyes” Morgan lived from 1857 to 1886. He moved to the United States in 1879, and in 1886 he was the Sheriff of Rattlesnake County. He died in a gunfight with Jesse James. Billy fired his gun six times, but he didn´t kill Jesse James. He killed three horses, a dog, the State Governor, and a Deputy Sheriff. Then, Jesse killed him. Billy wasn´t wearing his glasses. 34


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Write all verbs of the past tense in the chart.

verb in the past tense

/t/

/d/

/id/

wanted

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Match a line in A with a line in B. Put the verb in B into the Simple Past.

A

B

a Wallace was a pirate

and

(killed) three horses and a dog.

b William died

and

(score) two goals for England.

c Billy fired his gun six times

to find out about his family.

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d Willy

(play) football

because his armour

e Wally

(look) in old books

and

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(weigh) 400 kg.

(sailed) around the world.

Answer the questions below. Continue ‌

When did Willy Morgan play for England? How did Billy Morgan kill three horses? What did Wallace Morgan do?

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