The words you need ... to talk about where you live

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1 Choose the correct preposition in these sentences.

1 I live in j on the city centre. 5 Sitges is at / on the coast.

2 I live at / in quite a small street. 6 Sitges is about 40 kilometres for I from Barcelona.

3 I live near I by the main shopping centre. 7 Sitges is a small town not far of j from Barcelona.

4 I live on / outside Barcelona. 8 Barcelona is in I at the north-east of Spain.

Now listen and check. ►►! 6.3

Describe where you live with some similar sentences.

2 Montse and Saiiidiilhd iUC talkingabout what tosee around

Barcelona. Complete the conversation witli the verbs in the box. takes catch go get walk

There is more than one possible answer for some of the gaps.

samantha: So. let's plan the weekend. Can we go somewhere?

montse Yes. what about Sitges? It's a really nice place. samantha: How far is it from Barcelona?

montse Not for. By bus. it (1 >.............. about 40 minutes. Or perhaps we could (2).................. by train.

samantha: I'd like to go by bus. Where do we (3)............. it? •'

montse The bus station is quite close - it will only take us about five minute* to <4).............. there.

samantha: Good? And I've got a friend whn Hvps in Vilannv.i Is it far from Sirges?

montse No. it's quite close. We can probably (5)............... there by bus. It's a lovely place.

Now listen and check ►►! 6.4

It's time to talk

A client is \isiting your organisation and wants to know about your area. Talk about where you live

and interesting places you can travel to locally. Take turns to play the client. Use the ideas below to help you.

Where you live

I live in ... (country) ^SOWf I^s ^d ?<*^r? ^H<*?

live near... ^==^^ akjaCfluMl^ it ?

Places tc see near where you live

You can go to ...

It's in the north/south /east/west of ...

It's... kilometres from ...

Travelling to places near where you live

You can get there by car/train.

It takes -. minutes/hours.

Learn these useful questions tor travelling. • Where is. ? • isitlar? • Howfarawa¹, • Can you get thsre by buc • How do you get there?

It's a ... minute/hour walk/drive/bus ride.

What you think about the place

It's nice.

It's lovely.

It's not wry nice.

Unit six

Listen to this This is where I work 1 Listen to Slcin talking about his workplace. Tick (•) ihe photos showing facilities which are in his office building. >H 7.1 2 Listen again and answer these questions. >H7.1 1 Mow many people have a personal office? 2 What do employees like about the new office? 3 What docs Stein like about the new office? 4 What doesn't Stein like about the new office? Would you like to work in an office like Stei n's? Why? Why not?

What do vou think⁷

are is

some aren't

Countable plural There (1)...................... table games. There aren't (3)........................ personal offices. There are no personal offices. (4)............................. there any places to work in private? Yes. there are. No. there (6)......................

Uncountable nouns There's (2)......................... information on the new database There isn't any paper. There's no paper.

some (5)...................... personal space? Yes, there is. No, there isn't. We ran use a /W o/ »n positives, negatives and questions wtth countable plural nouns and uncountable nouns. Examples There are a tot ol There isn't a total time.

Grammar reference pages 113-114

On Ihe agenda

Speaking

Where you work

Grammar

Meet Stein Idar Stokke. He is a manager for Telenor in Norway.

There i$far9„. Countable and uncountable nouns Some and any; a lot ot

Pronunciation

Changing workspace

Countable and uncountable nouns withThere is... / There are... We can use There is I There are with countable nouns and uncountable nouns to describe where we work. Complete Ihe sentences below using the words in the box,

Linking

Countable singular

Positive There's a restaurant. There's an open office.

Negative There isn't a fixed desk.

There isn't an exercise room. There's no solution.

Question Is there a restaurant?

Is there a swimming pool?

Answer Yes, there is. No, there isn't.

Note 1 We often use smne m positives and any in negatrves and questions But we also use some when we ask lor or offer sometning

Example Would you like some coffee?

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Do it yourself

1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

IS there a carpark? Are There MM drinfe machini

1 There is two training rooms on the first floor.

2 There aren't any private office on the top floor.

3 Is there a computer equipment on the first floor?

4 There isn't a lot of spaces in the car park.

2 Bob is showing David round his office. Complete the dialogue with the correct
question, negative or positive form of There is or There are.

david: So. (1)...................... a car park for employees?

bob: Yes. (2)..................... some space but only for top management.

david: What do other people do?

bob: Well. (3).................... a railway station nearby so lots of people come by train.

david: 1 see. What about lunch? (4)................... a staff restaurant?

bob: No. but (5).................... a lot of bars and restaurants in the same street.

david: (6)..................... a gym or swimming pool?

bob; No. (7)...................... anything like that. But (8|..................... two parks

across the street and a swimming pool half a kilometre away.

david: (9).................... somewhere 1 can get a drink?

bob: Yes. (10)................... a lot of drinks machines in the building. Let's get something.

Now listen and check. H\7.2

3 Choose the correct words in these sentences. Sometimes more than one word or
phrase is possible.

1 There are

2 There's

3 There aren't

4 There isn't

5 There's

some / a lot of/ any some / any / no any /a lot of/ no a / some / any a lot of/any/no

new computers for everyone. information on our intranet. free spaces in our car park. nice food in the staff restaurant. new furniture in my office.

Make similar sentences about your workplace.

4 Ask your partner questions about his/her workplace. Find out three positive and three negative things, and write them down.

there any. j

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there any .

%||lhere

Iherealoiol..

Positive things

Negative things

Unit seven

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Linking

5 vowels: a e i o u

21 consonants: bcdfghjklmnpqrslvwxyz

1 Listen to three sentences. Which one sounds more natural? ►M7.3

In normal speech, we usually connect final consonant sounds to following vowels, The arrows show where the words are linked.

Example: There are a tot of small cafes.

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2 Listen to these sentences. Use arrows to link the connecied sounds. >M7.4

1 Telenor is a big company.

2 It's a very big building.

3 I think it's very, very flexible.

4 There's a big fitness centre, which is very good.

5 Yes, I like it a lot.

Practise saying the sentences with the linked sounds.

It's time to talk

Your organisation is moving offices. You and your partner are looking at two possible locations. Student A should look at page 104 and Student B at page 107. Ask and answer questions about the two possible offices and make notes below.

Use questions and answers like these.
Student A: (here any individual olfic

Student B:

s, there are. It's not open pi

unds go

Sludeni A:

	Office 1	Office 2 M
The building		1 ^^^^
Individual offices		^^Ultffli
Car park
Staff restaurant
Swimming pool		^^H
Smoking room
The area
Railway station
Shops
Fitness centre
Banks
Restaurants

Remember

When talking about places, remember to:

• Use There is/are...: There's a big car park.

• Ask questions with

Is:Are there... :1s there a staff restaurant?

Now decide which location is best for you.

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