Practical English | 1. CALLING RECEPTION ‘Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. ‘have @ problem with the WEF iput you tough to. Il Send somebody upright away. ‘nsarrytobother youagain. ‘Thore's problem with the shower. “hiss room 402. Halls reception Hello.’ Thisisroom 402, How canihalp you? = pestanaenaissser, There tt any hot water Imsorty, madam, Thank you. Good moming, reception, ee eee a ® This is room 402, ‘A. How ean help you? 8 a > tiuannaramas [ean gota signal Imsoery, madam, B Thanks, 2 SOCIAL ENGLISH ‘Complete the missing words in the conversation 1A So hereyouare atlase 8 Yess great to bebere 2 A Doyouhaveag = B Yes, |can see the Empie State Bung from my window, 3A Wiliams eine tomeeting you. 8 Really? Who's Willan? 4 AtRstimetogs.Youms= realy ted, B Iguess youre ight 5 ABs see you again. 8 Yes. Its great to see yous too. its great to 3 READING a. Read the advert and mark the sentences T (rue) or F (false) 1 ‘The Park Central New Yorkisin the centre ofthe city. 2. Tes near major tourist attractions 3 Ieevery comfortable. 4 Allrooms have free Wi access. 5 ‘Thehote’ restaurant is not very expensive 66 The hotel has fee at pat 7 ‘Thestaffonly speak English etree te I Cold dale) csl) Nev os ere Bieaeect eae eos Bed (eter Teeter LT ip es Locatein the heart ofthe cy the Park Central New Yorkin easy ‘naling distance of Carnegie Hal roadnay andthe Museum of Moder Are (NOMA) Centra Pak sony tree Biocks away and Fifth Avr. withitsiternationl boutiques and huge department stores, only a ten-minute walk fromthe hotel Fr guests who ‘wantto travel further anay there are seven subweylineslocated within three blocs ofthe hotel The Park Cantal Now York offers great sevice areat comfort and greatlue The hotel’ bistro, ‘Ciyhovse provides the perfect Eetting for dane brea concert ora Broad show inthe ‘evening, Guest can enjoy the reasonably priced set menu vile watching the work go byon Seventh Avenue through the Bistr’s ‘oversized windows, There's also a bain the lobby where guests can enjoy cocktail after the show, ‘Because oft centrallocation the Park Central New Yorks the ideal hotel fortourts ting the ty forthefirsttime Ourmat lingual staff onthe front desk are alnays happy to proide tour “stance and anser ary questions quests may have, ELE ‘Underline five words yousdon’t know. Use your dictionary to look up their pronunciation and meaning.1 VOCABULARY holidays a Write the phrases. ‘A holiday is having nothing to do and all day to dot. Robert Otten, American ector 1 _go_camping ys 3 flights onthe internet satnighe inahoeel —on the beach = forthe weekend oan 10 gor 1b Complete the sentences with an adjective, 1 Weloved our room. lewas very comfortable 2 "The weather waswarmandsi= —__every day 3 ‘There were alot of people everywhere. Itwasvery Weate very well The food was d ssa 5 The stain the hotel were horible They were very wunhse___ and sometimes quite rude, 6 There wasn't much in the apartment. was very bes Iedidnreeven havea Fridge 7 "The other people onthe tip were very __Wehhopeto meet some of them again in the future, 8 Thetownwasless Allthe houses nad flowers onthe balcony and were painted diferent colours 9 Iewasel=s, ___ and we didn’t see the sun all 10 Ourfirst meal was sere ceatat the hotel again, so we did’ 2 GRAMMAR past simple: regular and | irregular verbs ‘4 Write the past simple ofthese verbs in the correct column, argue begin arrive ask buy can choose invite rent say stay sunbathe Regular lrveg Irregular ——beqan b_ Make the verbs negative 1 Westayed ata campsite __Wedidntt tay _ in abotel 2 ‘They bought postcards onl any souvenirs 3 The people were unfriendly a __ very help 4 Tsunbathed on the beach treated a by the pool 5 Wehired bikes. __aweek there. very clean.‘© Complete the text with the pastsimple form ofthe verbsin the box. “arrive sk book cennot decide go(K2) look take want The holiday that wasn’t Fouryearsago.we' _devied_togoanay forthe weekend We ws: to goto Portugal, swe? o __abeautiful apartment online. A wee later, we* = ataxitothe airport. We, “atthe airport at two otloct, and we © see to checkin The woman atthe desk? ss usfor our passports. We = __Inour bags, but we ers find them. So we” == home! _ Read thetextin eagain. Complete the questions. 1 When diftheydacide to goaway for the weekend? Four yearsago. 2 Where _ sien to go? Portugal 3 How _ssrwiae the apartment? They booked it online, 4 When. attheaixport? Actwo o'clock. 5 What_ 6 Where ‘sk for? She asked for their passports inthe end? They went back home, 3 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings, irregular verbs i'waled asked 2 mpied ana saved kod? stared decided ‘arsed GEIS sunbed b Listen aguinandrepeuethe words ‘© Write these irregular past simple forms in the correct circle bought broke came caught drank drove gave made rang read seid saw sat went wrote = 8 §UTPHED Listen and Giel9 the ver which has different -ed sound dGTP Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat the words. 4 LISTENING GERD Listen to ive speakers talking about holidays they didn'tenjoy. Which speaker..? 4 didn't have avery exciting weekend ’b wasn't with the people he she wancedl robe with L ‘© chosea holiday destination because of the weather there 4 wenton holiday after relationship ended © didn’ feel wel when he /shewason boliday ‘Speaker2 ‘Oo ‘Speaker 4 Speaker 3 ‘Speaker5 USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these wordsand phrases. atmosphere /etmosfia! disaster 'zasta! hostels host! ‘complain /kom'plein enjoy Ants fice view ivi Deak up brerk ap/ feel sorry fo (sb) il ‘sori fxd sgowrong. 4900 rp)26 The story behind the photo 1 GRAMMAR past continuous 2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past continuous, You were laughing (laugh) when I cook the photo, 1 2 a 4 5 6 7 8 What mere Why memnie Lessee They = He didn't call you because his mobile phone sme (snow) when our plane landed, Photographs are pictures taken to please ‘the family and bore the neighbours. Edmund volar, American sociologist (not drive) fast when the accident happened (you Jery) atthe party? (he (lo) when bis boss artived? (6i}on che bus when I saw my boyfriend with another gid (live)in New Zealand when thei frst child was born, b_ Write sentences with when. Use the past simple ‘and past continuous, 1 They [argue the waite] bring eh bil They were crguing when the waiter brought he ill He [fall off his bike | cycle home ‘Thechildren | play /video ‘games the vistors arrive We [havea barbecue / it/stare|sorain 1 finish my report my computer erash (noe worl), © Complete the story with the past simple or past continuous. Last summer!_went (go) to Los Angeles to stay vith my cousin for a few weeks. One afternoon we + __(have)lunch in arice restaurant in the centre of town when my cousin’ = ___(get)a ‘allon her mobile phone and went outside to talk. While she‘ swore __(epeat toher friend, I suddenly Sse (notice) a manina blackhat who ‘scene __ (st) at the next table It was the actor Johnay Deppl Hewas alone and” ses (decide) totake my chance Solgotup ands: (0) tohis table, ‘Excuse me, could | have my photo taken with you? Fasked. He = (ap) yes.s01 "© somes _ (op) awatresswho" sess (pass) byand gaveher my camera,She'™ == (take) the photo of me and johnny. |thanked them both, and then returned tomy table Whenmy cousin” == (ome) back ssn ome) "Why are you looking so pleased with yoursel? she asked, “Vhad my photo taken with Johnny Depp ‘Johnny Depp? Where is he He's sitting over there Look! Se turned around to look and then stated to laugh “That's not Johnny Depp! 19 soe (look a the man inthe black hat ~he "6 sues _ (ugh toCe | 2 VOCABULARY 4t, in, on time Complete the sentences with a, in, orm. 1 The results ofthe election were announced _ at _11 o'lock 2 Mobile phones wereinvented the 20thcentacy 3 Our flightisleaving © Wednesdayat9.30_» the evening and arriving = 12o'lock = Thursday. 4 Wehaveanexam = Monday morning. ies, banks and officesare closed _= snd New Years Day. night, getting up cay weekends 955, andhe died 5 In most coun Christmas Day 6 Thatedriving = ‘morning, and working 7 Steveobs was born Sth October, 2011 aster we went t Portugal and we're going again = thesummer, probably thelasttwoweeks —» July. place ‘Complete the sentences with ain, oro. 1 Hetook some great photos__at the party 2 Ican'treaclabook the busor_" —_acar. 3 Wewanttoputsomeshelves or _ ehe wal. theliving oom, We're going o putall our old books =the shelves. 44 My family are from Ireland but we live_ New York, the Lh floor of all building, 5 Pilmeet you. the bus stop. 6 Theadultssae_o __chaitsand che children sat_o the loor 7 They spentche morning" __ the museum andl then went fora walk» the park. 8 Imetmy boyfriend wore university school andl we spitup while we PRONUNCIATION sentence stress SERED Listen and repeae the dialogue. Copy the chyshm, ‘A Where were youat ten otlock last night? 8 Iwosat home. 1+ What were you doing? 8 Iwas watching film. 4 LISTENING 8 SRIF Listen toa conversation between ‘Matt and Jenny about a photo. Does Jenny like the photo? bb Listenagain and choose the best answers. 1 Thephoto shows, & Matt’ parents bb Matt's aunt and uncle. © Mate’s grandparents 2 Thephoto was ken. a inthe spring, b inthe summer «in the autumn, 3 ‘Theman wanted to win. & some money. bb some food. some jewellery. 4 Theother people in the photo were the man's. neighbours friend. € colleagues. 5 ‘Themanon the stall. 8 twokthe photo bashed for mote money for che photo © didnt like the photo. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. democracy i'mokrosil demonstration deman'stren election Tekin freedom. risdam! hold hands /hould hsendz/ peace /pis! realize Pealarz! V screens /is ‘vis skrisa upload /aplaod sereen saver kri:n Serva