Unit 6: Exercise 1

Listen to the descriptions and match them with the different kinds of holiday.

Department store hotel library police station post office restaurant

sports centre supermarket

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Unit 6: Exercise 2
Listen and decide where each person is.
1.

o at work

o in a car park 1.mp3

o in a shopping centre

2.

o on a bus

o on the underground
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o walking along a street

3.

o on a coach

o on a plane 3.mp3

o on a train

4.

o in a car

o on a bicycle 4.mp3

o on a motorbike

5.

o at an airport

o at a police station 5.mp3

o on a plane

6.
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o at a bus station

o at a supermarket
 o at a train station

Unit 6: Exercise 3
Look at the image. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

Behind between left next opposite right

1. The department store is __________ the bus station.

2. The square is ___________ the bus station and the castle.

3. The hotel is to the ___________ of the bank.

4. The museum is _____________ to the train station.

5. The park is ___________ the restaurant and department store.

6. The sports centre is on the ___________ of the bus station.

Unit 6: Exercise 4
Listen to Dan talking about two towns, Greentown and Brownville. Choose the
correct answers, True or False.

Hi, I’m Dan. I work in Greentown but I live in Brownville. I

like living in Brownville, because it’s smaller and quieter than
Greentown. The Greentown train station has more trains and
is more modern than the station in Brownville. It’s also better
to go to Greentown for shopping. There are three shopping
centres there and the biggest one has over fifty stores.
Brownville has more things that interest tourists. It has one of play.MP3
the oldest castles in the area, and three of its churches are
more than five hundred years old. It also has better restaurants
and bigger hotels than Greentown. I regularly go to the sports
centre in Brownville, because it is less expensive than the
sports centre in Greentown.

1. Dan works in Brownville.

o True

o False

2. Brownville is bigger than Greentown.

o True

o False

3. The Greentown train station is more modern than the station in Brownville.

o True

o False

4. It’s better to go shopping in Greentown.

o True

o False

5. The biggest shopping centre in Brownville has over sixty stores.

o True
 o False

6. There are more things of interest for tourists in Brownville than Greenville.

o True

o False

7. One of the oldest castles in the area is in Brownville.

o True

o False

8. Greentown has better restaurants and bigger hotels than Brownville.

o True

o False

9. The sports centre in Brownville is cheaper than the sports centre in Greentown.

o True

o False

Unit 6: Exercise 5
Listen to a student talking about Helsinki. Complete the information with a
word or a number.

Helsinki is my hometown, and it’s the largest city in Finland and the

capital. Over half a million people live here. Helsinki is an important
business centre; it has a lot of big technology and design companies, play.MP3

like Nokia. Nokia’s main company offices are here and in 2012 the city
was the World Design Capital. Many business visitors come to Helsinki
for international meetings at the Finlandia Hall, which is between the
sea and the city centre.

My city is also an important transport centre. Helsinki airport has almost

twenty million passengers a year and was the best airport in the north of
Europe in 2013. We also have a large port, where ships sail to and from
 other important cities in this part of Europe.

The city is an important cultural centre and we have nearly one hundred
museums. One of the biggest and most interesting is the Kiasma
Museum, a modern art centre, in the centre of the city, opposite another
famous museum, the Art Kaarisilta. Helsinki also has excellent theatres
and some of the oldest buildings in Europe. It’s also right next to the
beautiful Finnish countryside – Finland has more lakes than any other
country in Europe – and so the city is popular with tourists.

I’m a student here in Helsinki, and there are lots of other students here
too. Helsinki has more students than any other city in Finland, and two
of the country’s best universities. There are students from all over
Finland, and from many other countries as well, so it’s an exciting city
for young people; the nightlife is great and there are lots of shops as
well.

I like my hometown. Helsinki is smaller than other European capitals,

but it’s really interesting and visitors from all over the world are always
welcome. And they always enjoy the culture, the friendly people and the
great restaurants!

1. Helsinki is the ___________ city in Finland.

2. The city’s most important industries are technology and ____________ .

3. Helsinki airport has almost ____________ million passengers a year.

4. The Kiasma Museum is a modern ____________ centre.

5. Some of Europe’s ____________ buildings are in Helsinki.

6. Finland has ___________ lakes than any other country in Europe.

7. Helsinki is an ______________ city for young people.

8. Visitors enjoy the culture, the friendly people and the great ____________ !

Unit 6: Exercise 6

Listen and highlight the stressed syllable in each word. Practise saying the words.
 1. MUSEUM
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2. STADIUM
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3. POLICE STATION
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4. CAFÉ
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5. DEPARTMENT STORE
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6. LIBRARY
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7. LIBRARY
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8. THEATRE
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Unit 6: Exercise 7
Complete the sentences using the comparative or superlative forms of the
adjectives in brackets. Write one to three words in each gap.

1. The Burj Khalifa is __________ building in the world. (tall)

2. A Rolls Royce car is __________ than an Audi car. (expensive)

3. A city road is __________ than a country road. (busy)

4. Tokyo is ___________ city in the world. (big)

5. Australia is _________ from Africa than Europe. (far)

6. The food is ___________ thing about living here. (good)

7. The hot weather is _________ thing about summer here. (bad)

8. This is ___________ restaurant in the town. (popular)

Unit 6: Exercise 8
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. The city centre is busy/crowded/full of people at the weekend.

2. My favourite/great/popular place in town is the park.

3. I never feel bored/boring/interesting in my town because there’s so much to do.

4. The department store is the best place to buy latest/new/newest clothes .

5. My favourite café serves best/healthy/right food .

6. When I feel bad/tired/wrong I relax in the park.

Unit 6: Exercise 9
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Practise saying the
sentences.

Most the interesting hometown is place my the in castle

1. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

_________ _________ _________

Of part castle is the town the old the in

2. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

_________ _________ _________

Of the area part the near the newest the university town is

3. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

_________ _________

To visit town the by the river to is the thing the park best
in do

4. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

Department the to store is place shopping new the go

best

5. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

_________ _________ _________ _________
 I city by the bicycle around usually travel

6. _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___

Unit 6: Exercise 10
Talk about your hometown. Use the questions to help you. Spend a few minutes
thinking about what to say.

Record your answer. Play to hear your answer.

Questions: 

•  Where do you come from?

•  Where are the best places to go shopping in your town?
•  What are and where are the oldest and newest parts of your town?
•  What’s your favourite place in your town? Why?
•  How do you travel around in your town?