2B English File B2
2B English File B2
2B English File B2
c Read sentences 1-6. Do they refer to shopping in a b 0)2.18 Listen to the pairs of sentences.
physical shop or shopping online? Then ~ t h e correct word to complete the
pronunciation rule.
1 Excuse me, could you tell me where to find childrens
books? 1 a It's her shop. b It's her,_pwn shop.
2 I'm going to get Carlos present from Amazon . I know 2 a The bank's on the corner.
there's a book he wants. b The bank's on the corne r,_pf the road.
3 When we've finished shopping, we're going to Martas 3 a He's my brother. b He's my brotherjn-law.
- she lives near the shopping centre. 4 a Is that umbrella you rs? b Is that you r~umbrella?
4 A Is this your husbands new car? 5 a It's ou r business. b It's ou r~own business.
B Yes. He got it on eBay - it was a fantastic bargain .
5 When my sisters sweater arrived, it was the wrong size, p Final -r
so she had to send it back. Final -r is pronounced Ir! when the next word
6 My two daughters friends all shop at the new boutique begins with a vowel I consonant sound .
on the corner - it's the 'in' place, apparently.
d With a partner, look at the highlighted words c Listen again and practise saying the sentences.
and phrases in c, and add an apostrophe (') in the
d 0)2.19 Listen and write five sentences. Then listen
correct place. again and mark where -r is pronounced /r/.
THINGS WE HATE
0 You do less exercise and interact less with other people. 4 SPEAKING
0 You can't get advice from a specialist shop assistant.
0 You can't feel things or see exactly what they look like. Choose three of the topics and tell a partner
0 Your shopping is always delivered when you're out. about them . Give as much information as you can.
0 Supermarkets often substitute an item you ordered for
something you don't want.
0 Things are often bigger or smaller than you wanted made a mistake
because you didn't read the detailed description. bought a
and bought the
0 Clothes or shoes often don't fit, or don't suit you
wrong thing
present for
because you weren't able to try them on. someone online
online
0 If something isn't right, it can be a problem sending it
back or getting it changed.
ordered bought
had to wait
something that something
a long time
didn't fit and online much
for something
had to send it more cheaply
to be delivered
back than in a shop
ordered
found that something you bought
something
online was very different from what
online that
you were expecting
never arrived
My local shops ,
the article and their meanings. Can you remember
the missing words? Find the phrases in the article
and check your answers.
1 What kinds of shops are there near where you live? In many of the chain's 275 _ _ _ _ across the uE]
Do you use them much? If not, where do you usually = shops belonging to the same chain in different
do your shopping? parts of the UK
2 What shops have opened up or closed down near 2 it was _ _ _ _ in profit
you? Are you pleased or sorry about it? = making money again
3 What chain stores are there near you (H&M, Zara, 3 had many _ _ _ _ customers
etc.)? Do you shop there? How do you feel about = customers who always go to the same shop
them? Are they in competition with local shops? 4 his first task was to _ _ _ _ costs
4 Are there many small independent shops in your = save money in order to increase profit
country? Do you think it's important to support them? 5 Waterstones _ _ _ _ more than 150,000 titles
Why (not)? = has (books) in the shop
S Do you have charity shops where you live? What
kinds of things do they sell? Have you ever bought e James Daunt says that 'people will always want to
anything from one? go to shops'. Do you agree? Why (not)?
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GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
'th an adjective from the bold word
@a,b,orc. a Complete the sentences w1 .
____ glamour
1 I emailed __ the photos. 1 My grandmother is extreme y
1
· of you to wait for n,
a her b she c hers 2 I'm so sorry I was late - it was very - - - - e.
2 What are __ surnames?
consider I'd trust him to complete the job well . rely
a them b theirs c their 3 Martin is very - - -- · 'd sen
3 He made . She won't do anything stup1 . se
4 She's very - - - - _ he loves painting. create
a for me coffee b coffee for me 5 He's always been - - -- for a family of four. suit
c coffee to me 6 Their car's not really - - - -
4 My sister __ . 7 Our hotel room was - - - - · luxury
a lent them to us b them lent to we 8 Work is very---- at the moment. stress
c lent to us them 9 It's a bit to carry so much money. risk
5 The red shoes are nice, but I prefer 10 Her Russian is very · impress
those __ .
a blue one b blues ones b Complete the words.
c blue ones , h . r
1 There are a lot of mosquitoes - wheres t e 1 - ---
6 He's __ man I've ever met. 2 The plugs in the USA are different. We're going to need an
a the bossiest b the most bossy a_ _ _ _ .
c the more bossy 3 I brought my toothbrush, but I don't have any t._ _ __
7 She's __ in her new job than she was 4 It always takes me ages to p_ _ _ _ my suitcase.
before. 5 Angela can't go swimming. She hasn't brought her sw_ _ __
a much more happy b more happier 6 You don't need to take your dr_ _ __ I. _ _ __ - we won't
c much happier want to hire a car in Paris.
8 The film was than the book. 7 A Did you bring any nail sc_ _ _ _ ? B Look in my washbag.
a a bit better b bit better 8 I looked in the g,___ _ _ _ and found this great seafood restaurant.
c a bit more better
9 __ a word he says. c Where can you buy these things? Write the name of the shop.
a I'm not believing b I don't believe 1 meat ____ 5 aspirin _ _ __
c I'm not believe 2 a newspaper _ _ __ 6 a house _ __ _ _ __ _
10 You look worried - what __ about? 3 bread _ __ _ 7 fish _ _ __
a are you thinking 4 flowers _ _ _ _ 8 potatoes _ _ __
b you are thinking
c do you think
11 Where __ dinner tonight? PRONUNCIATION
a do we have b are we having
a Practise the words and sounds.
c we have
12 our cousins next weekend. Vowel sounds Consonant sounds
a We're visiting b We're visit
c We visit
13 I love looking at other __ family
photos. fish tree cat horse egg right key snake zebra
a people's b peoples' c people'
14 What's the _ _ where you were born? b O p .238 - 9 Sound Bank Say more words for each sound.
a village's name b village name
c name of the village c What sound in a do the p ink letters have in these words?
15 We grow all _ . 1 ea sy 2 headphones 3 sc issors 4 chemist's S st all
a my own vegetables
b our own vegetables d Underline the stressed syllable.
c ours own vegetables 1 ilniltials 3 lu jxu jri lous 5 fishjmon jger's
2 alfforlda lble 4 un jderlwear
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CAN YOU understand this text? b Read the arti cle again and complete it with
phrases A- F. There is one phrase you do not
a Read the article once. Which Underground need.
stations were named after things which were
made there? A when the Anglo-Saxons lived in Britain
B show the size of an elephant
C t he fascinating history behind some
Where did these Tube station D the name means 'a river crossing'
names come from? E in t he 13th century, it was an o rch ard and g arden
F was very fash ionable in the late 16th cent ury
If you travel on the London Underground, you will notice
that the names of many of the stations are rather strange.
Here is well-known station names. 0 CAN YOU understand these people?
The name with one of the oldest origins is Tooting Bee.
It goes back more than 1,300 years, to Many English
G2 .24 Watch or listen and choose a, b, or c.
towns still contain words from Old English: the suffix
'-ham' (as in Birmingham) meant 'settlement', while
'-ton' (as in Brighton) referred to a farm. The ending '-i ng'
meant 'belonging to someone', so Tooting means a place
belonging to the Saxon chief Tota. Bee comes from France.
When the Normans invaded England in I 066, they took
Tilly Tory Claudia Maria Diarmuid
over a lot of properties and gave them new names. The
abbey of Bec-Hellouin in Normandy was given the land Tilly's name is short for __ .
that once belonged to Tota . a Ottilie
b Otillie
c Otilie
2 Tory __ her purple and white bedroom.
a really likes
b has just changed
c isn't happy with
At some point in its long history, Covent Garden lost the 3 When Claudia travels, she usually __ .
letter 'n'. Now it is one of London's best-known tourist a packs a lot
attractions, but 3 1i) which was owned by monks from b prefers to take hand luggage
Westminster Abbey. They called it 'the garden of the c packs well in advance
Abbey and Convent', or 'Convent Garden'. King Henry VIII 4 Maria _ _ when she's on hol iday.
destroyed the monastery in the I500s and some large a is often tired
houses were built there. It was also a fruit market from the
b goes for walks in the evening
I650s to the I970s.
c likes really quiet places
The Elephant & Castle station in south London probably
5 Diarmuid buys __ online.
gets its name from a group of medieval craftsmen who
a everything
made knives and swords. Their symbol showed an elephant
carrying a castle. It is thought that the elephant referred to b everything except clothes
the ivory that they used for their knife handles. The castle c everything except food
was possibly included to 4 111, because few Europeans at the
time would have known what this animal looked like.
Like Oxford Circus, the 'circus' part of Piccadilly Circus
CAN YOU say this in English?
refers to a roundabout where different streets meet. The
Tick the box if you can do these things.
other half of its name is centuries old. A 'piccadill' is a large
collar that - often worn by Queen Elizabeth I, for
example. One London tailor, Robert Baker, made a fortune
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