LESSON 2A VOCABULARY|Places in the city and transport
1 SPEAKING In pairs, look at the words in the box. Which place do you go to most often? Which places do you never go to?
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Bank bridge castle hospital station supermarket |
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2 7.3 Look at the photos below and listen. Which places do the people describe in Aqaba? Write the letters A–D in the boxes.
1 □ 2 □ 3□ 4□
A C B D
AQABA
GETTING HERE
You can get here by:
• boat
Arrive at the marina or port of Jordan's only coastal city on the Red Sea.
• bus
Arrive at Aqaba bus station in the city centre.
• car
Drive your car along Highway 15 straight into Aqaba and park in one of the city’s car parks.
• plane
Arrive by plane at King Hussein International Airport and take a taxi or hire a car for the short trip to the city centre.
GETTING AROUND
You can:
• go on foot to most places in the city centre.
• ride a bike or moped – but be aware of the hot climate, and outside of the city is hilly.
• go by bus – they are convenient and run frequently. Buy a ticket when you get on and tell the driver where you want to get off.
• take an open-top bus or private tour of all the major tourist attractions in the city
Answers
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 B
3 SPEAKING In pairs, tell your partner about your favourite place.
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4 Read the text about transport in Aqaba and complete the table with the verbs from the box.
| drive get go by ride take go |
| car | 1drive a/your |
| bus/metro/train | 2.----------on/off a/the |
| bike/moped/ motorbike | 3----------a/your |
| on foot | 4-------------- |
| train/coach/bus/ plane/metro/taxi/car | 5--------------- |
| taxi/bus/train/metro | 6----------a/the |
Answers 2 get 3 ride 4 go 5 go by 6 take
5 Choose the correct words to complete the text message.
Hi Amer, Why don’t you
1 drive / take a bus to the city centre and get
2 off / on at Hussein Bin Ali Street? From there you can go on
3 foot / taxi to a nice bakehouse and have lunch. Then you can
4 go / get by bus to visit the Archaeological
5 Port / Museum and learn Aqaba's history. When I finish college for the day, I can come and meet you for dinner in one of the 6restaurants / banks near the museum. Let me know what you think.
Farid
Answers 1 take 2 off 3 foot 4 go 5 Museum 6 restaurants
6 SPEAKING In pairs, use the prompts to ask and answer the questions. get to or from school go on holiday go shopping visit family/friends
1 What transport do you use to …?
2 When do you use it?
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LESSON 2B VOCABULARY | Places in the city and transport
1 ★ Match things and activities 1-6 with places a-f.
1 ☐ paintings 2 ☐ money 3 ☐ sleeping 4 ☐ shopping 5 ☐ train 6 ☐ books
a station b library c museum d hotel e market f bank
Answers 1 c 2 f 3 d 4 e 5 a 6 b
2 ★★ Match the words from the box with the definitions.
airport bridge castle hospital park port post office sports centre square supermarket tourist information centre
1 It's a place you fly somewhere. airport
2 You go there when you're ill.---------
3 It's a good place to go for a walk.---------
4 You go there to buy stamps and to send letters.---------
5 In this building, you can play sports and keep fit.--------
6 It's a big shop. You can buy food and things for the house here.--------------
7 You can see old things and the house here.------------
8 This is a useful place for boats and ships here. You can get maps for holidays and other things here.----------
9 You need this to cross from one side of a river to the other.----------
10 This is an old building. Kings often lived in them.----------------
11 This is an open space in the centre of a town. There are buildings all around it.-------------------------
Answers 2 hospital 3 park 4 post office 5 sports centre 6 supermarket 7 port 8 tourist information centre 9 bridge 10 castle 11 square
3 ★★★ USE OF ENGLISH Choose the correct words a-c to complete the dialogue.
Malek You're late. What happened? Rakan Nader and I¹ ______ our bikes to the beach. It was 40 km away. We were really tired when we got there. Then it started to rain. Malek Oh, no! So what did you do? Rakan We² ______ the train. We got³ ______ with our bikes, but then a man told us to get⁴ ______ at the next station because there was no place for bikes. Malek Oh, dear. Rakan So, then I rang my brother and he⁵ ______ my parents’ car and came to get us. Malek Your parents’ car isn’t very big. Rakan I know. When we put the bikes in the car there was no room for us. So, Nader and I⁶ ______ two kilometres to the bus station and waited for the bus to come here⁷ ______ foot. Now I need a warm cup of tea and some food.
1 a drove b rode c got
2 a took b rode c drove
3 a through b up c on
4 a down b off c out
5 a drove b drove c went
6 a walked b arrived c got
7 a with b on c in
Answers
1 b 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 b 6 a 7 a
4 Write about how you get from your home to different places in your town, e.g. school, the town centre, friends’ houses, the hospital.
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