3

UNIT

Traveling

Warm Up
1a Match each photo to a word in the box.
a beach

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a palace

a museum

Listen to the words in the box and repeat. Then check the meanings in a dictionary.

a river

a pyramid

a department store

a theme park

a mountain

a lake

Complete these famous tourist attractions with the words above.

in China
in New York
1. The Yellow River
5. Macys
in Moscow 6. Sugar Loaf
in Rio de Janeiro
2. The Hermitage
in London
Titicaca in Bolivia
3. Buckingham
7.
of Giza in Egypt 8. Universal Studios
in California
4. The Great

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LESSON

Write a simple vacation email

GRAMMAR be: we/they; contractions; possessive adjectives: our/their

N DO
A

Grammar 1
4

Use the email on page 30 to complete the

Active Grammar box.

Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

be with we and they

Active Grammar
+

South Beach, Miami

Complete the sentences. Use contractions.

from Sydney.
1. They re
from Spain.
2. You
in Buenos Aires.
3. We
modern.
4. It
my daughter.
5. She
in the photo.
6. I
in the department store.
7. They
great.
8. He

m (am)

41.

You

re (are)

my friend.

He
She

my father.
s (is)

my mother.

It

a museum.

You

re (are)

my friends.

We

) in Rome.

They

) from Peru.

See Reference page 38

Grammar 2
6
The French Quarter, New Orleans

Vocabulary
1

Complete the Active Grammar box below.

Active Grammar

Central Park, New York

adjectives

Look at the photos of US tourist attractions. Then circle the correct adjective
in each sentence.
1. The Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is modern/old.
2. The French Quarter in New Orleans is beautiful/ugly.
3. South Beach in Miami is boring/exciting.
4. Central Park in New York City is big/small.
The Forbidden City in
Beijing is beautiful.

Pair Work Talk about three tourist attractions in your country.

Reading
3a Mara and Estban are on a tour of the US. Read the
email. Who are their new friends?

b Mark each statement true (T ) or false (F ).

1. Mara and Estban are in New York City.
2. Mara and Estbans room is old.
3. Hiro and Yoko are from Japan.
4. Hiro and Yokos English is awful.
5. New York is boring.

c Underline all the adjectives in the email.

From:
To:
Subject:

maria55@gmail.com
jane.clark@yahoo.co.uk
Were in New York!

Hi Jane,
Estban and I are in New York
City now. Were at the W Hotel.
Its in Times Square. Our room is
very modern. The views are great.
Hiro and Yoko are our new
friends. Theyre on the tour, too.
Theyre from Japan. Theyre nice
and their English is good.

our and their

She is my friend.

It

Its beach is nice.

You

Your house is modern.

You

Your photos are beautiful.

He

Rachel is his wife.

We

Andrea is

She

Her mother is great.

They

friend.

daughter is in the park.

See Reference page 38

Circle the correct word.

1. Are they were/our books?
2. Were/Our in Kyoto.
3. Theyre/Their photos are great.

4. Theyre/Their from Mexico.

5. Where is were/our hotel?
6. Theyre/Their in the photo.

Writing
8a Pair Work You and your partner are on vacation. Choose a destination from
the photos on page 30. Complete the details.
. (name)
1. My partner is
. (place) It is
2. We are in
and
3. Our friends are
. (name) Our room is
4. Our hotel is

. (adjective)
. (names)
. (adjective)

b Look at the Writing Bank on page 116. Then write an email to a friend about
your vacation.

New York is exciting!

Love, Mara

30

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LESSON

Say whats in your suitcase

N DO
A

GRAMMAR plural nouns; the negative of be

Speaking
Vocabulary

vacation things

American
British
English
English
pant s
trousers

1a Match each picture to a word or phrase in the box.

2 camera
T-shirt

book

skirt

sweater

suitcase

pair of pants

map

blouse

MP3 player

backpack

pair of shoes

5a Pair Work Describe a suitcase from Exercise 1a on

page 32. Your partner guesses the suitcase.
Two skirts, a pair of shoes,
three books . . .

Whats in the suitcase?

b Pair Work Cover one of the suitcases. Remember whats in

3

it. Tell your partner.

10
5

c Pair Work What is in your suitcase when you go on vacation? Tell your partner.

11

Listening

6a

Listen. Answer the questions.

1. What is her name?
2. What is in her suitcase?
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b Listen again. Complete the phrases from the conversation.

Jane:

Suitcase

Grammar

A
12

Suitcase

1.30

Listen and check your answers. Mark the stress and repeat. a suitcase

Listening
2

Listen. Match each conversation to a suitcase in the pictures above.

1. suitcase
2. suitcase
3. suitcase
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Grammar
3

plural nouns

Listen again to Conversation 3

above. Complete the Active Grammar box.
1.32

Pronunciation
4a

1.33

one book

books

a blouse

blouses

b Listen again and check your answers. Then repeat.

32

Circle the correct answer.

1. You m not/arent an actor.
2. I re not/m not from Brazil.
3. She arent/isnt my sister.
4. It isnt/m not my camera.
5. We arent/isnt in room 232.
6. He m not/isnt my brother.

arent books.

Active Grammar

m not (am not)

You

arent (are not)

He

(is not)

She
It

(is not)

We

(are not)

They

(are not)

Miss Smith.
in room 324.
21.
my brother.
my sister.
a camera.
from the US.
students.
friends.
in Korea.

See Reference page 38

9a Pair Work Use the chart to make

statements. Write or .

five pairs of

From this city

You

g. eight sweaters
h. six skirts

Jane:

the negative of be

A good singer

plural s

Listen. How is the s pronounced: /s/, /z/, or /z/?

a. two suitcases
d. three cameras
b. five maps
e. two pairs of shoes
c. seven blouses
f. four books

isnt a camera.

Speaking

Active Grammar

one pair of shoes

Jane:

Look at Exercise 6b. Then complete the

Active Grammar box with arent or isnt.

8
Suitcase

m not Miss Smith.

Under 21
years old

A manager

In Canada

Your partner
Im from this city.

Im not from this city. Im from Acapulco.

b Write sentences using the chart in

Exercise 9a.

Im from this city. Carlos isnt from this city.

Hes from Acapulco. Were good singers.

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LESSON

Ask about tourist attractions

N DO
A

GRAMMAR be: yes /no questions

Grammar
Vocabulary
1a

1.35

days of the week

4a Compare the

Tuesday

Wednesday

+ and

forms below:
+ The museum is in New York.
? Is the museum in New York?

Listen and repeat the days of the week.

Monday

be: yes/no questions

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Active Grammar
?

Am

Thursday.

Is, Are, or Am.

Friday.

Reading
2a Look at the ads. What tourist attraction is each ad for?

The Smithsonian

The Museum of Modern Art

New York City
A
At 11 West Fifty-Third Street
(near Fifth Avenue)
Admission $20.00
Closed Tuesdays
Big, Beautiful, and Modern

your friend?

you

from Italy?

he

your brother?

she

your sister?

it

open?

we

near the lake?

Sunday

b Complete the Active Grammar box with

b Pair Work Say a day. Your partner says the next day.

National Air and Space Museum

Washington, D.C.
On Independence
Avenue at Sixth Street
Admission free
Open 7 days a week

Use the words to write questions. Then

write short answers.
1. open/Is/today/it
A: Is it open today
?
B: Yes, it is
.
2. you/Korea/Are/from
A:
?
B: No,
.
3. the US/Is/from/she
A:
?
B: Yes,
.
4. a museum/it/Is
A:
?
B: No,
.

they in London?

Yes, you are.

No, you arent.
Yes, I am.
No, Im not.
Yes, he/she/it is.
No, he/she/it
isnt.
Yes, we are.
No, we arent.
Yes, they are.
No, they arent.

See Reference page 38

5. Is/open/the store

A:
B: Yes,
6. you/an actor/Are
A:
B: No,

?
.
?
.

b Look at the underlined words in the text. Check the meanings in a dictionary.

Reading
c Read the ads. Circle the correct word in the sentences below.

1. The Museum of Modern Art is/isnt closed on Mondays.

2. The Museum of Modern Art is/isnt in New York City.
3. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is/isnt free.
4. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is/isnt open seven days a week.

Ask and answer questions about tourist attractions.

Student A: Read the ad below about the Empire State Building and answer your partners
questions. Ask for information about Universal Studios.
Student B: Look at page 109. Read the ad about Universal Studios and answer your partners
questions. Ask for information about the Empire State Building.

SPEAKING EXCHANGE

5. The Museum of Modern Art is/isnt free.

6. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is/isnt in New York.

Listening
3a

The

Listen. Which tourist attraction are the hotel clerk

and guest talking about?
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b Read the How To box. Then listen again and complete the
phrases below with here, there, and Heres.
?
1. Is it near here
.
2. Its about 6 blocks from
a map. Were
, and its

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What is it?

How To:
Use here and there

Empire State
Building

Its a big building with

beautiful views.

Universal
Studios

Its here.

A BIG building with

beautiful views!

Its there.

Fifth Avenue at
34th Street
New York City

Heres a map.

Admission $20

Open 7 days a week?

Open 7 days a week

Free?

What?
Where?
What/address?

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LESSON

Extra Listening Activity

Unit Wrap Up

ACTIVEBOOK

in

Communication
Review
1

have an extended phone conversation

5a Put the words in the box in the correct columns.

Read the information in the box.

Complete the paragraph with
were, our, theyre, or their.

From?
Job?
House?
Where now?

Susana and I

Ken and Keiko

Argentina
doctors
in Buenos Aires
on vacation in Hawaii

Japan
teachers
in Osaka
on vacation in France

skirt
ugly
big

small
hot
map

suitcase
cold
awful

book
backpack
great

food
good
new

old
nice
exciting

Nouns

Complete the negative sentences with a word from the box.

arent

not

1. Im

teacher.
2. It
tomorrow.
3. You
4.
5. You

isnt

You

not a student. Im a

6.
7. You

open today. Its open

8. She

m not from Brazil.

my friend.
my sister. Shes my

mom.
a good singer.
isnt from Canada.
21. Youre 23.

Use the words to write questions.

1. near/palace/the/we/Are
Are we near the palace

9.

in room 325.
10. Im

arent in room 324. Youre

Peter. Im Tom.

5. here/the/near/lake/Is

2. museum/Is/open/the

?
3. Australia/they/from/Are

?
4. she/your/Is/friend

She

?
6. department stores/Are/today/open/the
?
7. we/Are/City Hotel/in/the
?
8. suitcase/your/Is/this
?

Pair Work Write short answers for each question in Exercise 3. Then take turns
asking and answering with a partner.
.
1. () Yes, we are
5. ()
No,
it
isnt
.
2. ()
6. ()
.
3. ()
7. ()
.
4. ()
8. ()

.
.
.
.

small

b Which words follow very: nouns or adjectives?

6

beautiful
modern

Adjectives

skirt

(1.) friends.
(2.) from Japan and
Ken and Keiko are our
(3.) teachers. Susana and I are from Argentina.
(4.) doctors.
(5.) house is in Buenos Aires.
(6.) house is in Osaka. Right
now,
(7.) on vacation in France.
(8.) on vacation in Hawaii.

bad
camera
boring

Listen and read the conversation. Answer the questions below.

Louis: Hello.
Sara: Hi, Louis. Its Sara.
Louis: Hi, Sara. How are you and Paul?
Sara: Were fine, thanks. And you?
Louis: Fine, thanks. Where are you?
Sara: Were in France.
Louis: Are you in Provence?
Sara: No, we arent. Were in Paris.
Louis: Is it beautiful?
Sara: Yes, it is. Its very beautiful.
Louis: Is it cold?
Sara: No, it isnt. Its not very cold.
Louis: Is your hotel nice?
Sara: No, it isnt. Its very small and very old.
d.
Louis: Too bad! Is the food good?
Sara: Yes, its very, very good. Are Mom and Dad OK?
Louis: Yes, they are. Theyre fine.
Sara: OK, see you on Friday.
Louis: See you on Friday. Bye.
Sara: Bye.
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Hot

Very hot

1. Where are Sara and Paul?

3. Is Paris beautiful?

5. Is the hotel nice?

2. Are they in Provence?

4. Is Paris hot?

6. Is the food good?

7a Pair Work Practice the conversation. Change roles.

b Pair Work Practice making new conversations. Use new people, new places,
and other adjectives from Exercise 5b.
Hello.

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Hi, Carmen. Its Flavio.

Hi, Flavio. How are you and your wife?

UNIT 3 37

Unit 3 Reference
The verb be
+

Possessive adjectives

m (am)

Pronoun

You

re (are)

Im from New York. My wife is from Rome.

He
She

s (is)

It

in California.
from Colombia.

Youre in Tokyo.

Your son is in London.

Hes my brother.

His name is Jeff.

Shes my sister.

Her daughter is three.

We

re (are)

Its not a big hotel.

Its name is W.

They

re (are)

Were on vacation.

Our hotel is very nice.

Theyre in Italy.

Their children are at

home.

m not (am not)

Miss Smith.

You

arent
(are not)

in room 324.

He

21 years old.
my brother.

isnt
(is not)

She
It

my sister.
a camera.

We

arent
(are not)

They arent
(are not)

from the US.

students.

Am

Are you

Is

your friend?
from Italy?

in Korea.

Yes, you are.

No, you arent.
Yes, I am.
No, Im not.

he

your brother?

Yes, he/she/it is.

she

your sister?

it

open?

No, he/she/it
isnt.

Are we

near the lake?

Are they in London?

Also possible:
Hes/Shes/Its not
Were/Youre/Theyre not
Theyre not at home.

Days of the week

weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday
the weekend: Saturday, Sunday
Use on + days of the week
Her birthday is on Monday.

friends.

Short answers

38

Possessive adjective

Adjectives
old
big
hot
bad
free

cold
nice
new
ugly
OK

small
good
great
awful
open

boring
closed
modern
exciting
beautiful

Noun + be + adjective
Its modern.
Theyre great.
Noun + be (+a/an) + adjective + noun
Shes a good teacher.
Its a big market.

Yes, we are.

Unit Vocabulary

No, we arent.

Tourist attractions
a river
a pyramid
a museum
a lake
a palace
a theme park
a beach
a building
a mountain
a bridge
a department store

Yes, they are.

No, they arent.

Vacation things
map
sweater
skirt
camera
book
suitcase
shirt
blouse

backpack
MP3 player
pair of pants
pair of shoes