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A trip to London

Words and pictures1 A boat tour of London

a Look at the pictures and complete the names of the famous places in London.

Big Ben The Shard London Eye Tate Modern

Tower Houses Of Tower Of St. Paul’s

Bridge Parliament London Cathedral

b Match the descriptions below to the places in exercise 1a.

1 f This place has 1,000 rooms and its own hairdresser’s.

2 a This is really the name of the big bell in the Elizabeth Tower.

3 g You can see the royal family’s jewels here – and ravens.

4 b This is a bridge that can open so that big boats can go under it.

5 e You can see all of the city of London from the 72nd floor of this tower.

6 h This famous white church took 36 years to build.

7 d This museum of modern art is one of the most popular museums in London.

8 c This popular big wheel can carry 800 people – and moves very slowly.

c What are these famous places in London? Complete the sentences with the right names.

1 Trafalgar Square is a special place in the centre of London where

people like to meet – but you aren’t allowed to feed the pigeons.

2 Buckingham Palace is where the royal family lives. It has 775 rooms!

3 Westminster Abbey is over 900 years old. This is where

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On a London bus1 Did you know …?

Listen to the four friends and complete the table.

Amazing facts about LondonLondon has …

… 875 art galleries and 170 museums.

… 796 cinema screens and over 240 theatres.

Londoners speak over 300 different languages.

More than 3 million Londoners were born outside the UK, including …

… 39,500 Chinese and 21,000 Japanese.

… 40,000 Lithuanians and 55,000 Germans.

2 The top sights in London Partner B: Look at page 00.

Partner A: Ask and answer questions about the top attractions in London. Complete the table.

Top ten tourist attractions in London / Number of visitors every year

1 The National Gallery 6.1 million 6 The Science Museum 3.3 million

2 The British Museum 6.7 million 7 The Tower of London 2.9 million

3 Tate Modern 4.9 million 8 Madame Tussauds 2.5 million

4 London Eye 4.1 million 9 St. Paul’s Cathedral 2.1 million

5 The Natural History Museum 5.4 million 10 Westminster Abbey 2.0 million

READING On the bus! Read the text on SB pp. 44–45 again. Complete these sentences with information from the text.

1 People from Iraq speak Arabic or Kurdish .

2 The friends hear some Pakistani girls who speak Urdu .

3 Li says the best place to go shopping in London is Camden Market .

4 The Romanian girl on the bus is called Lulia.

5 Maeve is from Ireland and Sarunas is Lithuanian .

6 Lulia likes listening to buskers in Covent Garden.

7 Lots of Bangladeshi people live in Brick Lane.

8 You can eat sushi at Japanese restaurants.

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LISTENING A multicultural classThe kids in Class 7BK at Camden College have parents from all over the world. Listen and write the

countries you hear next to their names.

1 Ayesha Iraq

2 Murad Egypt

3 Vicky Thailand

4 Gerry Romania

5 Robert Poland

6 Tony Britain

7 Rita Lithiania

8 Kelly Poland

9 Jake Ireland

10 Alexei Russia

2 Nationality word snakes a Find 14 nationalities in these word snakes. Circle the words.

XYBANGLADESHIWRROMANIANNCMLITHUANIANPRGHCHINESEBRAI

PRTRUSSIANSCGPOLISHLREJAPANESEMRGNTHAIBRGDINDIANXZUJ

RAWTBRITISHPXEIRISHWILPAKISTANIKZEEGYPTIANTINIRAQIASDZ

b Now write the nationality words under the correct heading. Can you add any other words?

end in -(i)an end in -i end in -ish end in -ese

Egyptian, Indian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Russian

Bangladeshi, Iraqi, Pakistani, Thai

British, Irish, Polish

Chinese, Japanese

German, Italian, Mexican, Serbian

English, Spanish

Lebanese

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Out in London1 Comparing London markets

Look at this online list of London markets

and complete the sentences below.

Which market … ? Camden Brick Lane Covent Garden

is the oldest is the biggest is really busy has cheap clothes has good food has strange street artists has bad buskers

2 Brick Lane is bigger than Covent Garden, but Camden is the biggest market. (big)

3 Camden Market is busier than Brick Lane, but Covent Garden is the busiest

market. (busy)

4 You can find the cheapest clothes at Camden Market, but Brick Lane is still

cheaper than Covent Garden Market. (cheap)

5 The food at Covent Garden is better than at Camden Market, but Brick Lane Market

has the best food in London. (good)

6 Covent Garden has the strangest street artists in London, but Camden

Market has stranger street artists than Brick Lane. (strange)

7 The buskers at Camden Market are worse than Covent Garden, but Brick Lane

Market has the worst buskers of the three markets. (bad)

2 Comparing football clubsBen and Kinga are comparing Arsenal and Plymouth Argyle football clubs.

Complete the sentences with as … as or not as … as .

Kinga: Plymouth Argyle’s stadium is not as big as (big / )

Ben: Plymouth’s players are as good as Arsenal’s players. (good / )

Kinga: Plymouth’s fans are as noisy as Arsenal’s fans. (noisy / )

Ben: Arsenal’s tickets are not as cheap as Plymouth’s tickets. (cheap / )

Kinga: Plymouth Argyle is as old as Arsenal Football Club. (old / )

Ben: Arsenal is not as cool as Plymouth Argyle. (cool / )

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1 Camden Market is older than

Brick Lane Market, but Covent

Garden Market is the oldest

market. (old)

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SKILLS TRAINING

Getting around

LISTENING Using public transportListen and tick the correct answers.

1 Which of these are not working at the station?

the lifts the escalators the ticket machines

2 If you want to see Buckingham Palace which Tube station should you use?

Hyde Park Corner Green Park St. James Park

3 Which platform do you need if you want to go to the Tower of London?

platform 1 platform 2 platform 3

4 Which is the quickest way to the Tate Modern?

Change to the Jubilee Line at Bond Street. Get off at Southwark and walk.

Get off at St. Paul’s and walk across the bridge to the Tate Modern.

5 Where do you get off the bus for the London Aquarium?

Trafalgar Square Houses of Parliament Tower of London

LISTENING A day trip to London a What did they see? Listen and put the places in the order that they see them.

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10 Downing Street

Houses of Parliament / Big Ben

Paddington station

Science Museum

St. Paul’s Cathedral

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Tower Bridge / The Shard

Tower of London

Trafalgar Square

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Tube station

b Listen again and answer these questions.

1 Which Tube line did they travel on first? Circle / yellow line

2 Who lives at 10 Downing Street? prime minister

3 Which bus goes from Trafalgar Square to the Tower of London? number 15

4 Why didn’t they stop at St. Paul’s Cathedral? didn’t have time

5 How did they get from the Tower back to Westminster? by (river)boat

6 What colour is the District Line on a London Tube map? green

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3 MEDIATION Public transport ticketsLies die Webseite und beantworte die Fragen unten auf Deutsch.

Using public transport in LondonBuses and the Tube are the best way to get around London. But did you know that you can’t pay cash for a ticket when you get on a London bus? So think in advance about the best way to travel when you visit London. Here are some tips for tourists:

• Single and return tickets You can only buy single and return tickets for the Tube, trams and trains from ticket machines at Tube and train stations. You can't buy a ticket when you get on a bus.

• Day Travelcard With a Day Travelcard you can travel as often as you like for a day. You can use Travelcards on buses, the Tube, trams and most train services in London. When do you want to travel? There are two different types of Travelcard: – Anytime Day Travelcards – you can use these all day (the date printed on the card), and for journeys that start before 04:30 the next day. – Off-peak Day Travelcards – you can only use these from 09:30 on the day of travel. With a Travelcard you can get 30% off Riverboat tickets.

• Group Day Travelcards If you are in a group of 10 people, or more, you can travel as often as you like with a Group Day Travelcard. You can only use it from 09:30 Monday to Friday and anytime on weekends and public holidays. Group Day Travelcards can be used on buses, the Tube, trams and most train services in London. You have to be travelling in a group of 10, or more, all the time when using a Group Day Travelcard. Where to buy Travelcards? You can buy Travelcards in advance from the Transport for London Visitor shop or on the day of your travel at ticket machines.

NO CASH ACCEPTED

1 Was braucht man in London, wenn man Bus fahren will? eine Travelcard

2 Welche Travelcard brauche ich, wenn ich um 9 Uhr zum British Museum möchte?

Anytime Day Travelcard

3 Ich gehe heute Abend ins Theater. Kann ich nach Mitternacht mit der Travelcard zurück ins

Hotel fahren? Ja, bis 04.30

4 Welche andere Vergünstigungen gibt es mit einer Travelcard?

30% Rabatt auf einige Bootsfahrten

5 Wir sind eine Gruppe von acht Leuten und wir schauen uns London gemeinsam an. Welche

Fahrkarten sollen wir kaufen? Day Travelcards

6 Wo können wir Travelcards kaufen? im Besucher-Shop oder an den Fahrkartenautomaten

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3Cool things to do in London

1 Do you remember? What are the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives? Write them in the balloons.

London is cool. London is cooler than Plymouth. London is the coolest place in the world!

2 Talking about what to doThe four friends are thinking about what to do for their activity in London.

a Complete what they say with comparatives of the adjectives in brackets.

Kinga: I’d like to go to Madame Tussauds. I think it’s (interesting) more interesting

than the other sights. The waxworks are (funny) funnier than the real people.

Ben: But Madame Tussauds is much (expensive) more expensive than the

London Eye. Why don’t we go to Harrods? It’s (big) bigger than any other store ...

Jalen: … But I hate shopping! Harrods is (busy) busier than all the other shops and

shopping is even (boring) more boring than looking at waxworks!

b Complete what they say with comparatives or superlatives of the adjectives in brackets.

Jalen: I think we should go to the Science Museum. It’s one of (popular) the most popular

and (exciting) the most exciting things to see in London.

Li: I love museums, but Chinatown is (interesting) more interesting than the

Science Museum on a hot day like today. It has the (interesting) the most interesting

shops in London and the things there are definitely (cheap)

cheap than at Harrods. It’s (noisy) noisier and (exciting)

more exciting than a museum or department store.

Ben: The (good) best thing to do is to go on a boat trip on the river. That’s (cool)

cooler than everything else. Today is the (hot) hottest day of the year!

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2 good

3 hot

4 crazy

5 bad

6 strange

better

hotter

crazier

worse

stranger

the best

the hottest

the craziest

the worst

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3 Which is better?Write the comparisons. Look at the examples first.

1 Plymouth is ( international) not as international as London.

2 Plymouth is ( interesting) as interesting as London.

3 London is ( expensive) more expensive than Plymouth.

4 The London Eye is ( popular) more popular than Madame Tussauds.

5 The Science Museum is ( expensive) not as expensive as The London Eye.

6 Madame Tussauds is ( amazing) as amazing as the London Eye.

7 The Notting Hill Carnival is ( famous) not as famous as the Rio carnival.

8 Chinatown is ( multicultural) as multicultural as Brick Lane.

9 St. Paul’s Cathedral is ( beautiful) more beautiful than The Shard.

4 I’d like to watch The Lion King a Can you use only to + infinitive or to + infinitive and the -ing form after the highlighted

verb? Cross out only the verbs you can’t use. Sometimes both answers are possible. The first two

answers have been done for you.

Hi Jameela!I love to visit / visiting London and I’ve decided to go / going there again next weekend. On Saturday, I’d like to visit / visiting The Natural History Museum and Madame Tussauds. I want to see / seeing all the great animals at the museum and I love to look / looking at the waxworks of all those famous people. They are so real! But I hate to travel / travelling alone, so do you want to come / coming with me? I’m planning to leave / leaving on Saturday morning.

b Complete the rest of the email with to + infinitive or the -ing form of the verb in brackets.

Do you like going / to go (go) to musicals? I think you’ll enjoy watching

(watch) The Lion King. We could try to buy (buy) some tickets online. If we can’t afford

to see (see) a musical, I don’t mind going (go) to the cinema in the evening. I love

watching / to watch (watch) films but I wouldn’t want to watch (watch)

the latest James Bond movie. Remember to tell (tell) me if you can come.

Bye, Laura

5 NOW YOU Write an email to your English penfriend. Tell him/her what you would like/love to do,

or wouldn’t like to do, in London next weekend.

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Giving a presentation1 Dates and numbers

a Practise saying these dates and numbers about the Houses of

Parliament.

1 The old Parliament building burnt down in 1834.

2 Building work started on the new Houses of Parliament

in 1840 but it didn’t finish until 1870.

3 The houses of Parliament and has over 1,100 rooms.

4 The tallest tower is the Victoria Tower. It is 98.5 metres high.

5 Clock Tower was built in 1859 and is 96 metres high.

6 Big Ben is actually the name of the heaviest bell in the Clock Tower. The bell is 2.3 metres high

and weighs 13.2 tons.

7 The Great Clock is the biggest public clock in the world. The minute hand is 4.27 metres long

and the hour hand is 2.74 metres long.

b Listen and check your answers.

2 Making notesLook at Kinga’s notes for her presentation on Tower Bridge. Write the full words next to her notes.

3 Kinga’s presentation a What are the missing words in Kinga’s presentation?

Good morning. Today I’d like to talk about Tower Bridge in London. I chose

this place because it’s one of the most famous places in London.

Everybody knows it. Tower Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames from

1894. It’s 65 metres high and 244 metres all the way across. It’s next to the Tower of

London and near The Shard. It takes one minute for the bridge to open .

In 1952 the bridge started to open when a bus was on it. The bus driver drove the bus

off the bridge fast and everybody on the bus was OK.

Thank you. Do you have any questions ?

b Listen and check your answers.

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Bridge

most; London

River

Tower of London; near

metres

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Tower Br− one of the m famous places in L− bridge across R Thames from 1894− next to T of L, nr The Shard− 65 m high, 244 m long− takes 1 min to open− 1952 b started to open when a bus was on it

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1 Check your vocabulary a What are these mixed up countries? What are the nationalities?

b What do you need to do when you use the Tube? Complete the text with the verbs in the box.

buy • change • find • get off • get on • go downstairs • go through • hold • stand • stay • travel • wait

First of all you need to buy a ticket or Travelcard. When you go through

the ticket gate you need to hold your card on the yellow circle. Then you go

downstairs on an escalator and find the right platform for your train. On the

London Tube you always travel north- or southbound, east- or westbound.

When the train comes, you stay/stand behind the yellow line on the platform and wait

for passengers to get off the train. Then you get on the train. Perhaps you

will need to change to another Tube line at a different station. When you go up

the escalator, always stand/stay on the right.

c What are the missing words?

1 Someone who doesn’t have any friends is friendless .

2 Someone who doesn’t have a place to live is homeless .

3 When you can't find work you are jobless .

4 A situation that probably won’t get better is hopeless .

5 If you wake up often in the night you have a sleepless night.

6 A machine that doesn’t work at all is useless .

7 If it takes a long time to do your homework it seems endless .

lopdan lariden aidin

surias

athiniula

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panja

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India

Indian

Ireland

Irish

Romania

Romanian

Iraq

Iraqi

Russia

Russian

Egypt

Egyptian

Japan

Japanese

Lithuania

Lithuanian

Poland

Polish

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2 Check your language a Compare these three homeless cats at the London Cat Home.

London Cat Home

Name: Bobby Bello BennyAge: 2 years old 2 years old 5 years oldSize: 3.2 kg 1.8 kg 2.5 kgCost per week? £5.50 £6.75 £8.00Likes 1,345 865 982

Pets of the week

1 Bobby is as old as Bello, but Benny is older than Bobby. Benny is

the oldest of the three cats. (old)

2 Benny is not as big as as Bobby, but he is bigger than Bello. Bobby is

the biggest of the three cats. (big)

3 Bello is more expensive to keep than Bobby, but not as expensive as

Benny. Benny is the most expensive cat to keep. (expensive)

4 Benny is as popular as Bello, but they are not as popular as Bobby.

Bobby is the most popular cat. (popular)

b Complete the email with the will future form of the verbs in brackets.

Hi Steve

We went to London yesterday because I wanted to see (see) a musical. We tried

to get (get) tickets online, but we couldn’t afford to buy (buy) them.

Then we decided to go (go) to a show in the afternoon. My friends didn’t mind

watching (watch) a musical in the afternoon although they don’t really like

to sit / sitting (sit) inside when the sun is shining. I really enjoyed listening

(listen) to all those great songs. Now we are planning to visit (visit) London again next

year. We’d like to go (go) to a musical in the evening: I love to walk / walking

(walk) down those busy streets at night. London is amazing!

Write soon, Jamie