UNIT 8: Travel and transport

8.1 I went to… GOALS:

- Talk about holidays. - Ask questions using the past
Vocabulary & Speaking talking about simple.
holidays
1a What kind of holidays do you like? Tick the options that are true
for you.
- staying in your own country - going on a beach holiday
- going to another country - going with a group of
friends
- going on a city break - going with family
- staying in the countryside - going on your own
2a Complete texts 1-3 about different holidays with the
words in the boxes.

1 the beach - an 2 museums - lost - a

apartment tour 3 sightseeing – local people-
swimming the town - art galleries trek – cheap hotels

b (8.1) Listen and check your

answers.
3a Match beginnings 1 – 6 to endings a-f to make
questions about holidays.

1 Do you like lying

2 Do you visit
3 Do you usually take a map or
4 Do you like going on
5 Do you prefer to stay
6 Do you ever stay in

a a tour of places you visit?

b do you get lost?
c in a hotel or rent an apartment
d on the beach
e expensive hotels
f art galleries and museums

b (8.2) Listen, check and repeat.

c Ask and answer the questions with your
partner.Give more information.

A Do you like lying on the beach?

B Yes, I do. I like reading a book, but I
enjoy playing beach volleyball, too.
Grammar & Listening past
simple questions
4 Look at the map and photos of Guatemala. Answer
the questions.

1 What do you know about Guatemala?

2 What can you do and see there?

5a (8.3) Listen to Tom talking to his friend Katie

about his trip to Guatemala. Tick the things he
mentions.
- ruined temples - Lake Atitlán - the
mountains
- Pacaya volcano - Antigua - lying on the
beach
- Trekking - a Mayan city
b Match Katie’s questions 1-6 to Tom’s answers a –f.

1 Why did you go there?

2 Whereabouts in Guatemala did you go? a About six weeks.
3 What did you do and see? b Yes, I did, but I
met lots of local people.
4 How long did you stay? c I visited the whole country.
5 Did you stay in hotels? d No, mostly guest houses.
6 Did you go on your own? e I went on lots of tours and
went trekking. f
Because it’s a really interesting country.
c (8.4) Listen and check your answers.
6 Read the Grammar focus box and complete the
rules.

GRAMMAR FOCUS past simple questions and short

answers 7a Put the words in the correct order to make
quesitons.
Questions with a question Word
Question Word + 1 __________+ subject + infinitive without
to? 1 did /on your/ Where/ go/last holiday/ you?
What did you do and see?
Where did you go on your last holiday?
Yes/ No questions 2 go with / a friend / you / Did?
2__________ + 3 _____________+ infinitive without to?
Did you stay in hotels? 3 you / did / do / What?
With yes/no questions, we usually use short answers with 4 you Did / a good time / have ?
the auxiliary did or didn’t.
Did you go on your own? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t. 5 How / did / long/ you / stay?
6 did / Where / you / stay?
7 Did / the food / like / you?

b (8.5) Listen and check your answers.

 PRONUNCIATION did in past simple (8.6) In past simple questions, did +
pronoun subject is usually unstressed.
questions

8 (8.7) Listen and notice the stressed and weak

sounds.

9a TASK: Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and

answer the questions in exercise 7a about your last
holiday.

b How different were your holidays.

 GOALS:
8.2 Journeys - Talk about transport. - Use should, shouln’t , have to , don’t have to.

Vocabulary & Listening transport 2a (8.8) Listen to five people talking about
1 What kinds of transport can you see in the their journeys to work. Match speakers 1 – 5 to
photos? What other ways can we travel from photos a – e.
place to place?
b (8.8) Listen again and complete the
diagrams with the words in the box.

car – bike – train – foot – taxi – bus -

the
underground
the train undergroun
d

miss
take/get

your the
the bus 3_________
a1 the 1 2_______

go on public
transport

4 _________
5 __________ 6 __________
3a Make sentences that are true for you. Use
the phrases in italics or your own ideas.

1 It’s easy / difficult for me to go to class / work/

college by public transport / underground / bus.
2 I often / sometimes / never take taxis / buses/
trains.
3 I like / don’t like taking the underground / bus / bus
/ train in big cities.
4 Yesterday I went by one/ two / more than two kind
(s) of transport.
5 I often / sometimes / never miss
buses/trains/planes.
6 My favourite kind of transport is on foot/ by bike /
by car / by train because…

B Make a conversation using your answers.

Reading & Grammar should,
shouldn’t, have to, don’t have to

4 Look at the photos 1 – 4. What do you think

are the good and bad things about each kind
of transport? Use the ideas in the box to help
you.

quick /slow dangerous/safe comfortable price

weather

Photo 1 could be dangerous because…

5 Read the article and write the kind of transport under the
correct photo.

Getting around in Hanoi

Hanoi is a busy city of over six million people – What’s the best
way to get around?
CYCLO
6 Look at the highlighted sentences in the
Cyclos are a fun way to get around and they’re good for the environment. article and match phrases 1 – 4 in the
You should have a map of the city, so you can show the driver where you Grammar focus box to the correct meanings a
– d.
want to go. Also, you shouldn’t start your journey before you agree the
Price with the driver.
GRAMMAR FOCUS
XE OM
should , shouldn’t, have to, don’t have
A xe om is a motorbike taxi. to
The word xe means motorbike and om means hold. You should hold the
1 should a. It’s necessary.
driver, so you don’t fall off! Your xe om driver has to give you a helmet and 2 shouldn’t b. It’s the wrong thing to
you have to wear it. It’s against the law to travel without one. do, it is a bad idea.
TAXI 3 have to c. It’s the right thing to do,
it is a good idea.
Air- conditionated taxis are a comfortable way to travel because it’s usually
4 don’t have to d. It’s not necessary.
so hot outside. But you shouln’t take a taxi when you need to get
somewhere quickly. There’s a lot of traffic in Hanoi and taxis don’t go fast.
ON FOOT
You don’t have to pay to see Hanoi - walking is free! We think it’s the best
way to see the Street life of the city.
PRONUNCIATION sentence stress
9a TASK: Write a list of ‘rules’ for public
transport using should, shouldn’t , have to or
7a (8.10) Listen and notice the stressed don’t have to. Use ideas in the box to help
words. you.

music – food – give your seat - have a ticket – feet –

bags – wear seat belt – stand in a queue at bus stop

b (8.10) Listen again and repeat. You shouldn’t put your feet on the seat on public

8a Use your own ideas to complete the transport.

sentences with have to, don’t have to, should,
shouldn’t.
1 You _____________drink a lot of coffee on long plane
journeys.
2 You _____________ drive on the left side of the road
in Japan.
3 You _____________ wear a seat belt for the whole
journey on a plane.
4 You ______________ wear a helmet when riding a
bike.
5 You ______________ get up and walk around on long
train journeys.
 GOALS:
8.3 Vocabulary and skills - Use expressions with get, take and have. - Understand present
development and past questions.
A How many emails do you get a day?
B About ten.
Vocabulary & Speaking expressions with get, A Who are they usually from?
take, and have
B Colleagues and sometimes Friends. What about
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and
answer questions 1 – 10. Ask follow – up you?
questions. A Oh, I get about 20 emails a day from work
1 How many emails do you get a day? colleagues.
2 Where do you usually have lunch?
3 Do you take many photos when you are on
holiday?
4 Is it better in life to have fun or make money? 2 Read the information in the Vocabulary focus
5 How often do you get a taxi to go somewhere? box about expressions with get, take and
have.
6 How many text messages do you get a day?
7 Who do you usually have dinner with? GRAMMAR FOCUS
Expressions with get, take and have
8 How often do you take a bus?
- Some verbs, e.g. get, take and have are often
9 Do people in your country have a short sleep in
followed by a noun to make common
the middle of the day? expressions.
10 Does it take a long time to do your homework? get a text message, take photos, have a
shower.
- It is useful to learn the whole expressions.
3 Put the nouns in the box in the correct column in the table. Add any other
examples you know.

a bus – a good time – a long time – a shower – a sleep – a taxi – a text message – dinner –
emails – fun

lunch – photos – something to eat

get take have

 4 Complete sentences 1 – 8 with the correct form
of the verbs get, take or have.

1 My brother always _________________ a shower in the morning.

2 I sometimes ____________ a sleep after lunch.

3 Grazyna and Lucja never _______________ more than 50 emails a

day.

4 Rèka _____________ a good time last weekend.

5 Have a conversation about your daily

5 It doesn’t ______________ a long time to do this exercise.
routines, using the expressions in exercise 3.
Who used the most expressions?
6 Tanawat always ___________ the bus to work.
I have a shower and then I have something to eat...
7 I ________________ a taxi this morning because I was late.

8 Alejandro usually _____________ lots of photos when he visits his

family.
 Listening & Speaking present simple and past simple
questions
6a (8.11) Listen to six questions. Are they in
the present
simple or the past simple? Write present or
past.

b (8.12) Read and listen to the information

1 __________________ 3 ___________________ 5 _______________
in the Unlock the code box about
understanding present simple and past
simple questions.
2 ___________________ 4 __________________ 6 ________________

UNLOCK THE CODE

present simple and past simple questions
. It is sometimes difficult to decide if a question is in the
present simple or the past simple because of the weak sound of
do you, does he and did you.
Do you live in London?
Does he live in London?
Did you live in London?
. Sometimes a time expresion can help you decide if the
question is present or past.
Do you get the bus every day?
Did you get the bus last night?
. Remember that some time expressions can be used for the
present and the past.
Do you / Did you go to work on Saturday?
c (8.13) Listen to six questions and write them down. Compare your answers
with a partner.
7a (8.14) Listen to a conversation between
Hannah and George about Moscow and answer
the questions.
1 Why are Hannah and George talking about
Moscow?
2 What does Hannah think of the transport there?
3 What is an unusual way of traveling in this city?
b (8.14) Listen again. Are the questions in the
conversation in the present simple or past
simple? Write present or past next to prompts
1 – 6.
1 have to work? ______________-__
2 how long/live there? __________________
3 speak the language? ____________________
4 like the city? ____________________
5 what /think of the transport system?
________________
6 local people use the buses? ______________________
c (8.15) Listen and check your answers.

8a TASK: Write down two present simple and

two past simple questions to ask your partner.

What languages do you speak?

 GOALS:
8.4 Speaking and - Ask for information at the train station. - Write an email about your
writing perfect holiday.

Listening & Speaking at the train station

1 Think of the last time you went on a long

journey. Use the prompts in the box.
Indian
Where / go? What kind of transport / take?
When / go? How long / journey? RAILWAYS
Why / go? Enjoy the journey? Why / Why not?
. more than 8,000 stations across the country
. 25 millions passengers travel on 11, 000 trains
every day
. about a million employees
. Howrah Station in Kolkata is the oldest and biggest
stations:
600 trains arrive and depart from 26 platforms every
day
 b (8.16) Listen to the conversation between
2a Marcel is at the ticket office in Howrah
Marcel and the ticket seller, and check your
station. Match questions 1 – 7 to answers a –
answers.
g.
c (8.17) Listen to the questions and repeat.
1 Hello. Can I help you?
2 When would you like to travel?
3 When’s the next train?
4 How long does it take?
5 And how much is a sleeper ticket?
6 Would you like a single or a return?
7 Which platform doesit leave from?

a Later today or tomorrow.

b Just a single, please.
c About 17 hours, It arrives at 11.25 a.m, tomorrow.
d Yes, please. I need to get to New Delhi.
e Platform 7.
f That’s 775 rupees.
g The next one leaves at 18.40.
3a Which questions does Marcel ask and which
questions does the ticket seller ask? Mark the
quesitons in exercise 2a ‘M’ or ‘T’.
b Read the Language for speaking box and check
your answers.

1 Hello. Can I help you?

2 When would you like to travel?
LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING 3 When’s the next train?
at the train station 4 How long does it take?
Ticket seller 5 And how much is a sleeper ticket?
Can I help you?
When would you like to go / leave / travel / come back / return? 6 Would you like a single or a return?
Would you like a single or return?
Passenger
7 Which platform doesit leave from?
When’s the next train / bus (to…)?
How much does it / a (first class) single / a (second class)
return / a sleeper cost? a Later today or tomorrow.
How long does it take? b Just a single, please.
Which platform does it leave / go from?
c About 17 hours, It arrives at 11.25 a.m, tomorrow.
d Yes, please. I need to get to New Delhi.
e Platform 7.

c Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer f That’s 775 rupees.
the questions in exercise 2a. g The next one leaves at 18.40.
5 Read the emails Marcel sent from India to
his friend Narong. Use phrases a – d to Reading & Writing email: a perfect holiday
complete his emails.
a so I’m taking lots of photos
b because it took a very long time to get – almost two days in the
train
c so I got lost
Sent: WEDNESDAY 12.45
d because there’s just so much to do and see
___________________________________________________________
Sent: THURSDAY 14.19 I arrived in Kerala a couple of days ago. I was tired after the
___________________________________________________________ journey 3 _______________ . I went sightseeing around Kochi
Hi Narong, yesterday, but I forgot my map 4 _______________ ! I took a
Thanks for you email. India is amazing! I’m in Delhi at the taxi back to the hotel and it was very expensive, but I saw lots
moment. Today I looked around the old part of the city and of interesting places,
went on a tour of the National Museum. Hope you’re OK and see you soon.
Everywhere is really colourful and interesting, 1 Bye for now.
__________________! I decided to stay here for another week Marcel
2_________________.
Bye for now.
Marcel
 b Complete the second sentence so it means
the same as the first sentence. Use so or
6a Read the information in the Language for because.
writing box about linkers.

1 Everywhere is really colourful and interesting, so

LANGUAGE FOR WRITING I’m taking lots of photos.
linkers – so and because I’m taking _______________________________________.
. Because tells us why something happens or 2 I decided to stay here for another week because
happened.
I was tired after the journey because it took a very there`s just so much to do and see.
long time to get here. There’s __________________________________________.
. So tells us the result of the first idea.
It took a very long time to get here, so I was tired 3 I forgot my map, so I got lost.
after the journey.
I got _____________________________________________.
4 The weather was bad, so we stayed in the hotel.
We stayed ________________________________________.
5 We love swimming, so we went to the beach.
We went _________________________________________.
6 We ate at a local restaurant every night because
the food was really good.
The food ________________________________________.
7a Imagine you are on a perfect holiday.
Think about questions 1 – 10.

1 What kind of holiday is it?

2 Where are you?
3 When did you arrive?
4 How did you travel?
5 Where are you staying?
6 How long are you staying?
7 Who are you with?
8 What do you do during the day / in the evening?
9 What did you do on the first day / yesterday?
10 What do you like best about the place where?

8a TASK: Write an email to a friend about

your perfect holiday using your answers in
exercise 7. Remember to use so and
because.
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