Unit 19: Touring a City

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Word List

built
cemetery
charge
delicious
exhausted
gate
gifts
glamorous
grow
iron
itinerary
jokes
local
mansion
market
museums
peanuts
picnic
reasonable
religion
rink
souvenirs
stars (famous people)
stuffy
telescope
temple
tour
van
works (of art) (n.)
zoo
art museum
baseball player
be worth doing
bus tour
cultural event
How was the tour?
ice skating
places of interest
tour guide
What did you see?

Vocabulary Worksheet

Look at the words and the definitions below. Make a sentence using each word.

WORD	DEFINITION	MY SENTENCE
cemetery	noun, a place where dead people are put under the ground	_____
charge	verb, to buy something with a credit card	_____
exhausted	adj., very tired	_____
iron	verb, to make clothes smooth	_____
joke	noun, a short, funny story you tell to make people laugh	_____
local	adj., of a place near you	_____
mansion	noun, an extremely large house	_____
picnic	noun, a meal that you eat outside, away from home	_____
rink	noun, a place where people skate	_____
souvenir	noun, something you keep to remember a special place or event	_____
stuffy	adj., not having fresh air	_____
temple	noun, a building where people go to say prayers to a god or gods	_____

Answer Key

Look at the picture. Where are the people?

What do you do when you visit a new city? Check (x) your answers and compare them with a partner.

_____ visit museums
_____ visit churches or temples
_____ take a bus tour
_____ try local food
_____ go to the zoo
_____ buy souvenirs
_____ go shopping
_____ attend local cultural events
_____ other: ___

Listening 1

Listening 1 ‣ People are visiting a city. Where are they? Listen and number the pictures.

_____
_____
_____
_____
_____

Listening 2

‣ Task 1

Tour guides are describing some of the things people will see or do on a bus tour. Listen and check (x) the correct answers.

1.
⁽¹⁾ _____ a. take pictures of the star's houses
⁽²⁾ _____ b. see Marilyn Monroe's house
⁽³⁾ _____ c. see Joe DiMaggio's house
⁽⁴⁾ _____ d. see James Dean's house
⁽⁵⁾ _____ e. see Arnold Schwarzenegger's house

2.
⁽⁶⁾ _____ a. go to the Empire State Building
⁽⁷⁾ _____ b. visit the Statue of Liberty
⁽⁸⁾ _____ c. take a taxi uptown
⁽⁹⁾ _____ d. have a picnic in Central Park
⁽¹⁰⁾_____ e. go ice skating at Rockefeller Center

3.
⁽¹¹⁾_____ a. hike in the mountains
⁽¹²⁾_____ b. visit a market
⁽¹³⁾_____ c. eat food at the market
⁽¹⁴⁾_____ d. go inside a temple
⁽¹⁵⁾_____ e. touch the statues

4.
⁽¹⁶⁾_____ a. see a cemetery
⁽¹⁷⁾_____ b. go to a museum
⁽¹⁸⁾_____ c. visit a famous person's grave
⁽¹⁹⁾_____ d. go to the museum shop
⁽²⁰⁾_____ e. go to an open-air market

‣ Task 2

Listen again. Are these statements true or false? Check (x) the correct answer.

	True	Fasle
1. People can take pictures of the star's houses.	⁽¹⁾	⁽²⁾
2. People can buy a photo of the ice rink.	⁽³⁾_____	⁽⁴⁾_____
3. People can buy many kinds of souvenirs.	⁽⁵⁾_____	⁽⁶⁾_____
4. People can't take pictures of the graves.	⁽⁷⁾_____	⁽⁸⁾_____

Listening 3

‣ Task 1

People are talking about the tours they took. What was good or bad about each tour? Listen and check (x) the correct answer.

	Good	Not good
1.
the itinerary	⁽¹⁾	⁽²⁾
the guide	⁽³⁾_____	⁽⁴⁾_____
the food	⁽⁵⁾_____	⁽⁶⁾_____
the price	⁽⁷⁾_____	⁽⁸⁾_____
2.
the itinerary	⁽⁹⁾ _____	⁽¹⁰⁾_____
the guide	⁽¹¹⁾_____	⁽¹²⁾_____
the food	⁽¹³⁾_____	⁽¹⁴⁾_____
the price	⁽¹⁵⁾_____	⁽¹⁶⁾_____
3.
the itinerary	⁽¹⁷⁾ _____	⁽¹⁸⁾_____
the guide	⁽¹⁹⁾_____	⁽²⁰⁾_____
the food	⁽²¹⁾_____	⁽²²⁾_____
the price	⁽²³⁾_____	⁽²⁴⁾_____
4.
the itinerary	⁽²⁵⁾ _____	⁽²⁶⁾_____
the guide	⁽²⁷⁾_____	⁽²⁸⁾_____
the food	⁽²⁹⁾_____	⁽³⁰⁾_____
the price	⁽³¹⁾_____	⁽³²⁾_____

‣ Task 2

Listen again. Would each person recommend the tour? Check (x) the correct answer.

- yes
- no
- yes
- no
- yes
- no
- yes
- no

✺ Pronunciation

Reduction of -est in superlatives

Pronunciation Help
How we spell it	How we say it
biggest	biggus
oldest	oldus
tallest	tallus

‣ Task 1

Listen and repeat.

1. It's the tallest building in New York City.
2. Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in California.
3. This is the biggest shopping mall in the world.
4. It's the largest city in Latin America.
5. It's the shortest train track.
6. This is the oldest theater in the city.

‣ Task 2

Read the sentences to a partner. Be sure to reduce -est in the superlatives.

✺ Dictation

‣ Task 1

Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words.

A: What did you see on your tour?
B: We first saw the Grant House. It's ⁽¹⁾_____ ⁽²⁾_____ building in the city.
A: Nice. What else did you see?
B: Then we visited the park. It's one of the ⁽³⁾_____ ⁽⁴⁾_____ ⁽⁵⁾_____ in the country. After that, we went to the top of the mountain.
A: Oh, I bet the view was great. Isn't that one of the ⁽⁶⁾_____ ⁽⁷⁾_____ in the state?
B: Yes. Actually, it's the ⁽⁸⁾_____ ⁽⁹⁾_____ in the country. The view ⁽¹⁰⁾_____ ⁽¹¹⁾_____.

‣ Task 2

Practice the conversation with a partner. Be sure the reduce -est in the superlatives.

✺ Conversation

Work in pairs. Imagine you and your partner are going to take a visitor on a tour of your town or city. Talk about what your visitor should see and why.

Answer Key

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