CAN I HAVE A COFFEE

Part 1
Do you enjoy travelling? Do you buy things when you travel?

Write the words in the right place below. Add one more word to each place.
a postcard a cell phone cable an apple juice train track a city map a battery a chewing gun a
single ticket a charger soft drink a return ticket a touristy railroad memory card terminal
a candy a coffee a sandwich a platform a souvenir a ticket machine railyard
snack food a flag

Tourist Shop:
Train station:
Snack bar:
Making Requests

1) Complete the conversations below by making polite requests.

Eg. (A) I’m going to the supermarket.
(B) Could you please buy some milk?

1. (A) I’m going to Starbucks.

(B) _________________________________________________________________
2. (A) I’m going to the library.
(B) _________________________________________________________________
3. (A) I’m going to our English class.
(B) _________________________________________________________________
4. (A) I’m going to the kitchen.
(B) _________________________________________________________________
5. (A) I’m going to the vegetable market.
(B) _________________________________________________________________
6. (A) I’m going to McDonald’s.
(B) _________________________________________________________________
7. (A) I’m going to the post office.
(B) _________________________________________________________________
8. (A) I’m going to a pet shop.
(B) _________________________________________________________________

1) Listen to three Conversations. Where are the people? Listening 1

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What does each tourist buy?

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2)
3)

2) Listen and complete the requests. Listening 2

________ ________ _______ _______, please.
_______ _______ _______one of ________ batteries, _______.
______ _______ _________ _________ to ______, please.

3) Look at the question. Listen to the polite intonation. Then listen and repeat. Listening 2
4) Polite intonation Listen to the speakers. Are they polite (P) or not very polite (N)? Listening 3
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At a coffee shop

Role-play the conversation.

A: look at the menu. Choose and order your food and drink. B: take your partner's order. Say the price.
A: Could t have a coffee and o cheese sandwich, please?
B: A coffee and a cheese sandwich? That's four euros fifty.
LEARN TO LISTEN FOR KEY WORDS

SENTENCE STRESS – Did you know?

Sentence stress is the pattern of stressed and unstressed words across a sentence. Normally this emphasis is on words
that carry important information, although this can change significantly, depending on the specific meaning the speaker
wants to communicate.

1) Read the conversation. Underline the key words in each sentence. Listening 4
A: Can I have a sandwich and an apple juice, please? (3 words)
B: That's six euros. (2 words)
A: Ah, I only have five euros. How much is the sandwich? (3 words)
B: Four euros fifty, and the apple juice is one fifty. (7 words)
A: OK. Could I have the sandwich, but no juice? (3 words)
B: That's four fifty. (2 words)

2) Listen to three conversation extracts and color the correct prices. Listening 5
Extract 1
1 an apple juice a) €2.00 b) €2.10 c) €2.20
Extract 2
2 a single ticket a) €4.20 b) €4.50 cc) €4.80
3 a taxi a) € 13 b) € 23 c) € 30
Extract 3
4 a coffee a) € 2.15 b) € 2.50 €3.50
5 a sandwich a) €2.25 b) € 2.75 c)€ 3.75
6 a bottle of water a) € 1.30 b) € 1.40 c) €1.60

3) Look at the extracts. Complete the questions with the missing word. Listening 6

1____________, __________ I _________you?

2 Can you____________ ______ ______, please?
3 Is _____________your bag?
4_____________ ‘s ____ ____ bag?
5 What_____________ is the __________?
6 _______ ________ ____________ ________ _______ your bag?

Match Zoe’s answers a)–f) with the previous questions.

a) A notebook, my diary, some reading

glasses …
b) I can’t remember …
c) It’s big and blue and it has a photo of
London on it.
d) No, no, it isn’t.
e) Yes, please. I’m looking for my bag.
f) Yes, yes I am!

PRONUNCIATION TIP
Phonemics are useful in English. They are good when:
– the spelling and sounds are different, e.g. watch es /ɪz/ .
– two, three or more letters are only one sound. For example, in sweater we pronounce ‘ea’ as /e/.

SOUNDS and SPELLING: /ɪ/ /iː/

1) Look at some different spellings of the sounds. Then listen and repeat the sounds and words. Listening 7

2) Listen and repeat Listening 8

/ɪ/ /iː/ /e/ /eɪ/ Listening 9

3) Read the Pronunciation tip. Then look at some different spellings of the sounds. Listen and repeat the sounds
and words

PART 2

1) Think about examples of requests that you usually make:

A friend
Your husband
Your son
Your boss
A co-worker
A strange on the street
A salesperson at a clothing store
1) Rewrite the sentences. Do not repeat the nouns.

1 These glasses are my-glasses.

These glasses are mine.

2 These keys are your keys.

3 That bag is jacks bag.

4 Those pencils are my pencils.

5 This mobile phone is Anita's mobile phone.

6 That magazine is your magazine.

7 These papers are your papers

2) Can you rewrite this paragraph trying to combine sentences to have fewer repetitions?

My name is Susan, Susan Green. I am Brazilian. I am not from Rio. I am from São Paulo. I am thirty-six year
old. I am a general surgeon. I am always at the Hospital.

3) Complete the student enrolment form with your information. Use capital letters where needed.

Name:
Surname:
Place of birth (country and city):
Nationality:
Languages you speak:
Address:
Email:
Phone number:
About you:

4) Now based on the previous answers write a small text about yourself:

5) A final paragraph about a person of your choice.

1) Match the words and phrases their meanings 1–8.

audiobook bottle of water burger carry-on bag chips pocket postcard tea

1 a hot drink
2 a bag you can keep with you on the plane
3 fried potatoes
4 a small bag in your clothes for keeping things like coins and keys
5 a book that you can listen to
6 a kind of meat sandwich
7 a cold drink
8 a picture with a message on the back that you can send to someone like a letter

SOUNDS and SPELLING: /ʊ/ /ɔː/ Look at some different spellings of the sounds. Listening 10

1) Listen and complete with the missing words Listening 11

1 My little ___________ at the water.

2 My __________ was a good ____________
3 I ________ I ___________ a _____________
4 They _____________and ___________ the door didn’t ________
5 It’s ____________to ___________.

Now listen and repeat. Listening 11

SOUNDS and SPELLING: /ɒ/ Look at some different spellings of the sound. Then listen and repeat the sound and words. Listening
12

PRONUNCIATION TIP

The sound /ɒ/ has two spellings: ‘o’ and ‘a’ ( got and want ), but we can pronounce the letter ‘o’ different ways,
e.g. phone /əʊ/ and mother /ʌ/ . Listening 13

Listen and repeat Listening 13

SOUNDS and SPELLING: /uː/ /æ/ /ɜː/

Look at some different spellings of the sounds. Then listen and repeat the sounds and words. Listening 14
PRONUNCIATION TIP
Look at these words: computer, music, new . Here we pronounce ‘u’ or ‘ew’ as /juː/ .

Listen and write the words Listening 15

1 /uː/ _________ ___________ ____________ ____________
2 /æ/ _________ ___________ ____________ ____________
3 /ɜː/ _________ ___________ ____________ ____________

INTERVIEWS
1) Watch the video. Do the people talk about your country (Brazil)?

2) Watch the video and tick (x) Hina’s questions.

1 What’s your name and where are you from?

2 How old are you?
3 What do you like about it?
4 Are you English?
5 What don’t you like about it?
6 What’s your job?

Read the sentences about Hina. Then watch the video from 0:11–0:25. Underline the correct answers.
1 Hina works in a school /for the BBC.
2 She’s a researcher / teacher.
3 Hina’s from London /Bahrain.
4 She lives in London /the Middle East now.
Where are they from? Look at the people below and watch the video again from 0:22–1:18. Write the
correct place under each person.

A
B
C
D
E
F

What do/don’t they like about it? Look at the people below and read the statements. Check new words
in your dictionary. Then watch the video from 0:58–2:36 and match people A–C with the statements.

1 … is from North London

2 … is from Estonia
3 … is from Naples in Italy
4 … likes the sea, the sun and the people
5 … likes the culture and the people
6 … likes the shops, the bars and restaurants, and the park
7 … doesn’t like the crime and the rubbish
8 … doesn’t like the winters

Write your answers to Hina’s questions writing a paragraph about yourself.

What’s your name? Where are you from? What do you like about it? What don’t you like about it?

Now, Let’s try . Let’ meet new people using what we have learned.

Name, age, profession, nationality …..