Lang,�1ge Focus
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In English we can use nouns as adjectives. For example: The 's ors' can be used in expressioAs of time with numbers:
water sports adventure holiday caravan park an hour's drive from a month's holiday
the airport in Hungary
The first word functi0ns. as the adjective and answers th,e
question What kind of? two days' journey five minutes' walk "21
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The relationship between lMe two nouns. can be of many \,
kinds, including: ,i��i1-IJ/'I'
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mountai�p,es, dty centre
BUT in expressions beginning with a, the, or a possessive and
folk:iwed by a number, the first noun is singular. For example:
Time summer holiday, weekend break The tour includes a two-day expedition to the caves.
The three-day train journey was boring.
Function golf course, swimming pool
His thirty-mile hike over the mountains left
Material paper bag, iron bridge
him exhausted.
Sometimes three or more words are combined: I
Tourist Information Centre air traffic control
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business travel expenditure winter sports holiday
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Practice
1 Match the nouns in A and B. A specialist lecturer accompanies each cruise which lasts
A B seventeen days.
theme A specialist lecturer accompanies each seventeen-day
city
cruise.
hotel book
boat sports a It takes two hp!J(s to drive to the airp,ort.
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/resort b The journey to the centre of London takes forty-five
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trip
c The excursion includes a meal with three courses at a
capital �accommodation gourmet restaurant.
health park d You can,visi the vineyard, which extends over two
hu.ndre
2 Work in groups. How many compound nouns can you ., '
ma�e using the word holiday? For example: e We stayed in a hotel with three stars.
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holiday accommodation package holiday
f From Santiago to San Francisco there'.s a freeway with
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lanes.
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3 Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning, '-,�, - ,r>. <'�-.,,_ A .J
g A guide accoi:BP.aQi,�&4lto�rs scheduled for five days.
For ,example:
It takes five minutes to walk from the hotel to the
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h They have produced a film, which lasts twenty minutes,
beach. on the Ammassalik region of East Greenland.
It's a five-minute walk from the hotel to the beach. Their expedition, which took six months, nearly met with
disaster.
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Speech work
Word stress
10 Say these words.
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1 •• 2 •• 3 ••• 4 ••• 5 ••••
costly appeal romantic affordable situation
Word stress is very important because if you place the stress
When you note down a new word it's
on the wrong syllable, other people will fond it difficult to
a good idea to include the stress:
understand you.
Read the following words aloud and classify them according bargain ■•
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to the stress patterns above. cathedral
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adventure enquire expedition
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unbeatable Britain saf�ri
Cairo photographer forest
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again prohibitive cancellation
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j6ngle package Arctic
0 Listen and check your pronunciation.
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11 Draw a gna like the one below.
Fill in the details of the best holiday you have ever had.
Then interview some other members of the class.
Who had the most exciting holiday? The best value for
money?
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Name Me Miriam Gillian
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Duration 21veeks Zweeks 3weeks
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Destination N.Spain Scot;land Came,rr:x;n
Type of holiday Touring Self-catering FamiliariS?tion trip
How organised By my.;elf Byus Gavemmmt
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Means of transport Glr , Car+Boat Plt;1ne, car, limousine
Activities SiglTtseeil'lg & eati ng $aili�, eating. slgliweeing, walking ;\ightseeing, cultural visite
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Value for money ierrible! Great Excellem:!
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