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UNIT 3
STUDY GUIDE

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Places in the City

There are many places, buildings and stores that you will find in a city or town.
Here is a list of some of the typical places in a city:
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Activities
Activity One: Do you know these places? Match the places with the pictures

Police station Park Cinema Bank

Church Library Theatre Restaurant
Bus station Butcher’s Train station Post office
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Activity Two: Look at the pictures and answer the following question.
1 Where is the city in the pictures?
a. Morocco b. Spain c. Turkey

Read the letter below and check your answer in exercise Two.
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Food and Drinks

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. A

drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption.

Food is divided into 7 main groups:

● Meat, Poultry, and Seafood (chickens, sheep, pigs, cattle, eggs, fish…)
● Fruits (apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries…)
● Vegetables (beans, cabbage, potatoes, corn, carrots…)
● Dairy products (yogurt, milk, cheese, butter, cream…)
● Grains, nuts, and seeds (rice, wheat, oats, corn, almonds, walnuts, sunflower
seeds…)
● Sweets and desserts (candy, ice cream, cake, cookies…)
● Snacks (chips, crackers, popcorn…)
Fast Food is a special type of food which includes fish and chips, sandwiches, pita,
hamburgers, fried chicken, french fried, onion ring, pizza, hot dogs…

Types of Meals
Generally, there are three main meals:
1. Breakfast
2. Lunch
3. Dinner

Drinks
Drinks or beverages are liquids intended for human consumption. Such as: Wine,
Coffee, Lemonade, Iced tea, Hot chocolate, Juice, Milkshake, Water, Tea, Milk, Beer,
Soda, Tea bag, Green tea, Chocolate milk, Hot chocolate, Tomato juice, Smoothie,
Coconut milk, Orange juice, Lemonade, Fruit juice, Cocoa, Water.
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Modal Verb ‘Would’ for Polite Requests
- What would you like to eat?
- I would like a burger.
I’d like a burger.
The verb ‘to want’ when ordering food
- I want a burger.
- He wants a burger.

Food Partitives for Quantities

● a glass of orange juice
● a piece of cheese
● a bottle of coke
● a carton of orange juice
● a cup of coffee
● a slices of orange
● a bowl of noodles
● a bar of chocolate

Activities:
Activity One: Look at the words below. Put them in the correct column.
carrot cheese banana milk chicken
apple meat coffee tea rice egg
honey water orange juice

FOOD DRINKS

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1. Activity Two: Complete the words

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Prepositions of Place
● We use the prepositions in, on, and at to talk about location.

Please put the book on the shelf.

They live in Helsinki.
You should keep milk in the fridge.
Mette is studying at the library.

● We can use the prepositions in, on and at to say where things are. They go
before nouns.

I am in the kitchen.
My dog likes sleeping on the sofa.
The children eat lunch at school.

● IN
We use in to talk about a place that is inside a bigger space, such as a box, a house, a
city or a country.

The clothes are in the wardrobe.

The children are playing in the park.
There's a bookshop in the shopping centre.
My grandmother was born in Sweden.

We also use in with other physical locations such as:

in the world
in water / the sea / a river / a lake / a pool
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in the mountains / the countryside / a valley / the forest
in a car / a taxi

● ON
We use on to talk about location on a surface.

The books are on the desk.

We live on the fifth floor.
There are pictures on the wall.
She likes to sit on the floor.

We also use on for some types of public transport.

He's on the bus now.

You can't make phone calls on a plane.
They go to school on the train.

We use in with days and dates.

Her birthday is on the 2nd of June.
The next meeting is on Wednesday.

We also use on for lines (including rivers, borders, streets, etc.) and islands.

London is on the River Thames.

The Pyrenees are on the border of Spain and France.
There's a market on James Street.
I'd love to live on the Isle of Wight.

● AT
We use at in many common phrases, especially when we are talking about a place for
a specific activity.
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I'm at work.
She's working at home today.
The children are at school.
See you at the train station!
They're at the supermarket.
I met him at a party.

We also use at for addresses or exact positions.

I live at 15 Craig Street.

She's sitting at a desk.
He's waiting at the entrance.
Please sit at the back of the room.

Activities:

1. Activity One: Look at the picture

and complete the sentences with
the correct preposition.
in on under next to
in front of above

1 The lamp is on the shelf.

2 The tree is the stairs.
3 The sofa is the stairs.
4 The plant is the lamp.
5 The picture is the stairs.
6 The plant is a pot.
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Rooms and Furniture

Types of furniture
● Furniture: movable objects that are used to make a room suitable for living or
working.
● Chair: a seat for one person, with a back and typically four legs.
● Table: a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs that can be
used to set things or food on.
● Couch or sofa: a large piece of furniture for seating multiple people, mostly
used in living rooms.
● Cupboard: a piece of furniture with doors and shelves for storing dishes, food,
or other items.
● Shelf: a flat piece of wood or another rigid material that is connected to a wall
or built into a piece of furniture and used to hold things.
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● Drawer: a sliding compartment in a piece of furniture or a recess in a wall,
where items can be kept.
● Bed: furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress.
● Stool: a simple seat without a back or arms.
● Desk: a type of table typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or
do other work.
● Cabinet: a box-shaped storage compartment with doors, used mainly for
storing household items.
● Lamp: a device for giving light, either one that stands on the floor or one that
rests on a desk or a table.
● Futon: a Japanese-style mattress that can be rolled up or folded in two; often
used on the floor for sleeping or on a wooden frame as a bed or couch.
Living room: Common furniture
● Armchair: a comfortable chair with side supports for a person's arms.
● Recliner: an armchair that reclines when somebody lowers the chair's back
and raises its front.
● Coffee table: a small, low table on which magazines can be placed, and coffee
or cocktails are served.
● Bookcase: a set of shelves for books.
● Ottoman: an upholstered seat or bench without a back or arms, typically
serving as a stool or footstool.
● Entertainment center: a large wall with shelves designed to house a television,
stereo, DVD player, and other entertainment equipment.
● Side table: a small table usually placed beside a chair or at the end of a sofa.
● Loveseat: a small sofa designed to seat two people, also known as a two-seater.
● Chaise lounge: a sofa that looks like a chair and is long enough to support
your legs.
● Fireplace: a safe structure inside a building that contains a fire for warmth
and decoration. People use it to stay warm and create a cozy atmosphere in
their homes.
● Fireplace mantel: a shelf above a fireplace opening.
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● Television stand: a table or stand specifically designed to hold a television.
● Sideboard: a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used
for storing dishes, glasses, and table linen.

Kitchen and dinning room

● Dining table: a table on which meals are served in a dining room.
● Dining chair: a chair that is used at a dining table.
● Barstool: a tall chair that is often used at a bar or counter.
● Kitchen island: a freestanding placement in a kitchen to supplement the
countertop space.
● Pantry: a small room or closet to store food, dishes, and utensils.
● Hutch: a piece of furniture that combines a display cabinet on top and a
cupboard or drawers below.
● Buffet: a piece of furniture that is used for serving food and storing dishes.
● China cabinet: a cabinet, often with glass doors, for storing and displaying
ceramic dishes.
● Credenza: a kind of sideboard for storing utensils and serving food.
● Baker’s rack: a type of furniture with shelves, typically made of wrought iron
or some other metal.
● Breakfast nook: a space, typically in or near the kitchen, set aside for informal
dining.
● Wine rack: a device that stores and organizes wine bottles.

Bedroom Furniture
● Bed frame: a part of a bed made of wood or metal that supports the mattress.
● Nightstand: a small table that is kept at the side of a bed.
● Wardrobe: a place to keep clothes.
● Dresser: kind of wardrobe, but with drawers; also known as a chest of drawers.
● Bunk bed: a type of bed in which one-bed frame is stacked on top of another.
● Vanity: a table with drawers and a mirror at which one can sit while applying
makeup or grooming.
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● Armoire: a wardrobe or movable cabinet, typically one that is ornate or
antique.
● Trundle bed: a low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed.
● Canopy bed: a bed designed with a tall frame at the corners that can support a
draped covering.
● Daybed: a type of furniture that can be used as a bed at night and as a sofa
during the day.
● Chest: a large, heavy box, typically made of wood, for storing goods.
● Blanket chest: a piece of furniture used for storing blankets and other bulky
items.
● Headboard: an upright panel forming or placed behind the head of a bed.

Activities:

1. Activity One: Write it down

Look and the picture and describe the room in a short paragraph (60 words)
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There is/ There are

There is a very big park in my city.

There are not any street markets.
There are no restaurants in the station.
But there is a café and a bank.

Affirmative
- We use there is to say that something exists or is in a place.

There is a bridge in the park.

- We use there is for singular nouns and there are for plural nouns.

There is a restaurant in the station.

There are two cafés in the shopping centre.

- We can say there's instead of there is. We often say this when we speak. But
there is no short form for there are.

There is a restaurant in the station. > There's a restaurant in the station.

There are two cafés. > There're two cafés.

- When we are speaking informally and make a list of things, we often use there
is or there's instead of there are.

There's a café, a supermarket and a bus stop on my street.

(Instead of There are a café, a supermarket and a bus stop on my street.)
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Negative

- For negatives, we use there isn't or there's not (= there is not) for singular and
there aren't (= there are not) for plural.

There isn't a pharmacy near the hotel.

There aren't any restaurants near the hotel.

- We often use there isn't a + singular noun, there isn't any + uncountable noun
and there aren't any + plural noun.

There isn't a café near here.

There isn't any milk.
There aren't any toilets in the park.

- To show that the negative is important, we also often use there is no +

uncountable noun and there are no + plural noun. (It is possible to use there is
no + singular noun, but it's not as common.)

There's no milk.
There are no toilets in the park.

Interrogative
- For questions, we say Is there for singular nouns and uncountable nouns and
Are there for plural nouns.

Is there a café near here?

Is there any milk in the fridge?
Are there any toilets in the park?
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- To answer, we say Yes, there is (not Yes, there's) or No, there isn't, or Yes,
there are or No, there aren't.

Is there a café near here? Yes, there is. / No, there isn't.
Is there any milk in the fridge? Yes there is. / No, there isn't.
Are there any toilets in the park? Yes, there are. / No, there aren't

Activities:

1. Activity One: Choose the correct answer (There is or there are)

● a woman.
● some pencils.
● many leaves.
● an orange.
● a book.
● three balloons.
● a bear.
● a few bees.
● an ant.
● grapes.
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Countable / Uncountable

Countable nouns
Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers. They have a singular
and a plural form. The singular form can use the determiner "a" or "an". If you want
to ask about the quantity of a countable noun, you ask "How many?" combined with
the plural countable noun.

Examples
She has three dogs.
I own a house.
I would like two books please.
How many friends do you have?

Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers. They may
be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects that are too small
or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, powders, gases, etc.). Uncountable nouns
are used with a singular verb. They usually do not have a plural form.
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Examples
● tea
● sugar
● water
● air
● rice
● knowledge
● beauty
● anger
● fear
● love
● money
● research
● safety
● evidence

** We cannot use a/an with these nouns. To express a quantity of an uncountable

noun, use a word or expression like some, a lot of, much, a bit of, a great deal of , or
else use an exact measurement like a cup of, a bag of, 1kg of, 1L of, a handful of, a
pinch of, an hour of, a day of. If you want to ask about the quantity of an uncountable
noun, you ask "How much?"

Examples
There has been a lot of research into the causes of this disease.
He gave me a great deal of advice before my interview.
Can you give me some information about uncountable nouns?
He did not have much sugar left.
Measure 1 cup of water, 300g of flour, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
How much rice do you want?
Watch this video to learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEznhRnmR30
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Activities:
1. Activity One: Is it countable or uncountable?

Sugar: Women: Butter

a. Count a. Count a. Count
b. Noncount b. Noncount b. Noncount

Bike Banana Music

a. Count a. Count a. Count
b. Noncount b. Noncount b. Noncount
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Nouns

A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea. In a
sentence, nouns can play the role of subject, direct object, indirect object, subject
complement, object complement, appositive, or modifier.

Some noun examples include:

● cat
● bicycle
● Taylor Swift
● Kuala Lumpur

Types of nouns
Nouns form a large proportion of English vocabulary, and they come in a wide
variety of types.

- Nouns can name a - Nouns can name a - Nouns can name

person: place: things:
Albert Einstein Mount Vesuvius Things might include
the president Disneyland intangible things, such as
my mother my bedroom concepts, activities, or
a girl processes. Some might
even be hypothetical or
imaginary things.

shoe
faucet
freedom
The Elder Wand
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basketball

Proper nouns vs. common nouns

One important distinction to be made is whether a noun is a proper noun or a
common noun. A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, or thing and is
always capitalized.

Does Tina have much homework to do this evening? → Tina is the name of a
specific person.

I would like to visit Old Faithful. → Old Faithful is the specific name of a geological
phenomenon.

The opposite of a proper noun is a common noun, sometimes known as a generic

noun. A common noun is the generic name of an item in a class or group and is not
capitalized unless appearing at the beginning of a sentence or in a title.

The girl crossed the river. → Girl is a common noun;

we do not learn the identity of the girl by reading this sentence, though we know the
action she takes. River is also a common noun in this sentence.

Types of common nouns

Common or generic nouns can be broken down into three subtypes: concrete nouns,
abstract nouns, and collective nouns. A concrete noun is something that is perceived
by the senses; something that is physical or real.

I heard the doorbell.

My keyboard is sticky.
→ Doorbell and keyboard name real things that can be sensed.
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Conversely, an abstract noun is something that cannot be perceived by the senses.

We can’t imagine the courage it took to do that.
→ Courage is an abstract noun. Courage can’t be seen, heard, or sensed in any other
way, but we know it exists.

A collective noun denotes a group or collection of people or things.

That pack of lies is disgraceful.
→ Pack as used here is a collective noun. Collective nouns take a singular verb, as
they refer to the collection of people or things they identify as one entity—in this
case, the singular verb is.

A pride of lions roamed the savanna.

→ Pride is also a collective noun.

Nouns and number

All nouns are either singular or plural in number. A singular noun refers to one
person, place, thing, or idea and requires a singular verb, while a plural noun refers
to more than one person, place, thing, or idea and requires a plural verb.

Forming plural nouns

Many English plural nouns can be formed by adding -s or -es to the singular form,
although there are also many exceptions.

cat→cats
These two cats are both black.
Note the plural verb are.

tax→taxes
house→houses
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Activities:

1. Activity One: Change the noun from singular to plural

● chair →
● dress →
● dish →
● banana →
● watch →
● house →
● egg →
● fox →
● cow →
● witch →
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WH- Questions: How many, how much

HOW MUCH
How much is used with uncountable nouns.

How much is also used to ask for the price of an item, as what we are really asking is
How much money something costs, and money is an uncountable noun.
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HOW MANY
How many is used with plural countable nouns.

Activities:

1. Activity One: Complete the sentences with the correct translation. Take into
account when it is How Much and How Many
Choose the correct option for each sentence
1. ¿Cuánto tiempo tenemos para llegar a la escuela?
time do we have to get to school?

2. ¿Cuánto cuestan estos zapatos?

are these shoes?

3. ¿Cuántos podemos traer?

can we bring?
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A/an, Some, Any

Activities:

1. Activity One: Complete the Sentences

1. I will show you ______ places. 2. They don't have ______ children.
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a. any a. any
b. some b. some

3. We need ______ money 4. My mom bought ______ fruit

a. any a. any
b. some b. some

2. Activity Two: Put the words below in the correct column.

1 dishwasher 2 oven 3 alarm clock 4 sofa 5 iron
6 fridge 7 stove 8 coffee table 9 armchair 10 bed

a an

- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Asking for and Giving Directions

Activities:

1. Activity One: Read the dialogue and underline the phrases for asking for and
giving directions.

A: Could you tell me where the bank is?

B: Of course. Turn right at the corner. Then go straight ahead at
the roundabout.
A: Ok. So, turn right and then go straight ahead.
B: Yes. Then turn left at the traffic lights. Cross the bridge and
continue straight ahead. Do not go into the tunnel.
A: Ok. So cross the bridge but don’t go into the tunnel.
B: Exactly. The bank is on the corner next to the cafe.
A: Thank you very much.
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2. Activity Two: Correct the mistakes in the sentences below.

1. Could you tell me where is the airport?

Could you tell me where the airport is?
2. It’s in the corner, opposite the supermarket.
3. Where is nearest bookstore?
4. Is there a library near?
5. Turn right at the traffic light.
6. I’m looking the bus station.

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