5A THERE ARE

A FEW SHOPS
1 GRAMMAR 3 VOCABULARY Places in a town
there is / there are: positive
a Write the words under the pictures.
a Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
park hospital shop hotel beach café cinema
1 here / there / ’s / school / one . school bank museum restaurant swimming pool
There’s one school here.
2 teachers / two / there / are .

3 cars / are / few / a / there .

4 a / there / ’s / small / museum .

5 are / families / ten / there .

1 shop 2
6 there / old / an / ’s / hospital .

b 05.01 Listen and check.

c Complete the sentences with there’s or there are.

1 There are a lot of people.
2 a good café in the old town.
3 4
3 an interesting shop on this street.
4 about 50 families.
5 a few new houses and flats.
6 a very small school.
7 72 big houses.
8 one bank.

2 PRONUNCIATION 5 6
Sound and spelling: /uː/ and /ʌ/
a 05.02 Listen to the words in the box. What sound
do the marked letters have? Complete the table.

few butter sometimes supermarket school study

beautiful food love who funny mother

7 8
/uː/ /ʌ/
(e.g., you) (e.g., cup)
few

9 10

11 12

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5B IS THERE A HOSTEL
IN YOUR TOWN?
1 GRAMMAR there is / there are: 3 VOCABULARY Hotels
negative and questions
a Complete the sentences. Use the letters in brackets.
a Tick (✓) the correct words to complete 1 There’s a big bath , but there isn’t any hot water.
the sentences. (a h b t)
1 There isn’t in the room. 2 It’s very cold. Can I have a for my bed,
a ✓ a TV b two TVs please? (n e k l a b t)
3 There’s free - here, but I
2 Are there any good in this town?
don’t have my tablet with me. (f i i w)
a restaurant b restaurants
4 The ’s very good and there’s lots of hot
3 There aren’t on the first floor. water. (o r w s h e)
a a big room b any big rooms 5 There’s a big for meetings on the second
4 There aren’t any here. floor. (o m o r)
a car park b car parks 6 Can I have a , please? I want to go to the
5 Is there near here? swimming pool. (o w e l t)
a a café b any cafés 7 A Where’s the car?
B It’s in the . (p r a c k r a)
6 Is there near the station?
a a bank b banks 8 There’s one small on the bed. (w o l p l i)

b Underline the correct words to complete b Complete the crossword puzzle.

the conversations. 1
b a 2
t h
Conversation 1
A 1There is / Is there a bath in the room?
B No, there 2isn’t / aren’t. But there 3are / is a shower.
Conversation 2
3
A There 4aren’t any / isn’t a hotels in this town.
B Oh.
A 5There aren’t any / There’s a hostel on King Street. 4 5
It’s very good.
B OK. Thanks.
Conversation 3
B Is there 6any / a car park for this hotel? 6 7

A Yes, 7there is / is there.

B 8Are there any / Is there an empty rooms on the
ground floor?
A No, there 9aren’t / isn’t. Sorry. There 10are / isn’t a lot of
empty rooms on the top floor.
B Oh. No thanks. Across
1 I often sit in a bath of hot water to relax.
c 05.03 Listen and check. 3 There are a lot of cars in the car .
4 A Jason’s at the swimming pool.
B Does he have his ?
2 PRONUNCIATION A Oh no! It’s on his bed.
Sound and spelling: /ʃ/ 6 A Can I have a ?
B Sorry, there isn’t any hot water.
a 05.04 Listen and tick (✓) the words that have the Down
/ʃ/ sound. 1 A I’m cold.
1 bath 7 six B Put a on the bed.
2 shower 8 finish 2 Do you like watching films on or at the
3 China 9 museum cinema?
4 Turkish 10 shop 3 A There are three big on my bed.
5 she 11 station B Give me one for my head.
6 sure 12 cinema 5 A There isn’t any - .
B Oh, that’s OK. I don’t need to use the Internet.
7 We need two at the hotel. One for my parents
and one for my brother and me.

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 5C EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Is there a supermarket near here?

1 USEFUL LANGUAGE
Asking and saying where places are
a Complete the sentences and questions with
the words in the box.

it’s near where’s there there’s

1 Where’s the hospital?

2 Is a park near here?
3 Are there any restaurants here?
4 one in this street.
5 in the next street.

b Complete the conversation with the sentences

in the box.

OK. And is there a museum near here?

Oh yes! Great! Thanks for your help.
Excuse me, can you help me?
Is there a cinema near here?

A 1Excuse me, can you help me?

B Yes, of course.
A 2
B No, I’m sorry. There aren’t any cinemas near here.
But there are two in the city centre.
A 3
B Yes, there is. It’s in this street. Just over there.
A 4
B No problem. 2 PRONUNCIATION
c 05.05 Listen and check. Emphasising what you say 1
a 05.07 Listen to the sentences. Which words are
d Complete the conversation with the words in the box. stressed? Tick (✓) the correct box.
any can course for next near no sorry 1 a It’s a very good hotel.
b ✓ It’s a very good hotel.
A Excuse me, 1 can you help me? 2 a It’s so hot today!
B Yes, of 2 . b It’s so hot today!
A Are there any hotels 3 here? 3 a I’m really sorry.
B Yes, there are. There’s one in the 4 street. b I’m really sorry.
A Oh, good. And are there 5 hostels – cheap
4 a This room’s really nice.
hostels?
b This room’s really nice.
B No, I’m 6 . There aren’t.
A OK. Thanks 7 your help. 5 a It’s a very big school.
B 8 problem. b It’s a very big school.
6 a This TV is so old!
e 05.06 Listen and check. b This TV is so old!
7 a The museum’s really boring.
b The museum’s really boring.
8 a The car park’s very small.
b The car park’s very small.

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5C SKILLS FOR WRITING
It isn’t cheap, but it’s nice

1 READING
a Read the email. Are the sentences true (T ) or false (F )? Hi Lara,
1 The hotel is near the station. We’re at the Station Hotel. It isn’t a big new hotel near the station –
2 Monica and Kalina don’t like the hotel. it’s an old station near the beach! It’s great! The rooms are small,
3 Monica and Kalina like the things in their room. but they’re very good.
4 The hotel is expensive.
Our room is on the first floor. We have beautiful flowers in the room
5 The hotel has a lot of free rooms.
and there are a lot of pillows and blankets on the beds. It isn’t cheap,
6 Monica and Kalina like the hotel manager. but we’re only here for three nights.
7 There’s a restaurant in the hotel.
8 Monica and Kalina play the guitar in the evening. There are a lot of people here. There aren’t any free rooms! All the
people are very friendly and the manager’s nice. In the evenings, we
have dinner in the Old Station restaurant. It’s in the hotel. The food is
2 WRITING SKILLS and and but good and an old man plays the guitar.
See you soon,
a Tick (✓) the correct ending for the sentences.
1 I live in Rome, but … Monica and Kalina
a I speak Italian.
b ✓ I don’t speak Italian.
2 The cinema’s big, but …
a it’s very old. 3 WRITING
b it’s great.
3 The high school is good and … a Imagine that you are at a hotel in a new town. Write
a he’d like to study there. an email to a friend. Describe the hotel and the town.
b he wouldn’t like to study there.
4 The café has great cakes and …
a it has free wi-fi.
b it doesn’t have free wi-fi. Hi ,
5 There isn’t a bookshop, but …
a there is a library.
b there isn’t a library.
6 My office is nice and …
a it isn’t near my house.
b it’s near my house.

b Complete the sentences with and or but.

1 There’s a bath and there’s a shower.
2 The room is small it’s OK.
3 There’s a supermarket in the next street
it isn’t very big.
4 The city is beautiful it’s boring. See you soon,
5 The hotel has big rooms they’re very
beautiful.
6 There’s a café on the first floor there’s a
gym on the second floor.
7 It’s a beautiful hotel they don’t
have any free rooms.
8 There’s a shower there isn’t
any hot water!

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 UNIT 5
Reading and listening extension
1 READING

MY STREET
a Read the texts. Tick (✓) the things you read about.
1 a bank
2 a swimming pool
3 a cinema
4 a hospital I work in the town centre, but I live in Clarkson Road.
5 a hotel
Clarkson Road isn’t near the town centre, but it is
6 a car park
a nice place. There are about 60 houses and there’s
7 a museum
8 a park
a school, and a shop where I buy bread every day.
9 ✓ a school There’s also a little park near the station. It has an ice
10 a supermarket cream shop and, in summer, I sometimes take my
son to the park and we have an ice cream.
b Read the texts again. Underline the correct words
to complete the sentences.
1 Daria / Geraldo / Elam lives near a supermarket.
1 DARIA
2 Daria / Geraldo / Elam doesn’t have any children. I live on Holly Road with my wife and daughter.
3 The hospital is on Holly Road / High Street / Clarkson
It’s not a very interesting place to live, but it’s
Road.
easy to get to work because I work at Holly Road
4 Holly Road / High Street / Clarkson Road is a good place
to see films.
Hospital. There are a lot of offices and flats in my
5 The park is near Holly Road / High Street / Clarkson Road. road, but there aren’t any shops or restaurants.
6 There’s a station / museum / park near High Street. It isn’t a problem. There’s a big supermarket near
7 Daria takes her son to the swimming pool / Holly Road and there are a lot of buses to the
ice cream shop / cinema in the summer. town centre.
8 There are a lot of shops / cafés / offices near Geraldo’s home.

c Write about your street. Think about these questions: 2 GERALDO

• What is the name of your street? I live and work on High Street, in the centre of
• Where is your street? town. There are a lot of different shops and cafés
• What is there in or near your street?
here and there are two bookshops. I work in the
• Is it an interesting place to live or work?
bookshop near the museum. When I’m not at
work, I sometimes go to the cinema. High Street
is a good place to live. My flat is on the first
floor and I sometimes sit and watch the people in
the street. There is always something interesting
to see.

3 ELAM

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 Review
1 GRAMMAR
Tick (✓) the sentences that are correct. Correct the
mistakes.
1  There is a park here?
Is there a park here?
2 There is two cinemas.
3 There aren’t any supermarkets.
4 Are there any cafés in this street?
5 No, there not.
2 LISTENING 6
7
Is there a hotel near here?
Yes, there’s.
a 05.08 Listen to Harry and a receptionist at a 8 There not any shops here.
tourist office. Are the sentences true (T ) or false (F )?
1 It is summer. 2 VOCABULARY
2 There are a lot of free rooms.
3 Harry has a lot of money. Correct the spelling.
4 Harry chooses a room at the City Hostel. 1 I like this restarant.
I like this restaurant.
b Listen again. Complete the table with the
05.08
2 Where’s the scool?
words in the box. 3 Is there a swiming pool?
4 Can I have a blankit, please?
café cheap friendly expensive free wi-fi
5 There isn’t a pilow on the bed.
near the beach small clean rooms
6 Where’s the hospittal?
rooms with baths TVs in rooms free breakfast
7 We often go to the beech.
near the station rooms with showers
8 Do you have a towl?

Hotel Casa City Hostel

near the beach

c 05.08 Listen again. Underline the correct words.

1 Harry wants a room for a weekend /week.
2 The room is for one person / two people.
3 He wants to stay near the station / beach.
4 Rooms at the Hotel Casa are $140 / $160.
5 Single rooms at the City Hostel are $40 / $60.
6 There is a café on the ground / first floor of the City Hostel.
7 There are two / three supermarkets near the hostel.
8 Harry / The receptionist phones the hostel.

d Complete the conversation with your own ideas.

RECEPTIONIST Good morning. Can I help?
VISITOR Hi. I’d like a hotel room for
nights near the .
RECEPTIONIST 
The Grand Hotel is near there. The rooms
have and ,
REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS
and it’s dollars a night. Look again at Review Your Progress on p. 46 of the Student’s
VISITOR  That’s very expensive. I don’t have Book. How well can you do these things now?
a lot of money. 3 = very well   2 = well   1 = not so well
RECEPTIONIST 
Well, there’s the Comfort Hotel in this street.
They don’t have , but it’s I CAN …
cheap. describe a town
VISITOR OK.
talk about hotels and hostels
RECEPTIONIST 
Do you want me to phone them?
VISITOR Yes, please. ask about and say where places are.

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