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1 VOCABULARY Public transportation
07-10 Listen. Then listen and repeat.
PAIRS What kinds of transportation do you use? Which don’t you like? Why?
A: I use trains, buses, and taxis. How about you?
B: I do, too. But I don’t like buses. There are too many people on them.
2 GRAMMAR There is / There are: Review
Affi rmative statements Negative statements
There Be Noun There Be + no Noun
There is a ferry to New York.
There is no train from here.
information online. money in the ATM.
are trains to New Jersey. are no bicycles for rent.
Yes / no questions Short answers
Be There Noun Affi rmative Negative
Is there an ATM near
here? Yes, there is.
No, there isn’t.
Are any stores are. aren’t.
Notes
• Remember that non-count nouns take singular verbs.
Is there time to eat before our fl ight?
• You can also make negative statements with There isn’t a / any or There aren’t any.
There isn’t a train from the airport. There isn’t any food on the ferry.
There aren’t any bicycles for rent.
• In affi rmative statements, we almost always use the contraction there’s.
• In negative statements, we almost always use the contractions isn’t and aren’t.
• Use the full form, not the contraction, in short answers with Yes.
A: Is there a post offi ce near here? B: Yes, there is. NOT Yes, there’s.
• Use there are, NOT: there’re.
>> FOR PRACTICE, GO TO PAGE 140
COACH
a bus a tram a ferry a taxi
a train a subway a shuttle a rental bicycle
Questions with What / Which + noun Which airport are you
fl ying into?
What options do we have for transportation?
LESSON
80 UNIT 7
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ROSA DELGADO
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ASK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
UNIT 7 T-80
LESSON 2 ASK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Choose a warm-up activity from the Warm-Up Activity Bank on page xxii.
• Read the lesson title aloud. Ask, What does public mean? (open for everyone to use)
• Then focus on the social media message. Ask, How do you find out about a city that you are going to visit?
1 VOCABULARY
• Ask, How do you get to school? Elicit answers. (For example, by bus, car, bike)
• Have Ss listen, and then listen and repeat.
• Make sure Ss know what the words mean, especially if these transportation options are not available in your area. For example, ask, What is a rental bicycle?
(a bike you rent) How do you rent one of the bikes in this photo? (Possible answer: You use an app on your phone to pay the rental fee. Then you get a code that unlocks the bike. You can return the bike to any bike rental station.)
• Solicit two volunteers to read the example conversation.
• In pairs, have Ss complete the exercise. For lower- level Ss, make a list of reasons why people might not like certain forms of transportation on the board for Ss
to refer to as they talk. (For example: too expensive, too crowded, too slow, always late, schedules or stops aren’t convenient, not available)
• Bring the class together to share their answers.
EXTENSION Divide the class into small groups and ask Ss to name a city or location that has each mode of public transportation. Give them time to look up information on their phones if time allows.
EXTENSION Ask, What other kinds of transportation can you think of? List them on the board. Then have a discussion about transportation. Ask, Which kinds of transportation are the best? Which do you want in this area?
2 GRAMMAR
• Write on the board: There are cars in our city.
Underline There are. Say, Today we are going to learn more about using There is and There are.
• Focus on the grammar chart. Read the affirmative and negative statements aloud. Point out that the main difference between them is adding the word no to the negative statements.
• Read the examples of yes / no questions and short answers aloud.
• Write Are there buses in our city? on the board and pose the question to Ss. Elicit answers and write them on the board. (Yes, there are. or No, there aren’t.) Then ask, Is there a subway in our city? Elicit Yes, there is or No, there isn’t. Write the question and answer on the board.
• Go over the first Note. Ask, What are non-count nouns?
(nouns that you can’t count and that don’t have plural forms) Write dollars and money on the board. Ask, Which of these is non-count? (money)
• Focus on the second Note. Read the examples aloud.
Point out that the phrases that use any are more natural and common in spoken English.
• Go over the rest of the Notes. Say, In affirmative statements, say There’s even though it isn’t as formal.
In negative statements, There is is not contracted, but is not or are not are contracted. Explain that we do not use contractions in affirmative short answers or with There are.
EXTENSION Bring in photos of city scenes that show different types of transportation. Pair Ss. Give each pair or group a photo. Have Ss discuss what they see in their photo. Then have pairs ask another pair about their photo. For example, Is there a train in your photo? No, there isn’t. / Yes, there is.
TEACHING TIP For shyer or lower-level Ss, you can make oral or communicative activities less intimidating by having Ss work together in small groups to write sentences and plan what they will say before they talk. Then have them read their sentences aloud to complete the activity.
• Draw attention to the Post-it Note. Read it aloud. Ask, Which airport is near us? What options do we have for transportation to the airport? Which train station is near here?
EXTENSION Bring in schedules and maps for the types of transportation asked about (airports, trains).
Have Ss find ways to the airport using the different types of transportation.
• For grammar practice, have Ss turn to the grammar activities on page 140.
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3 LISTENING
07-12 Listen to the podcast. Complete the sentence.
The purpose of the podcast is to about public transportation.
a. tell a story b. provide information c. show emotions
07-13 Listen again. Then look at the map of New York City. How can you get from Times Square to the Statue of Liberty? Circle the route on the map.
PAIRS Ask and answer questions about how to get to different places on the map.
A: I’m at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Is there a bus to the Empire State Building?
B: Yes, there is. …
4 TRY IT YOURSELF
GAME Student A: Think of a famous place in your city. Students B and C: Ask questions about the public transportation you can take from your school to the famous place.
Then guess the place.
B: Is there a bus from here to the place? A: Yes, there is.
C: Which bus is it? A: It’s the 12.
B: Where do you get off the bus? …
Times Square LISTENING SKILL Think about the purpose When you listen, think about the purpose of the conversation. This will help you understand. For example, does a podcast tell a story? Does it provide information? Does it show an emotion?
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
STATENTO ISLAND NEW JERSEYTO
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
STATUE OF LIBERTY
TIMES SQUARE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
KEY
UNIT 7 81 I CAN ASK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UNIT 7 T-81
3 LISTENING
• Focus Ss’ attention on the Listening Skill box. Read it aloud. Remind Ss that in Unit 6, they learned that every paragraph has a purpose. Explain that people also have conversations or listen to audio for specific reasons. Make clear, however, that there can be more than one purpose. In other words, the answer to the questions in the Listening Skill box can be Yes for all three.
• Have Ss listen to the podcast and circle their answer.
• Then go over the answer as a class. Ask, Why did you choose this answer? (Alyssa is talking about how to get around Manhattan and different transportation options.)
EXTENSION Ask additional questions about the podcast to test listening comprehension. For lower-level Ss, write the questions on the board.
For example:
What airport do many people use when they travel to New York? (John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens) Is there a train all the way to Manhattan from the airport? (no)
What other ways are there to get from the airport to Manhattan? (subway, bus, taxi)
What are some ways to get around Manhattan?
(subway, buses, taxis, rental bicycles)
• Draw attention to the map in the book. Make sure Ss understand all the icons and symbols on it. For example, point at the icon of the bridge and ask, What is this?
CULTURE NOTE There are five boroughs in New York: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Each borough has a president, but management of the five boroughs is mostly handled by the mayor of New York.
• Have Ss listen and mark the route they hear on the map. For lower-level Ss, identify the starting point on the map (Times Square) before Ss listen.
• Go over the answers as a class. Then listen again.
• Focus on the photo of Times Square. Ask, Where is this?
What can you do there? What are the advertisements for? What do you like about Times Square? What do you dislike?
• Say, Let’s think about some of the other places for tourists that the map shows. What are they?
(Metropolitan Museum of Art, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Natural History Museum, Brooklyn Bridge) Have you been to any of these places? What do you know about them? Which of them would you like to go to? Why?
• Say, Now we are going to talk about how to get to these different places on the map. Solicit two volunteers to read the example conversation. Point to the bus route that goes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Empire State Building on the map.
• In pairs, have Ss complete the task. Circulate to help Ss as needed.
EXTENSION Bring a map from the local area or a popular area and have Ss use the map to continue practicing. Have Ss mark paths and give directions to a partner. For higher-level Ss, have Ss ask questions about the map without giving their partner time to prepare an answer.
4 TRY IT YOURSELF
• Go over the directions for the game. For lower-level Ss, to make the game easier, give them a list of famous places in their city that they can choose from.
• Solicit three volunteers to model the example conversation. Point out that bus systems and numbers may differ based on location.
• Have groups complete the task. Encourage them to exchange roles and discuss different
transportation options.
OPTION If appropriate, bring in timetables for local public transportation. Ss can use these to determine which bus, train, or other mode of transportation they would need to take from their school to get to the famous places.
EXTENSION Extend the activity by having Ss talk about how to get to more than one famous place.
LOOK FOR While Ss are completing the Try It Yourself activity, walk around the class and listen to Ss’
conversations. Look to see if Ss are
✓ using public transportation vocabulary
✓ using there is / there are in questions and statements
✓ using contractions and any with negative statements
✓ thinking about the purpose of their statements EXIT TICKET On blank cards or pieces of paper, have Ss write a question about how to get from one location to another in their city using public transportation. Encourage them to use Is there or Are there in their questions. (For example, Is there a subway from the Art Museum to the street market?) If they know the answer to the question, have them write that too. Collect the cards and read them to identify areas for review in later lessons and individual Ss who may need additional practice.
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3 LISTENING
07-12 Listen to the podcast. Complete the sentence.
The purpose of the podcast is to about public transportation.
a. tell a story b. provide information c. show emotions
07-13 Listen again. Then look at the map of New York City. How can you get from Times Square to the Statue of Liberty? Circle the route on the map.
PAIRS Ask and answer questions about how to get to different places on the map.
A: I’m at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Is there a bus to the Empire State Building?
B: Yes, there is. …
4 TRY IT YOURSELF
GAME Student A: Think of a famous place in your city. Students B and C: Ask questions about the public transportation you can take from your school to the famous place.
Then guess the place.
B: Is there a bus from here to the place? A: Yes, there is.
C: Which bus is it? A: It’s the 12.
B: Where do you get off the bus? …
Times Square LISTENING SKILL Think about the purpose When you listen, think about the purpose of the conversation. This will help you understand. For example, does a podcast tell a story? Does it provide information?
Does it show an emotion?
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
STATENTO ISLAND NEW JERSEYTO
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
STATUE OF LIBERTY
TIMES SQUARE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
KEY
UNIT 7 81 I CAN ASK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
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1 VOCABULARY Getting around the city
07-14 Listen. Then listen and repeat.
PAIRS Look at these groups of words from 1A. Give each group a title and talk about why you chose those titles.
escalator stairs elevator
entrance exit lobby
sidewalk overpass pedestrian crossing
2 GRAMMAR Prepositions of movement
Verb Preposition Noun Verb Preposition Noun
Walk to the door. Get off the bus.
Drive through the tunnel. Go around the
corner.
Go across the street. Go past the bank.
Get on the bus. Go over the
overpass.
Go in the hotel. Go out the exit.
>> FOR PRACTICE, GO TO PAGE 141
COACH
a sidewalk a stop sign
an intersection a pedestrian crossing
the stairs an entrance
an overpass an escalator an exit a lobby an elevator
LESSON
82 UNIT 7
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ROSA DELGADO
@RosaD
At the hotel. Feeling tired, but ready to go sightseeing! Just need to get some directions …