Do this activity and

• practise your reading comprehension.
• learn more about some favourite destinations in the USA.

INTRODUCTION

The United States offers many possibilities of travel and adventure. As you have seen in your course book, there are amazing photographs from touristic locations. With this activity, you can find information about other destinations in the USA and about what you can do once there.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open this document to answer the questions. Print it out to hand in or email it to your teacher.
2. Go to the USA TOURIST website and choose US Cities from the top menu.
3. Look at the map and click on the city of Washington DC.
4. Browse down the page and find the answers to the questions in this document. You don't need to understand all the words. Use The Richmond Electronic dictionary.

QUESTIONS:

1. How many airports does Washington DC have?
2. Name four major free attractions that you can visit.
3. Go back to the previous page and look in the map to find the name of the three cities to the north of Washington DC.

FURTHER PRACTICE:

1. Go back to the main page of the USA TOURIST website.
2. Choose one set of photographs from the Photo Gallery.
3. Choose one photograph in one destination and describe what you would write on a postcard to your friends. Imagine you are there and write about ten lines.

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Do this activity and

• practise your listening skills.
• learn more about supermarket techniques to make you buy more.

INTRODUCTION

Supermarkets often use tricks to make you buy more. Today you are going to watch a video from an expert who tells you what these tricks are.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open this document to answer the questions. Print it out to hand in or email it to your teacher.
2. Go to this website.
3. Click on the play button and watch the first part of the video titled
   How do supermarkets try and make us spend more money? You don't need to understand all the words. Use The Richmond Electronic dictionary.
4. Watch it again and choose the correct answers for PART 1.
5. Then, click on the play button and watch the second part of the video titled
   How do supermarkets lure us in to start with?
6. Watch it again and choose the correct answers for PART 2.

Useful vocabulary:

• Lure: Attract.
• Bargain: Very cheap.
• Alley: Corridor in the supermarket.
• Stuff: Things, food, etc.

PART 1

How does Jane define supermarkets?

1. Supermarkets are just big machines to make us spend more money than we intend.
2. Supermarkets are like big machines to make us cry.
3. Supermarkets are big shops where you can buy everything.

What advice does she give?

1. Never shop after you have eaten.
2. Never shop if you are not hungry.
3. Never shop if you are hungry.

The most expensive stuff is...

1. at the end of the alley.
2. on the bottom shelf.
3. on the top shelf.

PART 2

Supermarkets lure us in with...

1. special offers and free food.
2. free offers and special parking.
3. free parking and lots of special offers.

Jane thinks that...

1. a lot of people use a credit card with the special offers.
2. very few people buy things they don't need.
3. a lot of people buy things they don't need.

FURTHER PRACTICE

1. Go to this website.
2. Click on the play button and watch the third part of the video titled
   Where are the best bargains located in the supermarkets?
3. Watch it again and choose the correct answer:

Bargains are not found on...

1. the top shelf.
2. the bottom shelf.
3. the middle shelf.

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Do this activity and

• practise your listening and reading skills.
• explore the seven wonders of the ancient world.

INTRODUCTION

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. But there are six more for you to discover. These were the predecessors of the modern wonders today. Let's get started by reading first and watching a video later.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Open this document to answer the questions. Print it out to hand in or email it to your teacher.
2. Go to this website. Click on each picture to complete the information in this document. You don't need to understand all the words. Use The Richmond Electronic dictionary.

COMPLETE:

Name of the ancient Wonder:
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Name of the ancient Wonder:
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Name of the ancient Wonder:
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Name of the ancient Wonder:
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Name of the ancient Wonder:
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Name of the ancient Wonder:
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Name of the ancient Wonder:
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FURTHER PRACTICE

Go to this website and watch the video to say if these sentences are true or false:

1. The Great Pyramid is the only ancient wonder that stands to be seen.	TRUE	FALSE
2. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the smallest of the three great pyramids.	TRUE	FALSE
3. It took more than ten years to build this pyramid.	TRUE	FALSE
4. The pyramid consists of twelve million stones.	TRUE	FALSE

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