Speed Up English by WitWisdom

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bP A Conversation Course for High Bias MVieaNVecer

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As a follow-up to Start Up English, Speed Up English is a conversational textbook for English learners who are at a high beginner level The lessons and activities in each unit of this book will give learners opportunities to understand the basics of English structure and become familiar with beginner-level vocabulary and expressions This book will enable students to build up a strong foundation in the fundamentals of conversational English and develop higher-level speaking skills

There are 20 units in this book and each unit consists of the following subsections

1 Getting Ready

The Getting Ready section introduces relevant vocabulary items and expressions for each unit through simple activities This section provides a useful list of new words for beginners As the units proceed, learners will be able to effectively preview and review the appropriate lexical items for a particular English conversation

2 Focus

The Focus section provides the target structures of English for each unit This section will help students understand the grammatical forms and functions that are needed to convey meaning accurately

3 Talk 1

Talk | is a short dialogue that includes the target structures of each unit This shows learners how the words and

grammatical points they have covered in the subsections 1 and 2 can be used in an actual conversation Students

are expected to study the given dialogue first and then make use of the cue words presented under each picture to familiarize themselves with the expressions After a sufficient number of drill practices, teachers are expected to encourage learners to close their books and have a similar conversation

4 Talk 2

Talk 2 provides a more challenging conversation script with additional expressions Learners are not only expected to repeat the structures that they practiced with Talk 1, but also to become familiar with some other useful expressions

5 Activity 1

This section is designed to stimulate learners to practice a conversation with their peers by applying what they have learned in each unit By exchanging information, students have many chances to use real communication Easy instructions help students understand what to do

6 Activity 2

Activity 2 provides some authentic materials and cloze quizzes It also challenges the learners to use reading and writing skills This activity allows the students to check their understanding of each unit as way to wrap-up the

section

This edition could not have been completed without the valuable comments we received from the

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 02

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE 04

| Unit 1 Good to See You Again 06

| Unit 2 This Book Looks Interesting 12

| Unit 3 I Need to Go Shopping 18

| Unit 4 Will You Leave Tonight? 2h

| Unit 5 What Were You Doing Last Night? 30

| Unit 6 Have You Ever Been to Paris? 36

| Unit 7 You Should See a Doctor 42

| Unit 8 May I Take Your Order? 48

| unit 9 I'd Like to Book a Flight 54

| Unit 10 I Enjoy Reading Comic Books 60

Unit 11 Could You Close the Door? 66

nit 12 I Was Born in Paris

Unit 13 This Book Is Cheaper 78

Unit 14 Jerry Is the Brightest Person

Boil the Water, Please 90

Where Is the Park? If the Weather Is Good

Before I Leave, II Call You

Good Luck on Your Exam! I Wish I Were a Bird

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Speed Up English

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

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Good to See You Again

This Book Looks Interesting

| Need to Go Shopping

Will You Leave Tonight?

What Were You Doing Last Night?

Have You Ever Been to Paris?

You Should See a Doctor

May | Take Your Order?

I'd Like to Book a Flight | Enjoy Reading Comic Books Greetings: Personal Information Describing feelings Describing appearances, sounds, tastes & smells Going shopping Future Plans Past events Past experiences Suggestion / Advice Obligation Ordering foods Asking for permission Booking a flight Likes / Dislikes Wants / Hopes Everyday greetings Sense Verbs Measurement of food items College Majors Injuries Problems Tourist attractions 1llness Restaurant Airport Free time activities Social expressions The verb Be Sense Verbs Quantities: Using the units of measurement Future: Will, be going to-, Present Progressive Past Progressive Adverb clause : while ~ Present Perfect

Past participle forms of verbs

The Modal: Should for

Suggestion / advice

have to

The Modals: May, Could, Can

for permission

would like + noun would like to+verb

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11 12 13 1á 15 16 17 18 19 20 Could You Close the Door?

| Was Born in Paris

This Book Is Cheaper

Jerry Is the Brightest Person

Boil the Water, Please

Where Is the Park?

If the Weather Is Good Before | leave, lll Call You Good Luck on Your Exam! | Wish | Were a Bird Requests Passive Voice Comparison Comparison Recipes Instructions Giving Directions Factual Conditional Sequential events and reasons Greetings Unreal Conditional Making requests Past Participle Opposite adjectives Personality Food preparation Places in town Superstitions Adverb clauses Greetings for special occasions Wishes

The Modals: Could, Would,

Can for requests Do (Would) you mind~?

Passive forms of the Simple Present and Simple Past Comparatives, Equatives Superlatives Imperatives Prepositions of place Directions Conditionals: if, if not, unless Adverb clauses:

before, after, because

Wishes and Regrets

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€TN Everyday Greetings

Write the possible responses to each greeting Use the expressions on the list below

Nice to meet you

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a LO b Zs Social Expressions \

Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Good night

How are you? How's it going? How are you doing?

Excuse me Pardon? I'm sorry

| I'd like you to meet Grace This is my sister, Grace

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A: Hi, Jane Good to see you again B: Same here, Chris How are you?

A:1'm fine, thanks How about you? B: Not too bad

Practice the dialogue with your partner using the different expressions

below

| ’'m good | ’'m Okay

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A: Hey, Jason Long time no see

B: Yeah, it’s good to see you again How’s everything going?

How are you doing?

( How is it going? )

A: Not bad How's your work? B: It's going well

Practice the dialogue with your partner using the given expressions ` : tả -C3- How’s everything going? , ` 1! KT xế

your mom your work your dad She's doing fine It’s going well He’s doing great

How are you doing?

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your new job your daughter _ your husband s It’s getting better She’s doing great He’s doing okay

your business your new house your wife It’s going very well It’s just fine She’s fine

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about your partner in the chart

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\) Can I have your name?

@ Where are you from?

(8) what do you do for a living?

Who do you work for?

What do you like to do in your free time?

@ Where do you live?

(2) When is your birthday?

Interview Your Classmates

) Work in pairs Take turns asking and answering the following questions Write the information Name From Occupation Hobby Address Birthdate © Introduce your partner to your classmates based on the information above

Hi, everyone I’d like you to meet my partner, Nancy She is from Thailand She is a high school math teacher

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Meet Mother Teresa

“> Read the following story about Mother Teresa Find out information (nationality, family, hobbies, etc.) about her

Teresa was born in a town in the province of Kosovo in 1910 Her father was a successful merchant Her parents had three children, and Teresa was the youngest The family was Albanian and her mother language was Albanian She started helping the poor from the age of 12 and became a catholic nun She helped homeless children and the poor She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 She

died in 1997

Mother Teresa | 1910~1997

Work in pairs Take turns asking and answering the following questions Write the answers in the blanks Check the correct answers with the class

(2 Where was she born? She was born in

@) When was she born?

(3 How many brothers and sisters did she have?

How many people were in her family?

C ) What was her first language?

(2) what did she do?

\, When did she pass away?

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© The following shows some information about Albert Einstein, one of the most famous scientists in the 20th century Write a short story about Einstein using the given information Use the story you read in Activity 2 as a model Albert Einstein | 1879~1955 Name: Albert Einstein Birthplace : Germany Birthdate : March 14, 1879 dob: Scientist Family : Jewish

Award : Nobel Prize for Physics, 1921

® Work in pairs Take turns asking and answering the questions below

When was he born?

—

|) Where was he born?

What was his job?

[6] Where did he come from?

| When did he pass away?

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Complete the sentences with the proper verbs from the list

@ smell © taste @& sound

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It is/looks windy outside The fish fresh The chicken good Mark is/feels/looks cold The cat hungry Peter satisfied

The TV program boring The music so good The dress wonderful Kathy sleepy Jenny relaxed Mary happy

The class terrible The book interesting The suit tight Nick disappointed It popular Carry uncomfortable

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A D>

ZZ look, feel, smell, taste, sound \

» [like your dress It is wonderful It looks) wonderful * Lworked until midnight lam tired (feel) tired

+ What is this food called? It is great It smells great

» Have some more This ice cream is good This ice cream tastes|good

» [like your idea It is great It’sounds great

A: Are you busy tonight?

B: No, I’m free Why?

A: I’m going to a party Do you want to come? B: Of course That sounds great

Practice the dialogue with your partner

1 a magic show 2 a piano concert 3 a rock festival

good nice interesting

4 a fashion show 5 the art gallery 6 the ballet

fantastic great wonderful

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A: How’s the chicken?

B: | love it It tastes wonderful

Practice the dialogue with your partner using one of the verbs : look, taste, and smell 1 wine 2 coffee 3 car wonderful nice LOTION great ——

4 ice cream 5 lotion 6 new house

fantastic great terrific

A: How was the presentation?

B: It was terrible I felt so angry A: How was the movie?

B: It was great | felt so touched Practice the dialogue with your partner

blind date meeting

beach musical

disappointed uncomfortable

refreshed happy

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Student A

© You are looking for a nice restaurant for dinner with your family Ask your partner if he/she has a place to recommend Find out what the restaurant is like by asking the questions below and complete the chart

Questions Answers

+ Could you recommend a good restaurant? “ Yes, | know one * What’s the name of the place?

« Where is it?

+ What do they serve?

It’s ABC restaurant It's downtown

They have all kinds of Italian food « How is the service? The service is great

« How is the food? Everything tastes perfect

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¢ What dish do you recommend? | recommend the pork chops They taste wonderful

The Restaurant My Partner Recommends

Name of the Restaurant

Location Downtown Victoria Food Type

Taste

Service Must Try

~ Now, your partner will ask you questions about the restaurant you want to recommend Answer your partner's questions based on the information given below

The Restaurant | Want to Recommend Name of the Restaurant Glenwood Location Downtown LA Food Type Italian Taste Great Service Excellent

Must Try Mozzarella Cheese Pizza

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_ Share Your Experience Us Student B

@ Your partner will ask you questions about the restaurant you want to recommend Answer your partner's questions based on the information given below

The Restaurant | Want to Recommend

Name of the Restaurant Stuart Steak House Location Downtown Victoria Food Type Steak

Taste Excellent

Service Good

Must Try Beefsteak and Garden Salads

Questions Answers

* Could you recommend a good restaurant? = Yes, | know one « What’s the name of the place? ® It’s ABC restaurant ° Where is it? => It’s downtown

+ What do they serve? sò They have all kinds of Italian food * How is the service? >

+ How is the food? >

+ What dish do you recommend? >

The service is great Everything tastes perfect

| recommend the pork chops They taste wonderful

®Now, you are looking for a nice restaurant for dinner with your family Ask your partner if he/she has a place to recommend Find out what the restaurant is like by asking the questions above and complete the chart

The Restaurant My Partner Recommends

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First Impressions

What is your first impression of the following pictures? Choose proper adjectives from the list and make sentences using the verb ‘look’ See the example sentences You may use

other adjectives that you know

She She

The buildings

These shoes Those shoes

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) Need to Go Shopping

Caz» Measurements of Food Items

Fill in the blanks using the expressions below

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nh Measurements of Food Items \

| Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns

A bag of onions} A jar of jam

| Two) bagsj of onions) 'Twol jars| of jam |

A: May [help you? A: May | help you?

B: Yes, please Do you have bananas? _B: Yes, please Do you have ground coffee?

A: Sure How many do you need? A: Sure How much do you need?

B: | need a bunch of bananas B: I need a kilogram of ground coffee

A: Here you are Do you need A: Here you are Do you need anything

anything else? else?

B: No, thanks B: No, thanks

=

@ grapes ® jam © cabbage

a bunch of three jars of 2ads 4 ey 4® Z4 ue fe vai @ bread © onions - milk : a bag of a carton of

two boxes of four cans of two pieces of

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A: I'm going shopping Do you need anything from the supermarket?

B: Yes, I need a bag of flour: A: A bag of flour? Anything else?

B: Let's see Oh, I also need two cans of chicken soup

A: Is that all?

B: Yes, thank you

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Let’s Go Shopping! Student A

You and your partner are going grocery shopping this afternoon You want to shop at a

store where the food items are the cheapest So, by comparing the prices at the two stores (Grand Supermarket and April Store), you will decide which store you should go to

irst, look at the pictures Write how much/many of each item on the list you need Then, check if the two of you made the same list of food items Shopping List Grand April Supermarket Store ~ two cartons of orange juice $ $ _ grapes $ $ _ muffins $ $ eo milk $ $ steak sauce $ $ _ soup $ $ total $ $

® You have the coupon flyer from Grand Supermarket And your partner has the coupon flyer from April Store Share the price information in the flyers with your partner Write down the prices of each item in the blanks

Grand Supermarket Prices in effect July 17) through 27th

potato chips salsa steak sauce orange juice milk pizza

2 for $3.00 2 for $4.00 2 for $3.00 2 for $5.00 $1.50 salad dressing muffins soup grapes watermelon beef % đ © 3 for $6.00 $6.00 $3.99/1b $8.49/1b

A: We need two cartons of orange juice

B: Yes, right How much is orange juice at Grand Supermarket? A: 5 dollars for two cartons How much is it at April Store? B: 4 dollars and 75 cents for two cartons

price

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Let's Go Shopping!

You and your partner are going grocery shopping this afternoon You want to shop at a store where the food items are the cheapest So, by comparing the prices at the two stores (Grand Supermarket and April Store), you will decide which store you should go to

First, look at the pictures Write how much/many of each item on the list you need Then, check if the two of you made the same list of food items Shopping List Grand April Supermarket Store two cartons of orange juice $ $ grapes $ $ muffins $ $ milk $ $ steak sauce $ $ soup $ $ total $ $

You have the coupon flyer from April Store And your partner has the coupon flyer from Grand Supermarket Share the price information in the flyers with your partner Write down the prices of each item in the blanks

April store Prices in effect July 17* through 27%

potato chips salsa steak sauce orange juice — milk pizza aie Ke i tu

3 for $3.00 for $4.00 $2.00 2 for $4.75 $1.25

salad dressing muffins soup grapes watermelon

= %® @

2 for $3.69 3for$4.00 $4.00 $2.99/1b $8.09/1b

A: We need two cartons of orange juice

B: Yes, right How much is orange juice at Grand Supermarket? A: 5 dollars for two cartons How much is it at April Store? B: 4 dollars and 75 cents for two cartons

» Add up the prices of the items Decide which supermarket you will go to based on the total

price

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Food Preparation

+ a Sunday breakfast for your family

+ a Valentine’s Day dinner for you and your boy/ girlfriend + anice dinner for your parents

+ adish for a potluck party * your favorite dish

+ a meal for someone who is sick + food for a picnic in the park

- a dish for a child’s birthday party

Decide what food your group is going to make based on what you’ve chosen above Write a shopping list of the ingredients you will need to make the food

Shopping List for

See this example dialogue when you make a shopping list

A: So, we re going to make a chicken soup | think we need some carrots, onions, and chicken

B: That’s right We also need some salt and pepper C: Umm | can’t think of any other things

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CED cattege majors

Put each major in the proper category

~ Liberal Arts ~~ Science

~ Arts ~~ Others

~» Psychology @ Biology â Accounting

đ Astronomy â Chemistry @® Sociology

“> Mathematics ® Social Work ©) Computer Science @ Business “> Political Science ® Philosophy > Film ® Architecture “> Design ® Linguistics “> Physics @ Economics

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I you will she/he leave tonight? we they ( EZ | 1 | Future Tense - will you I Yes, she/he will we they No, I she/he won't | you | we they | 2 | Future Tense- be going to ~ /Present Progressive you ing t Are they going ° having we oing to Is she/he 8 ng having lam have dinner at 6? Yes, they are we are

have dinner at 6? Yes, she/he is

A: Are you going to college next year? B: Yes, I am

A: What are you going to study?

B: I'm going to study Engineering

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A: Fm studying for my math exam tonight Will you help me with it? B: m sorry, I can’t I'll be very busy tonight How about tomorrow? A: Well, | have to work on my Physics paper

I'll ask someone else Thanks anyway

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Student À

You and your partner are planning to travel around the United States during the vacation, so the two of you searched the Internet to find some package tours

You found a package tour to San Francisco Talk to your partner and give the information about the tour schedule based on what you found below Use be going to to express the future See the example below eG tot 4 » xe ff A ẽ | Ee http://www tourtour.cna | Search for: | Travel to San Francisco_ onthe Web | $ | Tourtour Search _Ì ee = General schedule Day 1: + arrive at San Francisco hosing N01

peg + go to Monterey Bay

Day 2: - go to Golden Gate Bridge

+ look around Alcatraz Island

Day 3: - leave for New York

A: | found a good package tour to San Francisco B: What’s the schedule like?

A: It’s three days and two nights On the first day,

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Student B

You and your partner are planning to travel around the United States during the vacation, so the two of you searched the Internet to find some package tours

@ Your partner found a package tour to San Francisco Talk to your partner and get the information about the tour schedule Write down the information in the box See the example below

Travel to | Pardon? How do you

oo TT spell the name of the

= General schedule place(it)?

A-L-C-A-T-R-A-Z

A: | found a good package tour to San Francisco B: What’s the schedule like?

A: It’s three days and two nights On the first day,

® You found a package tour to New York Talk to your partner and give the information about the tour schedule based on what you found below Use be going to to express the future fa : : : — @Toutou ˆ | 9 Ð® xX 82 tf ® & & mm | Search for: raveltoNew York |onthe Web +] Tourtour Search — i Tên Ỷ = General schedule

Day 1: - arrive at New York

+ visit the White House, Lincoln Memorial Museum

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Future Report Maybe some day in the future a EWiune l2 a / Tisre will Be me ovo wer Robots will t | Time travel will be | possible

® Write your own predictions about future What is likely to happen?

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A Choose the correct expression describing each picture below

bum one's hand ® break one’s leg > break one’s arm @ lose one’s wallet — break one’s tooth © sprain one’s ankle _ have a car accident © fall off the ladder > cut one’s finger

Amanda Bert Rick

Sylvia

Peter Mary

B Write what happened to the person in each picture Use past forms of the verbs

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T ~ 8A Past Progressive A I I yesterday? She/He was dancing What was she/he doing last night? It it last Friday?

You you yesterday?

We were dancing What were they doing last night?

| They we last Friday?

A: What were you doing at 7:00 A: What was Jake doing at 7:00

last night? last night?

B: Lwas watching TV B: He was watching TV

A: Were you really watching TV? A: Was he really watching TV?

B: Of course, I was B: Of course, he was

you Scott and Teresa Sylvia and her brother

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A: Amanda broke her leg B: Oh, did she?

A: Yes, she broke her leg while she was skiing B: That’s too bad

@ Sylvia @ Peter @® 0 = = Han

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Activi 4 _ What Were You Doing? Ầ Wo

1 i!

Think about what you did last night Try to write down the things you did in the box You may use the expressions listed below

— With your partner, take turns asking and answering questions about what you were doing at the times below Write down your partner’s answers in the chart

A: What were you doing at 8:00 last night? B: | was watching my favorite sitcom on TV

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What Were You Doing? We

» Think about what you did last night Try to write down the things you did in the box You may use the expressions listed below

With your partner, take turns asking and answering questions about what you were doing at the times below Write down your partner's answers in the chart

Gas Tull

A: What were you doing at 8:00 last night? B: | was watching my favorite sitcom on TV

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Making Sentences Longer

Make new sentences by putting the sentences in box A and box B together Use ‘while’ and

| have dinner with my boy/ girlfriend

| watch TV in the living room | ride a bicycle

| think about him/her

| talk on the cellphone | read a book in the bedroom

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) You Ever to Paris?

(Centing Roady) Tour )

Fill in the blanks with the proper words from the list ©@) Tourist Attractions ©) Cruise ® Bridge > Tower @ Palace > Temple @ Museum © Statue © Square

The of Liberty Fountain

Complete the chart with the right form of the verb

Present Past Past Participle Present Past Past Participle

arrive enter |

stay | visit |

finish | enjoy

stop hope

@® Past Participle - Irregular Verbs

Present Past Past Participle Present Past Past Participle

do did done | take took |

have had | be was/ were |

ate eaten Ì come come ị

see seen made made /

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| Has she/he (ever) seen theEiffelTowe? Yes, she/he has

| No, she/he hasn't!

A: Have you ever been to Paris? B: No, I haven’t Have you?

A: Sure, I have Have you ever been to New York? B: No, I've never been there

see the Eiffel Tower eat real Italian pizza see the Statue of Liberty visit the Wax Museum eat real Italian spaghetti (a) (5) fs) Ws qe ar

be late for the train write a poem see a hockey game be late for the flight write a music see a basketball game

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A:1 got a postcard from Jake A:1 got a postcard from my brothers

B: Really? Isn't he traveling China now? _B: Really? Aren't they traveling China now?

A: Yes, he is He says he has visited A: Yes, they are They say they have visited

many interesting places many interesting places

B: It sounds like he’s having fun B: It sounds like they're having fun

Practice the dialogue with your partner 1 my girlfriend Europe visit some well-known European museums 4 my sister $ Korea *2 my parents Hawaii do whale watching (

visit some old palaces

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I’ve Been in New York Bo Student A

“You are in New York on vacation Write an e-mail to your friend about what you've done in New York so far Complete the e-mail with the things you've done listed below Use the present perfect forms of the verbs

What you’ve done in New York

ĐO ANH y TS £ Teed? carn

See a famous » Go to the Empire State » See the Statue of » Visit the American Broadway musical building Liberty Museum of Natural See an old friend » Go to Yankee Stadium » Have dinner at History

China town » Go to Central Park

[To] :

[Subject] : I'm having a good time

Dear Daniel

How are you doing?

| have been in New York for five days Dear _

I’ve visited the Museum of Modern Art | have seen a famous Broadway show, and I’ve been to Central Park

Love, Sara

» Listen to your partner reading the e-mail he/she wrote about the things he/she has done in Paris Make a list of what he/she has done

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[ve Been in Paris g5 Student B

© You are in Paris on vacation Write an e-mail to your friend about what you've done in Paris so far Complete the e-mail with the things you've done listed below Use the present perfect forms of the verbs

What you’ve done in Paris

1 Bà VIỆT" j pera t SỈ!

: See the Eiffel Tower - Go to D'orsay Museum - visited Notre Dame_ - Visit the Louvre Museum

: Take a Senne River - Go to Sorbonne Cathedral - Go to Montmarte

cruise University Drink coffee at an old cafe ): [To] : [CC]: Dear Daniel

H doing? [Subject] : I'm having a good time

ow are you doing?

| have been in New York for five days Dear _

I’ve visited the Museum of Modern Art | have seen a famous Broadway show, and I’ve been to Central Park

Love, Sara

Listen to your partner reading the e-mail he/she wrote about the things he/she has done in New York Make a list of what he/she has done

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