3. People

Complete the sentences with the name of the people from the country given:

1. People often say that the _________aren't as warm and friendly as other Europeans. (Britain)

2. We do quite a lot of business with the _________. (Japan)

3. The _________ and the _________ have always been at the centre of the drive for

European integration. (France, Germany)

4. Many people think the _________ invented the sauna, but actually it was

the_________ . (Sweden, Finland)

5. Some _________ speak French, while others speak German or Italian. (Switzerland)

6. Lots of _________ came to Britain before the Second World War. (Poland)

5 Major cities

Do you know how to pronounce the English names of these major cities?

Mark the stress. The first one has been done for you.

Athens Amsterdam Bangkok Beijing

Berlin Brussels Cairo Copenhagen

Dublin Edinburgh Helsinki Lisbon

London Madrid Milan Moscow

Nairobi Naples New York Paris

Rejkavik Stockholm Tokyo Warsaw

6 Languages

The word for a language is often the same as the adjective:

Germans speak German.

Remember, however, there are many languages which are not the name of countries, particularly those spoken in regions of a country. For many people the language they speak is a politically sensitive matter. Here are some expressions to help you talk about languages:

He speaks Swiss-German.

There's a Swedish-speaking minority in Finland.

Her first language is Catalan.

Her mother tongue is Irish Gaelic.

Some very important languages are the main or official language in certain parts of the world. Match the languages below with the places. Two of the languages are spoken in one of the countries.

1. Hebrew a. China

2. Mandarin b. Iran

3. Cantonese c. Israel

4. Hindi d. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt

5. Arabic e. India

6. Farsi

7 It's somewhere in Africa Complete the sentences with in or on:

1. It's somewhere . . . Central America.

2. It's . . . the west coast of Africa.

3. I think it's . . . the Balkans.

4. It's right . . . the equator.

5. It's . . . the other side of the world.

6. It's . . . the border of Argentina and Chile.

7. It's ... the Far East, isn't it?

8. It's right. . . the middle of Russia.

9. It's ... the Arctic.

Unit 2 national homes

Grammar Practice: The tense system

1. Identifying tenses

1. Write in the correct verb form, using the verb in bold.

walk

a Our baby Jack _______________ now. He's just twelve months old.

b ‘How did you get here?'

'We . It didn't take long.'

с After ten miles I had to stop for a rest. We _______________ non-stop for four

hours.

take

d My dog looked guilty. He some food from the kitchen table.

e It was a hard match. At half-time, one of the footballers _______________to

hospital.

f 'This shirt is £45, sir.'

'That's fine. I it.'

have

g I think we should buy a new car. We _______________ this one for ages.

h Don't phone at 8.00 this evening. We _______________ dinner then.

i We _______________a lovely picnic until my wife was stung by a bee.

make

j This is a great sandwich shop. Everything _______________freshly_______________.

k By the time I'm forty I_______________ enough money to retire.

l Have you heard about Lenny? He_______________ redundant.

wash

m 'Where are my jeans?'

'They_______________ at the moment. Sorry.'

n My favourite white T-shirt went pink. It _______________ with my daughter's red sweater.

о 'Why are you all wet?' I _______________ the car.'

sell

p I wish I'd bought that antique chair I saw in the shop window. It _______________by now.

q My sister earns a good salary. She life insurance policies.

r If no one offers to buy the house, it by auction next month.

teach

s At the end of this term I _______________ for six years.

t The soldiers how to use grenades when unfortunately one blew up and

injured them.