ENGLISH 2 GUIDE BIM 2

Reading

Bob
My favourite photo is of me and my best friends, Robin and Dean. It’s 2004, we’re 19 and we’re on holiday
in the US. We’re standing in a music shop. We’re looking for a CD for our trip and we can’t decide: reggae or
hip-hop?

Sarah
This is my village and some of the shops on Main Street: the florist’s, the bookshop and the newsagent’s.
Look! There’s my brother – he’s buying bread at the baker’s. He usually buys fresh bread and the
newspaper at the weekend.

Toni
I took this picture with my new mobile phone. My mum’s making a funny face! She’s saying: ‘Can you hurry
up?’ She hates this picture but I love it.

1 Read the text. Underline the correction.

1 Bob / Sarah talks about one shop.

2 Bob / Toni is on holiday.

3 Toni / Sarah talks about different shops.
4 Sarah / Bob is with friends.
5 Sarah / Toni’s photo shows someone’s face.
6 Sarah and Toni / Bob and Toni talk about someone in their family.

2 Read again. True or false?

1 Bob’s from the USA. False

2 Bob’s friends want to buy fresh bread. ________

3 Sarah’s brother usually buys the newspaper at the weekend. ________
4 Toni’s mum doesn’t like the picture. ________
5 There’s a pet shop on Main Street in Sarah’s village. ________
6 Bob and his friends are 19 years old today. ________

Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

music shop pet shop chemist’s jeweller’s newsagent’s florist’s

1 You can buy magazines and comics in a newsagent’s .

2 You can buy watches, earrings and necklaces in a _________________.
3 You can buy flowers and plants in a _________________.
4 You can buy a toy for your dog in a ________________.
5 You can buy paracetamol and plasters in a _____________________.
6 You can buy a guitar in a ____________________.

Grammar
1 Circle the correct option.
1 Jane and Toby are choosing / is choosing a necklace.

2 Kate is feed / is feeding the fish.

3 Henry is buying / are buying chocolate.
4 Lucas and Layla are danceing / are dancing in a competition.
5 I ’m trying on / ’m trieng on shoes.
6 Gina is writing / are writing a letter.

2 Underline the correct options.

1 Is / Are Layla buying / buy chocolate?

2 Is / Are Jane, Toby and Lucas trying / try on shoes?

3 Is / Are you dancing / dance in a competition?
4 Is / Are Henry feeding / feed the fish?
5 Is / Are Jane choosing / choose a necklace?
6 Who is / are writing / write a letter?

3 Look at the sentences. Write present actions (P) or future plans (F).
1 I’m flying to Japan next Friday. F

2 He’s chatting online now.__

3 She’s going to the chemist’s after school today.__
4 They’re running a marathon in March. __
5 We’re buying a new fish at the pet shop.__
6 I’m meeting Dave at 5 o’clock. __

Vocabulary
1 Match the definitions with the words in the box.
motorbike taxi bicycle plane tram train
1 It’s expensive to travel by this type of car. taxi

2 It’s got two wheels and it can go very fast. _______

3 It can fly. It’s the fastest way to travel from one country to another. _______
4 It’s a type of public transport in a city. It’s a kind of train but it goes on the streets. _______
5 It’s got two wheels. It's good exercise for your legs. _______
6 It’s very big; lots of people can travel on it. It connects cities and it can go very fast. _______

2 Underline the correct option.

There are lots of things to see in Madrid. The Prado Museum is a famous (1) art gallery / statue. It has got
lots of very important paintings. The Paseo del Prado is a big (2) bridge / street outside the Prado. It goes to
Atocha. Atocha is the (3) railway station / town hall. From Atocha, you can take high-speed trains to Seville
and other cities in Spain. The most beautiful (4) theatre / square in Madrid is probably the Plaza Mayor. It’s
very old. The most famous (5) statue / cathedral in Madrid is of a bear and it’s in the centre of the Puerta
del Sol. There’s also a (6) river / museum in Madrid called the Manzanares, but no one travels by boat.

Grammar
1 Underline the correct option.
1 Travelling by car is more fast / faster than walking.

2 Reading in English is easyer / easier than speaking.

3 Madrid is biger / bigger than Oviedo.
4 Trousers are more uncomfortable / uncomfortabler than skirts.
5 Basketball is more popular / popularer than golf.
6 Ronaldo is more rich / richer than me!