Cross out the word which are not in the picture

Grammar

Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence.

Plane is the most fastest means of transport.

You can get by on taxi to the city centre.

Pedestrians must cross the street at on the pedestrian crossing.

Grammar

Сhoose the right verb.

1. Pedestrians

   cross the street at the zebra crossing.

2. Drivers

   cross the road if the light is red or amber.

3.  Bikers

   wear crash helmets.

4. You

   drive a car if you are older than 18 years old.

Vocabulary

Match the phrase and the picture.

To get by tram

To get by suburban train

To get by tube

Vocabulary

Put the words in the correct place in the picture.

traffic lights

a pedestrian crossing

pedestrians

Reading

Match the country and the typical means of transport.

Speaking

Put the phrases in the correct order.

1-st woman:

Excuse me!

2-nd woman:

You can get to the nearest supermarket by bus №10. You need the bus stop “Krasnodarskaya street”

1-st woman:

Thanks a lot!

2-nd woman:

It will take you 4 minutes by bus. Also, you can walk. It will take you 15 minutes.

1-st woman:

Good. Could you tell me how to walk to the nearest supermarket?

2-nd woman:

1-st woman: Thank you! Can I take a taxi here?

I am in a hurry right now.

2-nd woman:

1-st woman: Thanks a lot for your help!

You сan go straight to the corner of this building, then turn to the left and walk for about 10 minutes.

Sure. You can take the black cab over there!

How much time does it take?

How can I get to the nearest supermarket?

Listening

Select and underline the right variant.

Tim lives:

   1) far from school.

   2) not far from school.

   3) very close to school.

Tim:

     1) Walks to school.

     2) Gets by bus.

     3) Gets by tram.

 Tim’s favourite means of transport is Tube, because:

      1) It’s cheap.

      2) It’s comfortable.

      3) It’s cheap and fast.

Vocabulary

Let’s play! Find 5 hidden words related to the theme «Getting Around in London».

GJHKLJPOCABNHGFYUYKHJHK

TYGHTUBEJNMNMNNMTRAMK

AQWSFCSLEDHJHJMPOUMNBV

OIFGXPLANESDNMQEWTPOIUV

Grammar

Complete the sentences with the right word.

1. What is your favourite
   

   
   of transport?

2. How
   

   
   time does it take to get to the nearest library?

3. How
   

   
   I get the supermarket? – By bus №3.

4. What
   

   
   the main rules for drivers in your country?

Writing

Complete the sentences, using the fact file of the person.

Fact File
Means of transport	Bus
Model	Double-decker
Cost of the ticket	2£
Frequency/regularity	Every 10 minutes
Seats	New, comfortable
Problems	The last bus — 9 p.m

A lot of tourists nowadays prefer buses to other means of transport. The most popular bus in London 

. An average ticket

. You can buy it at most bus stops before boarding the bus. The bus runs

. So, you won’t be late for the urgent meeting. All the seats

. The only one problem – the last bus departs

o’clock.

Vocabulary

Match the means of transport to the categories.

Maritime transport:	Air transport:	Terrestrial transport:

an ocean liner

a suburban train

a cruise ship

a helicopter

a plane

a double-decker

Writing

Match the halves of the sentences.

Russian and English drivers and passengers

In both Russia and England bikers

the right hand side of the road.

the left hand side of the road.

Listening

Listen to the speaker and cross out the incorrect sentences.

1. Tim gets to school by bicycle.
2. Tim lives not far from his school.
3. It takes him 30 minutes to get to school.
4. Tim and his friends prefer going by bus, because it’s cheap and fast.
5. Tim and his friends like to go to school together.

Vocabulary

Find all the hidden means of transport in a crossword puzzle.

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m TASK 2

Effective presenters introduce and highlight visual information briefly and clearly, Remember to keep everything simple. Write out the following sentence fragments in the correct order to make complete presentation extracts. The cassette provides a good model for you. Use it to check your answers after you have done the exercise.

EXTRACT 1

see, it’s a fairly typical growth

Have a look at

stages of its developmenr. T h e vertical axis

and the horizontal

this graph. As you can

shows turnover in millions of dollars

curve for a young company in the early

axis represents the years 1990 to 1996

EXTRACT 2

productivity of our European

levels in the Netherlands, shown

looking at very clearly

plants, and gives you some

T h e graph we’re

here, exceed the rest

idea of how far production

demonstrates the comparative

EXTRACT 3

products. Let’s take a closer

which shows the current

growth sector

I’d like you

position of six of our leading

movement in the high

to look at this chart,

look for a moment at product

Now underline the most useful expressions used to introduce visuals and highlight key points.

Commenting on Visuals

TASK 1

These expressions highlight important information in a visual. Complete them using the following words:

		on	to	at	out	about
		us to look	1.	. . . . . .this part of the graph in more detail.
		us to focus our attention	2.	. . . . . .one particularly important feature.
	l	I’d like you to think	3. . . . . . .the significance of this figure here.
	to point	4. . . . . . .one or two interesting details.
	l
	to draw your attention	5 .	. . . . . . the upper half of the chart.

TASK 2

These expressions comment on important information in a visual. Complete them using the following words:

	If	As	Whatever	Whichever	However
1. . . . . . . . . .. you can see, there are several surprising developments.
2.	. . . . . . . . . .you look at it more closely, you’ll notice a couple of apparent anomalies.
3.	. . . . . . .. . . you try to explain it, this is very bad news.
4.	. . .. . . . . . . the reasons for this, the underlying trend is obvious.
5.	. . . . . . . . . . way you look at it, these are some of our best results ever.

TASK 3

These expressions interpret important information in a visual. Complete them using the following words:

lesson	message	significance	conclusions	implications
				—

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .to be drawn from this are

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .to be learned from this is

I’m sure the	3.	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of this are	clear to all of us.
	4.	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .of this is
	5.	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .here is

Now highlight all the useful expressions, eg. I’d like us to look at, I’d like us to focus our attention on etc.

TASK 4

I n the box below prepare a visual which is relevant to your work, company or interests. Present it several times, using the suggested expressions to help you.

Introduction and Explanation

Take a look at this / Let’s have a look at this / I’d like you to look at this.

Here we can see …….

The ……	represents . . .	. . . And the	……represents …….
Highlights and Comments		As you can see, …….
I’d like us to look at ……	in more detail.

I’d also like to draw your attention to …… .

If you look at it more closely, you’ll notice …….

Interpretations

I’m sure the implications of this / the conclusions to be drawn from this are clear to all of us.

presenting in english 2.3 exploiting visuals

Change and Development 1

TASK 1

Here are the most important verbs used to talk about change and development. Complete them by adding the vowels a, e, i, o and U.

1 5 . ~ —-k	1 6 . h — t — l — W	1 8 . g r — W	2 0 . s h r — n k
	1 7 . b — t t — m —t	1 9 . — x p — n d	2 1 . d — c l — n —

TASK 2

Now answer the following questions:

1.Which of these verbs are irregular (eg. rise — rose — risen)?

2.Which can be both a verb and a noun (eg. to rise — a rise)?

3.Which can be changed into a noun (eg. fluctuate — fluctuation)?

There was a(n) .

presenting in rnglirh 2.4

exploiting visuals

Change and Development 2

TASK I

Write the following adjectives in the correct space on the diagram below according to what kind of change they describe:

	a(n)	substantial	rapid	encouraging	slight	spectacular	increase
	disastrous	moderate	disappointing	steady	enormous

Which of the words above mean more or less the same as the following:

a.massive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b. gradual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c.significant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d.tremendous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TASK 2

Cross out the word which does not fit in the following sentences:

1.Demand increased slightly / steadily / tremendously / disappointingly.

2.Interest rates rose sharply / considerably / keenly / marginally.

3.Profitability slumped moderately / disastrously / suddenly / rapidly.

4.The price of oil fluctuated enormously / wildly / gradually / dramatically. Now reewrite the sentences above using a noun instead of a verb:

1. There was a(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:. . . . .

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,Therewasa(n). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. There was a(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

presenting in english 2.5 exploiring visuals

Change and Development 3

m TASK 1

Below you will find an extract from a presentation comparing stock market performance in four European countries. Complete it using the words given in the lists.

PART 1

around at downs SO upward of

First, let’s have a look at this graph, which shows us the

ups and 1) . . . . . . . .	in the ‘footsie’ over the last three
months. As you can see, the overall trend is (2) . . . . . . .
with the index finishing up (3) . . . . . . . .	(4) . . . . . . . .

3,200 in mid-May. This trend, however, can’t hide the fact

that there was a fall (5) . . . . . . . .	some eighty points or
(6) . . . . . . . .	between the middle of February and the

beginning of March. We’ll be looking at the reasons for this unexpected dip in a moment.

PART 2

at	about	of	over	to	from
					PARIS
In Paris it’s been the same story, with the C A C falling
(1) . . . .	. . . .just (2) .	.	. . . . . . 1850 in mid-February
(3) ……..	(4) ……..		1720 three weeks later. Again,
though, overall performance has been good, the C A C
putting on roughly 120 points over the three-month
period, peaking (5) …….		.just short (6)	……..	2020,
give or take a point.

Source of graphs: T h e European

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cxplo iting visuals

PRESENTATION

Complete the visuals below with information relevant to your work, company or interests. Make a few notes on each before you present them. You don’t need to describe the visuals in detail. Give approximate figures and point out the overall trends and developments.

notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Cause, Effect and Purpose

TASK 1

Look at the following extracts from a report. Change them into what you might say in a presentation, using and, because and to. Remember to change noun phrases into verb phrases where possible. The first words are given:

1.TV coverage of the launch led to a significant increase in customer response rate.

The launch, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.There has been a dramatic fall in operating costs as a result of last year’s efforts.

Operating costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.Product modifications may be needed in order to remain internationally competitive.

We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4.Market entry was successful due to our competitive pricing strategy.

We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.Investment was increased so as to take advantage of the upturn in the economy.

We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.The slowdown in growth was caused by a loss of corporate confidence.

Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

presenling in english 2.6

exp/oirir~gvisuals

TASK 2

Sort the following expressions:

thanks to	brought about	gave rise to	can be traced back to
accounts for	owing to	resulted in	is attributable to

PRESENTATION

Present the graph below. Don’t worry about quoting precise dates and figures, but pay particular attention to the language of cause, effect and purpose. Remember, and, because and to are usually the only words you will need. The graph has labels to help you.

	1000s UNITS	Takeover of
	main competitor

Change to new distributor