English Focus

Look at the picture above, what do you see in the picture? Have you ever experienced them before? Tell a sentence using the word “vehicles.” ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Match the vehicles 1 to 9 with the vehicle’s categories A to E. ...................... 1. Docklands Light railways A. Railways ...................... 2. Underground B. Roadways ...................... 3. Overground C. Tramways ...................... 4. Black Cab D. Waterways ...................... 5. Santander cycle E. Airways ...................... 6. Double-decker bus ...................... 7. Tram ...................... 8. River cruise ...................... 9. Emirates Air Line 1|Page

A Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects they modify. Noun (Subject) + Verb + Comparative Adjective + than + Noun (Object). My house is larger than hers. (Large Larger) Jim and Jack are both my friends, but I like Jack better. (Good Better) A1.) Task Complete the following sentences with the correct comparative form of the word list below. high interesting bad difficult crowded good dangerous Examples: • Mountains are higher than hills. • English is more interesting that Math. 1) I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was ................................................................ than usual. 2) You should go to the doctor. Your cold is .................................................................... than it was a few days ago. 3) There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are ...................................................... than the small town where I live. 4) I don’t understand this lesson. It is .................................................................................... than the last one we did. 5) The doctor told me that I can go back to work if I feel ...................................................................... tomorrow. Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality. Noun (Subject) + Verb + the + Superlative Adjective + Noun (Object). My house is the largest one in our neighborhood. (Larger Largest) This is the best diamond I've ever seen. (Better Best) A2.) Task Complete the following sentences with the correct superlative form of the words listed below. Funny delicious cold smart bad rich Example: • Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world. 1) Yesterday was ................................................... day of the year. I almost froze to death walking home from school! 2) That was ................................................................ movie I’ve ever seen. I almost walked out in the middle. 3) Please give me your recipe. That is ........................................................................... cake I’ve ever eaten. 4) Jerry is .................................................................................. student in our class. He gets the top grades in every course. 5) Bob told ............................................................................... story last night. I couldn’t stop laughing. 2|Page

B An indirect question is not a question at all, we do not put an auxiliary verb before the subject. When you use these introductions to ask formally for Study the following examples. information, change the order of the words into Subject + verb + complement Where is the bus station? Could you tell me where the bus station is? - Do you know…? - Can I ask…? Who are those children? - Would you mind telling me…? Would you mind telling me who those - Do you have any idea…? children are? - I was wondering… - I’d like to know… What time does the movie begin? - Could you tell me…? Do you know what time the movie begins? - I don’t know… B1.) Task Make these direct questions more formal by starting them with the provided words. Make sure, you change the order in the sentences. Direct Indirect Where can I find the Do you know .................................................................................................................................. ? Double-decker bus? What do you know I was wondering ........................................................................................................................... ? about London? How much will the Can I ask ........................................................................................................................................... ? ticket cost? Who is the black cab Would you mind .......................................................................................................................... ? driver? Tips: Use the question word (what, where, how long, etc.) as a connector in the indirect question 1. How long have you worked in this place? ► I was wondering how long you have worked here. If there is no question word in the original question, use if or whether. 2. Do you have brothers or sisters? ► I don’t know if/whether you have brothers or sisters. B2.) Task Work with a partner, practice asking each other using the indirect questions in Unit B 3|Page

C C1.) Task (L05_1) Listen carefully to the audio track and circle the letter which matches the audio track and pictures given. 1.) A) Sir, I was wondering where I could find the black-cab service. B) Sir, I was wondering where I could find the black-cat service. C) Sir, I was wondering where she would find the black-cab service. 2.) A) Peter and Alice are not my fiancé, but he like Alice better. B) Peter and Alice are both my friends, but I like Alice better. C) Pete and Alice aren’t both me friends, but I like Alice butter. 3.) A) Mister Short is hiding on the great trouble-decker bus in London. B) Mister Scott is sitting on the best double-decker bus in London. C) Mister Scott is sitting on the worst double-decker bus in London. C2.) Task (L05_2) Listen to the conversation between two people on the track. Do the following statements agree with the audio information given? In box 1-4 below write: True If the statement agrees with the information False If the statement opposite with the information ................. 1. This situation is happening in London. ................. 2. Alice asks for directions on how to get to the railway station. ................. 3. The railway ticket cost depends on passenger ages. ................. 4. Adam is 24 years old. ................. 5. Adam could get a Disabled Persons Railcard that cost £30. • Have you ever used rail services before? Do you like it? • What vehicles do you prefer to use between rail service and taxi service? Why? • What is the advantage and disadvantage of using rail service? Exchange your ideas with your partner. • Name three transportations that you know. Which is your favorite? Give reasons. • If you could go to London, who would you go with? What would you do there? • Is there any place or thing in London that caught your interest? Why? 4|Page

What do you think? • Look at this car picture. What do you think about it? Do you like it? Why and why not? • If you could name this car, what name you're going to choose for it and why? C3.) (V05) Do we need small cars? Step 1: In class, watch the scene from TV show (V05) about “the smallest car in the world” Step 2: With your partner, take turns to ask and answer the questions. 1.Would you buy the peel P50 car? If yes, give the reasons why would you buy it. 2. If you could get any car of your own, what kind of car would you like? Why? Step 3: Divide in groups of 4-5, make a list of advantages and disadvantages of having a small car. Compare your lists with another group and make a complete list of ideas for a whole class. 5|Page

D D1.) Task Label the pictures with the correct words. Double-decker Bus Emirates Air Line Overground (Local Train) Trams Docklands Light Black Cabs Santander Cycle River Cruise Underground (Tubes) 1) ................................................ 2) ................................................ 3) ................................................ 4) ................................................ 5) ................................................ 6) ................................................ 7) ................................................ 8) ................................................ 9) ................................................ D2.) Task Look at the pictures 1-9 and match with the definitions below. What are the sentences refer to? 1. An arched, double-decker, red-painted motor vehicles system to use for carrying large numbers of passengers. 2. An automated light metro system which has a driverless line connected to the London Tube network. It serves parts of East and South East London. 3. System of electric train that are in London, England. It is the oldest tube station railway in the world. 4. People can see some of London’s most iconic sites from the Thames river. 5. A car with a driver who you pay to take you somewhere, it is also called hackney carriage. 6. London’s public bike-sharing scheme. 7. An electric vehicle that transport people, usually in cities that goes along metal tracks on the road. 8. A suburban rail network serving London and its environs. 9. A cable car link across the River Thames in London, England, built by Doppel Mayr with sponsorship from airline Emirates. 6|Page

E The Black Cab Is London's Transport Design Icon (BY JO CONNARTY) The black cab is the most iconic piece of London transport design. That's the outcome of a Transport for London's Transported by Design poll, in which more than 10,000 Londoners voted. Voters were given two months and a shortlist of 100 transport designs, carefully chosen by industry experts, staff and the London Transport Museum. Coming in at second place was the work of former London Transport Chief Executive, Frank Pick; he was the man who was commissioned by the Underground Group of companies to design countless classic tube posters and the Johnston typeface, still used on the network today. Third place went to Harry Beck's iconic tube map. Sam Mullins, director of London Transport Museum, said: “Good design is at the heart of everything that Transport for London and its predecessor organizations deliver; from the golden age of the publicity posters in the early 20th century to the technological developments and innovation that have led to London’s public transport system becoming a world leader.” Transport for London's Transported by Design program continues through next year, with London by Design, a season of events at the London Transport Museum which includes Night Shift — an exhibition about London after dark, and the unveiling of commemoration at Piccadilly Circus station to Frank Pick next autumn. E1.) SCANNING FOR DETAIL: Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements. ................. 1) The black cab is the second iconic transport of London. ................. 2) The technological developments and innovation had become a world leader of public transport system. ................. 3) More than 100,000 voters voted the most iconic piece of London transport design. ................. 4) Harry Beck commissioned the classic tube posters and the Johnston typeface. ................. 5) Nowadays, the classic tube posters and the Johnston typeface are still used on the network. E2.) COMPREHENSION: Read the article and answer the questions. 1) What is London’s most iconic transportation design? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. . 2) What is London’s second iconic transportation design? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. . 3) Who was commissioned to design the classic tube posters and the Johnston typeface? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. . 4) What is London’s third iconic transportation design? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. . 5) Where is London’s commemoration unveiled? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. . NOW YOU Compare the difference between a taxi or cab in London and your country. 7|Page

A. Indirect Question What Are Indirect Questions? Direct questions are the “normal” questions that we can ask friends, family members, and people who we know well. Example of a direct question: “Where’s the bathroom?” Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know very well, or in professional situations, and their form is a little different. Example of an indirect question: “Could you tell me where the bathroom is?” Task change 5 direct questions from the reading title B. into indirect questions. 1) What is London’s most iconic transportation design? Could you tell me .................................................................................................................................................................................... ? 2) How many people in London voted for the most iconic piece of London transport design? I was wondering ....................................................................................................................................................................................... ? 3) Who is the director of London Transport Museum? Do you know .............................................................................................................................................................................................. ? 4) Where is London’s commemoration unveiled? Can you tell me ......................................................................................................................................................................................... ? 5) When has the commemoration unveiled? Do you have any idea ............................................................................................................................................................................ ? B. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Task Choose the correct answer 1) Who is more independent than / the most independent person you know? 2) These sofas are more comfortable than / the most comfortable ours. 3) Who is the best / better than singer in the world? 4) We are younger than / the youngest the rest of the class. 5) My hair is the straightest / straighter than your hair. 6) He is more popular / the most popular singer in the world. 8|Page

Track (L05_1) on page 4 Narrator: The original Mini for example or the Bubble car. Picture A: Mister Scott is sitting on the best Narrator: But even these aren’t small, not really. double-decker bus in London. Narrator: Not compare to THIS “The Peel P50” Picture B: Sir, I was wondering where I could find the black-cab service. TV Host: That is 54 inches long and 41 inches wide. It’s listed in the Guinness book of Records as the smallest Picture C: Peter and Alice are both my friends, but production car ever I like Alice better. TV Host: and what I’m sure you’re expecting me to do now Track (L05_2) on page 4 is introduce Richard Hammond but what I’m actually going to do is drive it to work. Adam: Hey! Alice, would you mind telling me where is the nearest railway station? TV Host: All um... six foot five of me Alice: Oh… absolutely, keep going straight on this TV Host: No, that’s not gonna work. I’ll have to, hang on. road around 5 minutes. Like it, the S leg first, and then, yay! Adam: Great! I was wondering how will I know TV Host: Built on the Isle of man in the early 60s the P50 when I got there? was said to be almost cheaper than walking. Alice: Yes, you would see the biggest terminal TV Host: Cost just 198 pounds and did a hundred miles to around that area. That building would be the the gallon London overground station. TV Host: It sounds perfect then for the roads of today Adam: Can I ask how much it will cost? TV Host: Of course, there are one or two drawbacks Alice: Well, it depends on your age. May I ask you how old you are? TV Host: can’t imagine for instance that it’s terribly safe Adam: 24 TV Host: Not when your knees are the crumble zones Alice: Good. That means you can have the Young TV Host: And nor is it very fast Persons Railcard and it might cost you around £30. Also, you can get more information from the TV Host: What I’ve got down here by my right knee counter service. TV Host: In the cabin, making a lot of noise and generating Adam: Thank you very much for your help. Have quite a bit of heat a nice day! TV Host: It’s the 49cc engine from a moped Alice: Thank you. Have a nice trip, Adam. TV Host: Drove speed depends on how big you are Video (V05) on page 5 TV Host: And um…actually how much you have for Richard: And there’s more because as the country breakfast becomes more and more crowded and the environmentalists become more and more noisy. TV Host: realistically on the skinniest, shortest chap with the whitest of teeth will struggle to get past 35 Richard: It makes more and more sense than ever to have a ‘small’ car Narrator: The great thing about the car this small is that it’s very light TV Host: There are a lot to choose from, I got a selection here. Votes from Polo Suzuki Swift, nice Narrator: which means that when you get to work you just actually, and the Citroen C1. pick it up and carry it inside TV Host: The trouble is none of these cars are TV Host: I really do think that today I have seen the future really ‘small’ and it comes from 1963. TV Host: They are in fact ‘massive’ Narrator: Forty years ago, car makers could sell you something much smaller. 9|Page

KANKLUAY The authors and publisher team are grateful to those Publishing House who have given permission to reproduce the following extracts and adaptations of copyright material: Kankluay Publishing House, 88 Whitechapel High Street, London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Sources: THE COMPARATIVE AND THE E1 7QX, United Kingdom SUPERLATIVE. Available: Kankluay Publishing House is a part of Mae Fah Luang University. John amd Liz Soars (2009). American Headway 2; the 1st edition world's most trusted english course. 2nd ed. China: First published in 2019 Oxford University Press. p60-75. Editorial & Design Director: Kanwara (012) Managing Editor & Senior Designerr: Kittinan (020) Rachael Roberts, Heather Buchanan and Emma Development Editor & Design Manager: Kangsadan Pathare (2015). Navigate; intermediate B1+. China: (010) Oxford University Press. p2-160. Production & Image Editor: Natcha (069) Manufacturing manager & controller: Thin (085) & Margaret Helliwell (2015). Business Plus; preparing Chanoknan(047) for workplace. Malaysia: Vivar Printing. p1-113. Printed in Thailand by Kankluay Publishing House ISBN: 974 7 987865321 https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english- grammar/comparative-and-superlative/. Last accessed Kankluay Publishing House has no responsibility for 24th Nov 2019. the accuracy of URLs for external internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee Hewings, Martin. (2005). Advanced Grammar in Use. that any content on websites will remain. factual Cambridge: CUP (2nd ed) information providen in this work is correct at the time of the first printing. However, Kankluay Publishing Murphy, R. (2012). English Grammar in Use. House does not guarantee the accuracy of every Intermediate. Cambridge: CUP [4th ed] information thereafter. BBC Learning English. (2006-2016). Welcome to your Illustrations by: Kangsadan.Ati: p.3, p.4, p.8, p.9 new job. Indirect questions. Retrieved 03/05/17 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/l The Publisher would like to thanks the following ower-intermediate/unit-21/session-2 permission for their kind permission to reproduce photographs and illustrations: Table of Contents BBC Learning English. (2009). Language point. images ©️ (group of people/cliparts/ ©️ nicepng.com); Indirect Questions. Retrieved 03/05/17 from p.1 (cars/wallpaper/ ©️ avante.biz); p.5 (man in the peel50/footage/ ©️ dailymail.co.uk); p.6 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/fla (blackcab/vehicles/ ©️ tmates/episode46/languagepoint.shtml livelavidalondon.wordpress.com); p.6 (dockland light rail/vehicles/ ©️ newcivilengineer.com); p.6 (double EnglishPractice.com. (2019). Order of words in decker/vehicles/ ©️ standard.co.uk); p.6 (cable indirect questions. Available: car/vehicles/ ©️ getyourguide.com); p.6 https://www.englishpractice.com/improve/order- (overground/vehicles/ ©️ standard.co.uk); p.6 (london words-indirect-questions/. Last accessed 24th Nov cruise/vehicles/ ©️ atorus.ru); p.6 (santander 2019. bicycles/vehicles/ ©️ cyclingweekly.com); p.6 modern tram/vehicles/ ©️ bbc.com); p.6 (london Red River Press Inc. (2008). Comparatives and underground/vehicles/ ©️ thesun.co.uk); p.7 Superlatives of Adjectives. Available: (blackcab/b&w/ ©️ airqualitynews.com) http://kfrclasses.pbworks.com/f/Comparatives%20Sup erlatives%20worksheet%20with%20answers.pdf. Last accessed 24th Nov 2019. This book is printed on paper from certified and well-managed sources. 10 | P a g e