IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

• successfully deal with Section 1 form completion tasks
• correctly understand names and numbers
• develop your paraphrasing skills for multiple-choice questions
• understand and use future time conditionals.

01. Think of a city you would like to spend some time in. Discuss with a partner which options you would prefer and why.

• A visit to a museum OR a stroll through the park?
• A city tour OR a sports event?
• An evening at a restaurant OR at the theatre?
• A day wandering around the shops OR exploring the backstreets?
• Seeing the city by day OR at night?

02. Read these sentences that you might hear when deciding to go on a city tour. Look at each group of words in bold type. Decide which is NOT a synonym of the others and explain how it differs. In one sentence there are no synonyms.

'As long as you (1) book/ select / reserve your tickets online at least 24 hours in advance, you can get a special (2)discount/ reduction/ bargain of 10%.'

'Hi, my name is Lucy and I'm going to be your (3) curator/ presenter/ guide for today's visit of the Trumpington Tower Museum. Can I remind you that all (4) visitors / explorers / guests will need to show their tickets at the (5) guard room / front desk / main entrance as soon as they come in.'

'When the tour finishes, you will have some free time to (6) explore/ navigate / wander around the town centre for 30 minutes. The tour bus will (7) pick us up / collect us/ let us on at 15:45 in the town square, next to the monument, and it will leave on time, provided everyone is on board.'

(1)

Synonym:

Not synonym: Means:

(2)

Synonym:

Not synonym: Means:

(3)

No Synonym

curator Means:

presenter Means:

guide Means:

(4)

Synonym:

Not synonym:
Means:

(5)

Synonym:

Not synonym:
Means:

(6)

Synonym:

Not synonym: Means:

(7)

Synonym:

Not synonym: Means: