NEW ENGLISH FILE: Intermediate – UNIT 2

Practical English

Social English: Useful Phrases

Have you started looking for an apartment?

I haven’t had time yet.

Just a minute.

How do you like the office?

Have you heard of Isabelle?

Let me get you a drink.

Thanks. I’ll have a Diet Coke.


WRITING

a)      left/ didn’t know/ to find/ we were/ we couldn’t check in/ over fell

b)      1 when 2 but    3 so     4 After             5 but      6 because      7 so     8 Although

9 in the end


REVISE and CHECK

GRAMMAR

a) 1 already      2 long              3 Since 4 Have             5 yet

b) 1 been working        2 just made      3 more expensive         4 carefully as                5
the most


VOCABULARY

a)      1 bank (It’s a place. The others are forms of payment)

2 mortgage (It’s a noun. The others are all verbs)

3 hungry  (The other adjectives  are all strong adjectives)

4 awful   (It has a negative meaning. The other three have a positive meaning)

5 travel ( It’s a verb. The other words are noun.)

6 helmet (You wear it. The other three are vehicles)

7 railway station ( It’s related to railway travel. The other words are related to road travel)


      b)  1 filthy              2 tax                3 rush hour       4 lend             5
platform        6 inherit

            7 boarding pass/ card              8 tiny


      c)  1 off      2 out    3 for     4 back   5 by


CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a) 1 a               2 b       3c        4 a       5 b


b)      fortunate = lucky

charity = an organization which collects money to help people who are poor, sick

volunteer = somebody who offers or agrees to do something without being forced or paid

orphanage = an institution where children without parents live and are looked after

deposit = a percentage of the price of something you are buying which you pay in advance

annoyed = made angry

adopted = taken by a family and looked  after as if they were their own children

useful = having a practical use

definitely = certainly, without doubt