World English Intro - Unit 6 - Vocabulary Practice

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Instructions: Read the mini-conversations. Choose the correct answer.

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#1
A - Bye, mom. I’m going to school.
B - Hey, hey, boy! Are you going to (1. take / 2. ride) your bike?
A - Yes, I am. I will get to school faster.
B - Don’t forget to wear your (3. helmet / 4. vest)
A - Don’t worry, mom! There are no cars today. Remember that the city
major
(5. allows / 6. bans) cars every Friday.
B - Yes, I know, but it is important to protect your
head.

#2
C - This map is (7. useful / 8. useless). It doesn’t work at all.
D - Can you find the (9. address / 10. direction)?
C - No, I can’t. My friend told me that he lives in, “495 Grove Street.
Apartment #20. New York, NY 10014.” However, there is no apartment
building on this map. There is a church instead. That 's weird! D -
Well, you (11. have to / 12. don’t have to) call your friend now, or we
will
(13. take / 14. ride) a subway again to go home.
#3
E - (15. Are you / 16. Do you) free at 7:30 pm tonight? F - No, I am not.
Why?
E - Let’s go to a jazz concert!
F - I am really sorry. I can’t. I still have to check a lot of (17. my
students’ homework / 18. homework to my students)

#4
G - (19. How often do you go to the gym? / 20. How long do you go
to the gym?)
H - I’m always at the gym. I work out every day.
G - (21. How often do you exercise? / 22. How long do you
exercise?)
H - I exercise there for three hours every day. I like to be there. I have a
lot of friends who help me train very hard.

#5
I - (23. How long it takes? / 24. How long does it take to go to San
José?)
J - Around one hour.
I - (25. How do you get there? / 26. How you get
there?) J - By bus.
I - Is it cold or hot on the bus?
J - It’s always cool. The bus driver always turns on the (27. fun /
28. fan).
I - (29. How much does it cost? / 30. How much it
costs?) J - 750 colones

#6
K - (31. How much is a taxi / 32. How much does a taxi?) to go to
Liberia’s bus station in San José?
L - It is 4000 colones from your house.
K - Wow! It’s very (33. cheap / 34. expensive). I can’t afford that! L -
Don’t worry! Why don’t you come to my house? Stay over and we will
take the first bus tomorrow morning.
K - That would be great! You saved my life! I (35. have to / 36. don’t
have to) take a taxi then. Hey, (37. What time does the ticket office
open? / 38. What time the ticket office opens?)
L - We (39. have to / 40. don’t have to) buy bus tickets there. There is
no ticket office. You can buy the tickets from the (41. vending / 42.
selling) machine
K - Great! (43. How long is the commute? / 44. How long does the
commute?)
L - Around three hours.
K - (45. How much does it cost to get on the bus? / 46. How much it
costs to get on the bus?)
L - 5000 colones

#7
M - Hey, I am new to the city. I would like to ask you some questions
about city life?
N - Sure, go ahead
M - Are buses in this city fast or slow?
N - Buses are very (47. fast / 48. slow). The service is terrible. They are
usually in bad condition, and a bus can go at 3 km/h per hour when there
are traffic jams at rush hour.
M - (49. Do you / 50. Are you) take the train sometimes?
N - Not all the time. Trains are usually very crowded.

#8
O - (51. How do you go to work every day? / 52. How are you go to
work every day?)
P - I walk to work every day. The office is five blocks from my house.
I (53. have to / 54. don’t have to) take a bus or a taxi.
O - Do you ever (55. take / 56. ride) red taxis, UBER or DIDI? P -
I sometimes take a DIDI. It is the cheapest transportation. I
sometimes use it when I need to go downtown and I am in a
rush. O - Why don’t you take red taxis?
P - They are very (57. cheap / 58. expensive). I can’t pay for
that service.
O - Oh, I see. And what about the bus? (59. Does the bus station near
your house? / 60. Is the bus station near your house?) P - Yes, it is,
but the place is very dangerous.
O - If a tourist needs to go downtown and takes a bus, (61. Does this
person have to change buses? / 62. Do this person have to change
buses?)
P - No, it is not necessary. You can take only one bus to go to the
center of the city.

#9
Q - (63. Are UBERs cheap or expensive? / 64. Do UBERs are cheap
or expensive?)
R - That depends on the time of the day. I recommend not taking an
UBER before 8 am or after 4 pm. It’s very very expensive. Q - In
general, (65. Does getting around the city easy or difficult? / (66.
Is getting around the city easy or difficult?)
R - If you walk, it is very easy, but if you take transportation, it may be
difficult depending on the time of the day.
Q - (67. Is it easy to move outside the city? / 68. Does it easy to
move outside the city?)
R - That depends on the place where you go. Sometimes, public
transportation is really bad, and private transportation is really expensive
outside the city.

#10
S - When you go to Costa Rica, (69. Do you / 70. Are you) have to carry
the passport everywhere?
T - Not really, I recommend putting your passport in a safe place and
making copies of it whenever you leave the hotel.
S - What are the restaurants like? Do you have to leave a (71. tip /
72. propine) when you eat there?
T - This (73. dinner / 74. money) is usually included in the service. If
you want to leave something extra for the waiter or waitress, it is up to
you.
S - Are people usually punctual here?

Note: Now that you did this exercise, get ready to prepare
situations 6.2 and 6.3 for the oral exam.

RRZ / 10-2024