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This document is a handout for an intermediate English language lesson focused on transport and travelling, covering vocabulary, grammar (comparatives and superlatives), and various exercises. It includes reading, translation, grammar correction, and opinion expression activities related to travel experiences. Additionally, it provides a glossary of key terms in English, Russian, and Kazakh.

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Hand-Out 7

This document is a handout for an intermediate English language lesson focused on transport and travelling, covering vocabulary, grammar (comparatives and superlatives), and various exercises. It includes reading, translation, grammar correction, and opinion expression activities related to travel experiences. Additionally, it provides a glossary of key terms in English, Russian, and Kazakh.

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HAND OUT№ 7 (67)

Discipline: English as a foreign


language Credits: 2
Intermediate level Practical lesson
Lexical theme: Transport and
travelling
Grammar: Comparatives and
superlatives
Teacher: assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira
Akankazhinovna

Exercise 1. Read the text and translate the 1st paragraph.


Travelling
Travelling gives us a good opportunity to see wonderful monuments, cultural and
historical places. In other words, you will broaden your mind.There are a lot of means of
travelling: by sea, by plane, by car, on foot.
While travelling by plane you fly past various villages and cities at the sight of which
realize how majestic and tremendous our planet is. Travelling by air is the most convenient
and comfortable means of travelling.
From the comfortable seat of a railway carriage you have a splendid view of the whole
countryside. If you are hungry, you can have a meal in the buffetcar; and if a journey is a
long one you can have a wonderful bed in a sleeper.
Travelling by ship is also very popular now. It is very pleasant to feel the deck of the
ship under the feet, to see the rise and fall of the waves, to feel the fresh sea wind blowing in
the face and hear the cry of the seagulls.

Exercise 2. Read the text and write key words.

GRAMMAR COMMENT Comparatives and superlatives


Comparing two things (or actions)
My sister is a bit taller than me. Regular comparative adjectives/adverbs:
hard>harder, big>bigger, easy>easier,
London is more expensive than Edinburgh. modern>more modern,
This test is less difficult than the last one. carefully>more carefully
Irregular comparatives/adverbs:
Olive oil is better for you than butter. good/well>better,
You drive more slowly than me. bad/badly>worse, far>further
Liverpool played worse today than last After than or as we can use an object pronoun:
week. me, him,
Flying isn’t as comfortable as going by her, etc. or a subject pronoun (I, he, she)
train. +auxiliary verb.
He doesn’t smoke as much as she does. e.g. She’s taller than me.
Her new car looks the same as theold one.
Superlatives
He’s the tallest player in the team.
Oslo is the most expensive capital city in Europe.
This book is the least difficult to understand.
She’s the best student in the class.
Who drives the most carefully in your family?
That’s the worst they’ve ever played.
Consolidation of grammar
Correct the mistakes in the bold phrases.
1 In the UK coaches are much more cheap than the train.
2 My mother drives slower than my father.
3 My brother is a bit taller than I.
4 Paulo is more intelligent student in my class.
5 It was the more boring journey I can remember.
Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in the box.
quick, expensive, bad, high, affectionate
1 This is … restaurant I’ve ever been to.
2 Her last novel was … one she has written
3 The USA has … divorce rate of the world.
4 Ben is … of all my nieces and nephews.
5 … way of travelling is flying.
Exercise 3. Express your opinion about the quotation by St. Augustine: ‘The world
is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only a page’.
Do you agree with these words?
Do you like travelling? Give 5 associations to the word ‘travelling’. Write them down.
Read your associations.
Exercise 4. Work with a partner. Answer these questions.

Do you like travelling?


Do you often travel?
Why do people travel?
What is the best season to travel in your country?
What tourist attractions would you recommend to visit in your country?
What is your favourite form of transport? Why?

Exercise 5. You have just returned from a trip to London. Write sentences using
comparative and superlative adjectives.
Example: London is bigger than Almaty.

Exercise 6. Write about a nightmare journey you’ve had (or invent) using useful
phrases.

Plan what you’re going to talk using the paragraph summaries below:
Paragraph 1. When was the journey? Where were you going? Who with? Why?
Paragraph 2. What went wrong? What happened?
Paragraph 3. What happened in the end?

Useful phrases
the flight was delayed turn left at the corner
you got lost take the first turning on
you missed your flight the left
there was a traffic jam go along Abai prospect
you forgot your go as far as the railway
passport station
the flight was walk past the university
overbooked go straight ahead
go up the street take a bus
go down the street traffic jam
rush hour speed limit
Exercise 7. Listen [T.7 ] to Martin talking about his journey from London to
Avignon by car Mark the sentences T (true) or F(false)

There is a lot of traffic in London on Saturday mornings.


Petrol is more expensive in Britain than in France.
There are two ways to cross the English Channel by car.
You can’t drive through the Channel Tunnel.
Drivers must sit in their car when they go through the tunnel.

Exercise 8. Retell the listened text.

Check yourself
Choose the right answer: In the UK coaches are … than the train.
more cheap
cheaper
cheap
the cheapest
Choose the right answer: Paulo is … student in
my group. a) the most intelligent
b) the more
intelligent c)
much intelligent
d) as intelligent as
Choose the right answer: You need this to travel on a train, bus
or a plane. a) reclaim
boarding card/ pass
baggage reclaim
aisle
Choose the right answer: The time of day when there is
a lot of traffic. a) traffic jam
b)
traffic
light
c) rush
hour
d) public transport

Clever kids:
A police officer found a perfect hiding place for watching for speeding motorists.
One day, the officer was amazed when everyone was under the speed limit, so he
investigated and found the problem.
A 10 years old boy was standing on the side of the road with a huge hand painted sign which
said ‘Radar Trap Ahead.’ A little more investigative work led the officer to the boy’s
accomplice: another boy about 100 yards beyond the radar trap with a sign reading ‘TIPS’
and a bucket at his feet full of change.

Glossary

English Russian Kazakh


majestic[məˈdʒestɪk] величественный маңғаз
convenient [kən'viniət ] удобный ыңғайлы
various
[ˈveəriəs ] различный əртүрлі

to broaden ['brɔ:dn] расширять кеңейту

accomplice [ əˈkʌm.plɪs ] сообщник сыбайлас


railway carriage [ˈreɪlweɪ ˈ
kær.ɪdʒ ] вагон вагон
tremendous [trəˈmendəs] чудесный тамаша
splendid [ˈsplɛndɪd] великолепный керемет
seagull [ˈsiː
ˌɡʌl] чайка шағала
investigate [ɪnˈvɛstɪgeɪt] расследовать тергеу
Make up a topic ‘Home is where the heart is’ and retell it.(60 words).
Office Deadline-1 week.
Hours
№4

Read the text ‘Traveler’s tales’ and translate


LIW it. (p.162).
№ 10

References
Main:
Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Intermediate level.
Student’s book. Oxford, 2012.
Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Intermediate. Work book.
Oxford, 2012.
Additional:
John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford, 2012.
John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Intermediate level. Workbook. Oxford, 2012.
Audio discs of New English File for Intermediate level, Disc-1,2.

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