Wales is known for several superlatives: 1. It has the town with the longest name in the world. 2. It has the oldest suspension bridge in the world. 3. It has one of the best tenors in the world. 4. It has the highest mountain in England and Wales. 5. It has some of the best castles in Great Britain.

1. UNIT 8
VISITING OTHER PLACES

2. Aaron Ramsey & Gareth Bale

4. WALES – COUNTRY OF SUPERLATIVES
1. It has a town with the ____________ name in the
world.
2. It has the _____________ suspension bridge in the
world.
3. It has one of the _____________ tenors in the world.
4. It has the _____________ mountain in England and
Wales.
5. It has some of the ____________castles in Great
Britan.
most interesting longest highest
oldest best

5. WALES – COUNTRY OF SUPERLATIVES
1. It has a town with the ____________ name in the
world.
most interesting longest highest
oldest
longest
best

6. WALES – COUNTRY OF SUPERLATIVES
2. It has the _____________ suspension bridge in the
world.
most interesting longest highest
oldest best
oldest
The Menai Suspension Bridge

7. WALES – COUNTRY OF SUPERLATIVES
3. It has one of the _____________ tenors in the
world.
most interesting longest highest
oldest
best
best

8. WALES – COUNTRY OF SUPERLATIVES
4. It has the _____________ mountain in England and
Wales.
most interesting longest highest
oldest best
highest
Snowdon mountain

9. WALES – COUNTRY OF SUPERLATIVES
5. It has some of the ____________castles in Great
Britan.
most interesting longest highest
oldest
most interesting
best
Conwy Castle

10. Fill in the missing forms of the adjectives in the table and
make sentences with each of the adjective (Activity 1d, p. 76)
basic comparative superlative
fit
healthier
oldest
small
best
more
interesting
expensive
easiest
boring
difficult
worse

11. basic comparative superlative
fit fitter fittest
healthy healthier healthiest
old older oldest
small smaller smallest
good better best
interesting more interesting most interesting
expensive more expensive most expensive
easy easier easiest
boring more boring most boring
difficult more difficult most difficult
bad worse worst
Fill in the missing forms of the adjectives in the table and
make sentences with each of the adjective (Activity 1d, p. 76)

13. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Positive:
• I/ you / we / they + have + past participle
• He / She / It + has + past participle
• Example:
- I have been to Ha Noi twice.

14. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Negative:
I/ you / we / they + haven't + past participle
He / she / it + hasn't + past participle
Example:
I haven’t seen a ghost in real life.

15. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Question:
Have + I/ you / we / they + past participle
Has + he / she / it + past participle
Example:
• Have you been to Ho Chi Minh city?
Yes, I have.
No, I haven’t.
• Has she visited Hoi An ancient city?
Yes, she has.
No, she hasn’t.

16. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Use
• To talk about a state or an action that started
in the past and continues in the present.
Ex: - They’ve been married for nearly 50 years.
• To talk about experience up to the present
Ex: - I haven’t been to Hanoi.

17. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Use
• To talk about life experience
Ex: - I’ve watched some interesting Indian movies.
- He’s never written any poem.
- Have you ever seen a ghost?

18. be in a blackout
try an exotic food
try an extreme sport
lose your wallet
find someone’s wallet
wear flip-flops to school
get sick from food
get seasick
Find a good name for each photo
1 2 3
4
8
76
5

19. • A: Have you ever got sick
from food?
•B: Yes, I have.
•A: When did you get that?
•B: Two years ago.
•A: What did you eat?
•B: Seafood.

20. Simple past vs. present perfect
Simple past Present perfect
- With definite time expression in
the past
I went to France last year.
- Express an action happened and
ended in the past
I wrote this letter yesterday.
- No definite time expression
I have come to France three times.
-Express an action happened in
the past and continue until the
present
-I have written this letter since
yesterday.

21. Put the verbs into the correct form, present perfect or
simple past.
1. What time...........................(you/finish) work
yesterday?
2. When I ...............(get) home last night, I
..................... (be) very tired, so I ............... (go)
straight to bed.
3. Robert ..................(not/be) very busy last week.
4. Mr. Lee.......................(work) in a bank for 15 years.
Then he quit.
5. Kelly lives in Toronto. She ................(live) there all
her life.
6. I don’t know Karen’s husband. I ...........................
(never/meet) him.
did you finish
got
was went
wasn’t
worked
has lived
have never met

22. Simple past vs. present perfect

23. Simple past vs. present perfect

24. Simple past vs. present perfect

25. Listen to the 4 speakers answering in a survey done by the Welsh
Tourist Board and fill in the box (Activity 2a, page 77)
Been to
Wales?
How often? Comments?
Speaker 1  many times the most beautiful
place
Speaker 2  once the most boring
holiday
Speaker 3  want to come
Speaker 4  once really enjoyed it

26. An Indian summer
• An Indian summer = A period of warm, sunny
weather in autumn

27. Read through the paragraphs and try to find the words (page 79)
1. What is the synonym of “to reserve”?
2. What is the synonym of “area”:
3. A person who owns and manages a restaurant is
a __________
4. A person who visits particular areas, especially
in New England, to view the autumn foliage is a
________________
5. Find word or phrase in the paragraphs to
describe the picture below: ______________
to book
restaurateur
leaf-peeper
snow-topped mountains
region

28. Put the 4 paragraphs into the correct order (activity 3b, page 78)
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Just in time for the holiday...
And to the delight of...
Their message to visitors...
It’s one of the weekends we’re...

29. Sheila has just come back from a trip to New England. Listen to
her conversation with the friend Irene and make a note of 3
things Sheila did and 3 things she didn’t do on her trip (Activity
3a, page 78)
She did She didn’t
went leaf-peeping see bears
took photos tour around New England
flew up to Boston visit Vermont
saw whales drive
studied the maps