The document provides vocabulary words for places commonly found in neighborhoods such as a barber shop, laundromat, library, and grocery store. It then provides exercises for students to practice asking and answering questions about the locations of these places in a sample neighborhood map. Finally, it includes a listening activity where students listen to hotel guests asking about places to visit in the neighborhood.

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What is your neighborhood like?
81 WORD POWER Places
Vocabulary
1. Barber shop
2. Laundromat
3. Library
4. Stationery store
5. Travel agency
6. Grocery store
7. theater
A Match the words and the definitions. Then practice asking the questions with a
partner.
1. A place where you get a haircut
2. A place where you wash and dry clothes
3. A place where you borrow books
4. A place where you buy cards and paper
5. A place where you make a reservation for a trip
6. A place where you buy food
7. A place where you see a movie or play
B Pair work Write definitions for these places.
Clothing store Drugstore internet café music store post office

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GRAMMAR FOCUS
Listen and practice.
Focus question
When you move to a new neighborhood, what do you need to find?
Post-listening questions:
What does Jack say to Mrs. Day in the first line?
What is Jack looking for?
What other place Mrs. Day suggest? Why? Page 51
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There is , There are, one, any, some
We usually use there is/ there are to give information about the things in a place.
We use there is with singular nouns and there are with plural nouns.
One, any, and some are adverb of quantity. They show how much of a thing is
meant. Any is used in interrogative sentences. One and some are used in positive
sentences.
CONVERSATION I’m your new neighbor.2

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There is , There are, one, any, some
Exp:
Is there a Laundromat near here?
Yes, there is. There is one across from the shopping center.
Are there any grocery stores around here?
Yes, there are. There are some nice stores on Pine street.
Preposition:
Is a word which is used to show relationship between tow persons, places, or things.
On
Next to
Near/close to
Across from/ opposite
In front of
In back of/behind
Between
on the corner of
The book is on the table.
Alia is sitting next to me right now.
He lives near/close to Arctic ocean.
The Kabul bank is across from/opposite Azizi b.
My house is in front of presidential palace.
The motorcycle is in back of/behind the car.
The cell phone is between TV and sofa.
The DAIL dept. is on the corner of Talashi and
Daramsal roads

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A Write questions about these places in the neighborhood map below.
A bank gas stations a gym a Laundromat a post office
A dept. store grocery stores hotels a pay phone restaurant
Is there a bank around here?
Are there any gas stations on Main Street?
B Pair work Ask and answer the questions you wrote in part A.
A: Is there a pay phone around here?
B: Yes, there is. There’s one across from the post office.

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PRONUNCIATION Reduction of there is/there are4
A Listen and practice. Notice how there is and there are are reduced in
conversation, except for short answers.
Is there a laundromat near here?
Yes, there is. There’s one across from the shopping center.
Are there any grocery stores around here?
Yes, there are. There are some on Pine street.
B Practice the questions and answers in part B of Exercise 3 again.
SPEAKING My neighborhood5
Group work Take turns asking and answering questions about places like these in your
neighborhood.
A: Is there a good bookstore in your neighborhood.
B: Yes, there’s an excellent one across from the park.
C: Sorry, I don’t know.
Useful language.
Sorry, I don’t know.
I’m not sure, but I think….
Of course. Theirs is one...

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LISTENING What are you looking for?6
A Listen to some hotel guests ask about places to visit in the neighborhood.
Complete the chart.
Place Location Interesting
Hard Rock Café ………………………………………..
Science Museum ………………………………………..
Aquarium ………………………………………..
Yes No
B Pair work Which place sounds the most interesting to you? Why?

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SNAPSHOT7
COMMON COMPLAINTS about neighbors
Post-reading questions:
1. Do you ever have any of these complaints? Which ones?
2. What other complaints do you have about neighbors?
3. What do you do when you have complaints?
CONVERSATION It’s pretty safe.8
Listen and practice
Vocabulary
Downtown: the business center of a city
Convenient: nearby, east to find things
Parking: place to park the car
Safe: not dangerous; without crime
Hold on: wait a minute
Pre-listening questions:
1. What are Nick and Pam talking about?
2. What happens during the phone call?
Post-listening questions:
1. Where is Pam’s new apartment?
2. Which floor does she live on?
3. What kind of restaurant is there nearby?

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GRAMMAR FOCUS9
Quantifiers; how many and how much
How many:
1. How many is an interrogative
phrase which asks about quantity
of something, it is used for
countable nouns.
How many restaurants are there?
there are ten or twelve.
Are there many restaurants?
Yes, there are a lot.
Yes, there are a few.
How much:
1. How much is an interrogative
phrase which asks about quantity
of something, it is used for
Noncount nouns.
How much crime is there?
there is a lot of street crime.
Is there much crime?
Yes, there is a lot
Yes, there’s a little.
A Write answers to these questions about your neighborhood. Then practice with a
partner.

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WRITING A roommate wanted ad11
B Group work Write questions like those in part A about these topics. Then ask and
answer the questions.
Cafés crime parks pollution public transportation school traffic lights
A Read these bulletin board ads asking for roomates.
B Now write a “roommate wanted” ad. Use your real name
at the end, but you can use a false phone number or e-mail
address.
C Class activity Put your ads on the bulletin board or wall.
Read all the ads and choose one. Then find the person who
wrote it. Ask questions to get more information.

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GRAMMAR FOCUS12
The Worldin One Neighborhood
Scan the article. Then check (√) the countries that are not mentioned.
Brazil China India Japan Pakistan Romania Thailand
Vocabulary
Sidewalks: place next to the street where people walk
Crowded with: full of
Band: a group of musician
Blend: mix
Truly: really
Are surrounded by: have all around
Adopt: begin to use
Rents: money people pay to live in apartments
Roomy: with lots of space
Resident: a person who lives in a place