1 Reading
Read the email. Are the sentences true or false?
1 The hotel is near the station.
2 Marnie and Kalina don’t like the hotel.
3 Marnie and Kalina like the things in their room.
4 The hotel is expensive.
5 The hotel has lots of empty rooms.
6 Marnie and Kalina like the hotel manager.
7 There’s a restaurant in the hotel.
8 Marnie and Kalina play the guitar in the evening.
Hi Lexi
We’re at the Station Hotel. It isn’t a big new hotel near the station — it’s an old station near the beach! It’s great! The rooms are small but they’re very good.
Our room is on the first floor. We have beautiful flowers in the room and there are lots of pillows and blankets on the beds. It isn’t cheap but we’re only here for three nights.
There are lots of people here. There aren’t any empty rooms! All the people are very friendly and the manager’s nice. In the evenings we have dinner in the Old Station restaurant. It’s in the hotel. The food is good and an old man plays the guitar.
See you soon,
Marnie and Kalina
Answer
True: 3, 4, 6, 7; False: 1, 2, 5, 8
2 Writing Skills – and and but
a Tick (✓) the correct ending for the sentences.
1 I live in Rome but …
a I speak Italian.
b I don’t speak Italian. ✓
2 The cinema’s big but …
a it’s very old.
b it’s great.
3 The high school is good and …
a he’d like to study there.
b he wouldn’t like to study there.
4 The café has great cakes and …
a it’s got free wi-fi.
b it hasn’t got free wi-fi.
5 There isn’t a bookshop but …
a there is a library.
b there isn’t a library.
6 My office is nice and …
a it isn’t near my house.
b it’s near my house.
b Complete the sentences with and or but.
1 There’s a bath ___and___ there’s a shower.
2 The room is small _________ it’s OK.
3 There’s a supermarket in the next street _________ it isn’t very big.
4 The city is beautiful _________ it’s boring.
5 The hotel has big rooms _________ they’re very beautiful.
6 There’s a café on the ground floor _________ there’s a TV room on the first floor.
7 It’s a lovely hotel _________ they don’t have any empty rooms.
8 There’s a shower _________ there isn’t any hot water!
Answer
a
2 a 3 a 4 a 5 a 6 b
b
2 but 3 but 4 but 5 and 6 and 7 but 8 but
3 Writing
Imagine that you are in a hotel in a new town. Write an email to a friend. Describe the hotel and the town.
Hi
See you soon,
Answer
Suggested answer
Hi Marco
I’m at the hotel. It’s very old but the room is very big (and it has wi-fi). There isn’t a bath but the shower is good and there’s lots of hot water. The name of the hotel is the Beach Hotel but it’s near the station and a big cinema. There aren’t any shops but there’s a cafe and two restaurants. The restaurants are expensive but the café is very cheap and it’s good.
See you soon,
Sasha
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