2. Obligation, prohibition and recommendation.
What is each sentence expressing; obligation, prohibition or recommendation?
Remember: Must and mustn't can be used to express obligation and prohibition, but we can also use them to make recommendations. The meaning is always clear from the context, from the situation.
For example:
You must line up here for tickets. = an obligation
You mustn't smoke here. = a prohibition
You mustn't miss the antique market. = a recommendation
You must see the cathedral. = a recommendation
3. Can you remember?
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
Remember: Don't have to ... means that something is not necessary to do, that there is no obligation.
For example:
You don't have to reserve a ticket. It's not necessary.
We don't have to have breakfast at 7. We can come any time until 12.
4. Being polite.
When we are speaking, we usually express obligation and prohibition in different ways to make it sound more polite.
Use the words to complete what we say when we are being polite.
Now listen and repeat the sentences.
5. Reading: Tour information.
Read information about a walking tour in the financial district of Manhattan and mark the statements true or false.
Great Big Apple Walking Tours
Financial District – Tour schedule
The tours are available all year round, except in extreme weather conditions. Every week we offer a variety of different tours that explore different neighbourhoods and communities. The tours are on a rotating schedule (see below) so that you have the opportunity to choose the day and time of your tour.
Schedule:
15 November to 28 February, 12:00 midday
1 March to 31 May, 10:00 a.m.
1 June to 30 September , 9:00 a.m.
1 October to 15 November 10:00 a.m.
Tours last approximately three to four hours. We generally present tours rain or shine.
Check the local weather forecast.
Meet:
In front of Trinity Church, intersection of Wall Street & Broadway.
Subway Trains:
2/3/4/5 to Wall Street, R to Rector Street.
Cost:
Adults: $20
Students/Seniors/BHS Members: $15
*BHS means members of the Brooklyn Historical Society.
FAQ:
What does the price of the tour include?
The price of the tour includes your group guide and a summary brochure of your tour. On tours where we stop for refreshments, the cost of these is not covered by the tour price. However, in general, snacks and refreshments are almost always at local restaurants away from tourist areas and far from tourist-area prices!
Reservations and prepayment
The majority of our walking tours do not require reservations but they are recommended, to be sure that you can join the tour on the day that you have chosen. Tour fees are refundable if they are cancelled within 48 hours of the tour start time. However, if a walker chooses to leave a tour in progress Great Big Apple Tours will not provide refunds.
6. Reading: Meaning in context.
Read the information again and choose the correct definition for the underlined words.
Great Big Apple Walking Tours
Financial District – Tour schedule
The tours are available all year round, except in extreme weather conditions. Every week we offer a variety of different tours that explore different neighbourhoods and communities. The tours are on a rotating schedule (see below) so that you have the opportunity to choose the day and time of your tour.
Tours last approximately three to four hours. We generally present tours rain or shine.
Check the local weather forecast.
FAQ:
What does the price of the tour include?
The price of the tour includes your group guide and a summary brochure of your tour. On tours where we stop for refreshments, the cost of these is not covered by the tour price. However, in general, snacks and refreshments are almost always at local restaurants away from tourist areas and far from tourist-area prices!
Reservations and prepayment
The majority of our walking tours do not require reservations but they are recommended, to be sure that you can join the tour on the day that you have chosen. Tour fees are refundable if they are cancelled within 48 hours of the tour start time. However, if a walker chooses to leave a tour in progress Great Big Apple Tours will not provide refunds.
7. Reading: Missing words.
Can you remember? Write the missing words to complete the information. You can click or tap on the space to see the first letter of each word.
11. Speaking: Long answers.
Now listen to the questions and answers again. Practise answering. Record yourself and compare your recording with the original.
12. Vocabulary review.
Do you remember the answers in the previous exercises? Choose the correct options to complete them.
13. Writing Tutorial 2.
Write a dialogue where you are answering questions and giving information. Follow the steps below:
- Think of a tour or visit to a place of interest in your local area.
- Note down important information about that tour or visit.
- Think of questions that tourists could ask about the tour or visit.
- Write a dialogue between a tourist and guide or a person working in a tourist information centre.
Try to include the language that you have studied in this section. For example:
Ways of making recommendations or expressing obligations: can, should, have to, must, mustn't, don't have to
Useful vocabulary: refreshments, delicacies, brochure, refund, fee, weather forecast, meeting point, midday, ...
Useful phrases:
make your way
quite chilly
comfortable walking shoes
a sit-down lunch
not provided
plenty of opportunities
available online
at the latest
takes between ... and ...
get back to the hotel
Write 150 to 200 words.