5 Learn to Learn
Reading strategies
Open-ended questions When you have to answer open-ended questions, look for the paragraph in the text which refers to the question. Write the number of the question next to the paragraph, or underline the sentences which contain the answer to help you. Write a complete answer using your own words. Try not to copy the whole answer from the text.
3 CERT Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 When do London buses run? 2 Where can you do sightseeing? 3 How many Tube lines are there in the city? 4 When did the DLR open? 5 How can you travel across the River Thames? 6 How can you pay for your trip?
Listening 1.63 CERT Listen and choose the 4 correct answer (A, B or C).
1 What time does the next bus to Camden leave? A
B
C
Speaking 5 Pairwork Ask and answer questions about the history of the London Tube. Use the following information to help you.
● Metropolitan Railway (1st underground railway)
– opened in 1863
● 1st underground signs – appeared in the early
20th century ● World War II – people used Tube stations as shelters ● Victoria Line – opened in 1969 with automatically-driven trains ● Oyster card – first on sale in 2003
1 when / first underground railway / open? A When did the first underground railway open? B It opened in 1863. 2 when / 1st underground signs / appear 3 what / happen / during World War II? 4 when / the Victoria Line / open? 5 when / the Oyster card / first / go on sale?
Writing 6 CERT Read the text about the history of London’s black cab and complete it with one word for each space.
2 How do Katy and Jack decide to go to the party? A
B
C
3 Where was Ella when she saw the accident? A
B
C
4 How did Tom’s grandad get to work in London? A
B
THE BLACK CAB
The history of London’s famous black cab is long and interesting. The first cab 1_________ the hackney coach in the 17th century. At this time, there 2_____________ only 20 available for hire in the whole of London. The first taxi rank appeared 3_____________ 1636 outside the Maypole Inn in The Strand. One of the many stories about the origins 4_____________ the taxi meter says that Wilhelm Bruhn invented 5 _____________ in 1891, and that the word ‘taxi’ comes 6 _____________ the German word taxe meaning ‘charge’. 7 _____________ you know that London’s first motor cabs date back to 1897? But they 8_____________ the first real black cabs. These, the FX3 Austin, arrived in 1947. They weren’t the ones we can see today, but they 9 _____________ very similar.
C
7 Now write a similar text about the history of the London Tube. Use the information in exercise 5 to help you.
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