Navigate Upper-Intermediate Watch the video Communal Living and do the ex-es /1, 2,4 on slide 65
Navigate Upper-Intermediate Review ex-es 1b, 2,3, 4a,6a

1. Divide the words and phrases in the box into three categories of your own chice.

related to water — bay, houseboat, waterfront, dock
people and their connections — look out for each other, neighbourly, tight-knit, counter culture, hippie
city’s describtion — neighbourly, vibrant hub of art, music and politics

4. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Tourism is causing more and more people to move to San Francisco. False
2. The cost of housing in both Sausalito and San Francisco is increasing. True
3. There are now several hundred houseboats in Sausalito. True
4. The houseboats were first convered in the 1940s. True
5. The houseboats do not have electricity or running water. False
6. There is still sense of community and nighbourliness. True

b. Complete the article with a/an, the or — (no article).

It’s such a simple idea that you wonder why no one has ever thought of it before. Young students from Brazil want to learn English, and elderly Americans living in retirement homes are often lonely and want someone to talk to. So why not bring them together?

A Brazilian language school has done just that. The school set up a programme for young Brazilians and older Americans living in Chicago to meet and chat online. The lessons are recorded as private YouTube videos, so that the students’ teachers can evaluate their progress.

The students have improved their English, but perhaps the biggest gain has been the opportunity to bridge the gap between generations.

2. Choose the corrects options to complete the statements.

1. Many people in the UK now live alone — three times the number in 1971.
2. And relatively few people now live in households of six or more people.
3. Although many people believe that more elderly people now live alone, in fact, the biggest increase in one-person households has become from those aged 16-59.
4. The number of over-sixties living alone has remained about the same, at 17%.
5. Almost every home now has a colour television, up from 74% in the 1980s.
6. And in 1972, only few homes had washing machines, but now 96%.

3. Choose the word which is different from the others in each group.

1. traditions, customs, costumes
2. recollection, memory, concentration
3. festival, community, parade
4. immigrant, descendant, ancestor
5. vivid, dull, uninteresting
6. ceremony, neighbourhood, community

4a. Match 1-8 to a-h to make phrases.

1. make — f. a difference
2. do — h. a lot of damage
3. set — b. free
4. get — a. dressed
5. give — d. someone a shock
6. have — g. an accident
7. put — c. into practice
8. take — e. something seriously

6a. Put the words in the right order.

1. Sorry but I couldn’t help overhearing.
2. I’m sorry to bother you but you….
3. Are you a friend of Nicola’s?
4. So how do you know Jonathat?
5. Excuse me is there anyone sitting there?
6. Isn’t it lovely weather?
7. I hope you don’t mind me asking but….