Match a word in A with a word in B to make a new noun. Then fill in the gaps in the sentences below the table with a compound noun from the table.
A
B
( A) Town
( B) Railway
( C) Traffic
( D) Book
( E) Bus
( F) Free
( G) Department
( H) Car
I) Travel
( J) Ticket
( K) Rush
( L) Air
( ) Park
( ) Way
( ) Agent’s
( ) Center
( ) Office
( ) Station
( ) Port
( ) Stop
( ) Store
( ) Shop
( ) Light
( ) Hour
(A) Stop the car! The __________________ is red!
(B) When you arrived in Brazil, which ________________ did you fly into?
(C) In a _____________________ you can buy almost anything you desire.
(D) We waited in the rain at the _________________for an hour before the bus arrived.
(E) All big towns have a ___________________ in the morning and evening.
(F) Getaway is the best ___________________ in the town. They have good cheap holidays.
(G) I hate driving on the__________________ when it is full of traffic.
(H) The __________________ was very big. There were trains arriving and departing all the time. I bought a ticket at the ______________ and found the Platform my train was due to depart from.
(I) No I didn’t borrow this book from the library. I bought it at a _________________.
Making Suggestions
We make suggestions when deciding what to do with our friends, or giving them advice on what they might do in a certain situation. Imagine that you would like to go out for an evening with some friends. Which suggestions would you make?
There are a number of formulas used when making suggestions in English. Here are some of the most common:
· Why don't you / we go to the movies tonight?
· You / we could visit New York while you're / we're there.
· Let's go to the travel agent's this afternoon to book our ticket.
· What about asking your brother for help?
· How about going to Hawaii for your vacation?
· I suggest you / we take all the factors into consideration before we decide.
Construction
Formula
Verb Form
Why don't you / we go to a movie?
Use the base form of the verb in a question
We / You could go to a movie.
Use the base form of the verb in a statement
Let's go to a movie.
Use the base form of the verb with 'let's'
What about going to a movie?
Use the '-ing' form of the verb in a question
How about going to a movie?
Use the '-ing' form of the verb in a question
I suggest you / we go to a movie.
Use suggest object verb in the base form in a statement.
Note Perhaps and maybe can both be used before 'could' and 'should' if you want to sound more polite.
Examples: Perhaps we could phone them. Maybe we should have a big party.
Circle any mistakes in the sentences. If there isn't a mistake, tick the box.
1. Why you don't you come swimming with us?
2. Let's meet us at outside the station.
3. Shall we do have a party on Saturday?
4. Why don't we to go to the cinema tomorrow?
5. I'm bored. Let's we go to the park.
6. I've got a new computer game. Shall we are play it?