II. Read the following situations and answer the questions.

These days there are rules everywhere we go and it’s hard to obey them all. Are you breaking the rules?

1. You’re waiting to cross the street at a pedestrian crossing. The lights are red for pedestrians. Can you cross?

2. You’re in a large city park which has lots of trees and grass. It’s a beautiful summer’s day and the sun is shining. Can you walk on the grass?

3. It’s half past three on a Sunday afternoon, and you’re thirsty. Can you buy a nice, cold glass of beer?

4. You’re in a restaurant but you don’t know what the food is like. Can you walk into the kitchen and have a look?

5. You’re in the cinema and you’d like a cigarette. There are no signs which say ‘no smoking’. So can you smoke?

6. You want to take a bus. Can you buy a single ticket before you get on?

7. You are with some very young children and you’d like to have a drink in a bar. Can they go in with you?

III. Which sentences are true for your country?

In my country …..

• you have to pay for every visit to the doctor;

• you have to pay for every visit to the dentist;

• you don’t have to have health insurance;

• you shouldn’t drink water from the tap;

• you shouldn’t swim in the river; they are polluted;

• you can walk when the traffic lights are red;

• you have to carry an identity card;

• men must do two years’ military service.

VI. Complete the sentences with can or can’t and make true statements about your country.

1. You ……………. drive a car when you’re sixteen.

2. You ……………. go into a bar when you’re fourteen.

3. You …………… get married when you’re sixteen.

4. You ………….. visit the USA without a visa.

5. You ………….. travel on a train without a ticket.

6. You ………….. get cheap housing.

7. You ………….. vote when you’re fifteen.

8. You …………. smoke on buses and trains.

V. Where can you see these signs? What do they mean?

A

P

. B.

No dogs

C

Children under 5 free

SILENCE

. D.

E.

VI. Look at these safety instructions. Where can you hear them?

1. You must fasten your seat belt.

2. You mustn’t lean out of the window.

3. You must put out your cigarette.

4. You mustn’t play with matches.

5. You must stay in your seat until we stop.

6. You must wear a helmet.

7. You mustn’t drive at more than 55 km/h in town.

VII. Make true sentences about your school rules using the expressions from the box and appropriate modal verbs.

You

can can’t must mustn’t have to don’t have to

pay for classes wear a uniform do homework buy your own books eat in class arrive late sleep during a lecture

V III. Give some advice to these peoples’ problems.

UNIT 15

Narration

I. The following sentences make four different stories. Which sentences go together? Tell each story using when or while.

II. Make a positive and negative sentence of a-f and choose a suitable ending from the box.

1. I (feel) very hungry …..

2. She (work) very hard …..

3. We (get on) well together …..

4. It (rain) …..

5. I (wear) a jacket and tie …..

6. They (use) their spare room …..

….. so we went for a walk.

….. so I just ordered a salad.

….. so I used it as a study.

….. so I decided to leave.

….. so I bought a bar of chocolate.

….. so they wouldn’t let me into the restaurant.

….. so I slept in the sitting room.

….. so they gave her the sack.

….. so I suggested meeting again at the weekend.

….. so I felt rather hot.

….. so I took my umbrella.

….. so I didn’t disturb her.