Pre-Intermediate Unit 2.4

Dream Commuters

Video Class: How people get to their job, a website comment

How do you usually get to college/work?

How long would you be ready to travel to work/school?​

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Discuss the questions

What was Justin unhappy about before?

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What did he decide to do?​

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Read the text and answer the questions

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Match

Match the words with meanings

• fed up with

• traffic

• commute

• property

unhappy with something, so you want to change it

Cars, motorbikes, etc. on the road

journey to work

a building or land that you own

• unhappy with something, so you want to change it

• Cars, motorbikes, etc. on the road

• journey to work

• a building or land that you own

Match

Match the words with meanings

• flights

• commuters

• transformed

journeys in a plane

people who travel to work

completely changed

• journeys in a plane

• people who travel to work

• completely changed

Multiple Choice

More and more people are choosing to live abroad and commute to their jobs in the UK

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Justin is a manager of an online business based in the UK

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Justin's commute costs him hundreds of pounds every week

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Justin's journey home is about 70 miles

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Justin's wife and children stay in France while he travels to the UK every week

• True

• False

Watch the video again

What exactly do they say? Choose the correct alternative.

Multiple Choice

We were fed up with ...

• waiting in the airport

• the commuting and the traffic

Multiple Choice

He's one of the group of ??? who take the same flight to Toulouse every week

• travellers

• commuters

Multiple Choice

We looked on the internet and we saw properties available ??? than in Britain

• much cheaper

• more expensive

Multiple Choice

That's the house down there. With the ???

• swimming pool

• terrace

Multiple Choice

We've just transformed our ???

• house

• lifestyle

Could you be a dream commuter with your job?

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Where would you choose to live and how would you get to work?​

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Discuss​

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Read and discuss the questions