Exercises of Student’s Book

Lesson-2

1  Read this leaflet and answer these questions in pairs.

1. Why does the leaflet suggest that visitors should come early?

The leaflet suggests that visitors should come early so that they avoid traffic.

2. How many times a year does the Souk Jara market take place?

Souk Jara market takes place once a year.

3. Do you go to Souk Jara or any other market in Jordan? What do you do there?

Students’ own answers.

2   Listen to the words in the box above in context and guess their meanings. Then, check your guesses in the Activity Book Glossary pages 72-73 or in the classroom dictionary.

3   Listen to Kareem Mahmoud again and fill in the missing verbs in his timetable.

Souk Jara is an outdoor (1) market which opens throughout the summer every year. It is busy, noisy and full of a wide variety of goods, food and activities for everyone.

It is located in Fawzi Maalouf (2) Street and has four important areas in it:

• Souk Jara market where there are some (3) inexpensive handicrafts, antiques, paintings, traditional dresses and homemade items.
• Souk Jara café where there is some (4) food made by the people who live in Jabal Amman. You can buy some (5) bread, corn and (6) honey. There are also flowers, vegetables and some very delicious and refreshing (7) fruit juice you can buy while shopping around.
• Souk Jara (8) theatre where you can watch short films and attend musical concerts.
• Souk Jara games where there is a variety of games for children and adults.

Don't miss any of them! One important thing: try to get to the market early before the traffic.

Grammar

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1  Work in pairs. Which nouns from the list below can you put in the plural (countable nouns)? Which nouns can't you put in the plural (uncountable nouns)? Write them down in the corresponding column.

2  Listen to the plurals of these countable nouns and put them in the corresponding group.

Pronunciation rules:  

• The plural of nouns ending in voiced sounds (e.g. /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /I/, /m/, /n/, /r/, all vowels) is pronounced /z/.
• The plural of nouns is ending in voiceless sounds (e.g. /p/, /t/, /k/) is pronounced /s/.
• The plural of nouns ending in sounds like /z/, /dz/, /s/, /x/ is pronounced /iz/.

There is / There are

4  Each of the sentences below contains a mistake. Correct the mistakes and explain what is wrong.

1. There is some beautiful handicrafts In Souk Jara.

There are some beautiful handicrafts In Souk Jara.

2. There are some fruit juice in the café.

There is some fruit juice in the café.

3. There aren't some flowers in the garden.

There aren't any flowers in the garden.

4. There aren't any honey in the kitchen.

There isn't any honey in the kitchen.

5. Are there any bread in the market?

Is there any bread in the market?

6. Is there any games for children?

Are there any games for children?

7. There are any vegetables in Souk Jara.

There are some vegetables in Souk Jara.

8. Are there some paintings in the market?

Are there any paintings in the market?

Over to you …

5  In pairs, write questions about what there is/are and what isn’t/aren’t in Souk Jara.

Questions about Souk Jara might include the following:

Is there any food in Souk Jara?

Are there any dresses in Souk Jara?

Can we find any antiques there?

Are there any policemen in the Souk?