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UNIT 5 It’s a beautiful building, isn’t it?

Dialogue work
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1 Listen and complete the dialogue.

Annie Mark, please help me!
Mark What is it?
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Annie It’s my homework. I have to write about a building ...................... is interesting or beautiful.
I have no idea what to write about. Can you help me?
Mark A famous building? Sure! Write about the Burj Khalifa.
Annie The – what?
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Mark Hang on, I’m just checking on my smartphone. Yes. The Burj Khalifa, ...................... is in
Dubai, is the tallest building in the world. It’s 830 metres tall, and it has 163 floors. Wow.
That’s incredible, isn’t it?
Annie Hmm. That’s very interesting, but ...
Mark OK. How about the world’s biggest building? It says here that it’s the Boeing Everett
factory.
Annie What?
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Mark It’s a big factory ...................... they make aeroplanes. It’s in Washington, in the US. It’s
13 million cubic metres. Wow!
Annie I’m sorry, I’m not writing about a factory. I don’t know anyone ...................... is interested in
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factories.
Mark OK. But what are you going to write about, then?
Annie I know! I’ll write about my house! It’s not a house ...................... people know about, but I
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think it’s interesting!
2 Write questions to complete the dialogues. Use the prompts in brackets.

1 A (What – name – famous building – be – Istanbul)
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What’s the name of the famous building
which is in Istanbul?
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B Hagia Sophia.

2 A (What – name – river – run through – Budapest)
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B The River Danube.

3 A (What – name – person – build – Taj Mahal)
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B Shah Jahan.
4 A (What – name – bridge – cross – San Francisco Bay)
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B Golden Gate Bridge.

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