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Exercises
96.1 Can you complete these notices and warnings in possible ways, without looking at the
opposite page?
PLEASE QUEUE ................ BEWARE OF ................
MIND THE ................ MIND YOUR ................. SOLD 0000.20.00...
PLEASE DO NOT ................ OUT OF ................
NO ooo... KEEP ...0............ |
96.2 Where would you expect to see these notices or warnings?
1 | No vacancies hm OUT OF ORDER
2 Beware of pickpockets” 6 Sold out
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4 | Please queue other side 8 Keep off the grass
96.3 What notice(s) is/are possible in each of these places?
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CNN MAP the door of a hotel room at 9 o’clock in the morning
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a waiting area in a busy airport
in front of garage doors
above the window of a train
inside a theatre
on the underground
a door going into a low room
96.4 Now write some different notices of your own. Think of six possible notices you could put in
one of these places:
1 a school
2 a university
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3 a language school
4 a place where people work, e.g. bank, factory, hospital
Where would you put these notices? If possible, do this activity with another person or show
it to another person.
96.5 Look for other notices (in English or your first language). Can you understand the English
notices? Can you translate the ones in your own language. Try to find six more notices in the
next week.
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