Paris is the capital city of France.
+ the capital city of a country
Capitals of countries · Landmarks and famous places · Cultural differences in different parts of the world
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In Theme 14, you will explore Life in the World and Culture: the capitals of countries, famous landmarks around the globe, and the cultural differences you can find from one city to another. You will learn to report what people said with reported speech, talk about the past with the Past Perfect, imagine what could/should/might have happened with past modals, and talk about future plans with be going to.
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Paris is the capital city of France.
+ the capital city of a country
Tokyo has a huge population of over 13 million people.
+ a growing population
The government building in the capital is guarded day and night.
+ an official government building
Brazil decided to relocate its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília.
+ relocate a capital
Some countries have an administrative capital that is different from the biggest city.
+ an administrative capital
Diplomats from many countries work in embassies in the capital.
+ a foreign diplomat
The Eiffel Tower is the most famous landmark in Paris.
+ a famous landmark
The monument was built to remember the soldiers who died in the war.
+ build a monument
The pyramids are ancient structures that are more than 4,000 years old.
+ an ancient civilisation
The construction of the tower took more than two years.
+ under construction
The view from the top of the mountain was absolutely breathtaking.
+ a breathtaking view
The old city centre is protected as a World Heritage Site.
+ cultural heritage
The castle attracts thousands of tourists every summer.
+ attract visitors
It is a local custom to remove your shoes before entering a house.
+ a local custom
Table etiquette is very different in Japan compared to Italy.
+ table etiquette
A handshake is a common greeting in many Western countries.
+ a traditional greeting
Turkish cuisine is famous for its kebabs and mezes.
+ local cuisine
Drinking tea after a meal is a strong tradition in many cultures.
+ a family tradition
The city has a diverse population with people from all over the world.
+ a culturally diverse city
Different body language can cause a misunderstanding between tourists and locals.
+ cause a misunderstanding
Government buildings, embassies and diplomats fill the new capital.
+ a foreign embassy
The young republic chose Ankara as its capital in 1923.
+ a young republic
The ancient pyramids in Cairo attract millions of visitors every year.
+ visit the pyramids
In Japan, people usually bow instead of shaking hands.
+ bow to greet someone
She poured her own drink and didn't realise it was against the custom.
+ pour a drink
She was worried she might have offended her friend's grandmother.
+ offend someone by mistake
Rio remains a more famous tourist destination than Brasília.
+ a popular tourist destination
Bern's old town still has its medieval towers and narrow streets.
+ medieval towers
You should have researched the local etiquette before you travelled.
+ research the etiquette
Our teacher said small cultural differences between countries are fascinating.
+ a fascinating custom
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Kuralı ezberleme; örneklerden kendin keşfet.
Which action happened first, and which happened second? How do we form the Past Perfect?
Look at the Notice sentences again. Complete the rule with the words in the box.
Well done! You found the rule yourself. Now let's use it.
Use the cues to write sentences about a world tour. Look at the example first.
✓ By the time we arrived, the guide had already started the tour.
We hadn't visited a capital city before.
When she got to the landmark, it had just closed.
Had you seen the pyramids before your trip?
They had already booked the hotel before they landed.
I hadn't tried the local cuisine before I moved there.
Write three sentences about a trip (real or imaginary): one thing that had already happened before you arrived somewhere, one you hadn't done before, and one question with Had you...?
We use the Past Perfect (had + V3) for an action that happened before another action in the past — it makes clear which past event came first. Negative: hadn't + V3. Question: Had + subject + V3?
TRPast Perfect (had + V3), geçmişte başka bir geçmiş olaydan önce olan bir eylemi anlatmak için kullanılır: iki geçmiş olay arasında hangisinin önce olduğunu netleştirir. Olumsuzda hadn't + V3, soruda Had + özne + V3 kullanılır.
We use it when telling a travel story and we need to show which of two past events happened first — for example, what had already happened before we arrived.
TRBir seyahat hikâyesini anlatırken, iki geçmiş olayı sırasıyla belirtmek istediğimizde kullanırız: örneğin, biz varmadan önce ne olmuştu.
Use had, not has, when sequencing two past events.
TRİki geçmiş olayı sıralarken has değil had kullanılır.
Use the past participle (V3) after hadn't, not the base verb.
TRhadn't'tan sonra V3 (past participle) gelir, yalın fiil değil.
How does the verb tense change when we report what someone said? What happens to words like 'next month' or 'here'?
Look at the Notice sentences again. Complete the rule with the words in the box.
Well done! You found the rule yourself. Now let's use it.
Report what each person said. Look at the example first.
✓ Aylin said (that) she loved that city.
The tour guide said (that) that monument was 500 years old.
Can said (that) he had visited the capital the previous summer.
Zeynep said (that) she was going to travel to five countries the following year.
The local said (that) they didn't shake hands there.
Emre said (that) he had never seen such a breathtaking view.
Think of something a friend or family member once said about a trip or a place. Write three reported-speech sentences about it, changing the tense correctly.
In reported speech, the verb usually moves one tense back: Present Simple → Past Simple, Past Simple → Past Perfect, be going to → was/were going to, Present Perfect → Past Perfect. Time and place words also change: now → then, here → there, tomorrow → the next day.
TRReported speech'te (dolaylı anlatım), söylenen cümleyi kendi cümlemizmiş gibi aktarırken fiil genellikle bir zaman geriye kayar: Present Simple → Past Simple, Past Simple → Past Perfect, be going to → was/were going to, Present Perfect → Past Perfect. Zaman/yer zarfları da değişir: now→then, here→there, tomorrow→the next day.
We use it when telling someone else what a person said about their travels, cultures or places, and it requires mixing different past tenses correctly.
TRBirinin seyahatler, kültürler veya yerler hakkında söylediklerini başka birine aktarırken kullanılır; farklı geçmiş zamanların doğru sırayla kullanılmasını gerektirir.
Present Simple usually shifts back to Past Simple.
TRPresent Simple genellikle Past Simple'a kayar.
be going to shifts back to was/were going to; next year becomes the following year.
TRbe going to → was/were going to şeklinde kayar; next year → the following year olur.
Reported speech'te zaman genellikle bir adım geriye kayar, ama söylenen şey hâlâ doğruysa (örneğin genel bir gerçek) bazen zaman değişmeyebilir: 'The Earth is round' → She said the Earth is/was round.
Do these sentences talk about the present or the past? What do they say about things that did or didn't happen?
Look at the Notice sentences again. Complete the rule with the words in the box.
Well done! You found the rule yourself. Now let's use it.
Use the cues to write sentences with past modals. Look at the example first.
✓ We should have checked the time.
He could have asked for directions.
You would have loved the landmark.
She might have been busy at the museum.
They should have left earlier.
I might have offended someone.
Think of a travel mistake (real or imaginary). Write three sentences: one with should have (what you should have done), one with could have (another option), and one with might have (a guess about what happened).
Modal + have + V3 is used for things in the past that didn't happen, or that we are not sure about. Should have: something that didn't happen but should have (regret/criticism). Could have: a past possibility that didn't happen. Might/may have: an unsure guess about the past. Would have: imagining what would have happened in a different past situation.
TRModal + have + V3 yapısı, geçmişte gerçekleşmemiş ya da gerçekleşip gerçekleşmediğinden emin olmadığımız durumlar için kullanılır. Should have: geçmişte yapılmayan ama yapılması gereken bir şey (pişmanlık/eleştiri). Could have: geçmişte mümkün olan ama olmayan bir seçenek. Might/may have: geçmiş hakkında emin olmayan bir tahmin. Would have: farklı bir geçmiş durumda ne olacağını hayal etme.
We use these to criticise a travel mistake, talk about a missed opportunity, or guess about something that might have happened in the past.
TRBir seyahat hatasını eleştirirken, kaçırılan bir fırsatı anlatırken ya da geçmişte olabilecek bir şeyi tahmin ederken kullanırız.
Use the past participle (V3) after have, not the base verb.
TRhave'den sonra V3 (past participle) gelir, yalın fiil değil.
Use might + have + V3 for a guess about the past.
TRGeçmiş hakkında tahmin için might + have + V3 kullanılır.
Should have (pişmanlık: yapmalıydım ama yapmadım) ile could have (mümkündü ama olmadı) karıştırılmamalı: 'I should have visited the museum' = ziyaret etmeliydim (pişmanım). 'I could have visited the museum' = ziyaret edebilirdim (fırsat vardı, kullanmadım).
Are these plans decided before now, or decisions made at the moment of speaking? How do we form be going to?
Look at the Notice sentences again. Complete the rule with the words in the box.
Well done! You found the rule yourself. Now let's use it.
Use the cues to write sentences about future travel plans. Look at the example first.
✓ We are going to visit three capitals next summer.
She isn't going to travel alone.
They are going to see the famous landmark on day two.
Are you going to try the local cuisine?
I'm not going to take a plane, I'll take a train.
The tour is going to start at nine o'clock.
Write three sentences about your own future travel plans (real or your ideal world tour) using be going to.
We use be going to for future plans and intentions that were already decided before the moment of speaking. Form: am/is/are + going to + base verb. Negative: am not/isn't/aren't going to. Question: Am/Is/Are + subject + going to?
TRBe going to, önceden karar verilmiş gelecekteki planları ve niyetleri anlatmak için kullanılır. Am/is/are + going to + yalın fiil şeklinde kurulur. Olumsuzda am not/isn't/aren't going to, soruda Am/Is/Are + özne + going to kullanılır.
We use it when planning a world tour, or talking about which capitals or landmarks we have already decided to visit.
TRBir dünya turu planlarken ya da hangi başkentleri, simge yapıları ziyaret edeceğimizi anlatırken, önceden kararlaştırılmış planlar için kullanılır.
Don't forget the verb be (am/is/are).
TRbe fiili (am/is/are) unutulmamalı.
Use the base verb after going to, not the past participle.
TRgoing to'dan sonra yalın fiil gelir, V3 değil.
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Özgün metin ve anlama soruları.
When people think of a capital city, they often imagine the biggest, busiest city in the country. But that isn't always true. In some countries, the capital is a smaller, quieter administrative city, built specially to be the seat of government.
Brazil is a good example. Rio de Janeiro used to be the capital, but in 1960 the government had already decided to relocate the capital to a new city called Brasília. City planners had designed Brasília from nothing, in the shape of an aeroplane, in the middle of the country. Today, government buildings, embassies and diplomats fill the city, while Rio remains the more famous tourist destination.
Another surprising example is Switzerland. Many people guess that Zürich, the biggest and richest city, is the capital. In fact, Bern, a much smaller city with a lower population, holds that role. Bern's old town, with its narrow streets and medieval towers, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Turkey has a similar story. Istanbul is the largest city and the main cultural and economic centre, but Ankara has been the official capital since 1923, when the young republic had chosen it as a more central administrative city.
So, before you travel, it's worth checking: is the capital the city everyone talks about, or is it a quieter place with a very different kind of importance?
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Millions of tourists visit the Eiffel Tower every year, but most don't know it was almost destroyed. In 1889, the tower had been built as a temporary entrance for the World's Fair in Paris. Many people at the time thought it was ugly, and the plan was to take it down after twenty years.
By the time the twenty years had passed, engineers had already found a new use for the tower: radio transmission. Because it was so tall, it was perfect for sending radio signals across the city. This breathtaking piece of engineering had earned itself a permanent place in Paris.
Today, the tower attracts around seven million visitors a year, making it one of the most-visited paid landmarks in the world. Tourists climb it, take photographs from below, and watch it sparkle with lights every evening.
This story shows something interesting about landmarks: sometimes they aren't built to become symbols. Their history, use, and the culture around them can change how people see a place over time.
So next time you take a photo next to a famous monument, it might be worth asking: what was this place originally built for, and how did it become so important?
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Dinle, anla, transkriptle kontrol et.
AdaSo for our project, we're going to design our ideal world tour. Where should we start?
KeremI've always wanted to visit Tokyo. I read that it had already become one of the biggest cities in the world by the 1960s.
AdaGreat choice. After Tokyo, we could visit Cairo — I'd love to see the pyramids. They're ancient, and the construction is amazing for that time.
KeremGood idea. And we should have added Rome from the start — I can't believe we almost forgot it!
AdaYou're right, we should have. Let's add it as our third city. Rome has so many landmarks — the Colosseum, for example.
KeremPerfect. And for the cultural differences part, we could compare greetings — my cousin told me that in Japan people bow instead of shaking hands.
AdaThat's a really good example. We're going to write about three capitals, their landmarks, and their customs. This is going to be a fantastic project!
KeremDefinitely. Let's start writing the script for our characters tonight.
ZeynepYou'll never guess what happened when I visited my friend's family in South Korea!
BurakWhat happened?
ZeynepWell, I hadn't researched the etiquette before I went, so I poured my own drink at dinner. My friend told me later that in Korea, you usually let someone else pour your drink for you.
BurakOh no! You should have asked her about the customs first.
ZeynepI know, I should have! I might have offended her grandmother, but luckily she just laughed and explained the tradition.
BurakThat's a relief. Did anything else surprise you?
ZeynepYes — I found out that people often remove their shoes before entering a house there, which is different from here.
BurakInteresting. I think our project should have a section just about these small cultural differences — they're fascinating.
ZeynepAgreed. I'm going to write about this experience for the writing task.
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Walk around the class and ask your classmates questions with Are you going to…?, Have you ever…? and Would you like to…? to find someone who matches each sentence about world travel. Write their name next to the sentence.
In your group, pitch your ideal world tour project idea to another group: which capitals you are going to include, one landmark for each, and one cultural difference you found interesting. Use reported speech to share something a classmate told you during research.
Write a short guide comparing two capital cities you find interesting. Describe one landmark in each city and one cultural difference between them. Use at least two grammar points from this theme (Past Perfect, reported speech, past modals, be going to).
Write a first draft plan for the performance task: your ideal world tour project. Describe which capitals, landmarks and cultural differences you are going to focus on, and briefly introduce one character who represents a country in your project.
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