The Neighbourhood Map
Do more with this exercise
Read how two neighbours create a map for new people in their street. Then answer the questions.
Reading text
neighbour
a person who lives near youpatient
able to wait calmly without getting angrycurious
interested in learning about people or thingsconfident
sure of your abilitypermission
agreement that lets you do somethingthoughtful
careful about other people’s needsoutgoing
friendly and comfortable with new peopleschedule
a plan showing the times of activitiesPractice exercises
Choose the correct answer
Read the story and choose the best answer.
1.Why did Amir and June make a map?
2.What did Omar want changed?
3.What did Mei prefer to share?
4.Where did the new family’s daughter meet classmates?
Right or wrong?
Decide whether each statement agrees with the text.
5.June remembered people’s names easily.
6.Amir and June put Mei’s home address on the map.
7.The library staff agreed to display the printed map.
Complete the sentence
Use a word or phrase from the story.
Listen and choose
Listen to each sentence and choose the answer.
11.What did Mei help children learn?
12.What did Mei want on the map?
13.What did the map need besides streets?
Listen and write
Listen and type the sentence you hear.
14.Listen and write the sentence.
15.Listen and write the sentence.
16.Listen and write the sentence.
Frequently asked questions
What level is this story?
It is written for B1 readers and practises relative clauses with who, that and where.
Why did Amir and June ask permission?
They wanted the neighbours to choose what personal information appeared on the map.
Can I slow down the audio?
Yes. Play the story at 0.75× or replay a single sentence.
Answer key
1. Why did Amir and June make a map?
Answer: Amir kept forgetting the streets
Amir forgot the streets on the way to the places June had shown him.
2. What did Omar want changed?
Answer: His bakery’s opening time
Omar asked them to correct the bakery’s opening time.
3. What did Mei prefer to share?
Answer: The free cycling class
Mei wanted a note about the free class, not her address.
4. Where did the new family’s daughter meet classmates?
Answer: In the study room
She found the quiet study room on the map and met classmates there.
5. June remembered people’s names easily.
Answer: True
She remembered every name after one meeting.
6. Amir and June put Mei’s home address on the map.
Answer: False
Mei specifically preferred a class note instead of her home address.
7. The library staff agreed to display the printed map.
Answer: True
They placed copies in the library with the staff’s agreement.
8. June was the first person ___ spoke to Amir outside.
Answer: who
Who or that identifies the person in this defining clause.
9. They marked a room ___ students could study.
Answer: where
Where connects the room to the activity there.
10. They included Omar, a baker ___ gave bread to a food bank.
Answer: who
Who or that links the baker to his action.
11. Listening question 11: They added Mei, a confident cyclist who helped children learn road safety.
Answer: Road safety
Mei helped children learn road safety.
12. Listening question 12: Mei preferred a note about the free cycling class, not her home address.
Answer: The free cycling class
She preferred the class information to her home address.
13. Listening question 13: It needed people who were willing to share their time and knowledge.
Answer: People willing to help
The narrator says it needed people willing to share.
14. Dictation 14
Answer: His neighbour June was the first person who spoke to him outside the building.
Who adds information about June as a person.
15. Dictation 15
Answer: Near the station, they marked a quiet room where students could study after school.
Where links a place to the activity there.
16. Dictation 16
Answer: It needed people who were willing to share their time and knowledge.
The relative clause describes the helpful people.