Four cities- Think of adjectives to describe each place...

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Four cities- Think of adjectives to describe each place

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1. Write the correct opposite next to the adjectives.

Adjective

Opposite

fast

modern

expensive

dangerous

dirty

unfriendly

noisy

exciting

busy

wet

cold

big

good

sunny



Adjective

Opposite

fast

slow

modern

old

expensive

cheap

dangerous

safe

dirty

clean

unfriendly

friendly

noisy

quiet

exciting

boring

busy

empty/relaxing

wet dry

cold hot

big small

good bad

sunny cloudy



Adjective

Opposite

polite

racist

wealthy

aggressive

punctual

interesting

crowded

multicultural

tasteful

horrible

quick

cool

historical

awake



Adjective

Opposite

polite

rude

racist

tolerant

wealthy

poor

aggressive

peaceful/nonviolent

punctual

late/unpunctual

interesting

boring

crowded

empty

multicultural

Similar/mono-cultural

tasteful

tasteless

horrible wonderful

quick slow

cool warm

historical new

awake asleep


Vocabulary – cities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ktrq6Gw9m0

1____________________

2___________________

3. __________________

4___________________

5____________________

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8___________________

9___________________

10__________________

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ktrq6Gw9m0


swimming pool

restaurant

cinema

park

market

bus stop

city centre

centre of town

museum

shops

cafe

Club (disco)

supermarket


Positive (singular)

(plural)

Negative (singular)

(plural)

Yes/No questions (singular)

(plural)

Short answer Yes, _______is Yes, there ______

No, there ______ No, _______ aren’t

There

_____ bank

______ cafes

There

_____ theatre

______ parks

there

______ hospital?

______ shops?


There is / there are

1) Fill the gaps with: is / are / isn’t / aren’t

1. There _____ a swimming pool in Brixton. +

2. There _____ ____shops in Brixton. +

3. There _____ _____ museums in Brixton. -

4. There _____ _____ cafes in Brixton. +

5. There _____ ____ theatre in Brixton. –

6. There ____ ____ restaurant in Brixton +

2) Now write some sentences about these things:

7. clubs ____________________________________________ +

8. shop _____________________________________________ -

9. square ___________________________________________ +

10. bars_____________________________________________ +

11. supermarkets_______________________________________-


A

Are there any chemists in

your area? Yes, there are chemists

opposite the post office

Is there a cafe in

your area?


B

Are there any shops in

your area? Yes, there are shops

opposite the cafe

Oxford Street

Is there a cafe in

your area?


Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ktrq6Gw9m0

Describe what you see

places

people

Transport

Music

Weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ktrq6Gw9m0


You see an advertisement about Edinburgh. Write a letter to your friend

Francesco.

Write 3 paragraph describing Edinburgh to him

In the last paragraph tell him if you would like to visit the place or

not.

Use conjunctions (and, but, because, so, first, next, however,

then, or)

Check your spelling ;-)

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3. Find someone who

Is there a ………….. in your area? Are there any …?

Questions Name:

prepositions

bus stops

café

shops

cinema

market

parks

post office

bank

restaurants

supermarket

Now write 7 sentences about your classmate’s areas

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Reading : Westminster

1. Read about Westminster and correct the mistakes

I live in Westminster. It is in the city cente. It is very busi area.

Ther is a lot of sops and cars and there’s an ernormous university

wiht studants from all over the world. There are mani beautiful parks

in my area and a lot of people relaz in park during the sumer.

There is a tasty coffee nero opposite H&M on my street. There is

also a noisi shop and a boots behind my house. There aren’t car parks

in my aria but there is a large hospital called St thomas hospital

opposite house.

I like my area becous it is in the centre of town and the persons are

polit and friendly


Reading : Westminster

1. Read about Westminster and correct the mistakes

I live in Westminster. It is in the city centre. It is a very busy area.

There are a lot of shops and cars and there’s an enormous university

with students from all over the world. There are many beautiful parks

in my area. A lot of people relax in the park during the summer.

There is a tasty café Nero opposite H&M on my street. There is also

a noisy shop and a Boots behind my house. There aren’t any car parks

in my area but there is a large hospital called St Thomas Hospital

opposite my house.

I like my area because it is in the centre of town and the people are

polite and friendly

Now answer these questions

1. How many paragraphs are there? ______________________

2. Which paragraph describes my street? ___________________

3. Which paragraph describes my feelings about my area? ____

4. Which paragraph describes my area? ________________


Paragraph 1

Where do you live?

What’s it like (tell me about it)?

Paragraph 2

Write about your street.

What is on your street?

Use there is / there are.…

Use prepositions of place, eg. Next to/in front of/opposite/in the far

corner etc.

What are the people like?

Paragraph 3

Do you like your area?

Why? / Why not? Now write about your area

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Are there any mountains in your country?

Yes, there are

No, there aren’t

country mountains valleys forests deserts lakes beaches rivers


Describing a place – Punctuation

A. Put the capital letters and full stops in these sentences:

a) my brother lives in the united states of america

b) athens is the capital city of greece

c) my sister studies french in a university in tunisia

d) mebrat was born in asmara but she lives in saudi arabia

e) he lives in a town in the north of Somalia

B. Now read about this city. Write in the capital letters and full

stops correct the spelling mistakes:

bombay is a large citi in the west of india it has a populaton of ten

million it is situated on the coast there is a large harbour in bombay

and there are mani parks gardins and makets bombay is famos for its

harbur and its film industry


Describing a city or town: Edinburgh


Describing a town or city: Addis Ababa


Describing a place : Reading

1. Look at the three texts. Where are the three people from?

2. Which Kingston has:

a) an old market __________

b) a famous old train __________

c) a university __________

d) beautiful beaches __________

e) one small supermarket __________

f) lots of cafes ________

3. Look at the texts again. Which Kingston do you think is :

a) There isn’t a university. __________

b) There aren’t any mountains. __________

c) There are some big hotels. __________

Grammar

Singular + There’s a famous train.

- There isn’t a university.

? Is there a river?

Plural + There are some parks.

- There aren’t any mountains.

? Are there any beaches?

Fill the gaps. Try not to look at the texts:

Kingston isn’t a beautiful city, ________ it’s very busy and interesting. There are

________ of people, lots of cafes, and there’s reggae music ____________! There

________ some beautiful places near Kingston – the Blue Mountains – and some

beautiful beaches. It’s a __________ place!

Kingston’s a ________ busy town. There are ____ ______ ____ shops and cars, and

there’s a university ________ students from all over the world! But it’s a nice place

- __________ an old market square, and we’re ______ the River Thames. There are

some beautiful parks ______.

Kingston’s a small ________ near Lake Wakatipu in the mountains. It’s in a really

beautiful place, but it’s really ________ - there’s only ____ school, one bank and one

__________! There’s a famous old train here too, and ________ restaurants for

the __________.


Describing the countryside

Look at the 4 pictures. What can you see in the pictures?

What countries are they?

1. 2.

3. 4.

Now match the writing to the pictures:

a) There are some very tall mountains. There is a river and a

few trees. I can see some animals, maybe cows.

b) There is a large forest with a lot of trees. There is a long

river. There aren’t any houses or roads.

c) There is a small mountain and a desert. There are a few

trees but not many. There aren’t any houses.

d) There is a long beach with white sand. Next to the beach

there are a lot of trees. There are a few houses. There

aren’t any big hotels. Answers: 1. India 2. Algeria 3. Brazil 4. China

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