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Grammar:(not) enough and too

ReadingReading a web page about living in the city andthe country

ListeningListening to a discussion about a quiz

SpeakingAsking for and giving opinions; agreeing anddisagreeing

WritingWriting notes

LESSON 1 SB page 40

Outcomes:

•To ask and answer about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a city or village

•To read about city and village life and answer questions

•To carry out an internet search about the population in cities and villages in Egypt

Before using the book:

• Write the title of the unit City and country on the board and ask the students to tell you what they think they will study in the unit. Confirm any correct answers.

• Ask the students to work in small groups to discuss the differences between cities and villages, for example, cities are bigger.

• Ask them to tell their group about where they live and what they like/dislike about living there.

• Invite the students from different groups to share their ideas.

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City and country

Ask and answer

1 What do you like about living in a city/village?

2 What do you not like about living in a city/village?

Read Tarek’s blog post and the comment. Do Tarek and Salma agree with your ideas in exercise 1?

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• Reading Reading a web page about living in the city and the country

• Listening Listening to a discussion about a quiz

• Speaking Asking for and giving opinions; agreeing and disagreeing

• Writing Writing notes

Lesson 1

Answer the questions

1 Why does Tarek like living in the city?

2 What does he think about his grandparents’ village?

3 Why don’t his grandparents want to live in the city?

4 Why does Salma like living in the countryside?

5 What does Salma not like about her village?

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Find out the populations of three cities or villages in Egypt.

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Salma I live in a village. I agree with Tarek: the countryside is quieter and that’s why I like it! I visited Cairo last year, but I was happy to return home. The city is too big. In Cairo, there are more than 18 million people. In the village, life is slower. People are friendlier and everything is more beautiful. There aren’t enough green areas in the city, but there are a lot of fields and trees around my village. The air is cleaner. My village is quiet and there aren’t enough shops, but it’s more relaxing than the city.

I am twelve and live in Cairo in a big apartment with my parents, my sister Manal and my brother Magdy.

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What do you like about where you live?

I live in Cairo and I love city life! Some people think that cities are too noisy. I agree! Cairo is noisier than the countryside and the roads are too busy. There are too many cars and the air is too polluted. But I prefer city life because it’s always exciting! There’s a lot to do and see here. My grandparents live on a farm. When I visit them, I think the countryside is too quiet. Their village isn’t exciting enough, but they say, “We’re too old for the big city now!”

1 Ask and answer

1 Draw attention to the Objectives box on page 40, which refers to the objectives of the unit, and explain in Arabic if necessary.

2 Now ask the students to read the questions in exercise 1. Put them into small groups to discuss them. Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary.

3 Open the discussion up to the whole class and hold a vote for the best place to live.

Answers:

Students’ own answers

2 Read Tarek’s blog post and the comment. Do Tarek and Salma agree with your ideas in exercise 1?

1 Ask half of the students to read Tarek’s blog post, and the other half to read Salma’s comment on it. Then invite different students to share Tarek’s and Salma’s ideas. Ask Do they agree with your ideas?

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2 The students then read the other half of the text. Ask the students to find the negative and positive points of city and village life in the texts and make a list of these on the board. Ask the students to say whether there are any new ideas and whether they agree with them.

Answers:

Tarek says the good things about living in the city are:

It is always exciting.There’s a lot to see and do.

Tarek and Salma say the bad things about living in the city are:

It is too noisy. The roads are too busy.There are too many cars and the air is too polluted. The city is too big. There aren’t enough green areas.

Salma says the good things about living in a village are:

It is quieter than the city.People are friendlier. Everything is more beautiful. There are a lot of fields and trees. The air is cleaner. It’s more relaxing than the city.

Tarek and Salma say the bad things about living in a village are:

It is too quiet.It isn’t exciting enough. There aren’t enough shops.

Note: ‘Life is slower‘ can be a good or a bad point about living in a village.

3 Answer the questions

1 Ask the students to read the questions and try to answer them from memory.

2 The students then read the text in exercise 2 again to find the answers.

3 Ask the students to compare their ideas with a partner, then ask different students to give their answers.

Answers:

1 Because it is always exciting.2 He thinks it is not exciting enough.3 They are too old for the big city now.4 Because it is quieter, life is slower, people are friendlier and everything is more beautiful. The air is cleaner and the village is more relaxing.5 There aren’t enough shops.

: Internet search

1 Ask the students to name three cities and three villages in their local area. Ask them to guess what the populations are if they don’t already know.

2 Ask the students to find out what the populations of the cities and villages are.

3 Ask them to look at the Internet search box. Show the students a map of Egypt and ask pairs of students to each choose three cities or villages they know little about. Now tell the students that they are going to do an internet search to research the populations of these cities or villages in the same way, before sharing the information with the rest of the class.

4 Ask the students what problems might arise in places where populations are too large or too small (for example, available facilities and services).

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Outcomes:

•Touse(not) enough and too

•Todescribeahotelusingadjectivesand(not) enough/too

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Lesson 2Underline the examples of enough/too and the words they describe

1 Some people think that cities are too noisy.

2 Cairo is noisier than the countryside and the roads are too busy.

3 I think the countryside is too quiet.

4 Their village isn’t exciting enough.

5 There aren’t enough green areas in the city.

6 My village is quiet and there aren’t enough shops.

(not) enough and too • We can use enough to talk about the right size, amount etc.

We often use (not) enough after an adjective: This dress is small enough for the baby. He is not strong enough to lift the bag.

• We can also use (not) enough before a noun: There are enough books for all the students. There is not enough water.

• We can use too to mean more than enough. Too comes before the adjective: It’s too quiet. = It isn’t noisy enough. This tea is too cold. = The tea isn’t hot enough.

Choose the correct words

1 Nadia can’t open that window. It’s too high/too low and she’s not tall enough/short enough.

2 Medhat is 14. He can’t drive a car because he’s too old/not old enough.

3 Hatem would like the large jacket. He can’t wear the medium size jacket because it’s too big/not big enough.

4 Please open the curtains. The room is too dark/not dark enough.

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1 Underline the examples of enough/too and the words they describe

1 Ask the students to look at the picture and say what it is (a village).

2 Then ask them to read the example sentence from the text and the underlined words. Elicit the meaning of too (more than necessary).

3 Then ask them to read sentence 4 and elicit the meaning of enough (sufficient, adequate).

4 Tell the students to copy the sentences into their copybooks and underline enough/too and the words they describe.

5 The students complete the exercise in pairs. Then check the answers as a whole class.

6 Now ask them to look at the Grammar box and read the rules for (not) enough and too. Ask them to identify examples of the rules in the sentences.

Answers:

2 Cairo is noisier than the countryside and the roads are too busy. 3 I think the countryside is too quiet.4 Their village isn’t exciting enough.5 There aren’t enough green areas in the city.6 My village is quiet and there aren’t enough shops.

2 Choose the correct words

1 Ask the students to look at the picture and ask What’s wrong? Then ask them to read the first sentence and example. Do the second part of the sentence together as a class.

2 The students complete the rest of the exercise in pairs. Then invite different students to read out the sentences.

Answers:

1 too high, tall enough 2 not old enough 3 not big enough 4 too dark

3 Describe the hotel using these words and (not) enough/too

1 Ask the students to look at the picture and say what it is. Ask Is it a good hotel? (no)

2 Brainstorm adjectives which could be used to describe a hotel and then ask the students to read the adjectives in the box in exercise 3. Elicit the meanings by asking the students to think of other items which could be described in the same way. Then ask which of the adjectives are opposites (modern – old, small – big, dark – light, expensive – cheap).

3 Ask two students to read out the sentences shown in the speech bubbles. Then tell the students that they have to talk about the hotel using the words in the box and (not) enough/too, using the picture to guide them.

4 Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary. Then invite different pairs to talk about the hotel.

5 Ask Would you like to stay in this hotel? Why/Why not?

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Example answers:

The hotel isn’t modern enough. It’s too old. Its windows are too small. They are not big enough. The rooms are too dark. They aren’t light enough. The hotel is too expensive. It’s not cheap enough.

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busy modern low light friendly

2 Read the sentences and put a or a 1 7 The town is always quieter than the countryside.

2 The roads in big cities are never too busy.

3 The air in the countryside is usually cleaner than the air in the city.

4 Life in a village is usually slower than life in the city.

5 Most people think that the countryside is more beautiful than the city.

3 Complete these sentences with too or enough1 Ali does not like living near the airport. It is too noisy.

2 You can all sit down because there are chairs for all of you.

3 The train leaves in a minute. We don’t have time to go to the shops.

4 Mr Zaki cannot carry the bag because it is heavy.

5 Leila’s brother is not old to remember the year 1999.

6 I cannot drink this tea. It is hot.

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Dear Sami

I’m staying with my uncle in London! I travelled to his house by train. London is very big and the streets are always 1 busy . My uncle says that some people in London are not 2 , but I like the people here.

Today, we visited a museum. It had big windows, so the rooms were very 3 . Some people don’t like museums, but this museum was very interesting for me.

Yesterday, we walked up a hill in a park. I saw all of London from there. There are some 4 skyscrapers in London, but most of the buildings are 5 and not very tall.

Regards,

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1 Complete the letter with these words

1 Ask the students to call out the adjectives they have learned and their meanings.

2 Then ask them to read the first part of the text and the example answer. Then explain that they have to complete the rest of the text using each adjective in the box once only.

3 The students complete the exercise in pairs. Then ask different students to read out the text and ask the rest of the class to say whether the adjectives they have chosen are correct.

Answers:

2 friendly 3 light 4 modern 5 low

2 Read the sentences and put a ✔ or a ✗

1 Ask the students to read the example sentence and ask why there is a cross next to it (it isn’t true).

2 Explain that the students have to decide whether the sentences are true or false and put a ✔ for true and a ✗ for false.

3 The students complete the exercise. Then check the answers as a whole class.

Answers:

2 ✗ 3 ✔ 4 ✔ 5 ✔

3 Complete these sentences with too or enough

1 Elicit the meanings of too and enough. Then ask the students to read the example sentence and explain why too is the correct answer (Ali isn’t happy).

2 The students complete the exercise in pairs. Then invite different students to read out the sentences.

Answers:

2 enough 3 enough 4 too 5 enough 6 too

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LESSON 3 SB page 42

Outcomes:

•To complete and listen to a quiz about daily life

•To ask for and give opinions, and agree and disagree

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Do you agree (that) …?

What do you think about …?

What’s your opinion about …?

Do you think …?

I think …/I don’t think …

I (don’t) agree (with you/that).

I disagree (with you/that.)

You’re right.

That’s (not) true.

Asking for and giving opinions

Agreeing and disagreeing

Ask for and give opinions about the following. Agree or disagree with your partner

Nowlistentotwopeopledoingthequizabove.Whichsentencesdothey agree with?

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1 The school day is too long.

2 We need more libraries because books are too expensive.

3 Buses and trains aren’t cheap enough. It’s better to travel by car.

4 TV programmes can teach us interesting things.

1 Exams are too easy. agree disagree

2 The summer holidays aren’t long enough. agree disagree

3 It’s too expensive to do a lot of different sports. agree disagree

4 Shopping centres are too big. agree disagree

5 People in cities aren’t friendly enough. agree disagree

1 Read the quiz. Do you agree or disagree? Compare answers with your group

1 Ask the students to look at the picture and ask What can you see? Where is this? (People shopping. In a city.)

2 Ask what agree and disagree mean. Ask the students to read the statements and decide whether they agree or disagree with them.

3 Then put the students into small groups to discuss each statement. Ask them to give reasons for their answers. Then invite different groups to share their opinions with the rest of the class.

Answers:

Students’ own answers

2 Now listen to two people doing the quiz above. Which sentences do they agree with?

1 Tell the students that they are going to listen to two people doing the same quiz as in exercise 1. Ask them to listen for the sentences that they agree with.

2 Play the recording and then check the answers as a whole class. Ask the students whether the people had the same opinions as they did.

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Girl 1: Let's do this quiz. Sentence 1: do you agreethatexamsaretooeasy?

Girl 2: No, I disagree with that. Girl 1: I disagree with that, too. I don't think

examsaretoodifficult,buttheyaren't too easy. They are just right. They test what you know.

Girl 2: Yes, that's true. Girl 1: Sentence 2: the summer holidays aren't

long enough. What do you think about that?

Girl 2: I disagree with that! I think they're long enough. At the end of the holidays, I want to go back to school and learn interesting things!

Girl1: Iagree.Sentence3:it'stooexpensiveto do a lot of different sports. I don't agree

with that. Running, swimming and going for a walk are free!

Girl 2: You're right. Girl 1: Sentence 4 is about shopping centres.

What's your opinion about the size of shopping centres? Do you think shopping centres are too big?

Girl 2: No, I don't. I think it's better to have lots of shops in one place. That makes shopping quicker and easier.

Girl 1: I agree with you. Sentence 5: people in cities aren't friendly enough.

Girl 2: That's not true. I live in a city and people are very friendly here!

Girl 1: I agree with you. There are lots of friendly people in lots of different places!

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They don’t agree with any of the sentences.

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3 Ask for and give opinions about the following. Agree or disagree with your partner

1 Write agree and disagree on the board and elicit any phrases the students know for agreeing

and disagreeing. Do the same for asking for opinions.

2 Ask the students to read the phrases in the Functions box and compare their ideas.

3 Ask them to read sentence 1 in exercise 3, and invite opinions from different students. Encourage them to answer using some of the phrases in the Functions box.

4 Ask the students to work in pairs to discuss the rest of the sentences in exercise 3, as in the example dialogue.

5 Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary. Then invite different pairs of students to hold a conversation about each statement.

Answers:

Students’ own answers

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Outcomes:

•Tomatchplacesinacitywithamap

•Toaskandanswerquestionsaboutwhereyoulive

•Todoaclasssurveycomparingcityandvillagelife and write a paragraph about the results

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1 Which of the places in exercise 1 are usually in the city?

2 Which of the places are usually in the countryside?

3 Which of the places are near where you live? Give examples.

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1 You are going to do a survey. First, choose three of the following sentences to read to some classmates and ask them what they think. Make a note of the answers.

• City streets have more traffic, so they are more dangerous than country roads.

• Everything is too expensive in a city. It’s cheaper to live in the countryside.

• Living in the countryside is healthier than living in the city.

• It’s too difficult to make lots of friends in the city.

• City life is more enjoyable than life in a village.

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I did a survey for our class project. I read three questions to five friends.

The first sentence was … One person agreed. Four people didn’t agree.

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1 Match the words and the pictures

1 Ask the students to look at the picture and say what it is (a map).

2 Ask the students to cover the words on the left and identify the places on the map. Then ask them to complete the exercise in pairs.

3 Check the answers by pointing to each place on the map and asking the students to call out the places.

4 Ask the student which other places they can think of in a city, town or village.

Answers:

2 b 3 i 4 h 5 j 6 d 7 g 8 f 9 e 10 c

2 Ask and answer

1 Ask the students to read the first question and discuss the answer as a whole class. Repeat the process for the second question.

2 Put the students into small groups to complete the third part of the exercise. Ask two students to read out the sentences shown in the speech

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bubbles, and explain that they have to hold similar conversations.

3 Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary. Then invite different students to talk about places near where they live.

Answers:

1 shopping centre, railway line, railway station, skyscraper, sports club2 farm, field, lake, hill (also railway line, railway station)3 Students’ own answers

3 Project

1 Tell the students that they are going to do a survey. Read the first sentence (City streets have more traffic, so they are more dangerous than country roads.) and ask them what they think. Write their names on the board and make notes about their answers.

2 The students complete their survey. They will need to move around the class for this activity. Set a time limit for this (some students will manage to talk to more classmates than others in the time, but this doesn’t matter). Remind them to write each student’s name and make notes about their answer.

3 When they have finished, ask them to use the information they have collected to write a paragraph about the results. Refer them to the opening sentences in the example and ask them to use this as a model.

4 Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary. Then invite different students to read out their paragraph about the results of their survey.

Answers:

Students’ own answers

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1 Match the places with their meanings

field forest hill railway line skyscraper

1 Trains travel on this. railway line

2 Farmers use this land for animals or for growing plants.

3 This is an area of high land.

4 This is a very tall building in a city.

5 This is a big area of land that has many trees.

2 Read and match to make sentences1 d I think that football players get a it was too cold.

2 Do you think that the summer holiday b there is not enough water.

3 Ali did not like staying in England because c is long enough?

4 Life is difficult in the desert because d too much money.

3 Complete the dialogue with these words

agree don’t agree don’t think right think That’s

Amal: I 1 think the river in our town is dirtier than in the past.

Hala: I 2 with that. It isn’t very dirty. You can see fish in the river.

Amal: 3 true. But do you think young children should swim in it?

Hala: No, I 4 they should swim in it because the river is dangerous.

Amal: You’re 5 . What do you think about the new dam on the river?

Hala: I think it’s great.

Amal: I 6 . It helps our farms and saves water.

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1 Match the places with their meanings

1 Ask the students to call out the different places they know in cities and villages.

2 Ask the students to look at the photo in exercise 1 and ask What is it? (a train)

3 Now ask them to complete the sentences using the places in the box, as in the example. Then invite different students to read out their answers.

Answers:

2 field 3 hill 4 skyscraper 5 forest

2 Read and match to make sentences

1 Ask the students what the difference is between too and enough.

2 Then ask them to read the example sentence and complete the rest of the exercise in pairs.

3 Check the answers as a whole class.

Answers:

2 c 3 a 4 b

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3 Complete the dialogue with these words

1 Ask the students to call out phrases for agreeing, disagreeing and asking for opinions.

2 Ask the students to look at the picture in exercise 3 and ask What can you see? (a river)

3 The students then complete the dialogue using the words in the box, as in the example.

4 Invite different students to read out the sentences.

Answers:

2 don’t agree 3 That’s 4 don’t think 5 right 6 agree

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Outcomes: •To review and practise the vocabulary and

structures of the unit

•To practise making notes

Before using the book:

• Write City and country on the board and ask the students what they have learned in this unit. Brainstorm a list of topics, vocabulary and grammar points.

• Tell the students that they are now going to complete the review section, to see what they can remember.

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In the countryside, there are lots of trees in the 1 …..…….. and there’s a 2 …..…….. behind it. The 3 …..…….. is between two 4 …..……... In the city, there’s a 5 …..…….. at the end of the street, next to a 6 …..…….. and opposite a 7 …..……...

Writing skillsWhenyouwritenotes,first underline the important points: We asked five people two questions about shops. Three people said they never go to shopping centres. Two people said they think shopping centres are too big.

Then write the underlined words to make notes:

• five people: two questions about shops• three people: never go to shopping centres• two people: shopping centres too big

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Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets

1 This T-shirt is too small. (big) …..…...............…................................

2 The town isn’t quiet enough. (noisy) …..……..

3 This phone is too expensive. (cheap) …..……..

4 Maher is not old enough to travel alone. (young) …..……..

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This T-shirt is not big enough.

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Azza: What do you 1 …............…….. tablet computers? Are they useful?

Fady: Yes, 2 …..…….. they’re more useful than other computers.

Azza: I 3 …..…….. with you. They’re too small. You can’t read websites clearly.

Fady: That’s 4 …..……..! Websites are easy to read on tablets.

Azza: They want to open a new supermarket in our street. What’s 5 …..…….. about that?

Fady: I 6 …..…….. with that. I think it’s a great idea.

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1 Complete the sentences with these words

1 Ask the students to say which place each picture in exercise 1 represents (the city and the countryside). Then elicit places in cities and the countryside.

2 The students complete the exercise in pairs, referring to the pictures. Then check the answers as a whole class.

Answers:

2 hill 3 railway line 4 fields 5 skyscraper 6 sports club 7 railway station

2 Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets

1 Ask the students to read the example, and check that they understand what to do.

2 The students complete the exercise in pairs. Then invite different students to read out the rewritten sentences.

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Answers:

2 The town is too noisy.3 This phone is not cheap enough.4 Maher is too young to travel alone.

3 Complete the dialogue

1 Ask the students to read the dialogue and look at the example answer.

2 The students then complete the rest of the dialogue in pairs, using the words in the box.

3 Check answers by inviting different students to read out the lines of the dialogue.

Answers:

2 I think 3 disagree 4 not true 5 your opinion 6 agree

Writing skills

1 Tell the students that they are going to learn how to make notes from something they have read.

2 Ask them to read the paragraph with the words underlined, and look at the underlined words. Ask why they think these are the important points (they say what happened, provide statistics and give opinions).

3 Ask the students to compare the notes below with the full sentences in the paragraph. Ask what differences they notice (there are no pronouns or reporting verbs).

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Countryside

2 Write four sentences describing the good and bad things in the city and the countryside. Use some of the words from exercise 1.

3 Write notes Underline the important points from your sentences in exercise 2.

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1 Complete the table with these words

1 Ask the students to look at the picture and elicit adjectives to describe the two places (city and countryside) on the scales.

2 The students then complete the table with the adjectives, as in the examples.

3 Ask the students to call out the good and bad adjectives for each place. Accept any reasonable answers, as they may vary.

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exciting, busy noisy, polluted, expensive, unfriendly

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2 Write four sentences describing the good and bad things in the city and the countryside. Use some of the words from exercise 1

1 Ask the students to call out a few ideas about the good and bad things in the city and the countryside before they start writing.

2 The students then write their sentences individually. Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary.

3 Ask the students to check each other’s work for spelling and grammar before inviting different students to read out their sentences.

Answers:

Students’ own answers

3 Write notes

1 Ask different students to read out one of their sentences and write it on the board. Then ask another student to come to the board and underline the important point(s). Then write the underlined words to make notes.

2 The students then read their own sentences in exercise 2 again and underline the important points. Ask them to work in pairs for this part of the activity.

3 The students then write their notes. They should start their answer in the Workbook and continue in their copybooks if they need more space. Go round and monitor while they are working, helping where necessary.

4 Then invite different students to come to the board, read out their sentences from exercise 2 and make their notes. The rest of the class should decide whether the notes are clear and why/why not.

Answers:

Students’ own answers

A s s e s s m e n tSpeaking task

Outcome: to ask for and give opinions; to agree and disagreeUse SB page 42, Functions boxOn the board, write the following:There are too many cars on the roads. It’s better to ride a bike.Computers are better than books.In pairs, students choose one of the statements and discuss it using expressions from the Functions box.

Reading taskOutcome: to read a web page about living in the city and the countryUse SB page 40, exercise 2 textOn the board, write these sentences: 1 Tarek and Salma are happy where they live. 2 Tarek thinks Cairo is polluted.3 Tarek’s grandparents prefer the countryside.4 Salma thinks country life is too slow.5 There aren’t any shops in Salma’s village. Students read the text again and write down True or False for each sentence.

Writing TaskOutcome: to write notesUse SB page 42, exercise 1 In groups students record how many people agree and disagree about each of the sentences in the quiz.On the board, write the following:Our group talked about five sentences in a quiz. The first sentence was ____ . _____ students agreed and _____ students disagreed. Students copy and complete the sentences on the board, and continue to record their results in the same way.

Listening taskOutcome: to understand a discussion about a quizUse the recording for SB page 42, exercise 2On the board, write the following sentences and ask the students to read and copy them:1 Exams aren’t easy enough. 2 The summer holidays are too short. 3 Some sports are free. 4 Shopping centres are not too big. 5 There are lots of friendly people in cities.Students listen while you play the recording, and tick opinions (not the exact words) that they hear.