Unit 13: City & country | Vocabulary | A1

EXERCISE 1

Look at the map of part of the south of England. Put these labels in the correct positions:

EXERCISE 2

Now answer these questions:

1. Which city can you see on the map?

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2.  How many campsites are shown?

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3.  Which is bigger, a village or a city?

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4.  Which town is nearer to London?

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EXERCISE 3

Put these in order of size from 1-5 (1 being the smallest, 5 being the largest):

EXERCISE 4

A continent is bigger than a country — in fact, a continent contains several countries.

For example: Japan is in Asia.            France is in Europe.               Uganda is in Africa.

In which continents are these countries?

Greece             _____________________________

Ethiopia           ______________________________

China               ______________________________

EXERCISE 5

Sort these words into the correct group:

EXERCISE 6

Decide if each of these paragraphs describes a village, town or city:

Lestwich has a population of over 50,000. There is a very old cathedral in the centre. There are lots of shops, offices, factories and skyscrapers and it is a centre for business, technology and education. There Is a university nearby, a large hospital and a busy nightlife.
Lestwich is a_________________________            .

Backforth is a small place, just outside Oxford. It has a population of 3,500. It is quiet and peaceful, with just a few shops, a pub and a church in the square. There are a few farms nearby, lots of fields, trees and flowers, and people come here at the weekends to walk in the woods and watch the wildlife.
Backforth is a________________________.

Midhampton has a population of 20,000. Some people live in blocks of flats, some in houses. There are quite a few shops; you can buy anything from the latest fashions to different kinds of food and even furniture in the large ware¬house stores. There are several office blocks in the centre; there is also a sports and leisure park, a theatre, cinema and restaurants of various kinds including Indian and Chinese.
Midhampton is a______________________.

EXERCISE 7

What do you think are the best things and the worst things about living in a city?

The best things are_____________________________________________

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The worst things are____________________________________________

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If you could choose where to live, where would it be? Think about:

Write a paragraph about the place where you live and where you would like to live, including the following information:

I live in_________________.

It is a__________(big/small etc.)_______________  (town/village/city)

near______________ .

There are a lot of__________________ and some_________________________________.

I like it because ____________________________________________________________.

The only thing(s) I don’t like is/are the__________________________________________.

I would like to live in________________ because_________________________________

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