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Aims:
Describing places I C om paring now and then I Adding suffixes
Pronunciation: Silent le tte rs I Using passive and causative form s
Exam technique: C larifying, paraphrasing and giving exam ples
Vocabulary: Describing places
1
Would you ra th e r live in a city o r in the country?
2
Decide if sentences 1-6 re fe r to the city o r the country.
1
Urban regeneration involves bringing derelict buildings back into use.
2 It's very remote.
3
I live right in the centre, within
easy walking distance of shops, restaurants and bars.
U
I like living here because I love a ll the hustle and bustle.
5 Where my auntie lives is idyllic and the pace of life is very slow.
6 You don't see many detached houses here. It's a ll high-rise flats.
2
Complete the sentences below w ith words a-n.
a backwater_______ b far_______ c
m iddle_______d easy_______ e
picturesque
My village is:
in the (1 )__________of nowhere.
a real (2)__________
w ithin (3)__________reach of the nearest big town/city.
not (4 )_________ from a big town/city.
idyllic and the countryside is really (5)__________
f
congested________ g cosmopolitan______ h
destination
My city/town is:
very (6)__________ You can meet people from a ll over the world.
a tourist (7)__________
pretty polluted and [8 )__________
Speaking for IELTS
Unit?
i
spacious
k
heart
m
outskirts
j
w alking
I
cramped
n
suburbs
My house is:
[9 ]_____
big and (10)
in the (11)____
on the (12)____
right in the (13)
w ithin (14)____
I wish it was bigger.
. of a town called Sopron.
. of the village.
distance of the local shop.
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