Life skills 4

Vocabulary

1. Choose the correct answer.

1) I really enjoy going to the supermarket/shopping mall every Sunday to get nice fruit and vegetables. 2) Helga loves playing in the water. She’s at the swimming pool/ aqua park. 3) Anna is a nurse. She works in a pharmacy/hospital. 4) I need to send a letter. Where do I need to go? Of course to the post office/bank! 5) Children go to park/school to learn new things. 6) In London there are many famous landmarks, such as the Tower/ Stadium of London. 7) 400 years ago, the king lived in the castle/cottage. 8) Uncle took us to the zoo/circus to show us the pandas and monkeys. 9) Here you can watch films while you are eating popcorn and drink soda. I think, it is a theatre/cinema. 10)People who protect the city against crime work here. Is it a fire station/police station. 11) Get some bread and some cakes for dinner, please. Ok, I'll go to the bakery/shop. 12) I’ve got a terrible headache. I need some medicine. I can go to the hospital/pharmacy and buy it for you. 13) I really must practise some sports, but before I need to go to a clothes shop/factory to buy new trainers and sports suit. 14) A car park/train station is a place with spaces for people to park their cars.

rEading

2. Read the text and fill in the missing words.

village / country / city / town

Hello! I’m Mia and this is my blog about the UK.

1 Glasgow is the biggest _______ in Scotland, but it’s not as big as London. There are a lot of theatres and concert halls here. Many people from other countries visit Glasgow for holidays and trips.

2 There are lots of farms in the ________ in England. It’s a very green place with clean and fresh air. There are many plants and animals around. You can walk and enjoy nature here.

4 Criccieth is a small __________by the sea in North Wales. It’s very pretty and popular with tourists for its fantastic beaches and its traditional Welsh charm. There are a lot of castles there. 3 Bibury is a very old English _______. It’s the most beautiful village in England. It’s a famous and lovely place to visit and take photos of the wonderful cottages.

listEning

3. Listen to the speakers and put the words into the correct column.

quiet / fresh / busy / beautiful / cars / noisy / fields / small / park / animals / fun fairs / friendly / restaurants / simple / cinema

City life Village life

spEaking

4. Complete the fact file about your hometown and answer the questions.

Name: Silent Hill Location: east of England Example Type: modern city Transport: buses, taxis, trains, planes Centre: cinema, theatre, shopping malls, church, banks, cafes, parks, hospital Likes: interesting places, nice parks Dislikes: traffic, many people, noisy

Your hometown: Name:

Location:

Type:

Transport: Centre: Likes: Dislikes:

1) What is the name of your city/town/village? 2) Where is it situated? 3) What are the main buildings in your city/town/village? 4) What street is your house in? 5) What is the public transport like? 6) Where can you go shopping? 7) Are there any good cafes or restaurants? 8) What is your favourite place? 9) What do you like most about your hometown? 10) What do you dislike?

Writing

5. Read the e-mail and write your answer to Stefany.

Hello! My name is Stefany. I live in an old village, in the South of Italy. It is in the mountains. There aren't so many things to do as in a big town, but we have everything we need. My school is near my house and I can go there riding my bike. There isn’t any supermarket, but there are many shops. We don't have a theatre or circus, but we have a cinema. I often go to the cinema with my friends. We like to watch and discuss the cartoons and films. There is a nice restaurant where I can have a pizza after my classes. There aren't any museums, but there is a library where I go to read every Sunday. My family has got a farm. We work in the fields, grow plants and raise animals. I really enjoy living in my village. What about your hometown? How do you spend your time? Where are you going? What are you doing?

Write me soon.

usE of English

6. Read the text and fill in missing words.

Fifty years ago, my town 1)_____ very different. My town was small and the buildings 2)_____ old. Only five thousand people 3)_____ there. People lived in houses; they 4)_____ in block of flats. There were a lot of small shops, but now they are bigger and modern. Transport is very different, too. People 5)_____ only buses and bikes. The streets were clean and quiet. People 6)_____ a car, but now many people have the cars and can move to any place. There was a small cinema where people 7)_____ black and white films, but now we can watch 3D films in the cinema 8)_____the shopping centre.

My grandmother thinks that life was better fifty years ago, because now children 9)_____ to play and do sport, because they are always playing with their smartphones or they 10)_____ computer games. In my opinion life is better now, because the technologies can help us.

A B C D

1 was were is are 2 was were wasn’t weren’t 3 live lived lives didn’t live 4 didn’t live live didn’t lived lived 5 uses did use use used 6 didn’t have don’t have didn’t haved had 7 watches watched watch didn’t watched 8 in to on at 9 went out didn’t went out don’t go out didn’t go out 10 play played don’t play didn’t play