5 Nov 2020

Where in the world? reading task

 

ANSWER KEY: WHERE IN THE WORLD?

 

Activity 3

1.       Madrid   2. Prague   3. London   4. Tokyo   5. New York

 

Activity 1

a)grubby   b)bustling   c)haphazard    d)soaring    e)in-your-face   f)tacky    g)awe-inspiring   h)clogged

 

grubby: children’s hands, old trainers

bustling: market, coastal resorts

haphazard: approach to work, collection of people

soaring: tree tops, tower blocks

in-your-face: advertising campaigns, action movies

tacky: plastic souvenirs, seaside postcards

awe-inspiring: beauty, scenery

clogged: arteries, waterways

 

 

 

Activity 2

 

grubby: the city. Extract 3, London

bustling: restaurants, extract 4, Tokyo

haphazard: modern development, extract 2, Prague

soaring: office blocks, extract 4, Tokyo

in-your-face: the experience of the city, extract 5, New York

tacky: tourist trap, extract 2, Prague

awe-inspiring: the beauty of the city, extract 1, other European cities

clogged: traffic, extract 3, London

 

 

Activity 3

a)       To make way for the new

b)      To work its magic

c)       To get your bearings

d)      To fall prey to

e)      To live on top of one another

f)        To put a finger on

 

 

Activity 5

a)       Work their magic

b)      Live on top of one another

c)       To get your bearings

d)      To put your finger on

e)      To fall prey to

f)        To make way for the new

2 Nov 2020

Online session, November 2-5

 

LESSON PLAN

LEVEL: C1.1

GROUPS: A, B, C

DATE:    November 2nd-5th, 2020

 

UNIT 1: CITIES

We will deal with reading, vocabulary and collocations this week.

 

Reading:

New York or Los Angeles?

Read the text about these two cities and do the three reading comprehension activities. Click here to download the PDF document.

Vocabulary:

Go to page 13 in your textbook. First, read the information about binomials. These are pairs of words usually linked together by the conjunction “and”.  Then, do activities 9 and 10.

Collocations:

Town and country life.

Read an advertisement, an email and a short article about town and country life. After reading them, do exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Click here to download the worksheet.

 

Check your own answers at the end of this post.

 

 

ANSWER KEY:

Reading:

 

Task 1

3a, 5b, 4c, 1d, 2e.

 

Task 2

1b, 2c, 3b, 4b, 5a, 6b, 7c, 8a.

 

Task 3:

1.    Suburb

2.    Litter

3.    Developers

4.    Studio apartments

5.    Rent

6.    Elevator

 

Vocabulary:

Task 9

1off 2 miss 3 then 4 quiet  5 hard  6 there  7 tired  8 order 

9 regulations10 foremost

 

Task 10

Possible answers

1 a park, a zoo, a coffee shop, a library, a museum

2 getting married, which college to go to, which course to study, which house or flat to buy or rent 

3 traffic, travelling to work, noise, crowds, pollution, litter

4 civil war, riots, recession

5 students’ opinions

 

Collocations: