Town and Country

Unit 3 - Town and Country

Vocabulary

1. Look at the pictures and lists of words and complete the puzzle. Find the word that isn’t illustrated.  

Rural landscapes: cottage, field, footpath, gate, hedge, hill, lane, stream, village, wood 

Urban landscapes: advertisement, pavement, pedestrian crossing, postbox, road sign, roadworks, rubbish bin, traffic lights, street lamp

[pic 1]

post box

                                                          field

                                                     wood

                                                  cottage

                                                            stream

                                                       footpath

                                                         street lamp

                                                           hill

                                                           gate

                                                 pavement

                                                      traffic lights

                                                              road sign

                                                             roadworks

                                                    advertisement

                                                      rubbish bin

                                                             village

                                                            lane

                                                          hedge

Pedestrian crossing

1. Complete the sentences with prepositions of movement given in the box, and match them to the pictures.

         across        over       past        through       along

1. Mark walked ____past____ the postbox. [pic 2]
2. Sylvia ran ___along_____ the pavement.  
3. Jamie went __over_____ the bridge.  
4. Beth rode ___through____ the fence.
5. Jessica drove ____across____ the gate.  

1. Complete the text using compound nouns: the noun in brackets plus a word from the box (before or after). Use a dictionary to check whether they are written as one word or two.  

basket     centre       computer     ends     pool    pop    sweat    table     work

Last Saturday I went shopping with my parents. We went to the new 1) shopping centre (shopping) near our town. I bought a new 2) __ sweat    shirt__ (shirt). My sister bought the new Britney Spears CD. I don’t like 3) ___pop music_______ (music) very much, so I hardly ever buy CDs.  

In the afternoon I went to the sport centre with my friends Jake and Patricia. I always go there at 4) ___ends week______

(week). There’s really good 5) _ swimming pool___ (swimming) there, but we didn’t go swimming. We played 6)

____table____ (tennis) and 7) __ basket _ (ball). In the evening I did my 8) ___home work_ (home), and then I played 9) ____computer games____ (games) with my sister.

Grammar Some, any, much, many, a lot, a few

4.         Complete Penny’s e-mail to her pen-friend with some and any.  

Hi Maria

I hope you’re well. Sorry I haven’t sent you 1) __any____ e-mails recently. I had exams all last week! I think they went OK, but I haven’t had 2) __any____ results yet. Have you got 3) ___any____ exams this term?

I am going shopping in New York tomorrow with 4)__some__ friends. We’re going to the department stores to buy 5) ___some___ new clothes. There aren’t 6) ___any___ department stores near my house. There are 7) ___some___ good clothes shops in town, but they’re expensive. Are there 8) ___any___ good shops where you live?  Write soon

Love

Penny

1. Look at the picture. Choose the correct expression to complete the sentences. [pic 6]

1. There is a lot of / a little traffic. 
2. There aren’t many / any fields.
3. There are a lot of / a few street lights.  
4. There aren’t many / any pedestrians.
5. There are a few / a lot of advertisements.  
6. There aren’t a few / any hedges.

1. Which endings for these sentences are correct? Tick () A, B or both.  

1. In this village, you don’t see many  

1. cars.                   B traffic.

1. On the High Street, you can find a few           A rubbish.             B shops.
2. Our house is in the middle of a lot of beautiful           A fields.                B scenery.  
3. The village doesn’t have much  

1. pollution.          B street lamps.  

1. The petrol station sells a few           A food.                 B books.  
2. Can you see any

1. water?               B roadworks?

1. Complete the description of New York. Choose the best words.

INY  [pic 7]

New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world. There are  

1) lots of / much things to do in Manhattan, the heart of New York. There are hundreds of museums, restaurants, cafes, clubs and theatres to visit, and 2) a little / a lot of exclusive and expensive shops.  

In the past the air was very polluted, but now there isn’t 3) some / much pollution. In fact, New York is now a very clean city. There’s 4) much / a lot of beautiful scenery around the city. On Long Island, only 5) a few / many miles from New York, you can find 6) some / any fantastic beaches, and to the west of the city even 7) much / a few mountains where you can ski.