The big city

VOCABULARY

LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE

Beginner A1_1025V_EN English
Goals

■ Can identify my home as a

flat or a house and where I
live as a city, town or
village.

■ Can name some key

buildings in my town or
city.

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I live in New York – The Big Apple!

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 city

I live in a city.

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 street

I live on West 36th Street.

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 town

I’m from a small town.

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 village

A village is even smaller than a town.

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 coast

My city is on the coast.

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Home

Do you live on the coast?

Are there any parks

where you live?

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Where do you go shopping?

I love shopping in the city.

I buy vegetables at the village market.

There are lots of supermarkets in my

town.

There is a small shop on my street.

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Match the words to the places

1. city

2. town

3. village

4. coast

A B C D
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Country or city?

country city
England London

Paris Berlin

Spain Germany

France Madrid

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Complete the sentences

1. New York is a big _______________ in the

United States of America.
2. I come from a small _______________.
3. There is one shop on my _______________.
4. Cape Town is on the _______________.

village city

street coast

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 house

I live in a house with my family.

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 flat

We live in a flat in the city.

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 school

I go to school five days a week.

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 university

I study Art at university.

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 church

There is a big church on my street.

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Education

Hi! I’m Jake. I’m thirteen and I

go to school.

I study Art at university.

What do you study?

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Where do you live?

city town

house flat

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 Put the places in order from smallest to biggest

a. continent b. town

c. country d. city

1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________

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Where do you study?

1. You study here when you are a child.

a. university

b. school

2. You study here to get a degree when you are an adult.

a. university

b. school

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 park

My favourite place is the park.

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 supermarket

I don’t like shopping at the supermarket.

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 hospital

There is a new hospital in my city.

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 pharmacy

I go to the pharmacy when I am sick.

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 cinema

I like watching films at the cinema.

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 theatre

I like going to shows at the theatre.

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The cinema and the theatre

There are films at the cinema.

There are shows at the theatre.

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 What’s in your town?

There are lots of nice parks.

There is a big supermarket in the centre

of town.

There is a new hospital fifteen minutes

away.

There is a pharmacy at the end of my

street.

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A day in my city

There are lots of fun things to do in my

_______________ (city/continent). You can
watch a film at the _______________
(cinema/drug store), walk in the
_______________ (theatre/park) or go
shopping on the main _______________
(coast/street).

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Brainstorm

Think of things you can do

where you live. Tell your
classmates.

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Talk about these places

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Do you know anyone who…

■ lives in a city?
■ likes the cinema?
■ doesn’t like going shopping?
■ lives on the coast?
■ lives in a town?

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Reflect on the goals

Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check

if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.

yes no

_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________

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Reflect on this lesson

Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.

What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

+ _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________

– _______________________________
_______________________________
If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again

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Exercise p. 11
1b, 2c, 3d, 4a
Exercise p. 12
Country: England, Spain, Germany, France
City: London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid
Exercise p. 13
1. city, 2. village, 3. street, 4. coast
Exercise p. 21
1b, 2d, 3c, 4a
Exercise p. 22
1b, 2a
Exercise p.31
city, cinema, park, street
Answer key
Homework

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Match the sentences

1. Asia is a… a. in the park.

2. Brazil is a… b. the cinema.

3. Dubai is a… c. big continent.

4. I like walking… d. to university.

5. I watch films at… e. country.

6. There is a shop on… f. my street.

7. I go… g. city.

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Vocabulary lists

Check the last five words of the lesson.

Sort them into two lists.
Give your lists a name.

List 1: _____________ List 2: _____________

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Vocabulary lists

Check the words of this lesson again: are there more nouns,
verbs, adjectives or adverbs?
Can you find three words for each list?

Nouns Verbs Adjectives or adverbs

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My favourite words

Choose five words from the lesson and note them in

your list of My favourite words.

Word one

Word two

Word three

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My favourite words

Write a sentence for each word you have

just written in your list of My favourite Words.

• Word one:

Sentence one

• Word two:

Sentence two

•…

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Sentences about myself

Choose five example sentences from this lesson.

Copy them and write them about yourself.

Examples:

Hello! My name is …

→ Hello! My name is John.

I like apples

→ I like bananas

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Exercise p. 44
1c, 2e, 3g, 4a, 5b, 6f, 7d
Homework answer key
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