Let’s practice using English to talk about life around town.
1.) Where is the best place to live, the country, a village, a town, or a city? Why?
2.) What’s the best thing about where you live?
3.) What’s the worst thing about where you live?
4.) Imagine that you can add one facility, service or building to where you live. What do you add?
WARM UP
Find the differences – Vocabulary game
Day to Day
Add the words to label the drawing. Talk about what is happening.
VOCABULARY
How to Play
Take turns selecting words from the list. Give three related words as hints, so that your partner can guess your word.
GRAMMAR
Try the Around Town Grammar Quizzes –
Options include a Present Simple quiz, and mixed Present Simple and Past Simple quiz.
Other verb tenses that work well with this lesson are:
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
SPEAKING AND CONVERSATION
What is Happening Around Town? – Learn the vocabulary and talk about what is happening around town. (This activity works well with Past Simple, and Present and Past Continuous.)
Visit Katestown – Practice giving and receiving directions.
PRONUNCIATION
Do you know the three pronunciations of -tion and -sion? Try reading the following:
The town’s rapid expansion is beyond comprehension. There has been a population explosion. Suddenly, we have traffic congestion and a profusion of petty crime and pollution. It’s created a discussion because it begs the question. What’s the solution? There’s a lot of confusion.
Did you pronounce it correctly? Check out the rules to find out!
WRITING
What did you do? – Past Simple Writing Activity