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5. Rearrange the following in order of size:

metropolis, village, town, city, hamlet

6. Look at the list of words below which can be used to compare life in the city with life in the countryside and place them in the columns you think are most appropriate. You may introduce ideas of your own if you wish. Then compare city life with country life as in the example:

entertainment, clean air, isolation, education, traffic jams, peaceful, busy, unhealthy, loneliness, stressful, lack of medical facilities, calm, culture, healthy surroundings, quiet, smog, noisy, hectic

Advantages

Disadvantages

City life

entertainment

Country life

eg. Life in the city can be quite stressful but country life is usually more peaceful and quiet.

7. Imagine that you live in a small village. Look at the picture and compare it with the small village where you live. Use ideas from the table of exercise 6 as well as the following expressions of contrast.

  • Useful expressions

however, but, whereas, in contrast, contrary to, on the other hand

eg. The place where I live is a small village whereas the picture is of a busy city…

8. Fill in the gaps with one of the words from the list below.

telephone-relationships-carriage-computers-oil lamp-values-well-appliances-central heating-blacksmith-washing machines-skills-hectic-complicated

  1. Nowadays people buy houses with…………………because it’s cleaner than lighting coal fires.

  2. Before electricity was invented people used…………………to light their homes.

  3. My grandmother used to send me out to the……………….to get a bucket of water.

  4. In the old days people washed their clothes by hand but now they use……….instead.

  5. The invention of the ………………..has made it easy for people to

communicate in times of emergency.

  1. Today……………………are replacing people in businesses and offices.

  2. Life has become quite………………… recently but new inventions make

things a lot easier.

  1. In the nineteenth century people travelled by horse and………………., and when they wanted to travel abroad they went by boat.

  2. Cooking and cleaning are so much easier these days because

modern……………….. do most of the work for us.

  1. My grandfather made horseshoes. He worked as a…………………for thirty years.

  2. Modern life is……………………; that’s why many people wish they lived in a time when the pace of life was slower.

  3. In the past people tended to form closer……………………as they were not so absorbed in their everyday problems.

  4. People nowadays worry less about social and moral………………….and more about having material goods.

  5. Modern technology has taken away the need to learn basic……………. Such as adding and taking away.

9. Look at pictures a and b.

  • Compare the places you see in the two pictures.

  • Which is most like the place you live and why?

  • Would you rather live in the country or in the city?

  • What characterizes life in the city/country?