Language Case #4f: Countries and Cities

Topics:

• Living in a big city and in a countryside

• Russia. Moscow. StPetersburg

• English-speaking countries. The UK and the USA

• London. Washington

Данный кейс является приложением к основному кейсу №4 “Countries and cities”. Он включает тексты с заданиями для развития и совершенствования навыков чтения, а также упражнения для расширения вокабуляра и совершенствования грамматических навыков у учащихся. Весь материал составлен в пределах тематики кейса №4. Все задания распределяются по уровням сложности, деление приблизительное, на усмотрение автора:

Elementary level: 5-6 классы

Pre-intermediate level: 7-8 классы

Intermediate level: 9-11 классы

Данный кейс рассчитан на учащихся общеобразовательных школ без углублённого изучения английского языка.

Test 1 (elementary level)

1. Reading. Read the text about Manchester and write if the sentences are true or false.

Manchester

Manchester is the second largest city in Lancashire after Liverpool. It is an industrial capital of the North of England It has a good climate which is neither very cold nor very hot. Manchester is 56 kilometres away from the sea, but it is the third largest port in Great Britain. The Manchester Ship Canal connects the city with the sea

Manchester is a very old city. For a long lime it was the centre of the cotton trade not only in Britain but in the whole world. Now it has a large industry.

Manchester was the first city in Britain that built an airport. This was in 1929. Today the Manchester airport connects the city with many big cities in Britain and with different countries of the world. Manchester is an important cultural centre. It has many libraries, museums and art galleries. Manchester has been the twin city of Leningrad since 1956. In 1981, the two cities celebrated their Silver Jubilee of friendship. Nowadays Manchester and St. Petersburg keep contacts and develop friendship between two cities.

1) Manchester is the capital of England. (T/F)

2) For a long time Manchester was the centre of textile industry. (T/F)

3) Manchester was the first city in Britain that built an airport. (T/F)

4) Manchester is a large industrial and cultural centre. (T/F)

5) Manchester is the twin city of Moscow since 1956. (T/F)

II. English Usage.

Part 1. In this list of words all words except one have something in common. Which is the 'odd word out'?

1) boat gondola ship car liner

2) Rome London Moscow St Petersburg Paris

3) Egypt Cairo Peru Russia Britain

4) important well badly sadly widely

5) least best worst most large

Part 2. Vocabulary. Choose the best word to complete these sentences.

6) I had a..........( fantastic/terrible) lime in Italy! The weather was great. I loved Rome and Venice, and the food was good everywhere I went.

7) Budapest is an interesting place to visit. The architecture is really.........(fascinating/ poor).

8) It was too hot for me to go out during the middle of the day. The heat was really ........(awful/pleasant).

9) I didn't enjoy the bus trip. It was very uncomfortable because of the ........(polluted/ poor) roads.

10) I couldn't afford to live in New York City because of the .........(excellent/ high) cost of living.

Part 3. Grammar. Choose the correct answer.

11) My parents are in America on holiday. A) stay B) are staying C) stayed They.....near San Francisco.

12) The Neva River...into the Baltic Sea. A) flows B) is flowing C) flew

13) Have you ever.....lo Niagara Falls? A) been B) gone

14) I live in Manchester. I........here for 10 years. A) lived B) am living C) have lived

15)1......to Los Angeles in 1999. A) have gone B) went C) have been going

16) If you go to Moscow, you.......Red Square. A) will see B) see C) would see

17) I suggested.....to Oslo by plane. A) fly B) flying C) lo fly

18) Ann told Peter that she......in Madrid. A) lives B) is living C) lived

19) Canberra is........capital of Australia. А) а В) - С) the

20) Pisa in Italy is famous......its 'Leaning A) about B) of C) for

Tower.

Part 4. Grammar and Writing. Complete the questions.

21)................in Manchester? - No, he lives in Newcastle.

22).................come from? -1 come from Canada.

23).................lo Washington? -No, I haven't.

24).................to Paris?-In 1999.

25)..................to visit? - I'd like to visit Great Britain.