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LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

WARM-UP

JUMBLED
CONVERSATION

1. Thank you. Yours' re,
too.
2. Happy birthday. Wow
you're wearing such a
beautiful
3. Here is dress
your present.
I hope you like it.

4. I'm glad you like it.
5. This is the best gift I
have ever had. I love it.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

1 Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences.

Giving compliments
- What a beautiful kite you have!
- You really have a nice dress.

Responding to compliments
- Thank you.
- I'm glad you like it.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

2

Work in pairs. Make similar conversations to practise giving and responding
to compliments, using the cues below.

– a shirt
– a bicycle
– a school bag

ADVERTS FOR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES

3

Read the adverts for the two beautiful villages. tick the boxes to show which village th
statements describe. Sometimes both boxes need to be ticked.

Duong Lam and Hollum are both ancient villages, …

ADVERTS FOR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES
the adverts for the two beautiful villages. tick the boxes to show which village the
3 Read
statements describe. Sometimes both boxes need to be ticked.

Statements
1. It's an ancient village.
2. We can visit an ancient pagoda, traditional
houses, and temples in this village.
3. We can get there by plane or ferry.
4. We can go there by car, bus, or bike.
5. It has a lighthouse.

Duong Lam

Hollum

ADVERTS FOR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES

4

Work in groups. take turns to talk about the similarities and differences between
Duong Lam and Hollum

Duong Lam and Hollum are both ancient villages, …

ADVERTS FOR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES

4

Work in groups. take turns to talk about the similarities and differences between
Duong Lam and Hollum

the similarities : Duong Lam and Hollum are both ancient villages, …
The differences : Duong Lam is situated in Son Tay, Ha Noi
in Viet Nam,
- get there by car, bus or even by bicycle
- places to visit: traditional houses, and temples
Hollum is located on the island of Ameland, New Zealand.
- get there by plane or ferry
- places to visit: traditional houses, a museum, a church, a lighthouse

ADVERTS FOR BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES

5

Work in pairs. Which village in 3 would you like to visit for a holiday?
Explain your choice to your partner.

Example:
A: Which village would you like to visit for a
holiday?
B: Duong Lam, of course!
A: Why?
B: Because I love watching the locals making
specialities and …

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer (adjective or adverb) to complete the
sentences.
1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work ________ on grasslands. (good/ well)
2. Agriculture is still based on _____ methods in some countries. (traditional/ traditionally)
3. The ______ populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/ densely)
4. He is very ________ . He often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously)
5. The village is ________ situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully)
6. Our house is very central, so we can ______ get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/ easily)
7. Children in the countryside play (more freely / freely) than those in the city.
8. She ________ ran down the stairs to greet her cousins. (excited/ excitedly)
9. The Thompson left their homeland and looked for a ________ place to stay. (permanent/
permanently)
10. Some reporters spoke ________ about rural development. (optimistic/ optimistically)

Exercise 1 : Choose the correct answer (adjective or adverb) to complete
the sentences.
1. Horses, mountain bikes and feet work on grasslands. (good/ well)
2. Agriculture is still based on
methods in some countries. (traditional/
traditionally)
3. The
populated provinces present a different economic picture. (dense/
densely)
4. He is very . He often buys things for other people. (generous/ generously)
5. The village is situated in a quiet spot near the river. (beautiful/ beautifully)
6. Our house is very central, so we can
get to theatres and cinemas. (easy/
easily)
7. Children in the countryside play (more freely / freely) than those in the city.
8. She
ran down the stairs to greet her cousins. (excited/ excitedly)
9. The Thompson left their homeland and looked for a
place to stay.
(permanent/ permanently)
10.Some reporters spoke
about rural development. (optimistic/ optimistically)

Exercise 2 :. Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the brackets.
1. I am faster worker than Tom is. (fast)
 I work ___________________________________________________________ .
2. Jack's car cannot run as fast as Tom's car. (faster)
 Tom's car can run ___________________________________________________ .
3. Mai's singing is more beautiful than Mi's. (beautifully)
 Mai sing ___________________________________________________________ .
4. I can't cook as well as my mohter .
 My mother can cook __________________________________________________ .
5 . Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast)
 Phong swims ______________________________________________________ .
6. Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully)
 Nick writes essays ____________________________________________________ .
7. Tom works hard, but Mi didn't . Therefore, he got better results in the exams. (hard)
 Tom works ___________________________________________________________ .
8. Living in the countryside is not as convenient as living in the city.(than)
 Living in the city ______________________________________________________ .
9. My English is more fluent than my sister's. (fluently)
 I speak English _______________________________________________________ .
10.My cousin is a better singer than I am. (well)
 My cousin sings _______________________________________________________

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs given in the
brackets.
1.I am faster worker than Tom is. (fast)
 I work faster than Tom..
2.Jack's car cannot run as fast as Tom's car. (faster)
Tom's car can run faster than Jack's car..
3.Mai's singing is more beautiful than Mi's. (beautifully)
Mai sing more beautifully than Mi.
4.I can't cook as well as my mother .
My mother can cook better than me/ I can.
5.Phong is a faster swimmer than Phuc. (fast)
Phong swims faster than Phuc (does).
6.Nick is a careful writer than Phuc. (carefully)
Nick writes essays more carefully than Bill (does).
7.Tom works hard, but Mi didn't . Therefore, he got better results in the exams. (hard)
Tom works harder than Mi.Therefore, he got better results in the exams.
8.Living in the countryside is not as convenient as living in the city.(than)
Living in the city is more convenient than living in the countryside.
9.My English is more fluent than my sister's. (fluently)
I speak English more fluently than my sister's.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 How to give and respond to compliments

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
 Do exercises in the workbook.

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