UNIT 2 : LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
LOOKING BACK-PROJECT
1. Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the pictures. Some words/ phrases may be used for more than one picture.
1. Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the pictures. Some words/ phrases may be used for more than one picture.
2-peaceful
4-vast
5-quiet
8-pasture
12-paddy field
5-quiet
1-colourful
12-paddy field
13-harvest time
10-rice
2-peaceful
4-vast
5-quiet
3-nomadic life
6-inconvenient
7-ger
8-pasture
9-cattle
11-horses
2. Look at each picture and write a sentence describing what each person is doing. Use the verbs in brackets.
1. (ride)
A boy is riding a horse.
2. (herd)
3. (pick)
4. (fly)
6. (collect)
5. (run around)
1. (ride)
A boy is riding a horse.
2. (herd)
A man is herding his cattle / sheep.
3. (pick)
A boy is picking apples
(from an apple tree).
A boy is flying a kite.
4. (fly)
6. (collect)
5. (run around)
The children are running around in the fields / countryside.
A woman is collecting water from the river.
3. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences, using suitable comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. A lion runs ____________ a horse. (fast)
faster than
2. The Great Wall was built  __________ 
the White House. (early)
3. Homes in the city are often _______ furnished _____ those in the countryside. (well)
4. A racing driver drives _______________ _ a normal motorist (skillfully)
5. A house is  ________________  decorated at New Year  _____  during the year. (beautifully)
earlier than
better
than
more skillfully than
more beautifully
than
4. Read the situations and complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs in brackets.
A horse can run 80km/hr while a camel can only run 12km/hr. (fast)
→A horse can run ____________________.
According to a survey, 75% of the population in the countryside are happy with their life. This rate in the city is only 47%. (happily)
→People in the countryside live _____________________________.
Unlike many other jobs, farmers depend heavily on the weather. (heavily)
→Farmers depend ________________________________________.
We are both bad at swimming but I’m better than my sister. (badly)
→ My sister swims _____________.
faster than a camel
4. Read the situations and complete the sentences with suitable forms of the adverbs in brackets.
A horse can run 80km/hr while a camel can only run 12km/hr. (fast)
→A horse can run ____________________.
According to a survey, 75% of the population in the countryside are happy with their life. This rate in the city is only 47%. (happily)
→People in the countryside live _____________________________.
Unlike many other jobs, farmers depend heavily on the weather. (heavily)
→Farmers depend ________________________________________.
We are both bad at swimming but I’m better than my sister. (badly)
→ My sister swims _____________.
faster than a camel
more happily than those in the city
more heavily on the weather than people in many other jobs
worse than I do
5. Work in groups. You are planning a trip to the countryside. Work together and answer the question:
What will you do during the trip to the countryside?
Write the answer in the table below.
communication
Report your findings to the class.
Work in groups of four or five. Take turns to draw a group picture of a place you would like to live in the countryside. Then make a list of:
project
the things you have in your picture
the activities you can do there
Show your drawing to the class and talk about it.
Example:
1.
a wooden house
a beautiful river
a boat
a field of wild flower
2.
biking along the river
picking wild flowers
swimming in the river
boating on the river