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t4

URBANISATION
LANGUAGE

Urban
Development

LESSON 2

WARM-UP

Game: Matching game

PRONUNCIATION

• Task 1: Listen and repeat.
• Task 2: Listen and repeat.
• Task 1: Match the words and phrases with their
meanings.
• Task 2: Complete the sentences.

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

CONSOLIDATION

LANGUAGE

• Task 1: Find the mistake and correct it.
• Task 2: Choose the best option.
• Task 3: Work in pairs. Make true sentences
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP
WARM-UP

MATCHING
• Work in 4 groups.
• Match the diphthongs to the right word.

WARM-UP

MATCHING
/eə/

/ʊə/

/ɪə/

poor
idea
Ecotourism
awareness

volunteers

air
conditioners

PRONUNCIATION

1

Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the
unstressed words.
1. It's been three years since your last visit.
2. Fresh air and a walk sound nice.
3. It's the first time I've been on an electric
bus.
4. I guess urbanisation can also cause
problems.

PRONUNCIATION

2

Listen and identify the unstressed words in the following sentences.
Then practice saying the sentences in pairs.

1. A new convenience store has been opened near my house.
2. There are still a lot of problems in our cities
today.
3. It is much more expensive to buy a house
in a big city.
4. My father was offered a new job and his
office will be in a high-rise building.

VOCABULARY

1 Match the word and phrases with their meanings.

VOCABULARY

2 Complete the sentences using the word and phrases in
Task 1.

1. Higher _____________
unemployment can result in increasing crime
rates in big cities.
2. Not many young couples can afford
_____ to buy their own
house in big cities.
housing in big cities.
3. There is a shortage of affordable _______

VOCABULARY

2 Complete the sentences using the word and phrases in
Task 1.

4. Since they started using farmland for building houses,
expanded into cities.
many towns have _________
5. Not many young couples can ____
seek to buy their own
house in big cities.

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

1

Circle the underlined part that is incorrect in each of the
following sentences. Then correct it.

1. This is the first time I saw such a tall building in
A

B

C

D

1. saw -> have seen

my life.

2. Mount Fuji in Japan is the most beautiful place we
A

2. had -> have

had ever visited.
C

D

B

GRAMMAR

1

Circle the underlined part that is incorrect in each of the
following sentences. Then correct it.

3. This has been the second time my mother has
3. has been -> is

warned me not to spend all my money on clothes.

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

2

Choose the best option to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to the sentence given.

1. Housing is getting more and more expensive in big cities, so many local
residents can't afford to buy their own place.
A. Many local residents in big cities can't buy their own place because
housing is becoming more expensive every day.
B. More and more local residents can't afford their own place in big
cities because housing is too expensive.
C. Housing is getting affordable enough for many local people to buy
their own place.
D. Housing in big cities has become the most expensive these days, so
many local residents can't afford their own place.

GRAMMAR

2

Choose the best option to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to the sentence given.

2. The more people move into big cities, the higher the
unemployment is.
A. The higher the unemployment is, the more people move into
big cities.
B. More people moving into big cities causes higher
unemployment.
C. More people move into big cities despite the high rate of
unemployment.
D. More people move into big cities because there are more
employment opportunities there.

GRAMMAR

2

Choose the best option to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to the sentence given.

3. The more houses are built, the less space we have for plants and
trees.
A. Although more houses are built, we still have some space for
plants and trees.
B. The fewer houses we build, the less space we have for plants
and trees.
C. We have less space for plants and trees because more houses
are built.
D. Plants and trees are the reasons why more houses can't be
built.

GRAMMAR

3 Work in pairs. Make true sentences about urbanisation in
an area that you know, using double comparatives and
the present perfect.

GRAMMAR

3 Work in pairs. Make true sentences about urbanisation in
an area that you know, using double comparatives and
the present perfect.

My hometown has changed a lot over the
past ten years. The urban area has been
expanded, and there is less and less land for
agriculture. More and more people have
moved in. More new houses have been
built. The life is getting more and more
modern.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have you learnt today?
• Identify and pronounce words with unstressed words in
sentences.
• Understand and use perfect tense.
• Use double comparatives to show change.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Prepare for Lesson 3 - Unit 4.

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