Unit 02. Life in the Countryside. Lesson 7. Looking back - project

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English 8

UNIT 2 . LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

PERIOD 15: LOOKING BACK AND PROJECT
Vocabulary
1. Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the pictures. Some words/ phrases may be used for more than one picture.
peaceful
vast
quiet
pasture
paddy field
quiet
colourful
paddy field
harvest time
rice
peaceful
vast
quiet
nomadic life
inconvenient
ger
pasture
cattle
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)
A man is herding his cattle / sheep.
3. (pick)
A girl 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)
2. The Great Wall was built __________ the White House. (early)
faster than
earlier than
4. A racing driver drives __________________ a normal motorist. (skillfully)
3. Homes in the city are often _______ furnished _____ those in the countryside. (well)
5. A house is  ______________ decorated at New Year  _____  during the year. (beautifully)
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
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