Unit 15. Countries

ENGLISH 6
UNIT 15
B- cities, buildings and people
ACTIVITY 1 Fill in the blanks and then check with a partner.

ACTIVITY 2: Make dialogues. Practice with a partner.
Use the table on activity 1.
Mary: Who’s that?
Daisy: That’s…………
Mary: Where is he/she from?
Daisy: He/She’s from …………
Mary: What’s his/her nationality?
Daisy: He/She’s …………
Mary: Which language does he/she speak?
Daisy: He/she speaks…………
ACTIVITY 3: SITUATIONS
Work in pairs. One is Student A and the other is Student B.

STUDENT A
You are a Vietnamese. You come to a party. There are many foreign students there. You want to make friends with student B. Ask him/her to find out his/her name, country, nationality, language, class, hobby (favorite sports/food and drink), etc.
 

STUDENT B
You are a Canadian. You come to a party. There are many foreign students there. You want to make friends with student A. Ask him/her to find out his/her name, country, nationality, language, class, hobby (favorite sports/food and drink), etc.
Activity 4: Fill the blanks with the correct comparative and superlative form of the words.
ACTIVITY 5: Some words miss a few letters. Listen and fill them in. Then work with a partner to compare the answers.

1. Mexico city is the b_ _ g_ _t city in the world. It has a population of 13.6 million.
2. Tokyo is smaller. It has a p_ _ _ l_ti_ _
of 12 million.
3. London is the _ ma_le_ _ of these three cities. It has a population of 6.3 _ _ l_ io_.

4. Vietnam’s cities are small. The c_ p_t_ _ city has a population of 2.6 million.
ACTIVITY 6: Read and then answer the questions with a partner.



Sears Tower in Chicago, USA, is tall. It is 442 meters high. But it is not the tallest building in the world.
PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is taller. It is 452 meters high. It is the tallest building in the world.
Which is taller: Sears Tower
or PETRONAS Twin Towers?

The Great Wall of China is the world’s longest structure. It is over 6,000 km long.
It is between 4 and 12 meters high.
It is over 9 meters thick.

1. How long is the Great Wall?
2. How high is the Great Wall?
3. How thick is the Great Wall?
ACTIVITY 7 Listen and match the sentences with the correct pictures.
ACTIVITY 8: The class is divided into two groups. Compete with each other to make as many comparisons as you can. The adjectives in the box can be used MORE THAN ONCE.

cheap nice old big
happy modern
1. cheap/ slow/ expensive
A bicycle is cheaper than a car.
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ACTIVITY 9: Build up sentences using the clues given.
2. dirty/ friendly/ intelligent/ noisy
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3. heavy/ fast/ quiet/ dangerous
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