UNIT 6

Places
My City
1

Specific Objective: Students will describe places in their city.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

LISTENING:
- Listen about an important city and its places.

READING:
- Read texts about different cities and find relevant touristic information.

USE OF LANGUAGE:
- Vocabulary: places in a city
- Singular and plural nouns
- Use of quantifiers: some – any/many-much

SPEAKING:
- Talk about interesting places you can find in your city.

WRITING:
- Describe your city
GETTING STARTED
USE OF LANGUAGE

2
READING

3
4
5
LISTENING
My Hometown
Listen to three people talking about their towns. Now look at the following true/false questions about the towns.

1. There is a cold wind from the mountains.

6

True

False

2. There are many different types of restaurants in San Diego.

True

False

3. All of San Diego is very modern.

True

False

4. Chester is an old Roman city.

True

False

5. You can see the Roman walls in Chester today.

True

False

6. The speaker thinks Chester is too small. He prefers London.

True

False

7. There is a river in Paris.

True

False

8. The speaker says she likes the food in Paris.

True

False
9. Not many people use the Paris Metro.

True

False

USE OF LANGUAGE 7

ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE CITIES

WHAT IS YOUR CITY LIKE?

 8

DISCUSS

1. What is your city like? Describe your city by using some of the adjectives above.

___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE Review

DISCUSS
1. What important places are there in your city? Where are they?

2. What is your favorite place in your city? Why? What can you do in this place?
 10

EXERCISE 1
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/The_
plural_of_nouns/Plurals_Practice_mf1207387kc

SPEAKING AND WRITING

Planning
MY CITY
What city do you live in?
What is your city like?
Describe your city with four
adjectives
What are the people like in
your city?
What is the weather like in
your city?
What places are there in your
city? Where are they?
Do you like living in your
city? Why or Why not?
More Adjectives that describe cities. Match them with their
opposites
1. new ___dirty
2. big ___dangerous
3. safe ___quiet
11
4. clean ___expenisve
5. old fashionated ___old
6. cheap ___small
7. noisy ___modern