Unit 12 | Lesson 2

This trip has it all

Learning objective: describe places, people and things
VOCABULARY Describing landscapes and cityscapes

RAINFOREST

cave cliff coast fountain glacier

rainforest rocks skyscraper stadium statue
stream tower valley waterfall

GROUP ACTIVITY
1. Look for 3 pictures of places in Ecuador that have the same characteristics as the pictures of this activity.
2. Describe each picture with landscape and cityscape vocabulary. Use adjectives to establish your opinions
about them. (…..a beautiful waterfall and ….a modern stadium…etc.)
3. Make a short presentation about the places you chose the pictures of.
GRAMMAR Relative Pronouns

Combine the 2 sentences using who, which or that. Make any other changes that are needed

1. I live in an apartment. My apartment is near the park. Gabriel is my friend who HAS a car and a house in Tumbaco.
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Gabriel and Miranda are my friends THAT HAVE a baby.
2. There are mountains in the north. They have snow on them all day.
_____________________________________________________ Gabriel is my friend who IS crazy.
3. He works at the ski school. It is in the mountains near here.
_____________________________________________________ Samsung is my smartphone which HELPS me communicate.
4. Those are my neighbors. They live in the house next door to us.
Firulais and Chicho are my dogs THAT PLAY with me
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5. This is the house on the coast. We rented it last year.
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6. These are my friend from college. They came with us to the concert.
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GRAMMAR What / Who is it?
Correct the next statements.

1 It’s a building which it is very tall.

2 It is a hole that is are in the cliffs.

3 It’s a large piece of art who THAT you often see in public places.

4 It’s a person which WHO shows you around a place and tells you
about its history.

5 It’s a person that he travels to different places for pleasure.

SUBJECT RELATIVE PRONOUN – DOES THE ACTION

The president is the person who governs the country.

Police officers are the professionals who protect people.
Panecillo is the place which represents Quito

THAT
OBJECT RELATIVE PRONOUN – RECEIVES THE ACTION

The president is the person who/whom everybody loves.

Police officers are the professionals who/whom YOU and ME respect.
Panecillo is the place which everybody can see from different positions in the city.

GROUP ACTIVITY

1. Find a picture of a common tourist place or famous place in Quito or Ecuador.

2. Make a description of 3 things and 3 people from the place using relative pronouns.
3. Use PPT or any platform you are comfortable with to write the sentences in the picture as the following
example.
LISTEN FOR GIST A garden in the city
What do the two people want to do?
a. Grow flowers and start a farmer’s
market.

b. Grow vegetables and possibly start a

farmer’s market.

c. Grow flowers and create a nice

garden and farmer’s market.
LISTEN FOR DETAIL A garden in the city
Are the statements true or false?
1 There used to be a garden on the street corner.

2 The man suggests talking to the neighbors about it.

3 The woman suggests growing vegetables on the

weekends.

4 The man recommends a time to start the cleaning

operation.
WRITING: Volunteer travel
Plan a vacation that will contribute with a low-income
community in a different country. Think of…

– where and when this will be

– who you will go with
– why you are going there
– what the weather and the place are like
– the things or activities that you will contribute with
– The food and facilities that you will use during your trip
– The people who you will help

Write a 100 to 110-word paragraph in which you

summarize your plans.
WRITING: Volunteer travel

Next month, my friends and I will go to Lloa that is a parish

in Quito city for a week. We will go there with Juan who is
a resident from Lloa and 10 more people because we want
to make a house for a very poor family. In Lloa, the
weather is cold, rainy and foggy, but it is a beautiful valley
with waterfalls and streams, and it has a central park with a
fountain. We will make a house which has 2 rooms, a
kitchen, a bathroom and a living room. We will stay in
Gabriela’s house who is the family’s neighbor for the week,
and we will prepare our food in her kitchen. Finally, Lorena
and her 2 children that are the mentioned family will
receive a full-equipped kitchen and 2 beds that a
foundation in Quito donated.