E.unit 15. B.Speaking

a Which city is larger in area – Hanoi or HCM city?b Which city has a bigger population – HN or HCM city?. WARM UP ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: HCMC HCMC covers an area of 2,095km bu

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b) lationpupo

c) plepoe

d) aera

e) arskp

WARM UP

JUMPLE WORDS:

found population people

area parks

a) Which city is larger in area – Hanoi or HCM city?

b) Which city has a bigger population – HN or HCM city?

C) Which city is older - HN or HCM city?

d) Which city closer to the sea – HN or HCMC?

WARM UP

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

HCMC (HCMC covers an area of 2,095km but HN

covers an area of 921km

HCMC (HCMC has a population of 6.2 million but HN has

a population 3 million

HN ( HN was founded in 1010 but HCMC was founded in 1698)

HCMC

Unit 15: CITIES – Lesson 2: speaking

1 When was the city ?

2 What is the like?

3 What are the like?

4 How many are there?

5 What is the of the

city?

6 What is its ?

a people

b area

c population

d founded

e parks

f transport

Task 1 Complete each question in A with a

suitable word in B.

d founded

f transport

a / e

a / e

b / c

b / c

Unit 15: CITIES – Lesson : speaking

Make questions to ask about the area, the

population, and other characteristics of a city.

How many people live there?

When was the city founded?

What are the people like?

How large is the city?

What is the area of the city?

What is the population of the city?

To ask about

the area

To ask about

the population

To ask about

the history

To ask about

other

characteristics How many big parks are there?

Are there any high buildings?

Task 2 Work in pairs One reads the information about New York and the other about London Then ask and answer

questions about the two cities.

Mew York

Founded: 1624

Population: 7 million

Area: 946 square km

National holidays: 7 days

Many high buildings

One big park

People: friendly, open

Transport: convenient

London

Founded: 43 AD Population: 7 million Area: 1610 square km National holidays: 14 days Few high buildings

Five big park People: formal, reserved Transport: convenient

example A: When was New York founded?

B: It was founded in 1624 And what about London? A: It was founded in 43 AD And what is the

population of New York?

B: ………

* Task 3: Read and practice the dialogue:

Review comparative forms of adjectives and nouns Ex :

* Adjectives: Ex: (desk / heavy)

This desk is as heavy as that one.

+ short adj : (London / large/ New York.)

London is larger than New York.

+ Long adj :

+ Long adj : Ex; (room / comfortable)

This room is more comfortable than that one.

Adj – er + than

As + adj + as

* Nouns: Ex1: There are as many people in London as in New York.

As + many/few + countable nouns + As Ex2: There is as much population in New York as in London.

As + much/little + uncountable nouns + As

More + Adj + than

Ex3: There are more big parks in London than in New York More / fewer + countable nouns

More / less + uncountable nouns

A: So we’ve learned a lot about New York and London Let’s make some comparisons between them

B: All right First, the area of London is 1610 square

km, and that of New York is 946 square km, so London

is larger.larger

A: That’s right But its population is as big as that of New as big as

York Both cities have a population of million

Work in pairs/groups Make similar comparisons between London and New York, using the information in task 2.

B: Yes, but New York has more high buildings than more high buildings

London

Unit 15: CITIES – Lesson : Listening

Practice the dialogue

Task 4 Work in groups Tell each other which

of the two cities you prefer and give reasons.

Ex : I prefer London to New York because it has

more parks, and …

The suggested answers:

I prefer New York to London because people are friendlier and opener I prefer living in New York

to living in London because there more high

buildings but I prefer working in London because there are more holidays.

- Write a paragraph to compare New York and London, and state which city you prefer and why.

- Prepare for “listening”

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