Unit 8. The story of my village

a- Popffero used to be a busy town.. b-The town has many tall buildings.. c-In the past, the town used to have narrow streets.. k-The life in Popffero in the past was quiet and peaceful

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OUR CLASS

* Game:

Rules: We have 5 numbers, one of them has the lucky star with the key word – also the topic of our listening lesson today Each team chooses 2 numbers , the team that can choose the number with the lucky star will get

one point for the first activity

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POPFFERO

UNIT 8: LISTENING

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LUCKY STAR

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* Look at the two pictures of Popffero, in groups of 4 find out 4 sentences that don’t describe the pictures

a- Popffero used to be a busy town b-The town has many tall buildings c-In the past, the town used to

have narrow streets.

d-The streets today are wide.

e-There are more trees now.

f- People used to go by bicycle or motorbike.

g-Nowadays, people go by car.

h-There were some cattle on the grass land.

i- There is no grass land now.

j- In the middle of the town there is

a big church.

k-The life in Popffero in the past was quiet and peaceful

l- There are many cars in the street.

In the past

- used to have

- there used to be

- there was / were

- had

- there is / are

- has

* Listen and write True (T) or False (F)

1.The town has many tall buildings ……

2 In the past, the town used to

have narrow streets.……

3 The streets today are wide ……

4 Nowadays, people go by car ……

5 There were some cattle on the

6 There is no grass land now ……

7 In the middle of the town there is

8 The life in Popffero in the past

was quiet and peaceful ……

T T

T

T

T T

F F

*Listen and write in the missing words:

The small (1)……… houses have been

pulled down, and tall buildings have been put

there instead They’ve also built a big (2)

……… in the middle of the town The

narrow streets have been widened and (3)

……… ,so the big trees on the two sides

of the streets have been cut down The (4)

……… area of grass land in the suburbs

of the town has been turned into an ugly (5)

……… park Even the old corner shop

isn’t there any more, it has been replaced by a big department store And there is an expensive

(6)……… where there used to be an old tea shop Many people in Popffero are (7)

………. with the changes as there are

more jobs for them.But some people don’t like the changes, they (8)………the quiet and

peaceful life of the old town.

old

hotel resurfaced

large car

restaurant

happy miss

* Complete the chart below:

CHANGES IN POPFFERO

a small quiet town ………

1……… tall buildings

2……… wide streets

a large area of grass land 3………

4……… a big department store

small old houses

narrow streets

an old corner shop

an ugly car park

an expensive restaurant

a busy tourist resort

- In the past, Nha Trang used to have………

, there used to be……….

, there was / were (not)………

- But now, it has……….

, there is / are………

* Homework : Write about the

changes in your hometown (within

10 sentences)

small old houses

tall buildings

* Tell about the changes in Nha Trang

Useful structures:

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