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• Comparing places and things
I can understand people comparing places and things.
THINK! Do you like modern or old places? Why?
1. 🎧1.15 Match adjectives 1-6 with their opposites in the box. Then listen and check.
| dirty unfriendly old quiet pretty safe |
1. clean _________________ 2. noisy _________________ 3. ugly _________________
4. dangerous _____________ 5. friendly ________________ 6. modern ________________
2. Write sentences for the adjectives in exercise 1. Then compare with a partner.
This window is clean.
Cars are noisy.
3. 🎧1.16 Listen to four street interviews in a radio programme. What do the people talk about? Choose four topics from the box and match them to the people.
| New York restaurants cafés schools trains the park buses and bikes |
Around the town - Street interviews
This week's topic: What's your favourite place in town?
1. Emma
2. Lukas
3. Dwayne
4. Chloe and Harriet
4. 🎧1.16 Listen again and write True or False.
1. Emma thinks that the shopping centre is cleaner than the park.
2. Lukas thinks that the bus is slower than his bike.
3 Lukas thinks that buses are more dangerous than bikes.
4. Dwayne thinks that Oxford is nicer and older than his city.
5. Harriet thinks that Gino's pizzas are bigger and better.
6. Chloe thinks that Gino's is friendlier.
5. Think of three places that you like in your town or city and three places that you don't like. Write sentences and say why you like or dislike them.
I like the park. It's quiet and pretty.
6. 
USE IT! Work in groups. Compare your sentences in exercise 5. Which places does your group like and dislike? Compare with other groups.
We like the park because it's quiet and pretty.
