In the cities and countryside section of Busy Teacher, there are 149 FREE worksheets to choose from. They range from very simple word searches to detailed activities related to these topics. This activity, for example, was created for Russian ESL learners but can serve as a model for you to create a similar activity more appropriate for your students. Some nice details on this worksheet include the translations of important words, the colorful images, and the fact that after completing this exercise, students should be able to create a similar article about the town they live in. You could do this as a class, in groups, or individually depending on your students and class size. Take a look at other worksheets to find something your students will enjoy.
It is good to talk about different places, compare them, and be able to describe them to people. Students will enjoy sharing their views of certain locations and some will certainly feel very strongly about cities while others will prefer the countryside. This division could set you up for a debate about the positive and negative characteristics of each. Despite your personal opinion, try to remain neutral and simply facilitate the discussion. This is just one way to incorporate this topic into your lessons.
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Presentation for B level students (or up to C) to talk about abiding laws. Includes vocabulary about traffic and violations that work with the article (a real article!). It is a funny story about ...
You can teach countries and cities where English is spoken. Pupils will learn how to speak about countries and cities of origin. You can also teach them how to understand someone talking abou ...
I created this worksheet for my students to acquire new vocabulary to talk about the things they can find in the country. I used it as a warm-up activity. I created some groups and gave each grou ...
Matching activity - match a definition of a place to its description. The worksheet also includes accompanying pictures to make it more student friendly. Teachers can use it with beginne ...
This ppt combines types of buildings and other places in a town with modal "can". First your students will see a picture which represents a building in a town - let them name it. Then ask them wha ...
Students are taken on a virtual tour of London's most popular landmarks. After a brief introduction, the presentation shows and describes 10 notable sights of England's capital city. At the end st ...
New English File coursebook. Unit 6B: mainly presented with the structures there is/ there are, focused on describing the city/ town where you live. Level: Beginner. The lesson also mentions some ...
A one-slide power point presentation that includes simple vocabulary related to classroom furniture/objects and places in town. My students used it to produce orally sentences using there is / are ...
This is a basic reading comprehension about Brighton, a city in the South of England. Using there is/ are, there isn`t and there aren´t. Useful for 3º Primary School. Revision of vo ...
This worksheet is a crossword to learn the places of a city. Based on the vocabulary of Unit 3 , My City, included in the Oxford´s book Big Surprise 5. You can use it at an elementary level ...
In the first exercise children are looking for different words from the topics "City" and "House". While doing it they repeat reading and writing these words. In the second exercise they write sen ...
A worksheet to revise or consolidate vocabulary related to the places that we can find in our town. It is a wordsearch and the key is also provided. List of words: shopping centre, supermarket, st ...
This a matching exercise to review the names of 18 places commonly found in a town. Students read definitions and match them with the places being defined. Its purpose is to be used before student ...
There are 2 activities in this worksheet, first students have to write the street signs warnings and then draw other signs. It can also be used to review the modal verb must, students would h ...
My aim with this vocabulary summary is to give my pupils a basic knowledge on a few topics we use every day. I tried to recollect the most commonly used words, expressions, collocations and use th ...
This worksheet has the purpose to practice and review the uses of the modals “can” and “would like to” to give suggestions, it can be uses with mainly elementary students, ...
In this two-page worksheet, your students will have the opportunity to practice creating sentences in the superlative; at the same time they will be able to give suggestions about visiting a city. ...
My presentation was inspired by this one: ttp://busyteacher.org/18191-country-and-town-powerpoint.html I've only edited the pictures (so, they have no those lines from online picture stores) ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about Italy. It includes sightseeing for three Italian cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in Italy. It can be used for ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about Greece. It includes sightseeing for three Greek cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in Greece. It can be used for ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about Austria. It includes sightseeing for three Austrian cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in Austria. It can be used ...
This is a vacation/holiday activity information sheet about France. It includes sightseeing for three French cities, food & drink, and festival and special events in France. It can be used for ...
Read, remember and write down new words. There are 11 slides with new vocabulary from the text about the trip to Brighton in UK. On mouse click or after a few seconds the new words appear and ...
This PowerPoint contains the names and pictures of different places in a city, including book shop, video shop, fire station, cafe', pub, ticket office, chemist's, car park, and so on. It is appro ...
This PowerPoint contains some information about towns and countries. It provides some differences between a country and a town. I've inserted new vocabulary pictures to make the meaning clea ...
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