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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THis is a simple word search to teach or revise typical city places that your learners need to know in English. List of words used in this word search: CITY, RIVER, BANK, AIRPORT, HOSPITAL, CHURC ...
The words hidden in this wordsearch are all about getting around the city: places and buildings. Aimed mostly at primary learners List of words used in this word search: MUSEUM, SCHOOL, CIRCUS, G ...
All the words are related to quality of life in big cities. I used a mixture of vocabulary from students' textbook and new words related to the topic. This type of activity is very appreciated by ...
This is a model dialogue and a city map to practise places around the city (school, art gallery, museum, fruit market, etc.) and prepositions of place (opposite, next to, between) as well as intro ...
A text about Harrods (the department store in London) with some additional comprehension exercises, such as matching, filling in the gaps with the words from the context, mistakes search and mista ...
The main lexical focus of this worksheet is describing urban environment and the countryside. This worksheet can be used as a hand-out for individual or group work to increase Intermediate/Upper- ...
The main lexical focus of this worksheet is describing the place where you live. This worksheet can be used as a hand-out for individual or group work to increase Elementary/Low Pre-Intermediate s ...
This worksheet contains five parts which focus on different types of activities. The first two ask the learners to use their creative writing techniques filling in the lines in the poem and creat ...
It's my very first worksheet made. It was created due to the fact that one of my students is going to Amsterdam, so she wanted to know something more about that city. Included is the introduction ...
This is an activity to explore the construction of paragraphs. It uses the description of a place in order to complete gaps. Also, you can find an activity to order a sequence, and finally, there ...
Have your pre-intermediate students read and speak about a new sport called free-running. Works very well with teenagers. Also includes useful vocabulary about cities and sports.
A checklist for upper-intermediate students with items usually relevant in the choice of a home. Students learn or expand vocab, and at the same time talk about neighborhood and home preferences. ...
A test paper for the 4th-formers: vocabulary, reading, writing (cities); grammar (degrees of comparison).
I. Compare the bridges.
²². Look at the picture and read the statements. Find and correc ...
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