Town Unit 1

Talk a Lot Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 58 Discussion Words: pavement bed and breakfast office bakery apartment block bank church bookshop bus stop optician’s building site mosque clothes shop football stadium post office casino library river tennis court school community centre building cathedral traffic lights department store market place chemist university college town car showroom village town hall lake bridge police station holiday resort public toilets city tax office Talk a Lot Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 59 General Questions: 1. Are there any words that you don’t know? Use a dictionary to find the meanings. 2. Take some cards. Describe the word on a card without saying it. 3. How many words have… a) 1 syllable, b) 2 syllables, c) 3 syllables, d) 4 syllables, e) 5 syllables, f) 6 syllables? 4. Put words with more than one syllable into groups according to where the strong stress falls. 5. Put the words into alphabetical order. 6. Put together words that have the same number of letters. 7. Put together words that start with the same letter. 8. How many words can you remember when they are all turned over? Lesson Questions: 1. Where could I go to have my eyes tested and buy some new glasses? 2. a) Put together all the places where I could buy something and think of 5 more kinds of shop. b) What could I buy at each place? 3. Where could I buy some cakes? 4. Put together the places where I could study. 5. Where could I go to pray? 6. Which place is especially for tourists? 7. Which place is still being built? 8. Where could I swim or hire a boat? 9. Where could I go to watch a match? 10. Where could I go to place a bet and either win or lose money? 11. Where could I take my prescription from the doctor’s? 12. Where could I borrow books and use a computer? 13. If I wanted to take out some money or pay in a cheque, where would I go? 14. Put these words into order of size: town, city, and village. Talk a Lot Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 20 Sentence Blocks: 1. (Present Simple) Peter walks two kilometres to his office every day. Who 2. (Present Continuous) We’re waiting patiently for the bus at the bus stop opposite the church. Where 3. (Past Simple) Jennifer bought a couple of cakes at the bakery, then ran to the post office. What 4. (Past Continuous) The department store was opening until 10 o’clock because they were having a massive sale. Why 5. (Present Perfect) I’ve agreed to meet Dan in the old market place outside the library. Who 6. (Modal Verbs) We could drive to the lake and go fishing. Where 7. (Future Forms) The new optician’s next to the bank will open next Friday. When 8. (First Conditional) If the tennis court is busy we can go to the gym instead. What Talk a Lot Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 34 Discussion Questions: 1. Do you live in a town or a city? Tell me more about where you live. 2. What do you like about where you live? What don’t you like? How could it be improved? 3. Who is in charge of your town or city? Do you think they do a good job? Do you vote in local elections? 4. What are the best things to see and do in your town or city? 5. Describe your journey from home to work or school. 6. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why? 7. What are the main problems in your town or city (e.g. crime, vandalism, homelessness, drugs, graffiti, etc.)? What is being done about them? How can you help? 8. Have you ever lived abroad? Talk about your favourite towns or cities abroad (or in this country). Talk a Lot Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 44 Role Plays: 1. “Water and books do not mix!” Place: Your local library Time: 5pm Characters: You and a librarian Situation: You are returning a book about water-skiing that you borrowed for a recent holiday. Unfortunately the book has been damaged because you were reading it whilst water-skiing Scenes: i) You try to return the book when the librarian is not looking ii) You have to explain to the librarian why the book is damaged and who damaged it (you can be an imaginative liar!) iii) The librarian goes to ask a senior librarian for advice about how much you should be charged for the damage, then returns If there are three people in the group the third character could be: a) The senior librarian b) Somebody reading at the library who says “Sshh! I’m trying to read!” quite a lot c) The author of the book 2. “Excuse me, where is the train station…?” Place: The market place in your town Time: 2 o’clock in the afternoon Characters: You and a foreign tourist Situation: A foreign tourist stops you to ask for directions to the train station. They don’t speak English very well Scenes: i) The tourist asks you for directions to the train station. You don’t understand them well, but give them directions to the Tourist Information Centre, where they can get a map of the town ii) Later in the afternoon: you meet the tourist again. They can’t find the Tourist Information Centre. You agree to go there with them iii) At the Tourist Information Centre you ask for train times for the tourist, but unfortunately they have now missed their train If there are three people in the group the third character could be: a) Someone who works at the Tourist Information Centre b) The tourist’s friend or partner c) The mayor of your town Talk a Lot Role Play Extensions For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 54 Here are some additional situations for students to use as starting points for new role plays: -------------------------------------------------------------􀀅------------------------------------------------------------Town: 1. At the bank: you want to take out a loan, but you have a low credit, rating so you have to try a few different banks /loan companies /loan sharks… 2. At school /college /university: you organise a field trip. On the coach you have to take charge when several students are sick. Then you are accused of stealing money from the trip fund. Did you steal it…? -------------------------------------------------------------􀀅------------------------------------------------------------Food & Drink: 1. At a sandwich shop: it’s your job to make the sandwiches, but you are very tired from a late night out and customers keep coming in to ask for more and more exotic sandwich fillings. You have to find the ingredients, or improvise with what you have… 2. In a pub: it’s your 18th birthday and you are trying to get your first pint of beer from a landlord who becomes suspicious because of your youthful appearance… -------------------------------------------------------------􀀅------------------------------------------------------------Shopping: 1. At a supermarket checkout: you want to pay for your shopping (two tins of beans) but all you have is a £20 note. There is a long queue behind you and the checkout assistant won’t accept your cash because they haven’t got enough change… 2. In the butcher’s /bakery /greengrocer’s /any shop: first, you can’t find any sausages /rolls /pears /etc. Next, the sales assistant scans your shopping but you notice that they scan a few items twice by accident… -------------------------------------------------------------􀀅------------------------------------------------------------Health: 1. At your dentist’s: you make an appointment to have a tooth out. Your dentist is very chatty but it’s hard to reply with your mouth full of instruments. Afterwards you discover that they have taken out the wrong tooth… 2. At a pharmacy: you need some sachets of cold relief powder. You want blackcurrant flavour, but all they have on display are lemon flavoured ones. The sales assistant is reluctant to go and check whether they have any blackcurrant flavoured sachets… -------------------------------------------------------------􀀅------------------------------------------------------------Talk a Lot _______________________ /Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 78 Vocabulary Test: First Language: English: _______________________ bank _______________________ post office _______________________ church _______________________ clothes shop _______________________ library _______________________ river _______________________ optician’s _______________________ bridge _______________________ public toilets _______________________ department store _______________________ market place _______________________ bus stop _______________________ apartment block _______________________ lake _______________________ city _______________________ traffic lights _______________________ tennis court _______________________ office _______________________ bakery _______________________ village Talk a Lot Lesson Test – Town For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com 88 A) Put a mark above the stressed syllable in each word or phrase and write how many syllables there are: a) post office ( ) b) library ( ) c) bakery ( ) d) office ( ) e) public toilets ( ) B) Complete the gap in each starting sentence with one of these words: a) ran b) cycling c) drive d) walks 1. Peter ______________________ two kilometres to his office every day. 2. Jennifer bought a couple of cakes at the bakery, then _______________ to the post office. 3. We could ______________________ to the lake and go fishing. C) Underline the word that is different in each group and state why: 1. a) department store b) town hall c) bakery d) butcher’s ______________________ 2. a) casino b) tennis court c) park d) football stadium ______________________ 3. a) bus stop b) traffic lights c) school d) pavement ______________________ 4. a) church b) office c) cathedral d) mosque ______________________ Complete the sentence blocks: D) Verb Form: _________________________________ -I’ve agreed to meet Dan in the old market place outside the library. -Who 1. ______________________ you agreed to meet in the old market place outside the library? -2. ______________________. -Have you agreed 3. ______________________ Dan in the old market place outside the library? -Yes, I 4. ______________________. -Have you agreed to meet 5. ______________________ in the old market place outside the library? -No, 6. ______________________. I haven’t agreed to meet Alex in the old market place outside the library. E) Verb Form: _________________________________ -The new optician’s next to the bank will open next Friday. -7. ______________________ will the new optician’s next to the bank open? -Next 8. ______________________. -9. ______________________ the new optician’s next to the bank open next Friday? -Yes, 10. ______________________ will. -Will the new optician’s next to the bank open next 11. ______________________? -No, it 12. ______________. The new optician’s next to the bank won’t open next Saturday.