Unit Life in the countryside I Underline the words with /bl/ or /cl/ in the sentences Then read the sentences aloud The garden is blossoming beautifully I enjoy picking blackberries in the woods The sky looks so clear and blue in the countryside After the survey, we have to report our findings to the class Click the mouse twice to open this file My favourite colour is blue II Find words which can go with the verbs RIDE: HERD: COLLECT: TRANSPORT: _ PUT UP: MILK: PICK: _ GROW: _ III Use the adj below to complete the sentences vast peaceful nomadic inconvenient friendly quiet safe slow I love the people in my village They are so…………….and hospitable I sometimes lie and watch the …………….movement of the cloud Some people in the mountains of north Vietnam used to have a ………….life They moved to get food and find new lands for growing rice Don’t worry It’s ………………travel here, even at night It’s so………… to send a letter from my village The nearest post office is miles away Be……………… ! There’s an exam going on I love the ………… sky on starry nights It looks fantastic The Tasadays are a………… tribe They never fight and never hit their children IV Use the words in the right-hand column in the correct forms to complete the sentences We children enjoy…………………….around the fields, shouting RUN and laughing happily The………… have a very hard life They cannot live permanently NOMADIC in one place The hills are…………….in spring when the wild flowers bloom COLOUR Everybody has to work hard for world……………… PEACEFUL ……………….a horse is one of the skills every nomadic child in RIDE Mogolia has to learn My sister has a beautiful…………………of paper dolls COLLECT V Some of the comparisons in these sentences are incorrect Underline and correct the mistakes The cost of living in the countryside is more low than in the city In general, putting up a tent is not as difficult than building a house Harvest is the busiest time of year in the countryside Dogs are much more better than human beings at detecting smells Life in a big city is more exciting than life in a small town This cottage is near to the main road than that red one The paddy fields in the mountains are usually not as large as those in the lowlands The path through Dead Valley is the most dangerous in my country VI Use the adjs in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences A village is much …………………………a city in size (small) Of the three types of cattle in the Mogolian desert, the sheep is ……………….(slow) 3 A city has……………………activities than the countryside (interesting) The city offers more services It’s much …………………….the countryside (convenient) My village has only 1200 people It’s not……………… the city (crowded) In the countryside, harvest time is often……………….and …………………time (busy, hard) Some people think that country folk are…………… city people (friendly) Which one is …………………….,the city or the countryside? (noisy) VII Read the passage and the tasks that follow MY VILLAGE …………………… I live in a village by the Mekong River Everyday, like most of my friends, I walk to school It is three kilometers away After class, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and feed the chickens At weekends, the villagers often gather at the community hall where there is a TV The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news Laughter is heard everywhere 2…………………… My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home products like vegetables, fruits, eggs….He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride on the electric train in the town square I love those trips 3…………………… On starry nights, we children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other to find the Milky Way We dream of faraway places a Choose the correct heading for each paragraph A Our dreams B Life in the village C My trips to town b Find a word/phrase from the passage which matches the definition Get water from a river and bring it home Give food A place where the villagers can gather for important events A place where a street is used for the locals to sell their home products Sit on a bus or a train for it to take you around Challenging somebody to something difficult c Choose the best answer The boy often helps his The villagers gather at the community parents hall _ A to collect water from the village well A everyday B to sell the vegetables B once a month C to collect eggs from the chicken shed C only when there is an important event D to feed the chickens D At the weekend The thing the boy enjoys better than other The village children dream about things on his trips to town is _ A he can sell his home products A having a school that is nearer B he feels grown-up B having a TV at home C he can ride on the electric train C finding the Milky Way D he can buy his father an ice cream D travelling to faraway places VIII Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings Use the right comparative form of the adverbs in brackets The Eagle team performed more successfully than the Lion team (successfully) The Lion team performed In the countryside, children play more freely than in the city (freely) In the city, children _ Our gers are now better equipped than in the past (badly) In the past, our gers _ A sports car goes faster than an ordinary car (slowly) An ordinary car goes A business person travels more expensively than a tourist (cheaply) A tourist travels _ Mr Thompson works more responsibly than Mr Dylan (carelessly) Mr Dylan works _ ... hall where there is a TV The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news Laughter is heard everywhere 2…………………… My father sometimes takes me to the market... ordinary car (slowly) An ordinary car goes A business person travels more expensively than a tourist (cheaply) A tourist travels _ Mr Thompson works