It is a busy city with crowded streets and famous for its excellent museums.. Or.[r]
(1)PERIOD:
TEST YOURSELF F
Objectives : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to review what they’ve learned of unit 15,16
and the exercisescorrectly.
Material: textbook, tapescript Procedure :
Time Contents T’s & Ss’ activities
10’
10’
I. Listening :
Listen and write down the missing information (Textbook, P.153)
Well, I think that living in Bangkok is very exciting I haven’t lived here all my life My family came here when I was(1) three. But now it is my home Nearly all my(2) friends live here
It’s our (3) capital city, and very big From morning till night there are(4) crowds of people on the main streets Some parts of the city are very (5) noisy I have a long journey to school every day, but I don’t mind because it’s so (6) interesting There’s always something happening in the (7) streets There are all kinds of people selling things – fruits, (8) flowers, cooked food, clothes – everything you could imagine I really (9) enjoy the excitement of the crowded streets and large (10) modern buildings I love walking around the streets at the weekend with some other boys from my class
II. Reading :
Read the passage, and then answer the questions (P.153)
1 Sydney is _ A the capital of Australia
B the capital of the Asia-Pacific region C the capital of the New South Wales
2 The population of the New South Wale is _ A Larger than that of other states of Australia B smaller than that of other states of Australia C as large as that of any other states of Australia The harbour is _
A The most important feature of Sydney B a dynamic cultural centre
C a cosmopolitan city
4 Sydney has a vibrant cultural life because _ A its people come from different parts of the world B it was founded by British
C it is the top destination for tourists abroad
5 After the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney _ A more people come to Australia through Sydney
B fewer people come to Australia through Sydney C people had a bad opinion of the city
Keys:
1.C: Sydney is the capital of New South Wales
2 A: The population of Sydney is larger than that of other states of Australia A: The harbor is the most important feature of Sydney
o T asks Ss to listen to the tapescript twice and fill in the missing
information
o Ss work in pairs to share their answers
o T asks Ss to give the answers
o T corrects
o T runs through the tasks to make sure that they understand what to and some new words in the reading selection
o Ss work in pairs to read the passage and the task
(2)10’
15’
4 A: Sydney has a vibrant cultural life because its people come from different parts of the world
5 A: after the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, more people
III. Grammar :
Combine the following pairs of sentences, changing the second sentence into a non-defining relative clause, and putting it in the correct place
1 Their house is quite big and modern It is in the suburb of the city The new English teacher seems to be very friendly I met her yesterday Sandra has got a new job with Capital Insurers It is a much better company than the last one she worked for
4 Her latest novel is really good I read it on holiday
5 This bag is full of books I carried it all the way from the station
Keys:
1 Their house, which is quite big and modern, is in the suburb of the city The new English teacher, who I met yesterday, seems to be very friendly Sandra has got a new job with Capital Insurers, which is a much better company than the last one she worked for
4 Her latest novel, which I read on holiday, is really good
5 This bag, which I carried all the way from the station, is full of books
Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative form
Pam: So how are you enjoying living in the new place?
Debbie: Oh, it’s very nice The house is much (1) _ (big) than the one we had in London, and one of the (2) _ (good) things is being able to walk in the garden
Pam: So all in all, it’s much (3) _ (good) than London, isn’t it?
Debbie: Yes, I think so In London, It’s certainly (4) (polluted), and (5) _ (stressful) Here it’s so much quieter, and that’s good for my health
Keys:
1 bigger the best better more polluted more stressful
IV. Writing : Write a description of Taipei, using the cues below.
Answers keys:
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan It was founded in the 18th century It has a
population of 2.3 million It is the country’s exciting city, but its weather is humid and not very pleasant It is a busy city with crowded streets and famous for its excellent museums.
Or
Taipei, which is the capital city of Taiwan, was founded in the 18th century It
has a population of 2.3 million It is the country’s most exciting city, but the weather there is very humid and not very pleasant Taipei is a busy city, and the streets are always full of people/ crowded It is famous for excellent museums ( that many tourists visit)
V. Homework:
Review from Unit to 16 for the final semester exam
o T reviews the grammar points quickly and asks Ss to the task individually
o Ss share their answers with a partner next to him/her
o T gives the correct answers
o T reviews the grammar points quickly and asks Ss to the task individually
o Ss share their answers with a partner next to him/her
o T gives the correct answers
o T gives instructions and then runs through the guide line so that Ss know how to
o Ss work alone to the task
o T goes around to observe and collect Ss’ mistakes
o T calls some groups to present their work on the board
(3)mistakes themselves