It’s a very exciting city!:
It’s a very exciting city! Describing hometowns, cities, and countries.
Adjectives
Beautiful/exciting/interesting
Adverbs
Very/ fairly/pretty
Conjuctions
However/though
Adjectives: What’s the opposite of….?:
Adjectives: What’s the opposite of….? Beautiful
Big
Cheap
Clean
Hot
Intersting
Safe
Relaxing
Boring
Dangerous
Dirty
Expensive
Stressful
Small
Ugly
cold
Describing cities: conversation:
Describing cities: conversation Listen and answer the following questions:
Part A
Where’s Ken from?
What’s Toronto like?
What’s the weather like in the winter?
What about during the summer?
How’s the weather during the spring and fall? Part B
What does Ken say about entertainment in Toronto?
Would you like to visit Toronto? Why?
He’s from Toronto, Canada. It’s fairly big city, but not too big. The nightlife is good, too. It’s pretty cold. It’s nice very hot and humid There’s wonderful theater and music. There are some pretty fun dance clubs and really terrific jazz clubs, too
Slide5:
Linda: Where in Canada are you from, Ken?
Ken: I’m from Toronto.
Linda: Oh, I’ve never been there. What’s it like?
Ken: It’s a fairly big city, but it’s not too big. The nightlife is good, too.
Linda: Is it expensive there?
Ken: No, it’s not too bad.
Linda: And what’s the weather like in Toronto?
Ken: Well, it’s pretty cold in the winter, and very hot and humid in the summer. It’s nice in the spring and fall, though.
Describing a city:
Describing a city What’s your city like?
Is it an interesting place?
Is it very big?
Is it safe?
Is it clean?
Is it very expensive?
What’s the night life like?
What’s the weather like?
Do you like it there?
Homework:
Homework Write a composition about a city you have visited or would like to visit. Use the hand out about how well do you know your city?
Draw a poster inviting people to visit your city.
Read pag. 71 and work on activities A, B and C