Unit 1: Exercise 1

Look at the chart. Choose the correct responses to the questions.

1. What is being measured in the chart?

o movement from the city to the countryside

o movement from the countryside to the city

o the number of people living in Country A, Country B and Country C

2. How is the number of people measured?

o 100s

o 1000s

o 1,000,000s

3. What is the most noticeable trend?

o Movement increased a little.

o Movement increased considerably.

 o Movement increased in only two countries.

4. According to the chart, what is a prediction for the future?

o Country C will have a bigger population than Country A.

o More people will live in rural areas in Country A.

o Movement in Country B will remain stable.

5. What would be appropriate to include in conclusion / summary of this chart?

o In conclusion, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of people

moving to cities.

o In summary, Country B will stay the same.

o Overall, the number of people moving to the countryside has increased

dramatically.

Unit 1: Exercise 2
Look at the chart. Choose the correct adverbs to complete the sentences.
 1. Between 2000 and 2015, Country B’s population movement gradually/ markedly/
surprisingly increased from 10 million to about 25 million.

2. By 2025, the number of people moving from the countryside to the city in Country B
will have tailed off dramatically/ inconsistently/ slightly to around 30 million people.

3. Since 2005, the movement from rural to urban areas in Country C has risen gradually/
significantly/ steadily , reaching about 80 million in 2020.

4. The number of people leaving the countryside for the city in Country C is expected to
surpass the number in Country A and continue to climb predictably/ sharply/ slowly ,
reaching about 95 million in 2025.

5. Between 2015 and 2020, the number of people moving from rural to urban areas in
Country A is expected to rise abruptly/ markedly/ steadily from just over 70 million
to just under 80 million. However, it is predicted to have fallen behind Country C by
2025.

Unit 1: Exercise 3
Look at the chart. Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.

As many more much than

 1. ____________ people – 70 million – left the countryside of Country A for the city in
2015.
2. The chart shows that the movement of people in Country B is generally
____________ lower than in the other two countries.
3. There were fewer ______________ 20 million people moving from the country to the
city in each of the three countries in 2000.
4. By 2025, _____________ people will be moving to cities in Country C than in each
of the other two countries shown in the chart.
5. In 2006, about 35 million people in Country A moved, while Country C experienced
more or less the same movement ____________ Country B, at approximately 15
million.

Unit 1: Exercise 4
Look at the chart. Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences. Use the
words in the box.

between by during for since

1. Since 2025, the number of people in Country C moving from the countryside to the
city will have exceeded 90 million.
 2. Country B experienced a steady increase in movement from rural to urban areas for
the years 2000 to 2015.

3. There has been a large increase in population movement in all three countries by the
figures began being recorded in 2000.

4. From 2010 and 2015, the number of people moving to urban areas in Country A
climbed dramatically.

5. The number of people moving to urban areas in Country C and Country A will
increase during the foreseeable future.

Unit 1: Exercise 5
Look at the chart. Choose the correct words to complete the summary
paragraph.

Overall, all three countries drawn/ pictured/shown in the chart have seen a predictable/
significant/ surprising population movement from the countryside to the city, with the
as/most/much noticeable changes being in Country C and Country A. It is predicted that this
trend will continue to 2025 in both these countries. However, Country B will experience a
fluctuation/ levelling off/ remain constant of movement at around 30 million people
in/since/to 2020 .

Unit 1: Exercise 6
Look at the chart. Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.

could possibly is more than likely it is certain that probably won’t will

1. By 2025, the population movement from rural to urban areas in Country C will have
nearly doubled since 2015, and the number of people moving _____________ most
likely continue to rise.

2. The trend for Country B ______________ to continue to remain the same at about 30
million people.

3. Regarding Country C and Country A, ________________ many people prefer to live

in cities rather than villages.

4. Country A’s population movement figures ________________ fall further behind

Country C’s in the years after 2025.

5. Overall, it is fair to say that the number of people moving from rural to urban areas
_______________ remain the same in Country A and Country C in the years after
2025.

Unit 1: Exercise 7
Look at the chart. Do the sentences contain accurate or inaccurate information?
Choose True or False.
1. Country A’s population movement fluctuated before 2015 and is predicted to rise in
the next few years.

o True

o False

2. The movement of people from villages to cities in Country B is forecast to peak in

2020, and will probably decline in the foreseeable future.

o True

o False

3. From a low figure of below 10 million people in 2000, the number of people expected
to move from the countryside to cities in Country C will probably exceed 100 million
in the years after 2025.

o True

o False

4. Country C had fewer people moving to cities than Country B and Country A in 2005,
and in 2025 there will also be fewer people moving to cities in Country C than in
these countries.

o True
 o False

5. Country C experienced a steep rise in the number of people leaving the countryside
for the city between 2005 and 2015; the number increased from about 10 million to
about 50 million, and this trend is likely to continue well into the next decade.

o True

o False

Unit 1: Exercise 8
Look at the chart. Is the information given in the sentences shown in the chart?
Choose Yes or No.

1. Country B is an extremely large country, but it will have the lowest population of the
three countries in 2025 at about 30 million; Country A and Country C will have
populations of 85 million and 95 million, respectively.

o Yes

o No

2. Country C is going to have the same amount of internal migration as Country A by

2020, with about 80 million people moving from the country to the cities in both
countries according to the chart.

o Yes

o No
 3. Country A is the only African nation to experience a significant movement of people
from rural to urban areas.

o Yes

o No

4. Country C’s urban population is expected to increase well into the next century, by
approximately 120 million.

o Yes

o No

5. After 2005, the number of people relocating from the countryside to the city in
Country B is always significantly lower in comparison with the other two countries
shown in the chart.

o Yes

o No

Unit 1: Exercise 9
Look at the chart. Choose the summary that is appropriate, developed and clear.
 

o A In conclusion, obviously, there is a dramatic increase in the population moving in

the time period shown in the chart. You can see that this trend is likely to increase in
all three countries. Country C should surpass 100 million in the next few decades.
Country B will stay the same during the years of 2020 and 2025 and possibly after
this as well. We can also conclude that the population of all three countries will also
increase in the future.
o B Overall, all three countries show a rising urban migration trend, with the most
notable increase being for Country C, initially showing the smallest migration but
expected to become the highest around 2020 and in the years beyond.

Unit 1: Exercise 10
WRITING TASK 1

You should spend 20 minutes on this task.

The chart below shows the movement of people from rural to urban areas in three
countries and predictions for future years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words

Please add text into the Student post.

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