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English 7th grade The city worksheet 1
READING
I love my city. It has wide avenues, tall buildings, fantastic shops, cinemas, theatres, museums, libraries, great monuments, good places to do sports and relaxing parks… the list is long! Oh, yes, it has a river too. My family and I sometimes have lunch by the river in one of the street cafés.
In the city you may meet your friends in lots of places but my favourite is the shopping centre. I always hang out with my friends there because we can do lots of interesting things.
Every morning I go to school by bus. Public transport is very good and it is usually on time. People should use it more often. Of course we have traffic jams, noise, pollution and adults live a very stressful life hurrying from one place to another. Besides I think the positive aspects are more important than the negatives ones.
In the future I will be an engineer. I will build nice modern cities.
At the moment I am part of a team at school that is doing a very interesting project: a future city project. I am enjoying doing this work very much.
Amy.
COMPREHENSION
1. Refer from the text the words or expressions that mean the same as: a) To be with your friends; b) Lines of vehicles that don´t move or move very slowly; c) Extremely irritating; d) Moving fast.
2. Make a list of the negative and the positive aspects of living in Amy´s city.
3. Answer the questions about the text.
3.1. What´s Amy´s opinion about the place where she lives?
3.2. It is difficult to meet your friends if you live in a city?
3.3. Where does she usually meet her friends?
3.4. Why does she go to school by bus?
3.5. What does she want to be in the future?
3.6. What do you like most about your city? Why?
VOCABULARY
1 English 7th grade The city worksheet 1 Give directions:
2 English 7th grade The city worksheet 1 GRAMMAR
1. Use be going to in the following sentences.
1.1. You / watch/ tomorrow / the ceremony / ? 1.2. Not visit / Gary/ his cousin/ today /. 1.3. On Saturday / I / paint / my room / . 1.4. When / the computer / you / buy / ?
2. Make questions with to be going to using these words and answer them in the negative form.
a. Your friends / listen to music. ?
- No,
b. Peter / wash / his car. ?
- No,
c. She / write a letter. ?
- No,
3. Choose the present simple or present continuous form.
I ...... a letter now.
a) write b) am writing c) am writing
Susan ...... the garden at the moment.
a) is digging b) digs c) is digging
Jane ...... to bed at 10 o'clock on weekdays.
a) goes b) is going c) go
I am in London this summer. I ..... English.
a) learn b) am learning c) learning
We ...... our friends very often.
a) are seeing b) seeing c) see
My brothers ...... letters every week.
a) writes b) are writing c) write
The bus sometimes ...... in the morning.
a) is arriving b) arrive c) arrives
James is a student. But he ...... this week.
a) works b) work c) is working 4. Read the sentences carefully and choose the correct modal verb (can, can´t; must, mustn´t):
3 English 7th grade The city worksheet 1 a) David is 14 years old. He have a driving licence.
b) You respect other people's opinions.
c) you pass me the butter, please?
d) If you have a problem with one of your classmates, you ask for help.
e) Jane is so intelligent! She speak five languages.
f) Students wear a uniform at Eton College. It is a famous private school in England.
g) Kelly, you clean you room before going out with your friends!
h) You smoke in hospitals. It's totally forbidden!
5. Write the words to fill the gaps. Use comparatives and superlatives. 1. The clothes here are _______________________ (good) than in my town. 2. That’s my _______________________ (bad) mark ever! 3. It’s _______________________ (far) than I thought – I think we’re lost. 4. That’s the _______________________ (disgusting) meal I’ve ever had! 5. I hope your team’s _______________________ (lucky) today than last week. 6. They’re _______________________ (happy) in their new school than in their old one. 7. It’s the _______________________ (good) song on the album. 8. Your spaghetti sauce is _______________________ (tasty) than my mum’s.
6. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs. Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:
1. I _________________ (not / drink) any beer last night.
2. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city. 3. What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday? 4. Where _________________ (you / get off) the train? 5. I _________________ (not / change) trains at Victoria. 6. We _________________ (wake up) very late. 7. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas? 8. I _________________ (receive) £300 when my uncle _________________ (die). 9. We _________________ (not / use) the computer last night. 10. _________________ (she / make) good coffee? 11. They _________________ (live) in Paris. 12. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday. 13. I _________________ (not / watch) TV.
