Listen to a boy talking about changes in his village and tick (✓) the changes he mentions
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SKILLS 2
Listening
1 Listen to a boy talking about changes in his
village and tick (✓) the changes he mentions.
the roads in the village
electrical appliances in the homes
means of transport
entertainment
school
visitors
Listen again and say if the sentences are true
(T) or false (F).
1.
2. The village has electricity now.
3. Horses are still the only means of transport in the
village.
Nobody lives in an earthen house now.
4. The children used to go a long way to school.
5. More visitors are coming to see them.
13 Listen again and answer the questions in
no more than FOUR words.
1. Who often tells the boy stories about the past?
What do the villagers now know more about?
2.
3.
Where is the new school?
4.
What do the visitors want to experience in the
village?
Writing
4 What do you think?
Which change(s) in the Listening do you see as
positive? Which do you see as negative?
Support your opinion with a reason. Write it out.
Example:
It's good for the villagers to have TVs. They can now
have more fun and learn more about different people
and different places.
5 Work in groups. Discuss and find some changes
in a rural area. Make notes of the changes.
6 Write a short paragraph about the changes.
Unit 2/ Life in the Countryside 23
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work
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
SKILLS 2
Listening
1 Listen to a boy talking about changes in his
village and tick (✓) the changes he mentions.
the roads in the village
electrical appliances in the homes
means of transport
entertainment
school
visitors
Listen again and say if the sentences are true
(T) or false (F).
1.
2. The village has electricity now.
3. Horses are still the only means of transport in the
village.
Nobody lives in an earthen house now.
4. The children used to go a long way to school.
5. More visitors are coming to see them.
13 Listen again and answer the questions in
no more than FOUR words.
1. Who often tells the boy stories about the past?
What do the villagers now know more about?
2.
3.
Where is the new school?
4.
What do the visitors want to experience in the
village?
Writing
4 What do you think?
Which change(s) in the Listening do you see as
positive? Which do you see as negative?
Support your opinion with a reason. Write it out.
Example:
It's good for the villagers to have TVs. They can now
have more fun and learn more about different people
and different places.
5 Work in groups. Discuss and find some changes
in a rural area. Make notes of the changes.
6 Write a short paragraph about the changes.
Unit 2/ Life in the Countryside 23