English Lesson
Topic: City Living

Introductory Questions
 Do you live in the country or the city?
 Do you like it?
 Why/why not?
 What do you like most about it
 Have you always lived in the city/country?

Introductory Questions
 What do you think are the advantages of
living in a city?
 What are the disadvantages?
 Do you want to move to the country/city
later in life?

Vocabulary
 Building
 Skyscraper
 Apartment, flat
 Public transport
 Traffic

Vocabulary
Underground network, subway
Parking lot
Park Mall, shopping centre

Vocabulary
 Pollution
 Sidewalk, footpath
Suburb
Rush hour

Vocabulary
 Exhibition
 Gallery
 Museum
 Crime
 Freeway
 Traffic lights

Video and Questions
High five escalator- Video 1
 Where does the video take place?
 Watch for the signs the people hold up.
What do they say?
 How many high fives does Rob get?
 What did you think of this action?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abt8aAB-Dr0&eurl=http://improveverywhere.com/

Frozen Grand Central Video2
 Where does the video take place?
 What does the action involve?
 What were the reactions of onlookers?
 What do you think the organisation ‘Improv
Everywhere’ is trying to achieve?
 Would you be willing to participate?
Here is their website:
http://improveverywhere.com/

Grammar
Present progressive
This tense is used to emphasise the course or duration of
an action.
It is used for actions that are occurring at the time of
speaking and for actions occurring over a short time
period. (e.g. I am cooking right now.)
It is also used for actions that will take place in the near
future. (e.g. Tonight I am going to the cinema.)
It is formed with a conjugated form of ‘to be’ in the
present tense and ‘ing’ at the end of the infinitive:

Grammar
I am
You are
He/she/it is buying, cooking etc
We are
They are
Exercises – fill in the gaps
 Tomorrow I ___________ to a museum.
 At the moment I __________ (sit) in traffic.
 At the moment he __________ in New York.
 They _______________ of moving to the country.
 You _____________ in Tokyo until the end of the
year, right?

Simulations
 The teacher lives in the country and you live
in the city. Try and convince your teacher
that living in the city is better.
 The teacher is a real estate agent and you
are looking for a new apartment. Tell the
real estate agent what sort of home you are
looking for (how many rooms, whether you
need an elevator, the type of neighbourhood
etc.). Give a lot of detail.

Simulations
 Tell your teacher how you get to school.
How do you think this would be different if
you lived somewhere else?
 The teacher is a tourist in your city who you
meet on the street. He/she wants to know
what the most interesting things to do in the
city are. Try to give as much information as
possible.