TROISIEME
ANGLAIS
                                                UNIT 5         A
                                       TOPIC: CITY OR VILLAGE?
LEARNING CONTEXT
    The students of 3ème 4 of Lycée Moderne Mankono describe life in the city and in the village in
    order to write an article about rural exodus.
                                             LESSON CONTENT
          Language function             Structures                      Vocabulary
          Expressing reasons            Since…        Vocabulary related to city and village life
                                        due to…      and rural exodus.
                                        because of… cheap, bumpy, hut, quiet, entertainment,
                                        in order to… facilities, opportunities, crowded, expensive,
                                        so that…     building, tarrred, noisy…
   I-        Picture interpretation Look at the pictures and do the exercise below.
                           Picture 1                                          Picture 2
  Are these sentences about the two pictures true or false ? Write your answers like in the example.
   Example: 1- True
   1- There are houses in picture 1.          ………….
   2- Picture 2 is a village.                 ………….
   3- There are huts in picture 2.            ………….
   4- There are huts in picture 1.            ………….
   5- There is a tarred road in picture 1.    ………….
   6- There are buildings in picture 1.       ………….
   7- There is a beach in picture 2.          ………….
   8- Picture 1 is a village.                 ………….
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   II-       Vocabulary: Match each word from column A to its meaning in column B. One meaning in
             column B is not concerned. Write your answers like in the example.
             Example: 1-f
                         COLUMN A                                                COLUMN B
         1- cheap                                                 a) not bumpy
         2- entertainment                                         b) infrastructures
         3- facilities                                            c) full with many people
         4- cut                                                   d) occasions
         5- opportunities                                         e) not quiet
         6- crowded                                               f) not expensive
         7- tarred                                                g) small house with a circular form
         8- noisy                                                 h) amusement
         9- building                                              i) apartment with many floors
                                                                  j) calm
   III-      Comprehension : Which of the following words or groups of words in the box below are related
             to the village or the city ? Write each of them in the corresponding column.
           cheap - busy - fresh air - beautiful nature - expensive - clean water - polluted environment –
                                         prostitution – noisy –rural exodus
                              Village                                            City
   IV-       Language in use : Fill in each gap of the following passage with the most appropriate word from
             the box.
                                 Since - due to - because of - in order to - so that
There is presently no class in our country. The students are at home 1-(…………) the corona virus pandemic.
Some have stayed in their towns and some have left to their vilage. 2-(…………) they can’t stay idling, some
exercises are given to them online by their teachers 3-(…………) they go on studying. The situation is very
serious but 4-(…………) their courage, most of the students will succeeed when classes resume. They just
have to do the given exercises 5-(…………) go up or get their exams.
   V-        Communication activity
             For your school English club magazine, you have to write an article about rural exodus. Write this
             article in which you :
             - describe life in the village,
             - describe life in town,
             - say why some young people live the village to the city.
                                                    (12 lines maximum)
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