UNIT 2 LESSON 1: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

TOPICAL REVIEW
1. Choose the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. unit B. use C. university D. unchanged
2. A. ache B. charity C. charming D. changeful
3. A. whole B. whereas C. whose D. whom
4. A. slaughter B. laughter C. naughty D. taught
5. A. service B. office C. device D. practice
2. Match the word or phrase with its definition.
1. buffalo drawn cart
A. a circular wooden canvas and felt tent
2. harvest time
B. land covered with grass where sheep, cows, horses, etc., feed
3. paddy field
C. a vehicle with two or four wheels pulled by buffalo
4. cattle
D. a structure where bees are kept for producing honey
5. pasture
E. cows and bulls that are kept as farm animals
6. ger
F. a high mountainous area of a country
7. beehive
G. a field in which rice is grown
8. highlands
H. the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields
9. dairy products
I. a member of a community that moves with its animals
10. nomad
from place to place
J. food made from milk, such as butter and cheese
Now complete the sentences with the words/ phrases above.
1. If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the ………………………………… .
2. Horses are grazing in the ………………………………… .
3. He helped his uncle load hay onto a ………………………………… .
4. Mongolia’s nomads live in a traditional tent called ………………………………… .
5. We saw lots of lush rice...............................on the way to the village.
6. In Mongolia, he spent time with the nomads of the Gobi ………………………………… .
7. A boy was driving the herd of..............................to the pasture.
8. It is..............................., and all the farmers are very busy.

1
9. The Maasai are................................and cattle raisers.
10. The doctor told me to eat less red meat and ………………………………… .
3. Fill in the blank with the most suitable preposition.
1. Mai is really interested................building sand castles when she is on the beach.
2. I think that she is fond...............listening to pop songs.
3. You can’t believe it! He is crazy................that weird singer band.
4. It is very worrying that many teenagers get hooked...............the Internet.
5. My little sister is keen...............listening to Nursery songs on Youtube.
4. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given word.
1. My parents want to live in the countryside when they get older
peace
because of its.........................life.
2. In the countryside, the streets are not as crowded and
noise
…....................as in big cities.
3. Sometimes it is.........................for people to travel in rural areas
convenience
because there are not many different means of transport.
4. I think that......................life is very unstable because it is always
nomad
on the move.
5. Life in big cities are more........................than in the countryside.
stress
5. Read the passage. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false
(F).

If you had your own apple orchard, it means you have a busy, year-around job.
Apple growers schedule tasks all year long in order to have a good harvest in the fall and
to get the apples to your grocery store while they are still fresh.
Early in the spring, you will be out in the orchard fertilizing the trees and planting new trees.
Maybe you are just replacing a few old trees that no longer produce many apples, or
maybe you are adding rows of trees to enlarge your orchard or to try a new variety of
apples. Soon the trees begin to show their pink and white blooms. Don’t spend too much
time admiring the flowers! You need to rent some bee hives to pollinate all of your trees.
You don’t want your trees to grow lots of tiny apples. You want to grow nice big ones, so
after the blooms fade you start checking your trees to see if the buds need to be thinned.
Maybe you will thin them by hand, or maybe you will use chemicals to do the job.
1. Apple growers always have things to do with their apple orchard. ……………..
2. Apples are harvested in the fall and brought to the stores after that season. ……………..
3. Apple growers use fertilizers for apples trees. ……………..
4. After each harvest season, all apple trees are replaced with new ones. ……………..

2
5. Thinning the buds will bring about big apple trees. ……………..

3
ADVANCED GRAMMAR: ADJECTIVES – ADVERBS
A. ADJECTIVES
• Adjectives describe nouns (a big car). They have the same form in the singular
and plural. E.g. a small car – small cars
• Adjectives go before nouns. They can also be used alone after the verb tobe and
after verbs such as look, smell, sound, feel, taste, etc.
• There are two kinds of adjectives: opinion adjectives (beautiful, good, etc), which
show what a person thinks of somebody or something, and fact adjectives (long,
strong, young, etc.), which give us factual information about age, size, color, etc.
Order of adjectives
• Opinion adjectives go before fact adjectives. E.g. a beautiful silk dress
• When there are two or more fact adjectives in a sentence, they usually go in
the following order:
size age shape color origin material
a small old square blue Thai silk scarf
1. Put each group of words in the best order.
1. old a plastic large bag green a large old green plastic bag
2. wooden square two tables …………………………………………………
3. red a dress silk beautiful …………………………………………………
4. silver a of jugs antique pair …………………………………………………
5. bowl small a plastic …………………………………………………
6. winding road country long a …………………………………………………
7. boots some old football dirty …………………………………………………
8. cotton log a skirt yellow …………………………………………………
9. squeezed cold juice a freshly glass orange of …………………………………………………
2. Underline the correct adjective in each sentence.
1. I can’t drink this tea! It’s warm/ boiling.
2. Look at that skyscraper! It’s large/ gigantic!
3. Jill couldn’t drive any further that day as she was so tired/ tiring.
4. I love summer evenings what at last it feels cool/ freezing.
5. The first part of the film was really excited/ exciting!
6. That was the best play I’ve seen. It was good/ fantastic.
B. ADVERBS
• An adverb can be one word (carefully) or a phrase (in the park). Adverbs show
manner (how), place (where), time (when), frequency (how often), etc.

4
 Your coat is here. (Where is it? Here – adverb of place)
He left for Italy yesterday. (When did he leave? Yesterday – adverb of time)
He usually eats out. (How often does he eat out? Usually – adverb of frequency.)
• Adverbs usually go after verbs. e.g. He walks slowly.
• Adverbs of frequency go after auxiliary verbs and the verb tobe, but before main verbs.
He is always on time for appointments.
He has never visited Paris.
He always comes to work on time.
Order of adverbs
• When there are two or more adverbs in the same sentence, they usually come in
the following order:
manner place time
(how) (where) (when)
He was studying hard in his room last night.
• If there is a verb of movement (go, come, leave, etc.) in the sentence, then the
adverbs come in the following order:
place manner time
(where) (how) (when)
She came home by bus yesterday
3. Put the adverbs from the list below into the correct box.
sadly quicky here last month always
never there slowly somewhere tomorrow
cheerfully often now last week anywhere
How (adverbs of manner) sadly, ……………………………………………………………………….
Where (adverbs of place) ………………………………………………………………..……………….
When (adverbs of time) ………………………………………………………………..……………….
How often (adverbs of frequency) ………………………………………………………………..
……………….
4. Put the words in the correct order.
1. always/ wake up/ I/ early ………………………………………………………………………
2. by plane/ we/ to Spain/ went ………………………………………………………………………
3. to work/ she/ ran/ quickly
………………………………………………………………………
4. every afternoon/ sleeps/ my dog/ in the garden/ peacefully
………………………………….…………………………………………………………
6. they/ in the kitchen/ quietly/ were talking

5
………………………………….…………………………………………………………

6
7. sometimes/ takes/ he/ to the park/ his children
………………………………….…………………………………………………………
5. Rewrite the sentence so that it has a similar meaning and contains the word in bold.
1. The old couple lived together and were happy. happily
The old couple lived happily together.
2. This has been hard work for you. worked
……………………………..……………………………………………………..
3. Chris and Paul are slow walkers. walk
……………………………..……………………………………………………..
4. Georgia is a good pianist. play
……………………………..……………………………………………………..
5. Sue is a graceful dancer. dances
……………………………..……………………………………………………..
6. Ann completed the course with success. successfully
……………………………..……………………………………………………..
6. Complete each sentence with one of the words from the
box. Use each word once only.
extremely fast good happy hard hardly ill quite terrible well
1. I was really happy when Susan passed her driving test.
2. Jack dances very.......................and never steps on people’s feet.
3. Alan was so tired that he could.......................keep his eyes open.
4. The hotel was......................, but we didn’t like the food in the restaurant.
5. Alison was extremely......................and spent a month in hospital.
6. Jonny was driving too......................and was stopped by the police.
7. It’s not a wonderful film, but it’s.......................good.
8. Gina worked very.......................and was given an extra holiday.
9. When I forgot paying for the coat, I felt ……………………… .
10..............................................................................I can’t afford to buy that bike
because it’s..............................................................expensive.
7. Underline the errors in these sentences. Then give the correction.
1. Peter has worked very hardly. hard
2. My sister bought me a blue lovely woollen sweater. …………………..
3. David felt happily when his exam were over. …………………..
4. Everyone in the team played good. …………………..
5. Too much exercise can make you feel tiring. …………………..
6. Hans has arrived late at school never. …………………..

7
HOMEWORK
1. Fill in the gaps with the correct adjective from the list.
lovely fresh quiet cosy bright excellent comfortable tall
The cottage was beautiful. It had a 1 cosy atmosphere.
The rooms were small but 2 …………….…… .There was a 3............................fire burning in the
fireplace, and the smell of 4...........................roses filled each room. The old furniture was in
5 ……………………. condition. The garden was 6 ……………………. . There were 7 …………………….
trees all round the garden and colorful flowers near the cottage. It was very 8 ………….
…………. and peaceful. I didn’t want to leave.
2. You have inherited the following things from your
grandmother. Describe them by putting the adjectives in the
right order.

1. a wooden/ small table

2. some round/ China/ beautifiul plates

3. A crystal/ Venetian/ blue vase

4. a(n) gold/ expensive ring

5. two silver/ old candlesticks

6. a(n) antique/ wooden/ lovely radio

3. Choose an appropriate adjective from the list, turn it into an adverb and
put it in the correct sentence.
careless fluent proud polite happy angry careful quick serious heavy
1. The children were playing happily.
2. The man drove.........................and crashed his car.

8
3. e teacher shouted.........................because the students were making too much noise.
4. Jonathan speaks English ………………………… .
5. It was raining........................yesterday, so we stayed indoors.
6. The shop assistant placed the crystal vase.........................on the shelf.
7. I asked the man.........................to help me cross the road.
8. Harry ran........................to catch the bus, but it had already left.
9. The actor who won the Academy Award was smiling.......................on the stage.
10...............................................He looked at me and told me never to lie to him again.
4. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences containing adverbs.
1. early / wakes / sometimes / up / she
.................................................................................................
2. that / really / film / I / like
.................................................................................................
3. you / sit / here / can't
.................................................................................................
4. meeting / later / am / my / friend / I
.................................................................................................
5. go / we / almost / to / ready / are
.................................................................................................
6. girl / badly / the / sings / young
.................................................................................................
7. late / often / is / for / he / work
.................................................................................................
8. listened / her / to / carefully / I / story
.................................................................................................
5. Underline the correct word.
1. A: I’m going to the shops now.
B: Make sure you carry the eggs careful/ carefully. Don’t break them.
2. A: I’m going to Alison’s house for dinner tonight.
B: You’ll enjoy it. Alison is a very good/ well cook.
3. A: Have you finished that puzzle
already? B: Yes, it was really easy/
easily.
4. A: Mr Jones shouted angry/ angrily today.
B: I know. He was in a very bad/ badly mood all day.
5. A: Your mother is always cheerful/ cheerfully, isn’t she?

9
 B: Yes, she is always in a well/ good mood.
6. Put the words in the right order to form a statement.
1. a/ is/ nice/ place/ this
.................................................................................................
2. biscuit/ can’t/ find/ I/ large/ the/ tin
.................................................................................................
3. a/ behaved/ in/ silly/ Tessa/ way
.................................................................................................
4. coffee/ cold/ getting/ is/ your
.................................................................................................
5. a/ house/ in/ live/ lovely/ old/ stone/ they
.................................................................................................
7. Write a second sentence that has a similar meaning to the first.
Use the word in brackets.
1. Jonathan was stupid. (behaved)
Jonathan behaved stupidly.
2. The drink had a strange taste. (tasted)
.................................................................................................
3. Obviously, sick people need to be looked after. (the)
.................................................................................................
4. The dog slept. (asleep)
.................................................................................................
5. The young woman was polite. (spoke)
.................................................................................................
6. The train was late. (arrived)
.................................................................................................
7. The film’s ending is dramatic. (ends)
.................................................................................................
8. Katherine gave an angry shout. (shouted)
.................................................................................................
9. Billiards is a game for indoors. (indoor)
.................................................................................................
10. The clown amused people.
(amusing)
.................................................................................................

1
0