This single-lesson unit is built around IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 4: a multiple-matching task in which students hear six speakers talking about city and countryside living and match each to… Read more ↓This single-lesson unit is built around IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 4: a multiple-matching task in which students hear six speakers talking about city and countryside living and match each to one of seven written statements. One statement is not used. The six speakers cover a wide range of perspectives: a lifelong countryside farmer, a young person planning to study in the city, a city dweller who wants to move for health reasons, someone who moved to the countryside for a dream job, a retired banker who has finally left the city, and a mother who is glad her family moved to the city. Read less ↑
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City or Countryside — IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 4
You will hear six speakers talking about city and countryside living. Read all seven statements carefully before the recording begins, paying attention to whether each one is describing something the speaker has done, plans to do, or will never do. The recording plays up to 2 times and cannot be paused, skipped, or scrubbed. You can change your answers until you click Submit; feedback appears once you submit.
City or Countryside — IGCSE ESL Listening Exercise 4
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Vocabulary Practice
Two exercises using 12 key words from the six speakers.
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City or Countryside — Vocabulary Practice
Work through all three parts. All 12 words come from the six speakers in the listening.
City or Countryside — Vocabulary Practice
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confinedadjective
kept within limits or restricted to a small space with little freedom to move
exhibitionnoun
A public show of paintings, objects, or other things for people to see.
fulfillverb
to complete or carry out something
fumes
Harmful gases in the air from cars, factories, or burning things.
hustle and bustlenoun
the busy, noisy energy of a lively place
isolatedadjective
separated from other people or places; not connected to or influenced by others
jealousadjective
feeling unhappy or angry because someone else has something you want or receive attention you want
passionnoun
a very strong feeling or enthusiasm
retiredadjective
having left work permanently at the end of a career
ruraladjective
relating to the countryside rather than the city
urbanadjective
relating to a town or city
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