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Town and Countryside 

 
 

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Vocabulary.

  

What are the main differences between towns and the 
countryside? Look at the table below, and write sentences 
using ‘a lot of’, ‘not much/many’.

 

 

Towns The 

countryside 

 
People 
Jobs 
Pollution 
Traffic 
… 

 
People 
Trees 
Rice Fields 
Traffic 
… 

 

e.g. 

There are a lot of people in towns. 

 
1 ……………………………………………………………………. 

2 ……………………………………………………………………. 

3 ……………………………………………………………………. 

4 ……………………………………………………………………. 

5 ……………………………………………………………………. 

 
 
 

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Practice.

  

Add two more to the table above, and write full sentences 
below.

 

 
 

1 ……………………………………………………………………. 

2 ……………………………………………………………………. 

 

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Your Turn.  

Do you live in a town or the countryside? Write a paragraph 
in the box below, giving detail on where you live. Prepare to 
read it to the class if your teacher asks! 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Town and Countryside: Teacher’s Notes 

 
 

Target Structure: 

Much, many, a lot of, (un)countable nouns 

Vocabulary: 

General 

Level: 

Elementary 

Time: 

30 minutes 

Preparation: 

None 

 
 

Suggested Teaching Method:

 

 

 
 

While the topic is easy, it is difficult for students to produce this target 
structure in conversation. This worksheet provides controlled practice as 
well as personalization of the structure. 

This exercise is good for homework, having already pre-taught the key 
structures; countable and uncountable, much, many and a lot. 

Give out the worksheet, and ask students to complete the rest of the 
exercises in the standard way. The final part could be set as homework. If 
you choose to mark this, you could try a homework correction game as a 
follow-up.