B3 Urban Living

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

B3 Urban Living

Goals

• R. I know words and phrases about urban living conditions
• T1. I can understand texts about urban living conditions
• T2. I can give descriptions of living conditions in urban areas
• I. I can offer solutions for good living conditions in urban areas 

Where would you most like to live?

City center

Suburbs

Town or village close to the city

Countryside

Apartment / Flat

Terraced house

Semi-detached house

(twee-onder-een-kap)

Detached house

Which type of house do you think matches most with "Urban living"

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Settling in

"Nowadays, more people live in the city than in the country. This has not always been the case. In the 18th-19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution took place. It was an important moment in history. New factories were built near cities and more and more people moved from the country to the city to find work. But what was it like to live in a city at that time?"

1. urban

2. pestilential

3. to puke

4. yard

5. to comply with

a. garden

b. to meet

c. city

d. poisonous

e. to throw up

Get to work

• Work on unit B3: exercises 5 and 6
• You may work together with your neighbor (the person next to you)
• You may listen to music using your laptop if it helps you focus
• Finished? Study the vocabulary on p.63

In-depth

Corporate villages

Get to work

• Read the two texts on corporate villages
• Work on exercises 8 and 9

• Do this independently (= on your own)
• You may listen to music if it helps you.
• Don't understand a word? vandale.nl
• Finished: Study the past simple and past continuous on p.240

Past simple use

• What has happened in the past
• It is finished

• Signal words:

Yesterday, this morning, two days ago, last month, in 1981

• I walked.
• You walked.
• He/She/It walked.

• We walked.
• You walked.
• They walked.

• I did not walk.
• You did not walk.
• He/She/It did not walk.

• We did not walk.
• You did not walk.
• They did not walk.

Past simple + and -

• Did I walk?
• Did you walk?
• Did he/she/it walk?

• Did we walk?
• Did you walk?
• Did they walk?

Past simple +? and -?

Past continuous use

• Things happening in the past while something else is happening
• Things that caused annoyance

• form

to be + verb+ing

• I was walking.
• You were walking.
• He/She/It was walking.

• We were walking.
• You were walking.
• They were walking.

• I was not walking.
• You were not walking.
• He/She/It was not walking.

• We were not walking.
• You were not walking.
• They were not walking.

Past continuous + and -

• Was I walking?
• Were you walking?
• Was he/she/it walking?

• Were we walking?
• Were you walking?
• Were they walking?

Past continuous +? and -?

Quick exercise

Work on exercise 11

Do this independently (= on your own)

Finished: Study the past simple and past continuous on p.240

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Next lesson

Homework:

3b Urban housing

Exercises 8, 9, and 11

Goals

• R. I know words and phrases about urban living conditions
• T1. I can understand texts about urban living conditions
• T2. I can give descriptions of living conditions in urban areas
• I. I can offer solutions for good living conditions in urban areas