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THEME 2 MY ENVIRONMENT

FUNCTIONS
9 GRADE F1 Talking about locations of things
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Asking about and describing neighbourhood
F2
F3 Making comparisons
7 Role-Playing Game
This activity aims for students to practise common adjectives when describing a house and make
comparisons using comparative adjectives.

Materials and Preparation
Print out and photocopy the worksheet on page 44 for each pair of students, and photocopy and cut
the role cards on page 45 into two separate, client and real estate agent, for each student. Print out
the house plans on page 46 and hand out them to the students who will act out the real estate agent.
Procedure
1 Divide the class into two halves. Half of the class will act out the client and the other half will be the
real estate agent.
2 Explain students that they will work in pairs.
3 Hand out the role cards to each student.
4 Give out the house plans to the ones who will act out the real estate agent and ask them to use the
plans for demonstration. Remind them that they will make comparisons using the plans.
5 Then ask them to create short dialogues on the topic.
6 Tell students that they have 10 minutes to prepare their dialogues.
7 Walk around the class to see if they need any help or check their understanding of the subject.
8 When they have completed their task, ask them to swap roles to play the client and the real estate
agent.

8 Finding Locations on the Map

The aim of the activity is to help students to revise the topic-related vocabulary and to talk about
locations of things, and to develop the skills to ask about and describe neighbourhoods.
Materials and Preparation
Print out and photocopy the worksheet on page 47 for each student.
Procedure
1 Tell students that they are going to do a listening activity.
2 Hand out each student a worksheet and explain that they will match the names of the facilities and
buildings to the locations on the given map while they are listening to the audio.
3 When the task is completed, ask students to listen to the audio again to check and find out if the
given statements are True or False.
4 Check the answers with the class.

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