IELTS Advantage: Unit 5 (Part 1, page 60)

Exercise 4 (page 58). Look at these phrases for talking about cities. Do they have a positive (+) or negative (-) meaning? Use a dictionary to check.

Groups:

(a) Positive

,

(b) Negative

• 2 Some areas of the city are really run-down.

• 6 At busy times, the trains and buses are choc-a-bloc with people.

• 7 Sometimes I feel really isolated living in a big city.

• 4 The city I come from has a lot of amenities.

• 1 My city is really cosmopolitan.

• 10 There is often gridlock in the centre of town in rush hour.

• 9 A lot of creative and artistic people live in my city.

• 3 There is a state-of-the-art transport system in my city.

• 5 It's a really vibrant and lively city.

• 8 My city has a lot going on.

Exercise 2 (page 59). Write the phrases in blue in Exercise 1 in the correct column of this table.

Groups:

(a) Singular

,

(b) Plural

• few

• another

• a large number of people

• both

• a tiny minority of people

• many

• all the people in my class

• several

• everyone

• most people

• 42 percent of the population

• the majority of people

• the number of

• each

• one of the biggest problem

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E_______ i_ r______ing a______ Mọi người đều vội vã

I f___ p________ed Tôi cảm thấy áp lực

a_ r___ h___ vào giờ cao điểm

r______ t__ w______ing h____s giảm giờ làm việc

g___ e_______ a b_____ w____-l___ b______e cho mọi người sự cân bằng giữa công việc và cuộc sống tốt hơn

T__ m___ p_______ung p______m Vấn đề cấp bách nhất

t______ c_________n tắc nghẽn giao thông