GLOBAL ENGLISH 5
3.3 Describing places past and present
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________________
City in the past and present: transport goods, a, train network, the
Vocabulary
bullet train, bright-neon lights, eight metres square, measure it out.
Quá khứ đơn (Past simple):
Use of English Regular: He lived in a wooden house.
Irregular: He rode his bike to work.
Writing Luyện viết một đoạn mô tả ngắn miêu tả thành phố của mình.
Question 1: Read the sentences. Choose the best answer
1. In the past, they travelled by _______, now they travel by trains.
A. cars B. horse and cart C. trains
2. Tokyo has _______ train network in the world.
A. the busiest B. busier than C. busiest
3. Why don’t you measure it _______ on your classroom floor to see how small it really is.
A. on B. out C. in
4. When I _______ (be) in Japan last year I _______ (find) everything very different.
A. am/ found B. was/ founded C. was/ found
5. Two years ago my parents _______ a new car.
A. bought B. brought C. became
6. (she / go) _____________ to the cinema with her parents last night?
A. Did she go B. Did she went C. Does she goes
Question 2: Complete the sentences with past simple.
1. In the past, people ___________ (travel) by horse and cart.
2. My grandpa ___________ (ride) his bike to work when he was young.
3. My grandpa ___________ (live) in a wooden house with a big roof 10 years ago.
4. I ___________ (not have) a bicycle until I was five.
5. In the 1980s, my dad ___________ (walk) to school.
6. One hundred years ago, families often ___________ (live) all together in one house.
7. People ___________ (not use) mobile phones 40 years ago.
8. In the past, children ___________ (play) in the street more than they do now.
9. My mum ___________ (go) to a school in a nearby village when she was a child.
10. _______ you _______ (enjoy) the party yesterday? Yes, I did.
GLOBAL ENGLISH 5
3.3 Describing places past and present
Question 3: Read the text and choose the best answer. There is one example.
Akira’s city
First, I’m going to show you a photo taken from the outside of Shimbashi Station in 1965.
Tokyo’s metro (0) ……..opened…….. in 1927, so it’s been an important form of transport for
many years. Before trains, most people used a horse and cart or they (1) ________ to
transport their goods from one place to another. However, rich people travelled around
the city in a ‘Jinrikisha,’ a human-drawn carriage. My grandad lived in a wooden house
with a large roof and he (2) ________ his bike to work.
Next, I’m going to show you a photo of modern day Tokyo. I think it’s very different! It is
one of the largest cities in the world – 13.5 million people live there! Look how busy the
streets are with people (3) ________ the road! Nowadays, people travel by car and by
train. Tokyo has the busiest train network in the world and the Shinkansen (the bullet train)
which can travel up to 320km/h, connects Tokyo with many other major cities. There are
lots of high-rise (4) ________ with bright neon lights. Housing is very expensive in Tokyo
nowadays, so lots of young people live in micro apartments (5) ________ are very small
– just eight metres square! Why don’t you measure it out on your classroom floor to see
how small it really is!
Finally, I’d like to say that I definitely prefer Tokyo nowadays because it’s modern and hi-
tech.
0. A. open B. opened C. opening
1. A. walk B. walked C.walking
2. A. rided B. rode C. ridden
3. A. crossing B. crosses C. cross
4. A. pavements B. zebra crossings C. buildings
5. A. which B. who C. where
Question 4: Read and answer the questions.
1. What did people use to travel in the past?
___________________________________________________________
2. Did rich people travel by a human-drawn carriage called Jinrikisha?
___________________________________________________________
3. How do people travel in Tokyo nowadays?
___________________________________________________________
4. Where do young people live now?
___________________________________________________________
GLOBAL ENGLISH 5
KET PRACTICE LISTENING & READING
GLOBAL ENGLISH 5
KET PRACTICE LISTENING & READING
