General
UNIT 9:COUNTRIES, RIVERS, FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES OF THE WORLD
TOPIC 1 Naming and Locating Countries
Activity 9.1.1 (WORKING TOGETHER)Get into groups of four and then point at these countries on the map.
Talk about them in the following way:
For example: This is China. It is in the Northern Hemisphere. Beijing is the
capital city of China.
Each member of the group should talk about four countries. Take turns in
talking about the countries and make sure each person has had a chance totalk about all the countries.
Activity 9.1.2 (WRITING)
Write down five sentences such as the ones given in your book about each
country.
TOPIC 2 Talking about Personal and Family Experiencesof Countries
Activity 9.2.1 (READING)
Read the following sentences paying attention to the use of the present
perfect tense.
Learner 1: I have climbed the Eiffel Tower. I climbed it when I went to visit
my uncle who lives in Paris. It is very beautiful.
Learner 2: My uncle has been to Tanzania. He has seen Mount Kilimanjaro.
It is the highest mountain in Africa.
Learner 3: My cousin lives in Rome. He has seen St. Peter’s Basilica in the
Vatican, where the Pope lives.
Learner 4: I have seen a picture of the Statue of Liberty. It is in New York.
Learner 5: My mother has travelled on the River Nile. It is the longest river inthe world.
Activity 9.2.2 (WORKING TOGETHER)
Form groups of five and act out the above conversation.
Activity 9.2.3
Think of the places that your relatives or you have been to, or have visited and
tell your classmates about them.
Activity 9.2.4 (WRITING)
Now write sentences about those experiences. Pay attention to the use of ‘has‘/‘have‘ and the present simple tense.
Activity 9.2.5 (WORKING TOGETHER
Use this map to locate places you have had the experience of visiting. Show
the places to your partner
TOPIC 3 Describing Rivers
Answer the Riddle
What has a head, but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run
but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
Activity 9.3.1 (LISTENING)
Listen to the teacher reading to you a text about countries in the world. Pay
attention to the different rivers and their measurements.
Activity 9.3.2 (WORKING TOGETHER)Get into groups and summarize the data about rivers in the table given below:
Activity 9.3.3
Use the compiled data to complete the following sentences.
1. ………….. is the longest river in the world.
2. The Amazon is ……………… kilometres
3. The Fuji Mountain is longer than ……………… .
4. ………………. Mountain is the shortest mountain of the five.5. Mississippi is longer than ……………. and …………….. .
Answer the Riddle
What has four eyes but can’t see?
TOPIC 4 Describing Cities
Activity 9.4.1 (LISTENING)
Listen again to the teacher reading to you the text in Activity 9.3.1 aboutcountries. Pay attention to information given about cities.
Activity 9.4.2 (WORKING TOGETHER)
Get into groups and discuss the cities you have heard about.
Activity 9.4.3
Now write about the cities.1. Washington is the capital city of the United States of America.For example:
2. Beijing has 21 million people.
3. Kigali is the biggest town in Rwanda.
Continue this exercise in your group. Write as many sentences as possibleabout the cities.
Activity 9.4.4Present your work to the class.
TOPIC 5 Describing Buildings
Activity 9.5.1 (LISTENING)
Listen again to the text read to you by your teacher given in Activity 9.3.1. Pay
attention to the names of the buildings in the world and their measurements.
Remember that towers are also buildings.
Activity 9.5.2 (WORKING TOGETHER)
Get to your groups and fill in the table below with the information from the textabout the buildings.
Activity 9.5.3
Now exchange the information gathered with your group while constructing
sentences about the buildings.
Activity 9.5.4 (WRITING)
Write them down and compare your sentences with the other groups’ sentences.
For example: 1. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 828 metres tall.
2. The Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in France.Continue with the exercise.
TOPIC 6 Comparing Cities, Rivers and Buildings
Activity 9.6.1 (READING)
Read this text.
About the World
The world has over 200 countries. Each country has a capital city.
Russia is the largest country in the world measuring up to 18,000,000 square
kilometres. Its capital city is Moscow measuring 2,511 square kilometres. It’s
famous for having an amazing cathedral called St. Basil’s Cathedral.
Canada is the second largest country in the world measuring up to 10,000,000
square kilometres. Its capital city is Ottawa. It’s famous for its amazing falls
called the Niagara Falls.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the tallest building in the world called Burj
Khalifa in Dubai which measures 828 metres. Its capital city is Abu Dhabi.
China is situated in the Northern Hemisphere. Its capital city is Beijing. Beijing
is one of the largest populated areas with 21,000,000 people. It’s famous for
the River Yangtze which measures 6380 kilometres.
The United States of America (USA) is situated in the Northern Hemisphere. Its
capital city is Washington. Its longest river is called River Mississippi measuring
3734 kilometres.
In the Southern Hemisphere is South Africa. It is located in Africa. Its capital city
is Pretoria. It’s known for having a unique mountain called the Table Mountain
measuring 3 kilometres.
Another country in the Southern Hemisphere is Brazil. Its capital city is Brasilia.
We find the Amazon River here, measuring 6400 kilometres.
Japan is situated in the Far East. Its capital city is called Tokyo. It’s famous for
Mt. Fuji measuring 3776 metres.
Israel is also located in the Middle East. Its capital city is Tel Aviv.
The United Kingdom (UK) is located in Western Europe. Its capital city is
London. We find a famous clock called Big Ben measuring 96 metres in height.
France is also in Western Europe. Its capital city is Paris. It’s famous for the
Eiffel Tower which measures 320 metres in height.
In Africa, we find Egypt which is located in North Africa. Its capital city is Cairo.
It is famous for the wonderful pyramids.
Rwanda is situated in East Africa. The tallest building in Rwanda is Kigali CityTower building.
Uganda is also in East Africa, neighbouring Rwanda in the North. Its capital city
is Kampala. It’s known to have the source of the Nile River, the longest river in
the world. It measures 6,670 kilometres.
Tanzania is in East Africa. Its capital city is Dodoma. It borders Uganda in the
South. It is famous for having the highest mountain in Africa, called MountKilimanjaro.
Activity 9.6.2 (WRITING)
Use the table given below to match the pictures with the correct captions. Fill in
a letter to represent the correct picture for the caption.
Activity 9.6.3 (WORKING TOGETHER
For example: (i) Kigali city is the biggest city in Rwanda.(ii) The Nile River is longer than the Amazon River
Activity 9.6.4
Go to the text ‘About the World’ and locate all the mentioned places in
the map.
Common word endingsPractise these endings.
Activity 9.6.5
Complete the word puzzle by filling in the correct answer. The numbers
besides the question are guidelines on the number of letters the answerhas.
Across
1. The capital city of Russia is _______. (6)
2. Its capital city is New Delhi. (5)
3. The capital city of Rwanda. (6)
4. What is the capital city of Japan? (5)
5. The second longest river in the world. It is found in Brazil. (6)6. The most famous landmark in Paris-France is the _______ Tower. (6)
Down
1. The capital city of Tanzania is ________. (6)
2. What is the capital city of the United States of America? (10)
3. The longest river in the world is called ________ River. (4)
4. The Nile is longer than the ________ river in China. (7)
5. The tallest building in the world is Burj ________. (7)6. What is the capital city of Canada? (6)