English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Unit 30: In the countryside

Word List
  • conservation area
  • cottage
  • country
  • country road
  • countryside
  • farm
  • farmer
  • field
  • forest
  • go skiing
  • go walking
  • have a picnic
  • hill
  • lake
  • mountain
  • national park
  • nature
  • path
  • river
  • skiing
  • town
  • village
  • walk
  • wildlife
  • wood
Exercises

30.1 ‣ Cover the opposite page. How many names of things in the countryside can you remember?

  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. _____
  7. _____
  8. _____
  9. _____
  10. _____
  11. _____

30.2 ‣ Fill the gaps in these sentences.

  1. My brother is a farmer. He lives on a .
  2. It’s not a big house; it’s just a _____.
  3. The farm is near a _____ which has 800 people.
  4. Twenty kilometres from the village there is a small _____. It has 9,000 people.

30.3 ‣ Match the beginning of the sentences on the left with the ends of the sentences on the right.

  1. We went swimming
  2. We went walking _____
  3. We went skiing _____
  4. We saw some wonderful wildlife _____
  5. We had a picnic _____
  1. a) sitting by the river.
  2. b) in the national park.
  3. c) in the lake. The water was warm.
  4. d) along a five-kilometre path.
  5. e) down the mountain.

30.4 ‣ Put the in the sentences if necessary.

  1. My parents live in countryside.
  2. He loves _____ nature.
  3. She wants to live in _____ country.
  4. They are interested in _____ wildlife.

30.5 ‣ Describe the typical countryside where you come from. Write eight sentences about it. Use these questions to help you.

  1. Are there any woods or forests?
  2. Are there any hills or mountains?
    _____
  3. Are there any lakes or rivers?
    _____
  4. Are there many villages or small towns?
    _____
  5. Are there farms?
    _____
  6. Are there paths where you can walk?
    _____
  7. Can you go skiing?
    _____
  8. Can you see wildlife?
    _____
Answer Key

The countryside and the country both mean ‘not the city’. Country can also mean a nation (e.g. France, China).

A ‣ Things we can see in the countryside

B ‣ Living and working in the countryside

In the countryside, people usually live in a small town (e.g. 6,000 people) or village /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ (e.g. 700 people).

A farmer lives on a farm and works in the fields.

My friend lives in a cottage /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/ [small house in a village or the countryside].

C ‣ Nature /ˈneɪtʃə/ and conservation /kɒnsəˈveɪʃn/

Nature means ‘everything in the natural world’. (= animals, birds, plants, etc.)

There is wonderful wildlife in the north of the country. [animals, birds, fish and insects]

Near the village there is a conservation area [place where wildlife and nature are protected].

Common mistakes

I love nature [NOT I love the nature]. I like walking in the countryside [NOT I like walking in the nature]. ‘Nature’ is not a place.

In the south of the country, there is a national park [very big national conservation area].

D ‣ Things to do in the countryside

You can take food and drink and have a picnic.

You can go walking / skiing in the mountains.

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