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Writing Hometown Part 3

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Dear all my lovely students, today we will study about Public Transportation and Shopping at the Grocery Store.

You are going to describe your public transportation and shopping in your hometown. Before you start, I want to give the link of the video :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyzi3BKNS8M

Talking about Public Transport in your Hometown

If you live in a very small town, then chances are you may have only one bus an hour that takes you to the nearest big town. Or no bus at all.
In a bigger town, you could have several bus services taking people to different parts of the town. Or to other towns and the nearest big city. You might have a train service. You might live in a big city and have a subway system. The fact is that every town and city has a public transportation system — even if it is only one bus an hour.

These are the main kinds of public transportation:
Bus
Subway
Train
Taxi (not really public but let’s put it in there)
Other lesser-known systems:
Ferry
Tram

Shared bike (many cities use this these days)

How to talk about it?
The best way to talk about this is to look at the following questions and answer them:
What is this public transportation system? 
Why do you use it?
Why do other people in your hometown use it?
Is it convenient? 
Is it cheap/expensive to use? 
How many lines does it have? (for bus and subway) 
Is it crowded during rush hour?
And here is some vocabulary you might use when talking about public transportation:

Miss
Stop
Exit
Line
Change
Commuters
Fare
Catch
Delay
Ticket
Pass (a special card)
Passengers
Leave
Cancel
Run
Unreliable
Rush hour
On-time
When talking about the public transportation system in your hometown, in the test I advise you to talk about the most common or most popular public transportation system. If you try to talk about some public transport that is less known or used, you could run into trouble. That means that you should only really talk about the bus, the subway or the train. You can add at the end of your talk that there are other kinds of public transportation in your hometown.

Something like this:

…we also have many taxis, and a ferry that takes people over the river, but I have never used it. I only use the subway as it is the most convenient. 
 Shall we look at a couple of examples? 
In my hometown, we have a new subway system. It is brand-new, so it is very clean and modern-looking. There are only three lines so far but there will be more lines in the future.
It is so much better than the bus. Much quicker and much more convenient. We don’t have any traffic jams now! Some people complain and say that it is more expensive than the bus. It is a little more expensive but I think it is worth it for the convenience and the speed. During rush hour it is a little difficult to get a seat but if you arrive early, you can find a seat no problem. I really love the subway in my hometown, it just makes going to school so much easier. We have a bus system in my hometown. There are plenty of buses to take you wherever you want to go. But if you use the bus during rush hour, then you will definitely get stuck in traffic. There’s just no escaping it. Sometimes I use a shared bike. These are easy to find and they are cheap to use. If it’s raining, I don’t use the shared bike but most other days I do. 
Exercise 1
You want to try?
Look at all the vocabulary and make sure you know the meanings of the words and then make sentences of your own.
Then think about the public transportation systems in your hometown and which one is the most common for people to use.
Write down some ideas in your notebook and make sentences.
Then with a friend speak them out loud.
Practice every day!
Talking about Shopping in your Hometown

2. Talking about Shopping in your Hometown. Watch the video and write down the transcript.
Do you have many shops in your hometown? Are there just a few local shops or do you have a giant shopping mall with all the latest fashion brands?
Every town has at least one shop to buy something.
These are the main kind of shops you might have in your town:
supermarket
greengrocer
baker
butcher
fishmongers
florist
wine store
drug store
convenience store
book store
pet store
candy store

How to talk about it?


As I have said before, let’s look at some questions and you answer them one by one.
What kind of shops and stores are there in your hometown?
What can people buy in these places?
Where are all the shops and stores?
Are they expensive?
What kind of people go there? 

And then let’s look at some examples 
I live in a big city and there are many shopping malls. There is one big shopping mall near my home and it is very popular with people, especially young people. Younger people like to go there because it looks very fashionable and modern. All the shops are mainly selling fashionable clothes and there are two cool coffee shops on the first floor where you can sit and drink coffee. The shopping mall huge. It is on five floors. On the top floor, there is a cinema and in the basement, there is a supermarket but it is a little expensive I think. I don’t go there. I only go to the clothes stores and shoe stores with my friends. We can’t always buy something we like but we like to look! If I go to the mall with my friends, we like to drink coffee after we have looked all around the stores. There are many small shops and stores in my neighbourhood. These shops are not very fashionable but they are very convenient and they sell many useful things that we might need in the house or in our daily life. One shop we always use in the nearest convenience store. It is open until very late and opens very early in the morning. If we run out of things that we need then we can always go to the convenience store and buy what we need. I see many of my neighbours there and my father always goes there in the morning to buy cigarettes. The shop sells newspapers, snacks and sandwiches, soft drinks, and ice cream. Every time I go there, they always have customers inside. 

Exercise

Now it’s your turn.
Look up the vocabulary and make sure you understand what all the words mean. Make your own sentences if you wish.
Then look at the questions above and the examples. This can help you to form your own answers. Write down all your ideas and put them into sentences in order.

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