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Look at the situation and complete the eff ects
with more, fewer or less.
Vocabulary Situation. A new factory will be built in my
neighbourhood.
Match the words with their defi nitions.
1. The factory will bring ______ jobs to local
1. overcrowded 2. poor 3. peaceful people.
2. ______ people will move here to work in the
4. spacious 5. busy
factory.
3. These people will need ______ water and
A. too many people
electricity.
B. to have very little money
C. calm and quiet 4. There will be ______ space for children to play.
D. a large area where it is easy to move
E. a lot of things happening Communication
I’ve got more!
Write a sentence for each of the following
words. Work in groups. Look at the situations and
talk about their possible eff ects.
Example:
Example:
Crime is a problem in big cities.
Situation: A cousin is moving in to share your room
crime
crime 1. for two months.
healthcare 2. Eff ects: - I will lose my privacy.
healthca
- I can have more fun.
disease 3.
d
- I will have less space of my own.
poverty y 4.
pov
education 5.
Grammar

Put an appropriate tag question at the end of
each sentence. Then match the questions to
their answers.

Questions Answers Situation 1. The karaoke next to your house is
attracting more and more young
1. We have more tourists a. No, there are
people coming.
this year, _____? fewer than last Situation 2. A fl ea market has been established in
year!
your neighbourhood.
2. You got stuck in a traffi c b. Yes, they do,
jam on the way home, particularly big Finished! Now I can ...
______, Mum? cities in China.
• use words to describe
3. There will be a solution c. I hope there overcrowded places and
to this shortage of clean will. the effects of overcrowding
water, ______? • form comparisons of
quantifiers
4. We should do something d. Yes, we should.
to reduce poverty, _____? But how? • use tag questions
• write about the population
5. Big cities suff er more e. Yes, as always, change
from air pollution, _____? dear.

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