1. Talking about your home town.

2. To be concise
what does this mean?
To be concise is to give a lot of information, but using few words.
“I eat so many kinds of fruits every day”
How to make this more concise?
“I eat a variety of fruits daily”

3. Make this more concise
It takes 3 hours to get to my home town flying on a plane.
It’s a 3 hour flight to my home town.

4. Make this more concise
It takes 3 hours to get to my home town taking the train.
It’s a 3 hour train ride to my home town.

5. Make this more concise
It takes 3 hours to get to my home town taking the bus.
It’s a 3 hour bus ride to my home town.

6. Make this more concise
It takes 3 hours to get to my home town driving a car.
It’s a 3 hour drive to my home town.

7. What is this?
North
North west
North east
East
West
South east
South west
South
A compass

8. Out of all of these cities which one do you know?
Do you know where these cities are in Australia?
Tamworth
Wagga Wagga
Sydney
Armidale
Ballarat
Bendigo
Melbourne

9. How to be concise giving directions
Bendigo is an hour drive north of Melbourne.
Bendigo takes me one hour to drive, and if you drive from Melbourne you have to go north.
Where is Bendigo?
Sydney 1 2 3 4 5
Melbourne

10. Which cities in your country are the most famous?
Which city is the closest to this school?
What is the mode of transportation from that city to this school?
How long does it take?
Which direction do you go from that city?

11. How do you get to your home town from the school?
Which direction from the school is your home town?
How long does it take?
To get to my home town is a (how long) (transportation) (direction) from the school.

12. What makes your home town special?

13. Is your home town a …..
City
Suburb
Village

14. What does your home town have?

15. Land marks – does your home town have a unique structure?

16. Cultural heritage – does your home town have a special history?

17. Local dish – does your home town has it’s own style of food?
What makes it different from other places?
Is it the way it is cooked?
Is it the flavour?
Is it the preparation?
Is it the way it is eaten?

18. What is your home town’s industry?
My home town produces …
My home town is a port
My home town is a tourist city
My home town raises (animals) or grows (food)