7 Pairwork

Student A
Look at the sentence prompts. Guess the answers and write sentences, e.g., I think the Yellow River is longer
than the Yangtze River. / I’m sure that The Yangtze River isn’t as long as the Yellow River.
Read your sentences to Student B. How many of your ideas are correct?
Listen to Student B’s sentences. Use the facts below to say if Student B’s ideas are correct.
Who got more answers correct?
1 the Yangtze River / the Yellow River (long) 4 Beijing / Bangkok (populated)

2 Canada / the U.S. (big) 5 The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai / The Shanghai
Tower in China (tall)
3 Lake Superior / Lake Tahoe (deep)

Facts
Mount Aconcagua in Argentina is 6,962 meters high. Mount Fuji in Japan is 3,776 meters high.
The African continent is 30,244,049 km2. The continent of North America is 24,247,039 km2.
The island of Jamaica is 10,991 km2. The island of Hawaii is 10,430 km2.
New York City is listed by TripAdvisor as the fourth most expensive city in the world. London is listed as the
seventh most expensive.
The average winter temperature at the North Pole is -34°C and the average winter temperature in the South Pole
is -62°C.

Student B
Look at the sentence prompts. Guess the answers and write sentences, e.g., I think that Mount Aconcagua is
higher than Mount Fuji. / I’m sure that Mount Aconcagua isn’t as high as Mount Fuji.
Listen to Student A’s sentences. Use the facts below to say if Student A’s ideas are correct.
Read your sentences to Student A. How many of your ideas are correct?

Who got more answers correct?

1 Mount Aconcagua in Argentina / Mount Fuji in 4 New York City / London
Japan (high) (expensive for tourists)

2 African continent / North American continent (large) 5 North Pole / South Pole (cold)

3 the island of Jamaica / the island of Hawaii (big)

Facts
The Yangtze River in China is 6,300 km long. The Yellow River in China is 5,464 km long.
Canada is 9,984,670 km2. The U.S. is 9,826,675 km2.
Lake Superior, between the U.S. and Canada, is 406 meters deep. Lake Tahoe, between California and Nevada,
is 501 meters deep.
Beijing in China has a population of 19.6 million. Bangkok in Thailand has a population of 5.1 million.
The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is 828 meters tall. The Shanghai Tower in China is 632 meters tall.

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