Work in pairs. Talk about the changes in River City. Use the words and phrases in 1.

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
   busy      cars      city park      convenience stores      empty      high-rise buildings      low-rise buildings      rice field      traffic      wet markets   
- In the past, this place only had . However, a lot of have been built here.
- They have opened a lot of and supermarkets to replace the old .
- There used to be a outside the city, but it has been replaced by a .
- In the past, the roads were almost . There was hardly any . Now, the streets are and there are too many on the roads.