1Read the social media post. Choose the correct alternatives.
Look at this new painting on the wall in the park! It's by a graffiti artist from Japan. It's fantastic! 😊
Wow! It's very big! Is there much street art in your town?
Yeah, there's a lot of graffiti in the park and at the university.
It's great! 😊
I think it's terrible! 😒 The colours are very dark.
It's really good. There's no street art in my town. It's very small and quiet.
It's ugly 😒😒. Graffiti isn't art.
1 The painting in the photo is
new
old.
2 The painting is on a wall at the
park
university.
3 The painting is
big
small.
4 There
is
isn't
a lot of graffiti in Simon's town.
5
Elif
Helen
thinks the painting is great.
6 Helen says the colours are
dark
light.
7 Piotr's town is
quiet
busy.
8 Sara thinks the painting is
bad
good.
2Watch the video. Answer the questions.
1 Where is Nigel?
2 What is Alex's job?
3 Who is Jan?
3Read the words. Watch the video from the start to 00:35 and tick (✓) the places you hear.
cinema
hotel
park
museum
shop
restaurant
train station
library
4aWatch the video from 00:36–01:03. Choose the correct alternatives.
For each person, choose what they say about graffiti.
Some of it's _____ but some of it's terrible.
good
great
It's _____ ! I love it!
fantastic
great
I _____ it!
love
like
It makes the area look _____.
bad
good
4bWatch again from 00:36–01:03. Tick (✓) the people who think graffiti is art.
Select all people who think graffiti IS art.
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
Person 4
5Watch the video from 01:04 to the end and choose the correct alternatives.
1 Alex is a
graffiti artist
tour guide
in London.
2 Alex says graffiti is a
word
picture.
3 Alex says there's lots of street art on shops and
train stations
parks.
4 Jan is a street artist from
London
Cambridge.
5 Nigel thinks graffiti
is
isn't
art.
6 Nigel says that graffiti
is
isn't
easy.
6Work in pairs. Look at pictures A–D from the video. Student A: Describe one picture to your partner. Student B: Guess which picture your partner describes. Swap roles and repeat.
A
B
C
D
💬 Example:
A: It's a picture of a woman. It's big and colourful.
B: Is it picture B?
A: It's a picture of a woman. It's big and colourful.
B: Is it picture B?
7aThink of a piece of graffiti or street art in your town/city. Make notes about where it is and adjectives to describe it.
WHERE IT IS
ADJECTIVES
7bWork in pairs. Use your notes to tell your partner about the street art.
💬 Example:
It's on a shop in the town centre. It's big. It's great!
It's on a shop in the town centre. It's big. It's great!