AUTUMN IN THE CITY

Autumn in the City is a ready-to-use A2 English lesson that helps students talk about autumn activities, city life, and everyday routines while practising Present Simple vs Present Continuous in meaningful contexts.
Students explore autumn in different cities around the world, learn natural expressions for describing seasonal activities, and follow the story of Nina, an international student experiencing her first autumn in Tokyo.
Through vocabulary, grammar, listening, and personalised speaking activities, learners develop confidence in describing their usual habits and what they are doing now.
Inside the lesson

• Warm-up: Choose Your Autumn City — comparing New York, Paris, Tokyo, and Oxford and discussing the perfect autumn weekend
• Vocabulary: My Autumn City — learning useful collocations for seasonal activities and city life
• Vocabulary Practice — choosing activities for a perfect autumn day and discussing personal preferences
• Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous — understanding the difference between regular habits and activities happening now
• Grammar Practice: Autumn City Life — completing sentences with the correct verb forms and personalising examples
• Listening: Nina's Autumn in the City — following an international student's experience in Tokyo
• Listening Comprehension — identifying the main idea and checking specific details
• Listening & Speaking: Usually vs Today — categorising Nina's activities and discussing life in a new city
• Final Speaking Task: My First Autumn in a New City — imagining life in another city and describing daily routines and current activities
• Teacher's notes, listening transcript, lesson stages, methodology tips, and answer key

Students will learn to:

• Talk about autumn activities and city life
• Use natural collocations related to seasonal experiences
• Describe habits and routines using Present Simple
• Talk about actions happening now or around now using Present Continuous
• Recognise and use common time expressions with both tenses
• Understand the main ideas and specific details of an A2 listening text
• Discuss experiences of living and studying in a new city
• Express preferences and explain personal choices
• Describe an imaginary autumn experience using target vocabulary and grammar

Perfect for

• A2 elementary / pre-intermediate learners
• Adult English learners
• Autumn-themed English lessons
• One-to-one classes
• Small-group lessons
• Grammar revision and speaking practice
• Listening comprehension and vocabulary development

This 60–75 minute lesson combines seasonal vocabulary, contextualised grammar practice, listening comprehension, and communicative speaking tasks.
Students move from discussing their favourite autumn activities to listening to a real-life-style story about living abroad and imagining their own autumn experience in a new city.
A practical, ready-to-use lesson that helps students use Present Simple and Present Continuous naturally while talking about city life, travel, and seasonal routines.
Topic: Season, Listening