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This interactive Baamboozle game helps B2 ESL students review vocabulary, grammar, and ideas related to smart cities, urban life, the Slow Movement, and grammar structures like too

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Describing Cities & Smart Cities: What is a smart city?

🧠 A city that uses technology to improve life for people.

True or False: Smart cities try to reduce traffic and pollution.

✅ True

Choose the correct collocation: A city with clean air has good…” A) traffic congestion B) air pollution C) quality of life

quality of life ✅

What is one feature of a smart city like Masdar?

It uses solar panels and electric transport.

What does a “pedestrian zone” mean?

🚶‍♂️ An area where only people can walk; no cars allowed.

Name two cities mentioned as examples of smart or not-so-smart cities.

Munich (smart), Bangkok (not planned)

City Vocabulary & Collocations: Match: "Too many cars on the road" =

🚗 Traffic congestion

Choose the correct phrase: Place where you leave your car = A) Air pollution B) Parking space C) Local residents

Parking space ✅

What does "urban development" mean?

🏗️ The way cities grow or change

Fill in the blank: _______ help people move around the city (like buses, trains).

🚍 Public transport

True or False: Local residents are tourists visiting a city.

❌ False – they are the people who live there.

Which of these is NOT a building?

A) Hut B) Skyscraper C) Congestion.

The Slow Movement: What does the Slow Movement encourage?

🧘 Living life at the right speed – not too fast.

What was the first part of the movement called? 🍝 S__w F__d – s____ __ I___y

🍝 Slow Food – started in Italy

Fill in the blank: People get about ___ hours less sleep than 60 years ago.

⏰ Two hours

True or False: Working more and relaxing less makes us polite.

❌ False – it makes us impatient.