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WRITING . A description of a town or city
Write the meaning of the words below and colour the ones that your town or city got.
(page 19)
NO WORDS MEANING NO WORDS MEANING
1 businesses 5 a beach
2 offices 6 an old part
3 a zoo 7 shops
4 a castle 6 factories
1. Read the description of Edinburgh. Find the words in the tables above that you can find in the
text below and circle them. Then, underline other places mentioned in the text. (page 19)
EDINBURGH
Edinburg is a city in the south of Scotland. It’s an old city and it’s got a
population of about 500,000. There are a lot of shops, businesses and
monuments.
I like Edinburgh because it’s an interesting place and the people are
really friendly. The shops here are really good and there are a lot of
cinemas. My favourite places are the castle and the zoo.
There are some quite nice places near Edinburgh. It’s only a few kilometres
from the sea and there’s a very pretty beach in Portobello. There are also
trains and buses to Glasgow and the north. I like Glasgow, but I think Edinburgh
is more interesting.
2. Complete the key phrases with the words from the text. (page 19)
Key phrases : Describing a town or city
1 It’s in the north / ____________________ / west / east / centre of ____________________.
2 It’s a / an ____________________ town / city.
3 It’s got a population of about ____________________ .
4 My favourite places are ____________________ and ____________________ .
5 It’s only ____________________ from ____________________ .
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WRITING . A description of a town or city
LANGUAGE POINT : POSITION OF ADJECTIVES
3. Look at the phrases below. Then circle the correct words. (page 19)
interesting place really friendly really good quiet nice places very pretty beach
1 When an adjective and noun are together, the adjective is before / after the
noun.
2 We use really, very and quite before / after the adjective.
4. Order the words to make sentences. (page 19)
old a lot of there are buildings
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friends got I’ve nice some
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shop expensive quite this is
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isn’t library very the big
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a castle old really it’s
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here shops the good are
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WRITING . A description of a town or city
Writing guide (page 19)
A. TASK
Write a description of a town or a city that you like for a website.
B. THINK AND PLAN
1. Where is the town/city? How big is it? 4. Are they any nice places near the
2. Why do you like the town/city? town/city?
3. What are your favourite places? 5. What transport is there?
C. WRITE
PARAGRAPH 1 : LOCATION
PARAGRAPH 3 : OTHER PLACES AND
… is a town / city in…
TRANSPORT
PARAGRAPH 2 : GOOD THINGS
… in only … from ...
I like … because…
D.CHECK
- there’s, there are - position of adjectives - comparative forms
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