Describing places vocabulary and speaking

New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 3

Adjectives to describe cities

Adjectives to describe villages and the countryside

Features of cities

Features of villages and the countryside

Put any of the words below that you havent already got into the boxes above.
A few could be in more than one place.
Mountain range
Crowded
Peaceful
Monument
Cosmopolitan
Busy
Meadow
Rolling hills
Pedestrianised shopping street
Housing estates
Blocks of flats
Amusement park
Traditional fair
Shopping mall
Ferris wheel (= Big wheel)
Parliament/ Senate
Town hall/ City hall
Stately home/ Mansion/ Manor house
Stream
Fountain
Botanical gardens
Mosque
Parish church
Temple
Pond
Market
Castle
Palace
Wildlife
Office building
Traffic jam/ Congestion
Urban
Quiet/ Peaceful
Romantic
Peak
Hiking trail
Slow paced
Cemetery/ Graveyard
Suburbs
Commuters
Tram
Path
Dirty
Nature
Crops
Embassy
Financial district (e.g. Wall Street or The City)

Polluted
Square
Field
Narrow lane
Skyscrapers
Cottage
Amusement arcade
Cliff
Department store
Ceremonial gate
Waterfall
Cathedral
Lake
Supermarket
Forest/ Wood
High-rise building
Rural
Scenery
Landmark
Downtown
Rush hour
Pavement (= Sidewalk)
Litter

Describe a country or city in the list below to your partner, until they guess
which one you are talking about

France
Australia
Turkey
Greece
Iceland
Philippines
Cuba
The UK

Italy
Brazil
Indonesia
Denmark
Thailand
Egypt
Burma
Georgia

Belgium
Russia
Norway
Argentina
Portugal
Vietnam
Malta
Germany

Austria
Netherlands
Switzerland
Ireland
Czech Republic
Croatia
Wales
Northern Ireland

Cologne
Florence
Paris
Milan
Prague
Belgrade

Munich
Geneva
Athens
Moscow
Seville

Bruges
Venice
Naples
Beijing
Kiev

Brussels
Rome
Turin
The Hague
Warsaw

Useful language
I picture it as
Id imagine its
As far as I remember
I think I once heard that
Someone told me
I saw this place on telly and
If its anything like it must be
Discussion questions
Which of the places above would you like to visit and why?
Are there any places above that you have never heard of or know nothing
about? Why do you know more about other places, do you think?
How well do schools in your country teach you about other countries, for
example in geography classes?
How good is your geographical knowledge, do you think?