DOSSIER OF DESCRIPTIONS (1): DESCRIBING PLACES B2.1OTT ee Re td Unit 7 DESCRIBING A PLACE 1 Read the composition, which contains one grammar or vocabulary error in each sentence. 114 you are. touring Castilla 4 Ledn, Salamanca is a great site +o visit. *For centuries, it were the home of one of the most prestigious universities in the wortd. *For many Visitors, Its most important attractions including the. old sandstone university buildings and its +wo cathedrals, one Gothic and the other Romanesque. *You should certainly visit +his historic buildings i£ you have +he. chance. Sif you not have a car it’s easy to get there by train or bus. ®Prices for accommodations in Salamanca are quite reasonable too. However, it can be. hard to find a room in September while the public holidays. *H4s better going in Spring, because H+ can be very cold in winter. $You must to visit the beautiful Plaza Mayor while you're there. “Everyone walks over the plaza, Students, families, and tourists. "There are. aiso a lot of interesting cases and shops in this zone. "2AS Salamanca is still a university city, there is plenty oF lively nightlife, with many of restaurants, bars and clubs to visit. "6 you want Seeing other places in the region, Ciudad Rodrigo and the. Sierra Pena de Francia are worth exploring. "480, uhether you are interested in its history or Hts lively ambient, Salamanca is an ideal place +o visit. 181 would highly recommend. : 2. Rewrite the sentences correctly. 1 wavansun 10 " 12 13 4 15 90 Accurate writing PEERY © oto university PressTUF ISUTUUOUHHVHOHHHUHHUEUseeuuUuUyuUuIdds Descri ING A PLACE 1 Read the gapped composition and guess which information is 1 you are. touring (1) .. 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So, whether you want (15) isan seep would recommend visiting +his place. nN Use these notes to help you fill n the gaps in the composition. name of the area or country name of the town or tourist sight describe its historical features describe one or two key attractions atime of year ‘Say what you should take with you or an activity you should try; use an infinitive give @ reason for your recommendation in 6 name of the place type of transport amount of time 11 nearest big town / airport / railway station, etc. 12 use one o two adjectives 13, name of another nearby town or tourist sight 14 noun or -ing form (e.g. the nightife / waterskiing on the lake / horchata, paella) 15. two or three different tourist activities; use infinitives 1 B2Seavessawns © Ovfor Univer ress ESET Effective writingUnit 5 1 Iflcould go 2 Idlove to explore 3 absolutely enormous/ huge 4 interested in 5 park areas that you can go respect the environment It would be would need 7 6 Where did you find my flight anyone walk away I don't remember ‘Are you sure next to me what did you do then! saw was this when the bomb IT 7 great place itwas attractions include these historic buildings Ifyou don'thave a car ‘accommodation during Ws better to go u u 104 Answer key 10 1 2 13 4 6 10 " 2 B “ 6 would have to 90 incase | have an accident amazing ‘extremely dry because / as Australia has despite being / inspite of being Vm convinced guard was coming What you did then toldme 2 full report must stay / dol haveto stay to0 much time/ too long You must visit walks through this area ‘with many restaurants want to see lively nightife/ social scene recommend it unit 8 67, Howard Street Dear Mrs Bailey in response to {'m eureently finishing / at the moment I'm finishing {90 to university interested ‘your advertisement says that how old they are have dene /I have been doing housework hours of work /working hours Would | have ‘some information lam looking forward /look forward Yours sincerely Unit 9 ‘one of the greatest poorand hungry brought up was a clerk There were eight went to prison ‘factory where he earned He never forgot his teachers Despite living He weote he travelled abroad had ten children, so his ‘stopped writing He died very suddenly7 DESCRIBING A BUILDING ‘a Read the description of the Hagia Sofia. Match the highlighted words with the pictures. b Read the description again and match the questions with paragraphs I-5. a How much doesiit cost to goin? _ b What doesit look likecutside?__ © What doesit look like inside? dd. What's the most beautiful building in your cown? Where is it? _ © Whowasi buileby? When wasit built? __ © There are five places where the writer has used the wrong word. Cen you correct them? You're going to write a description of building in your town or city for atourism website. Plan what you're going to write, Answer the questions in b in the right order. You may need to research some of the information. € Write your description. Use the Useful Tanguage to help you. Useful language: describing a famous building itis situatedin. It was designed / buit by. Construction began / was completed in Inside, you can see. There is / are. Its fernous for. £ Check your description for mistakes (grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, and spelling)