1 Extra Writing Practice Name /

A Description of a Place
1 Choose the correct answer.
1. Mark and Tom saw a big impressive / stone church at the hilltop.
2. Paris is a popular French / large city.
3. Stacy had lived in a cute / ancient small English village.
4. My friends stayed in a beautiful / new huge hotel in Cádiz.
5. My mother showed us a few old black and white / interesting photographs of the Empire State two
years ago.

2 Look at the adjectives below and answer the questions that follow.

pretty • wood • narrow • Canadian • huge • lovely • iron • oval • old

1. Which two adjectives are used to express an opinion? …………………… and ……………………
2. Which two adjectives describe size? …………………… and ……………………
3. Which adjective describes age? ……………………
4. Which adjective describes shape? ……………………
5. Which adjective describes origin? ……………………
6. Which two adjectives describe material? …………………… and ……………………

3 Form sentences by matching A and B.

A B
1. It is impossible to …… a. cheap and quite nice.
2. He shouldn’t speak …… b. eat meat in this vegan restaurant.
3. The cinema is located …… c. French people love cheese.
4. These paintings are …… d. on the outside of the small town.
5. It is well-known that …… e. rude to his mother.

4 Complete the chart with the expressions below to show the correct plan for a description of a place.

Make a detailed description • giving opinions • gives general characteristics

Explain the activities you can do or what you can see there • describes the place
gives a summing-up or conclusion

Opening:

Body:

Closing:

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5 These sentences are taken from different descriptions of places. Write where they belong:
O (in the opening), B (in the body) or C (in the closing).
…… 1. South Africa is one of the countries in Africa that speaks English.
…… 2. The post office closes every Sunday.
…… 3. The painting was painted during the Renaissance.
…… 4. I think you should spend a week in Ireland.