A g r e a t c i t y is t h a t w h i c h has t h e g r e a t e s t men and w o m e n .

Walt Whitman, American poet

Superlative cities

1 GRAMMAR superlatives c W r i t e sentences w i t h ever.

(+ ever+ present perfect) 1 H e / rude w a i t e r / 1 / meet

He's the rudest waiter I've ever met
a C o m p l e t e t h e sentences w i t h t h e
2 T h a t / fast car / 1 / d r i v e
superlative o f an adjective f r o m the box.

bad exciting far friendly good 3 I t / b e a u t i f u l b u i l d i n g / we / see

safe ugly wet
4 T h a t / healthy m e a l / he / eat
1 T h e t r a f f i c is a w f u l i n the t o w n centre.
The best w a y t o travel a r o u n d is by
underground. 5 I t / g o o d p h o t o g r a p h / y o u / take
2 I t rains a l o t here i n the S p r i n g . T h e
m o n t h is A p r i l . 6 T h i s / e x c i t i n g s p o r t / 1 / do
3 The I've ever d r i v e n is
f r o m L o n d o n to E d i n b u r g h . I t t o o k me 7 T h a t / bad f l i g h t / we / have
eight h o u r s .
4 I t was the h o t e l I've ever 8 T h i s / interesting city / 1 / visit
stayed i n . T h e service was a w f u l , so w e
o n l y spent one n i g h t there.
5 The b u i l d i n g s are i n the
n e w t o w n . T h e y really aren't nice t o 2 VOCABULARY describing a town or city
l o o k at.
a C o m p l e t e the description o f Llandudno.
6 T h e streets are very dangerous at
night. The place to be
is i n the h o t e l .
7 The part of our tour
was i n R i o de Janeiro. W e saw the f i r s t
day o f the c a r n i v a l .
8 The c i t y I've ever v i s i t e d
is Vancouver. I f o u n d the people v e r y
helpful.

b (Circle) the c o r r e c t w o r d o r p h r a s e .

1 T h a t h o t e l has the d i r t i e r /(dirtiest)

r o o m s I have ever seen.
2 It's the m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g / m o r e
interesting museum in Edinburgh.
3 T h i s is the m o r e e x p e n s i v e / m o s t
e x p e n s i v e souvenir I've ever b o u g h t .
4 T h a t restaurant serves the b e t t e r / b e s t Llandudno is a town in the north of Wales on the c
1 2
of
pasta we've ever eaten.
the Irish Sea. It is about 35 miles w 3
of Liverpool. It has a
5 T h e s u m m e r is the b u s y e s t / b u s i e s t
of about 21,000, and i s L 5
as a seaside resort.
t i m e o f year.

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b C o m p l e t e the sentences w i t h the o p p o s i t e 4 LISTENING
o f the adjectives i n brackets.

1 Some o f the b u i l d i n g s i n the centre are

a
CES^S) L i s t e n to a radio travel
p r o g r a m m e a b o u t the R e p u b l i c
quite modern, (old)
o f C r o a t i a . T i c k ( / ) t h e places t h a t
2 Los Angeles is a very p city- are m e n t i o n e d i n the p r o g r a m m e .
there are so m a n y cars, (clean)
1 Split 0 4 Zagreb
3 N e w Y o r k is a very s city 2 Dubrovnik 5 Trogir •
these days, (dangerous) 3 Rijeka I I 6 the islands •

4 M u m b a i is an extremely n
city, (quiet)

5 Where's the m o s t b pla

you've ever been to? (interesting)

6 T h e subway i n T o k y o is v e r y
c . (empty)

c Orcle)the different word.

1 cathedral church (^Hoppin g; centrg>

2 mosque temple t o w n hall

3 market castle department store

4 statue palace museum

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3 PRONUNCIATION word stress
a ffififo<ffll L i s t e n a n d u n d e r l i n e the
stressed syllable. L i s t e n a g a i n a n d a n s w e r T ( t r u e ) o r F (false).
1 beautiful 1 Z a g r e b is an o l d city.
2 crowded 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 people live i n D u b r o v n i k .
3 dangerous 3 T h e palace is outside the city.
4 exciting 4 Y o u can get a f e r r y t o v i s i t the islands.
5 frightening 5 T h e best t i m e to v i s i t is July and A u g u s t .
6 generous
7 interesting
8 polluted USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
9 romantic
L e a r n these w o r d s and phrases.
b L i s t e n a g a i n a n d repeat t h e w o r d s .
architecture /d:kitektja/
culture /'kAltfa/
inhabitants in'haebitants/
w i t h o u t /wi'daot/
n i g h t l i f e /"naitlaif/
several /'sevral/
f o r e i g n /'frjran/
romantic /rau'mffintik/
rude / r u : d /
pretend (to d o sth) / p n ' t e n d /

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