Describing my city!

QUESTIONS

• W H AT IS THE CITY LIKE?

• WHAT ’S THE WEATHER LIKE?
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EXPRESSIONS

 The views are …

 What I don’t like about it is …
 The good thing about this place is …
 It’s well known for…
 It’s close to…
 It’s weather is…
 ATMOSPHERE/ADJECTIVES
• PEACEFUL/QUIET: not busy, calm, free from activities
• ANCIENT: with a long history
• BEAUTIFUL: very pleasing on the eye
• CHARMING: nice, very pleasant in a unique way
• COSMOPOLITAN: with a varied mix of cultures and languages
• BORING: dull, uninteresting
• BUSTLING: a crowded, busy place
• COMPACT: not very big, within a small area
• NOISY: full of noise, busy
• UNSPOILT: having an unaltered character,
pure, immaculate
•
STUNNING: very attractive, impressive,
astonishing
 AT M O SPH E R E /ADJ E C T IV E
S
• LIVELY: with lots of things going on
• FASCINATING: very interesting
• HUGE: very big, enormous
• POLLUTED: dirty, contaminated
• TOURISTI: visited by lots of
• tourists
• EXCITING: thrilling, with lots of
enjoyable things to do
•
POPULAR: liked by a lot of people
•
CROWDED: very full of people
•
CONTEMPORARY: modern, very up to date
•
EXPENSIVE: costing a lot of money
•
HOSPITABLE: welcoming to guests or
strangers
 AR EAS IN TOWN

 Downtown : the central or lower part of a city, is the

main commercial area

 Outskirts : bordering areas or districts of a city

 Suburbs : a residential district situated on the

outskirts of a city or town

 Industrial zone: an area for the purpose of industrial

development

 Residential area: suitable for residence

 B U I L D I N G S
 CATHEDRAL CHURCH

 SHOPPING CENTRE DEPARTMENT STORE

 LIBRARY CHAPEL

 SWIMMING POOL SUPERMARKET

 THEATRE/CINEMAS HOTEL/MOTEL

 SPORTS CENTRE ART GALLERY

 MUSEUM UNIVERSIT

 HOSPITAL Y

 BANK SKYSCRAPER
 POLICE STATION SCHOOL
 PL A CE S I N TO WN
 BUS/TRAIN/ STATION

 AMUSEMENT PARK

 ZOO

 PARK

 COUNTRYSIDE

 PIER: EMBARCADERO, MUELLE

 HARBOUR: PUERTO

 PORT: PUERTO PARA BARCOS

 AIRPORT

 PETROL/ GAS STATION

A B I G CI T Y
A POLL U TE D CI T Y
A CROWDED STREET
A C O N T E M PO R A RY
CITY
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