New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 3
Brainstorm vocabulary into the boxes below:
| Adjectives to describe cities
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| Adjectives to describe villages and the countryside
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| Features of cities
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| Features of villages and the countryside
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Put any of the words below that you haven’t already got into the boxes above. A few could be in more than one place.
Mountain range Crowded Polluted
Peaceful Monument Square
Cosmopolitan Busy Field
Meadow Rolling hills Narrow lane
Pedestrianised shopping street Skyscrapers
Housing estates Blocks of flats Cottage
Amusement park Traditional fair Amusement arcade
Shopping mall Ferris wheel (= Big wheel) Cliff
Parliament/ Senate Town hall/ City hall Department store
Stately home/ Mansion/ Manor house Ceremonial gate
Stream Fountain Waterfall
Botanical gardens Mosque Cathedral
Parish church Temple Lake
Pond Market Supermarket
Castle Palace Forest/ Wood
Wildlife Office building High-rise building
Traffic jam/ Congestion Urban Rural
Quiet/ Peaceful Romantic Scenery
Peak Hiking trail Landmark
Slow paced Cemetery/ Graveyard Downtown
Suburbs Commuters Rush hour
Tram Path Pavement (= Sidewalk)
Dirty Nature Litter
Crops Embassy
Financial district (e.g. Wall Street or The City)
Describe a country or city in the list below to your partner, until they guess which one you are talking about
France Italy Belgium Austria
Australia Brazil Russia Netherlands
Turkey Indonesia Norway Switzerland
Greece Denmark Argentina Ireland
Iceland Thailand Portugal Czech Republic
Philippines Egypt Vietnam Croatia
Cuba Burma Malta Wales
The UK Georgia Germany Northern Ireland
Cologne Munich Bruges Brussels
Florence Geneva Venice Rome
Paris Athens Naples Turin
Milan Moscow Beijing The Hague
Prague Seville Kiev Warsaw
Belgrade
| Useful language I picture it as…I’d imagine it’s…As far as I remember…
I think I once heard that… Someone told me… I saw this place on telly and… If it’s 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?
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