Compare and contrast the places

FCE Result Unit 2

Comparing and contrasting/ Describing places/ Difficult place names/ FCE Speaking Part Two

Choose two places from the list below at random and think of at least one similarity and one difference. You can’t repeat things that people in your group have already said. As in FCE Speaking Part Two, the accuracy of your comparisons isn’t as important as the language that you use, but your partner should comment on what you say anyway. 

Argentina	Australia	Austria	Belgium
Brazil	Burma	Croatia	Czech Republic
Denmark	Egypt	France	Georgia
Germany	Greece	Iceland	Italy
Kazakhstan	Antarctica/ The South Pole	The Arctic/ The North Pole	Cyprus
Ethiopia	Holland/ The Netherlands	Jordan	Malta
Mongolia	North Korea	Northern Ireland	Portugal
Russia	South Africa	South Korea	Sweden
Switzerland	Thailand	The Bahamas	The Maldives
The Philippines	The Seychelles	The UK	Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey	Ukraine	Vietnam	Wales
Cologne	Munich	Bruges	Brussels
Florence	Geneva	Venice	Rome
Paris	Athens	Naples	Turin
Milan	Moscow	Beijing	The Hague
Prague	Seville	Kiev	Warsaw
Belgrade	Vienna	London	Leicester

Brainstorm language for speculating that you have used in the task above to talk about places which you don’t know much about.

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