Learning activity 4 / Actividad de aprendizaje 4

Evidence: describing cities and places / Evidencia: Describiendo

ciudades y lugares

You are going to see images of five cities and their landmarks. Write a
paragraph describing each city and country it belongs and the landmark shown.
Use the vocabulary from the box for the descriptions. The first one is done for
you as an example. / A continuación verá imágenes de cinco ciudades y sus
lugares representativos. Escriba un párrafo describiendo cada ciudad, el país al
que pertenece y el lugar mostrado. Use el vocabulario dentro del recuadro para
las descripciones. La primera ha sido hecha como ejemplo.

Note: We recommend to do some research on the places to be described

before writing the paragraphs. / Nota: recomendamos hacer una pequeña
investigación sobre los lugares antes de escribir los párrafos.

a statue / a cathedral / a bridge / a river / modern buildings / boats / a

harbour / mountains / a fountain / a canal / desert / a hill / a castle /
traditional buildings / an obelisk / a square / a shopping mall / a monument /
a tower.

New York is a big city in the

United States (North
America). It takes thousand of
visitors every year. The city
has a population of around 8
million people. There is a lot
to see and do in New York.
You can visit the Central Park,
the Metropolian museum and
Time’s Square. In the picture
you can see the Statue of
Liberty, a monumet built
between 1875 and 1986. It is
93 meters tall. The statue is
New York (USA) – The Statue of Liberty
located on Liberty Island in
the Hudson River.

Rome (Italy) – Saint Peter’s Square
Sydney (Australia) – The Sydney Opera
House
ST PETER´S IS large plaza
located directly in front of st
bracilia in the vacation city the
papal enclave rome. Directly
west of the neighbourhood or
rione of borgo
At the center of the square is an
egyptian obelisk erected at the
current site in 1586.
Gian lorenzo bermini the square
almost 100 years later including
the massive tuscan colonnades.
Four columns deep, which
embrace visitionsin the matemal
arms of mother church
A granite fountain construced by
bemini in 1675 matches another
fountain designes by carlo
moderno in 1613.
The sidney opera house is a
multi-venueperfoming arts centre
in sydney, australia identified as
one of the 20 th century´s most
distinctive buildings.
Designes by danish architect
jom utzon, thebuilding was
formally opened on 20 october
1973 after a gestation beginning
with utzon´s desong competition.
 Edinburgh castle is a historic
fortress which dominates the
skline of the city of edinburgh,
scotland, from is position on the
castle rock.
There has been royal castle on
the rock since at least the reigh
of david I in the 12th century and
the site continued to be royal
residence until 1633

From the 115th century the castle

Edinburgh (Scotland) – Edinburgh Castle
´s residential role declined and
by the 17th century it was
principally used as military
barracks with a large garrison.
Burj khalifa know as burj dubai
before is inauguration is a
megatall skyscraper in dubai
united arab emirates it is the
tallest structure in the world
standing at 829.8m (2,722ft)

Contruction of the burj khalifa

began in 2004 with the exterior
completed in 2009. The primary
structure is reinforced concrete.

Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – The Burj

Khalifa

Fuente de imágenes: Fotolia (s.f.)

When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform
as follows:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make
sure the file is attached.
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Una vez finalice la evidencia envíe al instructor el archivo a través de la

plataforma, así:
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2. Dé clic en el enlace Examinar mi equipo y busque el archivo en su
computador. Asegúrese de adjuntar el archivo.
3. Escriba algún comentario si lo considera pertinente.
4. Dé clic en Enviar.

Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Nota: esta evidencia es de carácter individual. Recuerde revisar la guía de

aprendizaje con el fin de verificar que ha realizado todas las actividades
propuestas, saber cómo desarrollarlas y entregarlas correctamente.

Criterio de evaluación
Describe lugares, ciudades y países teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y
contexto requerido.