Suggested extension activities Text 2 : key

COMPREHENSION

According to the information in the text, are the following statements True or False?

1. Barcelona and Venice have decided that they don’t want any more weekend tourists. F
2. Some city attractions are popular with both residents and tourists. T
3. Japanese tourists spend more money than French tourists. T
4. The number of tourists has reached a peak and will start to decrease over the next 10 years. F
5. Residents in Barcelona have welcomed Airbnb hosts in their apartment blocks. F
6. 2,000 angry residents in Venice launched the #EnjoyRespectVenezia campaign. F
7. There are 28 million visitors to Venice each year all looking for ‘detourism’. F
8. The text suggests that fines will not be effective in changing people’s bad behavior. T
9. Tourism is a necessary part of urban life. T
10. The text suggests that if we decrease the volume of tourists, the industry will become sustainable. F

VOCABULARY

Find words in the text which match the following definitions:

- Someone who pays monthly for their living accommodation tenant

- Someone who owns the living accommodation landlord
- The money you pay per month for your living accommodation rent
- A word describing the accommodation you pay for every month rental
- A word meaning anyone who lives in the area resident
- Someone who allows someone to stay in his home host
- Another word to describe a home you own apartment/property

LANGUAGE WORK

Using you dictionary to help you, complete the following table with the missing word forms – leave spaces
where the word form is not used:

noun verb adjective adverb

repetition repeat repeat repeatedly
ease ease easy easily
difference differ different differently
crowd crowd crowded -
intensity intensify intense intensely
increase increase increased increasingly
geography - Geographic geographically
production To produce productive productively
sustainability sustain sustainable sustainably
attraction attract attractive attractively
publicity publicise public publicly