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Describing a town or city

1 WHERE IS IT? HOW BIG IS IT?
a Look at the m ap. T hen read the description
ofR eading a nd S the correct words o r
phrases.

Reading is a town in the sout h I north of England,

on the River Thames I the Sout h coast. It is
about 40 miles east I west of London. It is a
small I medium sized I large town and it has a
population of about 250,000. It is famous for
its music fest ival, which is one of the biggest in
t he UK.

b 2)46 >)) Listen and ch eck.

2 WHAT'S IT LIKE? adjectives to 3 WHAT IS THERE TO SEE?

describe a town or city a Put th e wo rd s in the r igh t colum n .
a M atch the adjectives a nd sentences 1- 6. east!€ "- ... 1 cathedral 1 -,ot:dr church J...:tJ
Opposite department store l I p• ' I 1:1111 ~t _,. market 1 1 mosque '1 hk
museum "' palace shopping centre .I )J "l t;)
bo rin g •n:ruJ exciting
statue t lu temple town hall l n

crowded '~ , 1d tdl Religious buildings Places where you can Historic buildings and
d angerous cmd3,1r;:J-, buy things monuments
mod ern 111 castle
noisy ""'"
polluted p.1'lu:t1 I
1 There are a lo t of ba rs and clubs w ith lo ud
music.
2 T he air is very d irty. I
3 T here are too many people.
4 T he build ings were all b uilt quite recently.
5 T here's nothing to do.
6 Yo u have to be ca reful , especially at ni ght.
b Match these ad jectives w ith their o pposites
in a.

clean k h.11 empt y t.

exeffirtg "\atl 1 interesting 1 trc-.tnj/
old -.. 1ld quiet k. q 11 safe "'-' f

c 2 47 >)) Listen a nd check your answers to a

and b. b 2 4 8 >)) Liste n a nd check.
d Cover th e w ords a nd loo k at the sentences. c W hich of the places in a a re there f a ren't t here in your cit y?
R em ember the adjectives and t heir
o pposites. ( !,here's a cathedral and some churches.
~e isn't a castle.

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