Vocabulary Worksheet 5

TOWN AND COUNTRY

TARGET
CAMBRIDGE
Memorable places
ENGLISH:
FIRST

1 Work in pairs. Match the vocabulary to the pictures. Are there any words that could be used for both?

a lot going on backstreets cosmopolitan exhaust fumes housing estate huge

in the middle of nowhere isolated lively mall market nightlife peaceful
picturesque remote run down rush hour skyscraper traffic jam welcoming

City Country

2 Read about two different places. Complete the texts with these words.

isolated malls nightlife remote skyscrapers welcoming

I’d love to see Hong Kong. It looks amazing in photographs, all those (0) skyscrapers . There are lots of clubs and
restaurants so I expect the (1) is fantastic but I would go there for the shopping. There are huge
(2) as well as outdoor markets. I’m sure I would get some bargains.
A few years ago I went to Alice Springs. It’s a very small town right in the middle of Australia. The people were
(3) and friendly and it was very peaceful. Not many people live there and it’s a very, very long way to
the next town; it’s quite (4) . I couldn’t live somewhere that (5) .

3 What are the two texts in Activity 2 about? Choose two of the five topics, A—E.
A A place you visited in the middle of
D A place you saw in a film or on TV.
nowhere. B A place you want to go to for a
E A place you want to live in one
holiday.
day.
C A place you love.

4 You are going to talk about three different places. Choose three topics in Activity 3. Write the name of each place on the
mind map and add three items of vocabulary from Activity 1 that you will use.

places

5 Work in pairs. Take turns to be the speaker and the listener. The listener can keep a score of points.
Speaker: Tell your partner about one of your three places.
Listener: Listen and try to decide which topic your partner is talking about. If you can’t guess, you can ask three
questions to find out more information.
How to score points:
10 points if you guess your partner’s topic without asking any
questions. 5 points if you guess the topic after asking questions.
No points if you can’t guess the topic!

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