Learning activity 4

Evidence: describing cities and places

MARIA FERNANDA DE AVILA MONSALVE
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.
Note: We recommend to do some research
on the places to be described before writing the paragraphs.

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
New York (USA) – The Statue of Liberty 1875 and 1986. It is 93
meters tall. The statue is
located on Liberty Island in
the Hudson River.
 Rome is the capital of Italy.
The city has a population of
around 2.9 million residents.
In Italy, you can fin the canal
of venice where you can ride
a boat. Rome has a lot of
traditional duildings. There we
are watching the Saint Peter’s
Square, a place in front of the
cathedral also know as St
Peter’s Bacilica.

Rome (Italy) – Saint Peter’s Square

Sydney is the most populated
city in australia. There we can
see the Sydney Opera House.
The building occupy the
Bennelong Point the Sydney
Habour. More than 8 million
people visit it each year!

Sydney (Australia) – The Sydney Opera

House
Edinburgh is the capital of
Scotland, The city has long
been know like a centere of
education. The Edinburgh
castle is a storic fortress
which dominates the sky line
of the city of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh (Scotland) – Edinburgh Castle

 Dubai is the most populated
city in UAE, it has a lot of
modern constructions like the
palmera islands, the burj
khalifa is the tallest tower in
the world, it’s creator is
Adrian Smith and the
construction has recived
manyy awards.

Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – The Burj

Khalifa