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Describing Place

The document provides useful expressions and adjectives for describing places, including views, atmosphere, locations, and likes/dislikes. It also lists common buildings and places that may be found in towns. The final section outlines instructions for a game where students take turns sitting in a "hot seat" and having their teammates describe a place to them based on a picture for identification.

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Describing Place

The document provides useful expressions and adjectives for describing places, including views, atmosphere, locations, and likes/dislikes. It also lists common buildings and places that may be found in towns. The final section outlines instructions for a game where students take turns sitting in a "hot seat" and having their teammates describe a place to them based on a picture for identification.

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DESCRIBING

PLACE
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
• The views are …
• It’s possible to…
• You shouldn’t miss …
• It’s got...
• The atmosphere is …
• You can see…
• It’s located in …
• It’s close to…
• It’s far away from …
• What I don’t like about it is …
• The good thing about this place is …
• A popular tourist attraction is …
• It’s popular with tourists because…
ATMOSPHERE/ADJECTIVES
•PEACEFUL/QUIET : not busy, calm, free from activities
•ANCIENT : with a long history
•BEAUTIFUL : very pleasing on the eye
•CHARMING/PICTURESQUE : nice, very pleasant in a unique way
•COSMOPOLITAN : with a varied mix of cultures and languages
•BORING : dull, uninteresting
•BUSTLING : a crowded, busy place
•COMPACT : not very big, within a small area
•NOISY : full of noise, busy
•UNSPOILT : having an unaltered character, pure,
immaculate
•STUNNING : very attractive, impressive, astonishing
•LIVELY : with lots of things going on
•FASCINATING : very interesting
•HUGE : very big, enormous
•POLLUTED : dirty, contaminated
•TOURISTIC : visited by lots of tourists
•EXCITING : thrilling, with lots of enjoyable things to do
•POPULAR : liked by a lot of people
•CROWDED : very full of people
•CONTEMPORARY : modern, very up to date
•EXPENSIVE : costing a lot of money
•HOSPITABLE : welcoming to guests or strangers
•HISTORIC : with a lot of ancient buildings
A: What is your country like?
B: It’s quite small and beautiful.
A: What’s your city like?
B: It’s very big and dirty.
A: Oh really?
B: Yes, and it’s very expensive too!
A: What’s your home like?
B: It’s far away from the city and it’s quite small but very comfortab
le.
Building Places in the town
• CHURCH
• SHOPPING CENTRE • BUS/TRAIN/ STATION
• DEPARTMENT STORE • AMUSEMENT PARK
• ZOO
• LIBRARY
• PARK
• SWIMMING POOL
• AIRPORT
• SUPERMARKET
• THEATRE/CINEMAS
• CASTLE Shops
• SPORTS CENTRE
• BOOKSHOP
• HOTEL/MOTEL/INN/HOSTEL
• SHOE SHOP
• MUSEUM
• BOUTIQUE
• ART GALLERY • FISHMONGER’S
• HOSPITAL • SWEET SHOP
• UNIVERSITY • FURNITURE SHOP
• BANK • FLOWER SHOP
• POLICE STATION
Instructions
• Make 3 groups of 9 people
• Each student will get the number from the teacher
• The selected number will sit on the hot seat
• Then the selected member from each group come up and sit in the chair, so they
are facing their team-mates and have their back to the board
• The other member must make a one line facing the member sitting on the hot seat
• One person is given one chance to describing the place according to the picture
• If the member who sits in the hot seat knows the answer she / he should raise his
/ her hand
• If the answer is correct he / she may choose the other number for replacing her
sitting on hot seat
• The fastest group that completes the game is the winner

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