Vocabulary: Ghost towns

Vinsight Antonyms: describing places

1Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box. 

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• quiet
• wide
• narrow
• dangerous
• tidy
• messy

• 1Don't speak in the library. Shhh! Be  .

• 2Don't go to the skatepark at night. It's  .

• 3Parliament Street is a 700-year-old street in Exeter – it's only 64 centimetres from one side of the street to the other side, so it's very  .

• 4It took twenty minutes to go across the river because it was so  .

• 5After the party, there were tables, chairs and food everywhere! It was very  .

• 6The room was   after they put the chairs and tables back in the correct places.

VPlaces in town

2Read the statements and match three places that are important for each person. Use the words in the box. There are two places that you do not need. 

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• cinema
• football stadium
• bus station
• taxi rank
• library
• skatepark
• underground
• art gallery
• concert hall
• sports centre
• police station
• market
• hospital
• theatre
• factory
• railway station

• 1I'm nineteen and I study history at this place. In the city centre, there's an old building where I go to read and borrow books. At the weekend, I don't just want to read and study – I go and see a film with my friends.

  a 

• university
 b   c  

• 2I'm crazy about sport. I go roller skating with my friends after school, and on Saturday, I play basketball or handball indoors. Sometimes, I go with my dad to watch Manchester United. They won 2–0 last week!

  a   b   c  

• 3I travel a lot in my job. I often take the train, but I never take the bus. When I'm late, I get in a taxi. I buy and sell paintings, so it's very important that I see the work of new artists.

  a   b   c  

• 4I work hard from Monday to Friday at Lacy's Parts. I make parts for cars. And, every evening, I take the number 40 bus to go and visit my dad. He is very, very ill and can't live at home.

  a   b   c  

• 5I'm busy today. I need to buy some fresh fruit and vegetables in the morning. I want to listen to some live classical music in the afternoon. And I've got tickets for a play in the evening.

  a   b   c  

VGeographical features

3Write the geographical feature for each photo. 

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VGeographical features

4Complete the article with places in town, geographical features and adjectives describing places. 

Ephesus

Ephesus is a very 

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city – it was built 3,000 years ago. It's on the west coast of Turkey by the Mediterranean 

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Nearby, there are some hills and 

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such as Bülbüldağı, which means Mount Nightingale in Turkish.

 

About 2,000 years ago, 250,000 people lived in Ephesus and it was one of the largest cities in the world. There was a famous 

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which was full of books, and a large 

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where up to 25,000 people enjoyed plays. In the centre, there was a 

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where people bought and sold food, clothes and animals.

 

Today, nobody lives in Ephesus. It's very quiet and completely 

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at night, but during the day it's very busy. Ephesus is a 

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tourist attraction and people from all over the world come to see the ruins of the Temple of Diana, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

5  Choose five places in and around your town. Think of one adjective to describe each place and one activity you can do there. Speak for no longer than one minute.

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