
4  Rewrite 
Jo's 
conclusion. Replace 
the 
adjectives in 
bold 
with 
descriptive adjectives 
from 
exercise 2 
or 
adjectives 
of 
your 
own 
choice. 
5 
6 
Berlin 
is 
a nice 1 
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city 
to 
visit. The people 
are 
nice 2  •  It's a 
good 
3  idea 
to 
visit Berlin 
during one 
of 
the many nice 4 
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festivals, for example 
the Carnival. The Carnival 
is 
nice 5  people wear 
good 
6  costumes and the music 
is 
good 
7  • You'll have a 
good 
8  time. 
Read 
Jo's 
notes 
about 
Berlin. Choose 
four 
or 
five 
things 
to 
include in paragraphs 2 and 
3. 
Decide which 
order 
you 
would 
write 
them. 
Famous 
buildings 
and 
monuments/other 
things 
to 
see 
or 
do 
• 
50 
theatres and 
153 
galleries  D 
•  Museum Island - district 
with 
lots 
of 
museums 
•  Charlottenburg Castle - a beautiful building 
Brandenburg Gate - a famous monument, lots 
of 
D 
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wide roads around 
it 
D 
• 
two 
cathedrals  D 
•  Hackescher Market - good for shopping + 
area 
around 
it 
has 
lots 
of 
clothes shops, 
cafes 
and galleries  D 
•  Tiergarten - famous park  D 
•  very good public transport  D 
•  Tower in Alexanderplatz - 368m high views 
of 
city  D 
Complete 
the 
strategies box 
with 
the 
words below. 
[ descriPtion  grammar 
include.l 
irrelevant  ] 
A 
description 
of 
a 
place 
• 
Read 
the 
task 
carefully. Think about what informati
on 
you 
can 
1  {"y,cl0de 
in 
each 
paragraph. 
Make 
notes 
and 
decide which 
is 
the most interesting information. Eliminate 2 
____ 
or 
unnecessary information. 
•  Organise your notes into paragraphs. 
• 
Use 
a variety 
of 
adjectives to 
make 
your 3  more 
interesting. Avoid 
meaningless adjectives 
such 
as 
good 
or nice. 
•  Summarise what 
makes 
the 
place 
special 
and 
make 
recommendations. 
• 
Check 
the number 
of 
words 
and 
then check your 4 
___ 
_ 
punctuation and spelling. 
7 
Read 
the 
task and 
then 
write 
your 
description. Write 
about 
a 
city 
you have visited 
or 
about 
Berlin, using 
the 
information 
in exercises 
3-5. 
Use 
the 
strategies in exercise 6 
to 
help 
you. 
Write 
200-250 
words. 
•  A tourist website 
is 
preparing descriptions 
of 
cities 
for 
visitors. Write a description 
of 
a city 
for 
the 
website. 
Speaking 
Directions 
8  Match 
the 
questions 1-5  -
answers 
a-e. 
9 
1  Do you know where the 
bus 
station 
is? 
2 
Excuse 
me, 
I'm lost. 
Ca
n you 
help 
me? 
3 
Excuse 
me, 
is 
the bus station 
near 
here? 
4  How do I get 
to 
the bus station 
from 
here? 
5 
Excuse 
me, 
how 
do I 
get 
to 
Tate 
Modern? 
a 
Go 
past the bus station and turn 
right. It's down that street, near 
the river. 
b  The bus station? 
No, 
I'm sorry I 
don't. I'm a visitor here too. 
c 
Sure, 
where 
do 
you want 
to 
go? 
d 
Yes, 
it 
is. 
It's 
just 
round the corner . 
e 
Go 
straight on and then turn left 
after the bank. 
Complete 
the 
dialogues 
with 
the 
phrases below. There are 
two 
extra phrases. 
do you know  How do I 
get 
just five minutes  turn right 
Thanks anyway 
Excuse 
me.l 
You're welcome 
Go 
past 
A: 
1 
EXCWie 
Me 
,I'm 
looking for 
the 
National Museum. 
B: 
I'm sorry, I don't know the 
museum. 
A: 2 
___ 
_ 
A: 
Excuse 
me, 
3 
__
__ 
the 
National Museum? 
C: 
Ah, 
yes. 
It's in Dunbar 
St
reet, 
near the train station. 
A: 
Is 
it 
near 
here? 
C: 
Yes
, it's 4  from here. 
A:  How 
do 
I get the
re? 
C: 
It
's really 
easy. 
Go 
do
wn 
this ro
ad 
and turn left. Then 5 
___ 
_ 
at the traffic lights and it's on 
your left. 
A: Thanks very much. 
C: 
6 
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