What does your hometown look like?

What is it like?

• It´s beautiful

big boring cold

cheap hot

dirty stressful

small

Dangerous expensive

interesting relaxing ugly

Describe the city using using add.It´s an exciting city, and the weather is great.

1. Busy place

2. Nice place

3. Exciting place

4. Great place for vacation.

5. Somewhat ugly.

a) The winters terribly cold

b) It´s fun place to sightsee

c) It´s very good for shopping.

d) It has some beautiful old home.

e) The streets are always crowded.

What´s your city like?

Possible answers• It´s a busy place and the winters are terribly cold.

• Viña del Mar is a nice place and fun to sightsee.

• It´s an exciting place and it´s very good for shopping.

• It´s a great place for vacation and It has some beautiful old home.

• It´s somewhat ugly and the streets are always crowded.

Describe the city using using butIt´s an exciting city,but the weather isn´t good.

1. Safe during the day.

2. Summers are hot

3. Large city

4. Busy place

5. Nice place

6. Exciting place

7. Great place for vacation.

8. Somewhat ugly.

a) Pretty dangerous at night.

b) Evenings are fairly cold.

c) Not too interesting.

d) The winters terribly cold

e) It´s fun place to sightsee.

f) It´s very good for shopping.

g) It has some beautiful old home.

h) The streets are always crowded.

What does your hometown look like?

• It´s a very exciting city. It´s too expensive, though.

• It´s not very exciting. It is really beautiful, however.

• It´s a fairly big city, but it´s not too big.

• It´s pretty safe, and it´s very friendly.

Is your city exciting?• What kind of place is Viña del Mar? Where is it?

• What does it look like? Can you describe it?• Is there a nice downtown? pretty park? heavy traffic? good museum? lot of graffiti? • What´s the weather like ?

• What´s the night life?• Is it clean?• Is it polluted?

• How do you get there?• What´s interesting or unusual about it?

Exercise

• Look at the postcards your teacher has given you. Make a list of words you need to describe them. Give a description with as many detail as possible.

• What can you tell about it?

• What should a tourist do/see there?

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What does New York look like?

Work alone and make a secret list of:

• A well known building.• A town or city you know.• A local landmark.• A well-known street.• An area or country you know.

• Describe it to the class, and get your classmates to guess the name of the place after you describe them. ( don´t say the name nor where)