2. Vocabulary: Places.
Can you remember? Type in the missing words. Then, listen again and repeat the words.
4. Vocabulary practice.
Read the definitions, look at the clues and write the words.
Clues: These are the missing words with the vowels removed.
brdg chrch cstl ct hll cthdrl mnmnt mnstry mslm msq pgd plc
5. Reading: Famous landmarks.
Read the definitions. What famous landmarks are these? Choose the correct options.
6. Reading: Missing words.
Use the words to complete two of the descriptions from the previous exercise.
7. Reading: Missing words.
Look at the London Eye description for one minute and then click or tap on Start. Some of the words will disappear. Type in the missing words to complete the description. You can click on a space to see the first letter of each word.
9. Pronunciation: Vowel sounds.
Listen and put the words in the correct box, according to the pronunciation of the vowel sounds.
Now listen again and repeat the words.
although, beautiful, buried, coast, donations, found, ground, group, located, measure, mosaic, mountain, museum, next, now, process, resting, slow, tour, tourist, town, very
10. Speaking.
Complete the description by writing the verbs (in brackets) in the correct form.
Now listen to the description, then practise reading it aloud. Record yourself and compare your recording with the original.
11. Speaking Tutorial 2.
Send your tutor an email suggesting a day and time for the speaking tutorial.
During the tutorial you will talk about the following:
- Your progress on the course: What new things you have learnt. More things that you would like to learn. Any questions or doubts that you have about what you have studied so far.
- A local landmark: Tell your tutor about a local landmark where you live or work. Remember to talk about the following:
- describe the landmark and where it is
- explain its history
- what is interesting about it
You should prepare and make notes on what you are going to say before you have your tutorial.
Useful phrases:
This is one of the most visited monuments in ...
Construction started in ...
It was designed and built by ... in ...
It is the most famous ... in ...
It's located in ...
The building is made of ...
It's meant to symbolise ...
This is a very interesting example of ...
I think this is interesting because ...
Useful phrases for the speaking tutorial:
Hello, this is ....
Can I speak to ..., please?
Hello ..., this is .... I'm calling to do Speaking Tutorial 2 of the English for Tourism module.