learn to describe and compare cities • learn geographical and city vocabulary • study comparative and superlative adjective forms • practise describing where you are from
Check what you know about Australia and other countries.
Read about Sydney.
Learn words describing geography and cities, country names and place adjectives.
Study comparatives and superlatives.
Listen to a conversation comparing two cities.
Review what you have studied so far.
Share opinions about "the best" and "the worst" things, and compare your city with others. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra writing practice.)
Describe different cities in your country. Write about transportation in your city and about travel in your country.
Practice describing exactly where places are.
Look at stress patterns and how to say new words from this unit.
Find out more about Sydney. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra reading and writing practice.)
Write a guide to your city.
Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.
Review the work in the unit.
Send us your feedback on this unit.
Test what you have studied in this unit.
Practise the language you study in this unit, and improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.
barbecue
barbecue (n)
when you cook food on a fire, outside, not in a house
bay
bay (n)
part of the sea enclosed by a curve of land
border
border (n)
the dividing line between two countries
desert
desert (v)
a place where it never rains, it is very dry and there aren't many plants
ferry
ferry (n)
a boat for transporting people
halfway
halfway between (adj, adv)
in the middle, between two places
harbor
harbor (n)
a protected place for boats and ships, like a port (British English spelling: harbour)
heading
heading (n)
the title of a text, or of a paragraph in a text
immigrant
immigrant (n)
a person who comes to a different country to live
inhabitants
inhabitants (n)
people who live in a place, a city, or a country
inland
inland (adv)
in the interior of a country, not on the coast
mouth
mouth of a river (n)
where a river opens into the sea
outdoor
outdoor (adj)
not in houses or buildings, outside in the gardens, parks, beaches, etc.
parade
parade (n)
a collection of things on display, moving past you
seventies
the seventies (n)
the years of 1970-1979
shorts
shorts (n)
short pants
spotlight
(be) in the spotlight (v, prep, n)
v: to be famous or well known; n: something everybody is talking about
wave
wave (n)
the regular raised lines of water in the ocean, usually caused by the wind; also, a movement like an ocean wave, such as a movement of a group of immigrants
well
well-known (adj)
famous, everybody knows about it
yacht
yacht (n)
a large sailing boat, used for pleasure and usually with beds for sleeping