Collins English for Exams Speaking for ielts

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Aims: 
Describing places I C om paring now and then I Adding suffixes
Pronunciation: Silent le tte rs I Using passive and causative form s
Exam technique: C larifying, paraphrasing and giving exam ples
Vocabulary: Describing places
1
Would you ra th e r live in a city o r in the country?
2 
Decide if sentences 1-6 re fe r to the city o r the country.
1 
Urban regeneration involves bringing derelict buildings back into use.
2 It's very remote.
3 I live right in the centre, within easy walking distance of shops, restaurants and bars. 
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I like living here because I love a ll the hustle and bustle.
5 Where my auntie lives is idyllic and the pace of life is very slow.
6 You don't see many detached houses here. It's a ll high-rise flats.
2 
Complete the sentences below w ith words a-n.
a backwater_______ b far_______ c 
m iddle_______d easy_______ e picturesque
My village is:
in the (1 )__________of nowhere.
a real (2)__________
w ithin (3)__________reach of the nearest big town/city.
not (4 )_________ from a big town/city.
idyllic and the countryside is really (5)__________
f 
congested________ g cosmopolitan______ h destination
My city/town is:
very (6)__________ You can meet people from a ll over the world.
a tourist (7)__________
pretty polluted and [8 )__________
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spacious
k 
heart
m 
outskirts
j
w alking
I 
cramped
n 
suburbs
My house is: 
[9 ]_____
big and (10)
in the (11)____
on the (12)____
right in the (13) 
w ithin (14)____
I wish it was bigger.
. of a town called Sopron. 
. of the village.
distance of the local shop.