Places quiz
1 Look at the cities below. Are they in the south, east, north, west or
centre of their countries?
a) London - the UK
b) Nice - France
c) Madrid - Spain
d) Milan - Italy
e) Moscow - Russia
f) Dublin - Ireland
g) Melbourne - Australia
h) Los Angeles - the US
Write a sentence about each city.
2 Find these nationalities in the wordsearch puzzle. , ,
American Mexican Russian French British
Italian Turkish Greek Polish Indian
a t y u i o p h j f l b
m e x i c a n n m r k r
e a s f g h j k l e m i
r u s s i a n v c n n t
i z x c b n m a z c c i
c t v b n m k g r h s s
a a a i n d i a n g d h
n q e l r t y u i o p u
t e w q i t u r k i s h
y u i o a a s d f g k l
a z x c v b n j k y y j
g r e e k n p o l i s h
Write five more nationalities.
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Places quiz
TEACHER S NOTES:
Aim: to practise and consolidate key vocabulary; places. This warmer is designed
to be used in conjunction with unit 5.
Time: 40 minutes
Materials: copy of the worksheet for each student
1 Students work on their own or with a partner to write down where the cities are
located. Students then write a short sentence about each city; you may want to
do the first one as an example with the class. Monitor as they write to check if
anyone needs help. Elicit answers from class.
Answers: a) London is in the south of England; b) Nice is in the south of France;
c) Madrid is in the centre of Spain; d) Milan is in the north of Italy; e) Moscow is in
the west of Russia; f) Dublin is in the east of Ireland; g) Melbourne is in the south of
Australia; h) Los Angeles is in the west of the US
2 Students find the ten nationalities in the grid.
a f b
m e x i c a n r r
e e i
r u s s i a n n t
i c i
c t h s
a a i n d i a n h
n l
i t u r k i s h
a
n
g r e e k p o l i s h
Ask students to write five extra nationalities.
Possible answers: 1 Argentine/Argentinian; 2 Australian; 3 Brazilian;
4 Japanese 5 Spanish
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