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.

¼, ¾, Â

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.

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f

b

m

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c

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Ask students to write five extra nationalities.

Possible answers: 1 Argentine/Argentinian; 2 Australian; 3 Brazilian;
4 Japanese 5 Spanish

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