describing place

DESCRIBING PLACE

I/ Text organization

Paragragh 1:

Name / location /population of the place, reason for choosing the place (e.g. what is

famous for, what makes it so special, etc)

Paragragh 2:

• General feature and particular details

a/ Place: surrounding, sight, facilities, free time activities

b/ Building: surrounding / details; discription of exorior / interior

descriptions of places (building may include factual information such as age, size,

colour, material, etc.

(e.g. The temple, with 10 metre tall markble columns, was built in 800 BC)

• Detail relating to the sense( sight/ hearing / smell /touch /taste) to suggest mood

and atmodphere.

(e.g. Visitor’s foot step on the worn stone floors echo through the cool, dark corrder,

distorbing the trangquile silence)

• Optional/ impression of the place of building

(e.g. tourist fasanated by its air of my stery

Final paragragh

Comment / feeling and/ or recooendation

II/ Language features

Useful language

Loacation verb and prepositions

To lacate / situate/ stand / live /lead to / wind :uon luong /wa:i// flow / run /...

e.g.

1 leads up to /winds fast / stands at the top of, etc)

2. The old house is situated next to the vlage church. It’s surrounding be hedge

3. The state towers about the park / the temple stands at the top of and ever-green

hill.