Let's go to New York city!

Let's go to New York city

1. New York city in music p.3
2. Few information about New York city p.4
3. New York city places of interest p.5
4. How well do you remember ? p.6
5. New York city in numbers p.7
6. Compare New York city's 5 boroughs p.8
7. A map of Manhattan p.9
8. Superlatives examples and recap p.10
9. Superlatives:exercise p.11

New york city,the Big Apple , "the city that never sleeps" in songs

a musical tour of NY

Click on the interactive buttons to know more about New York places of interest

5 boroughs and 8.6 million inhabitants

New york city is situated in the north east of the USA

790 km² area

How well do you remember of New York city?

here is a recap on numbers

New York city in numbers read them-in English!

Statue of Liberty 93 meters high 225 tonnes

8.6 million inhabitants

One World Trade Center 104 storeys 541 metres high

Chrysler Building 77 floors 34 elevators

790 km² area*

The Empire State Building 381 meters high 102 storeys 1,860 steps 6,514 windows

Central park 341 acres 37.5 million of visitors each year

5 boroughs*

train yourself on numbers

Compare New york city boroughs

Area Inhabitants How big is…? How many inhabitants are there in …? Brooklyn 180km² 2,059,000 Staten Island 152 km² 474,893 Manhattan 59.1 km² 1,632,000 Queens 280 km² 2,287,000 Bronx 110km² 1,435,000

click here to do the activity

Train yourself on comparatives!

how to compare in English?

a map of Manhattan

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This is a map of Manhattan :remember ?! One of New York city 5’s boroughs! Carefully read the information and place the different places on the map! Si tu trouves cela un peu difficile,ne le fais pas dans l’ordre,commence par le plus simple (par exemple le dernier!) ,puis procède par élimination ! -Central Park is the biggest park in Manhattan. -Broadway is the longest avenue in Manhattan running the entire length of the island. -5th avenue ,New York’s most prestigious avenue, divides Manhattan between the west side and the east side. -The Empire State building, situated at the corner of5 th avenue and W.34th Street, is one of the best-known and most visited buildings in the world! -The Metropolitan Museum of Art, built in Central Park,is one of the largest museums in the world.Its entrance is on 5th avenue. -Harlem, situated in northern Manhattan,is home to the largest population of New York’s African American and Hispanic communities. -Ellis Island is a small island to the south of Manhattan where immigrants landed before entering America. -The Statue of liberty is located on a tiny island ,south of Ellis Island.

Harlem

Central Park

MET

5th avenue

Empire State Building

Broadway

Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty

Here are few sentences extracted from the document of the previous activity

Central park is the biggest park in Manhattan

5th avenue is the most prestigious avenue in New York city

Empire State building is the most visited building of the world

The MET is the largest museum of the world

expressions in white are superlatives read the recap and write it in your copybook

exercise on superlative