Describing Cities_Carmen Cecilia González Guerrero

describing cities

Giving recommendations

adjectives for describing cities

Negative Adjectives

Positive Adjectives

• Interesting
• Beautiful
• Clean
• Safe
• Affordable
• Quiet
• Modern
• Relaxing
• Exciting

• Dangerous
• Polluted
• Expensive
• Crowded
• Stressful
• Ugly
• Boring
• Noisy

Adverbs before adjectives

• Guanajuato is a fairly expensive city.
• Salamanca is very polluted.

• Querétaro is pretty clean.
• Leon is not a very quiet destination.
• Celaya is too noisy and too dangerous these days.

ADVERBS

use conjunctions

• Mexico city is really big, and there’s a lot of culture.
• Morelia is a beautiful city, but it’s also fairly dangerous.
• León is an interesting place. It’s not very quiet, though.
• Monterrey is a pretty modern place. It’s not really cheap, however.

Contrast

Addition

CAN / SHOULD

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For Recommendations & Possibility

• Can / Can’t (possibility)
• Should / Shouldn’t (recommendations)
• Modal + Base form of the Verb

More Modal Verbs

CAN (for possibility)

Modal Verbs

WHAT CAN I DO IN GUANAJUATO?

• You can spend some time downtown and go to the local restaurants.
• You can see a nice view of the city from the Pipila.
• You can’t miss the Cervantino festival in October. (can not)

The city of Guanajuato

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should (for recommendations)

Modal Verbs

WHAT SHOULD I SEE IN MEXICO CITY? GUANAJUATO?

• You should walk around the historic center.
• You should visit the Popular Art Museum.
• You shouldn't wander around certain areas at night. (should not)

Mexico City

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describe a city you know well

Include the following information:

Things to buy there

Name

Food

Location

The best time of year to visit

Size

Interesting / famous places to visit

Weather

How affordable it is

People

describe the last city you visited

You can use the following prompts:

• It’s…
• It’s located in…
• It’s famous / well known for…
• It’s a/an ___(adjective)__ city.
• If you visit this city you can/should…
• Something I know about this city is…
• I’ve heard / I know that the weather is…

Other Modal verbs

• Might
• Could
• Ought to
• Can
• Will
• Shall
• Must
• May
• Be able to

Adverbs

• too
• extremely
• very / really
• pretty
• fairly / somewhat