Lexi Williams

Lexi’s 14 and she’s English. Her family’s originally from Jamaica but she’s from London, the
capital city of England. It’s a multicultural city – 30% of Londoners are from other countries.
London’s famous for its monuments like Big Ben, the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

Rashid Kalpar

Rashid’s 14 and he’s from Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. His family’s originally from
Pakistan but he’s Welsh. Cardiff is near the sea and Cardiff Bay is now a tourist area with
historic and modern buildings. Cardiff is a multicultural city – about 20% of the population are
from other countries.

Duncan Moffat

Duncan is a Scottish student. He’s 14 and he’s from Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It’s a
beautiful city with a famous castle and lots of interesting monuments. It’s also near the sea. The
city is famous for its international festival of culture, the Edinburgh Festival.

Caitlin Laskier

Caitlin’s 15 and she’s from Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland. Her mum’s from Belfast
but her dad’s from Poland – her first name’s Irish but her surname’s Polish. Belfast is a centre of
industry and it’s near the sea. The city is famous for shipbuilding – especially for the Titanic. It’s
an old city with modern buildings, too. For example, Titanic Belfast is a new museum in a very
modern building.

1. COMPREHENSION

Read the texts again and complete the sentences with the names of the cities or students.

1 _______ is a multicultural city.

2 _______ is a beautiful city with a big castle.

3 _______ is near the sea. The bay is interesting for tourists.

 4 _______ is near the sea and is famous for its museum about the Titanic.

5 _______ is a British boy from a city with an important festival.

6 _______ is a girl from a multicultural city.

7 _______ is a girl of 15 from an industrial city.

8 _______ is a 14-year-old boy from a city near the sea

1. Study the names of the countries and nationalities on the worksheet. Then complete the
chart following the example. Are there any pairs of words which do not match any
category?

-ian -an

Albania/Albanian America/ American

-ese -ish
Portugal/Portuguese Poland/Polish
Adjectives describing places

Strategy
It is easier to remember words if you learn them in pairs, for example the country and the
nationality, or an adjective and its opposite. This strategy is useful for learning and improving
vocabulary.
Remember!
We use adjectives to describe nouns. They have the same form in the singular and plural:
intelligent student – intelligent students
Adjectives come before the nouns:
She is a pretty girl.
Order of adjectives
1 size a small
2 colour brown
3 origin German
4 material wooden
We usually use no more than three adjectives to describe nouns: Martha has got red Dutch tulips
on her balcony.

1. Now put these words in their correct order following the examples in Remember!

1 bus, red, big, metal, British

2 Russian, blue, doll, small, wooden

3 Vietnamese, large, straw, yellow, hat