Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

11d Perfect locations
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Can do (tick ✓)
I can understand details in an interview.
I can understand the function of reference words.
I can describe locations and landscapes.
I can use so and such to make adjectives, adverbs and nouns more emphatic.
Location, location, location …
Many British people now own a second, or holiday, home
in Europe. Here are five of the most popular countries.
Can you put them in order from 1 (the most popular) to 5
Portugal Italy Malta
Spain
So & such
France
Rearrange these words to make phrases containing so and such. .
an experience such it awful was
really so I sorry am
time there so was little
such place it beautiful a was
Did you know
The famous ‘spaghetti
western’ films such as A
Fistful of Dollars, starring
Clint Eastwood, are often
thought to have been given
their name because they
were not filmed in the USA
but in Italy. In fact most of
the filming was done on
location in Spain, because
of the resemblance of the
landscape to the Mexico-US
border region. The Italian
connection comes from the
director and the number
of Italians involved in the
production crews.
Diary
It is possible to learn English in many English-speaking countries. Have you been to any Where
would you most like to study English Why
‘
The traveller sees what he sees.
The tourist sees what he has come to see.
G.K. Chesterton (British writer, 1874–1936) ’3