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