About town

​1 What kind of buildings and other things might you see in an affluent area?
2 What kind of buildings are usually described as grand?
3 What might you want to do to a hideous building or monument?
4 Can you think of a place with a lot of high-rise buildings?
5 What might the government do to a historic area or building? Why?
6 What do you call the opposite of a deprived area?
7 What do you find in a residential area?
8 Would you recommend a tourist to visit a rough area? Why (not)?
9 What might a local government do to a run-down building or area?
10 What do you call the opposite of a stunning building?
11 What might you find in a trendy area? And what kind of people might live there?
12 What's usually happening in an up-and-coming area?

​affluent
grand
hideous
high-rise
historic
deprived
residential
rough
run-down
stunning
trendy
up-and-coming

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Complete the sentences with the verbs:

1) I hate that building - it's hideous. If you ask me, it should be ​

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.

2) The whole area's really run-down. It really needs to be ​

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and given some investment.

3) It's quite a rough part of town. I'd ​

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of it after dark if you don't want to be stabbed!

4) Some of the buildings in the historic centre ​

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over 600 years.

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Complete the sentences with the verbs:

1) It's an up-and-coming area. Lots of businesess are relocating there so property prices have ​

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.

2) That grand building over there was previously a palace, but now ​

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the national gallery.

3) It's the most affluent part of town. All the embassies are ​

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there.

4) They built this huge skyscraper a few years ago. It really ​

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the city.

​base
date back
dominate
house
knock down
renovate
soar
steer clear

How many of these verbs can you use to describe buildings and areas where you live?

​New Belgrade
the Arena
the Ada Bridge
Manakova Kuca
St Mark's Church
Kalemegdan Fortress
the Victor Monument
Dedinje