Vince CAE - U2&4 - Places + Travel & movement

I love wandering through the countryside along deserted footpaths ​ (a)  

I'll bring you your drink in just a minute, madam​ (b)  

I've been waiting all morning at this roundabout for someone to stop.​ (c)  

I was just walking down the street opposite the bank when I saw it happen. ​ (d)  

I've spent the last half an hour looking for a spot. It's hopeless. ​ (e)  

• rambler
• steward
• hitchhiker
• passer-by
• driver

I rang my bell and braked, but one of the pedals hit the post and I fell off. ​ (a)   ​

The sign clearly says two hours only and you've been here all day.​ (b)  

It's just impossible getting across the road here. We need a subway. ​ (c)  

Do you think you could go a little more slowly, I'm a bit nervous. ​ (d)  

This train is late every morning. It has been for years. ​I won't be at work on time. ​ (e)  

• cyclist
• traffic warden
• pedestrian
• passenger
• commuter

This water comes from a ​ (a)   near the bottom of the mountain.

The ship won't be able to sail until the ​ (b)   comes in.

There was a rocky ​ (c)   rising a hundred feet above the beach.

The two islands are divided by a narrow ​ ​ (d)  

The hills could be seen faintly outlined against the ​ (e)  

• spring
• tide
• cliff
• strait
• horizones
• I have no idea, why I can't type in horizon

There is only one ​ (a)   through the mountains.

Many small boats could be seen moored in the wide curving ​ (b)  

The children amused themselves by rolling down the grassy ​ (c)  

The whole ​ (d)   had turned white after the overnight fall of snow.

At the foot of the mountains was a wide, well-cultivated ​ (e)  

• pass
• bay
• slope
• landscape
• plain

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• tiles with a pattern of fruit and flowers

• I paused at the top of the stairs on the

• landing and wondered which was my room.

• There was a clock on the

• mantelpiece over the fireplace.

• I left my umbrella in the

• porch and opened the front door.

• I chained my bike to the

• railings at the front of the house.

• The walls of the bathroom were covered in

Match the following

• hinges, which were rather rusty.

• After the storm we had to replace several

• slates which had fallen off the roof.

• You should try to remember to wipe your feet on the

• radiator under the window.

• There was no heat coming from the

• loft, in case we needed them again.

• I decided to oil the front door

• doormat outside the back door.

• We stored our old books upstairs in the

One advantage of travelling by train is that you can forget about traffic jams and crowded roads, and sit back and admire the ​ (a)  

The area around George Square was first developed in the eighteenth century, and includes fine examples of the ​ (b)   of that period.

We began climbing the narrow mountain path just before dawn, and by the time we reached the ​ (c)   , the whole of the plain below lay revealed in the sunshine.

Away from the sea, the landscape becomes increasingly bare until the rocky slopes give way to the rolling dunes of the .​ (d)  

 My eye followed the course of the river, winding down through its green ​ (e)   towards the distant town of Woodchester.

• scenery
• architecture
• summit
• desert
• valley

The towering waves rolled in towards the ​ (a)   finally crashing upon the rocks in clouds of spray.

At the end of the village, take the track on the right just past the petrol station (impassable for cars). The ​ (b)   of the temple lies 3km to the east of the village.

The island is divided by a ​ (c)   of mountains running approximately north to south, the highest of which is Mount Ash, at 3230 metres.

 Further along the coast, many diving and wading birds nest in the ​ (d)   of the River Bourne, mainly in the marshes to the west of the railway bridge.

The narrow medieval street, now a pedestrian zone, leads away from the cathedral and brings you eventually to a ​ (e)   in front of the Town Hall.

• shore
• site
• range
• estuary
• square