San Francisco (video)

Tick the things that you see.

• old houses

• a spectacular bridge

• a cathedral

• a crowded market

• a historic cable car

San Francisco is the largest city in the USA.

• true

• false

The Golden Gate Bridge is a symbol of San Francisco.

• true

• false

San Francisco has a ​ (a)  

of under 900,000.

• population
• neighbourhood
• seafood
• tourists

It is very popular with​ (a)   and over​ (b)   ​ visitors come here each year.

• tourists
• 16 million
• prison
• neighbourhood
• steep

Match the following

• neighbourhood

• There are many restaurants serving ___

• seafood

• Lombard Street is famous because it is very __

• prison

• Fisherman’s Wharf is a____ on the waterfront.

• steep

• Alcatraz Island is famous because of its large__

Match the following

• 1963

• Alcatraz prison closes.

• 1989

• Alcatraz prison opens.

• 1933

• Cable cars start working.

• 1873

• Sea lions arrive at Fisherman’s Wharf.

• 1937

• The Golden Gate Bridge opens.

The​ (a)   ​ centre was built over a thousand years ago.

• historic
• remote

This hotel is so ​ (a)   that only very rich people stay there.

• expensive
• boring

The views of the mountains were ​ (a)   .

• spectacular
• remote