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Describing places

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The hotel pool is always ______________. (= with too many people)

a)

desbordating

b)

overcrowded

c)

superpacked

d)

abarrotated

2.

The souvenirs were all plastic Eiffel Towers and key rings, really ______________ stuff. (= cheap, badly made, and / or lacking in taste)

a)

cutring

b)

cheesy

c)

dodgy

d)

tacky

3.

I think that restaurant's ______________. (= with a better reputation than it really deserves)

a)

overrated

b)

overvalued

c)

overestimated

d)

overreputed

4.

The seafront has been ______________ by all the new hotels. (= changed for the worse)

a)

damaged

b)

spoilt

c)

ruined

d)

harmed

5.

It's a lovely city, almost completely ______________ by tourism. (= beautiful because it has not been changed).

a)

disharmed

b)

changeless

c)

inaltered

d)

unspoilt

6.

The view is absolutely ______________. (= very impressive, spectacular)

a)

sobrecogeing

b)

heartstopping

c)

breathtaking

d)

speechsuppressing

7.

We found a tiny café in the back streets of Venice, right ______________. (= away from where people normally go)

a)

off the beaten track

b)

where Jesus Christ lost his hat

c)

aside from the world

d)

away from the noisy road

8.

The museum's pretty ______________, but the café's good. (= boring)

a)

unlively

b)

soulless

c)

dull

d)

unsalted

9.

We went to a very ______________ little fishing village yesterday. (= pretty, especially in a way that looks old-fashioned)

a)

cosy

b)

impressive

c)

bucholic

d)

picturesque

10.

The shops are quite ______________, but we bought some nice things. (= designed to attract a lot of tourists)

a)

touristracting

b)

touristy

c)

tourist-trapping

d)

touristic

11.

It's a really ______________ area at night. (= full of life and energy)

a)

lively

b)

animated

c)

ambiencey

d)

moving

12.

The site of the temple is extremely ______________ — you can only get there on foot and it takes four hours. (= far away from places where other people live)

a)

departed

b)

Christhousey

c)

remote

d)

lost