WorksheetsDescribing places
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The hotel pool is always ______________. (= with too many people)
desbordating
overcrowded
superpacked
abarrotated
The souvenirs were all plastic Eiffel Towers and key rings, really ______________ stuff. (= cheap, badly made, and / or lacking in taste)
cutring
cheesy
dodgy
tacky
I think that restaurant's ______________. (= with a better reputation than it really deserves)
overrated
overvalued
overestimated
overreputed
The seafront has been ______________ by all the new hotels. (= changed for the worse)
damaged
spoilt
ruined
harmed
It's a lovely city, almost completely ______________ by tourism. (= beautiful because it has not been changed).
disharmed
changeless
inaltered
unspoilt
The view is absolutely ______________. (= very impressive, spectacular)
sobrecogeing
heartstopping
breathtaking
speechsuppressing
We found a tiny café in the back streets of Venice, right ______________. (= away from where people normally go)
off the beaten track
where Jesus Christ lost his hat
aside from the world
away from the noisy road
The museum's pretty ______________, but the café's good. (= boring)
unlively
soulless
dull
unsalted
We went to a very ______________ little fishing village yesterday. (= pretty, especially in a way that looks old-fashioned)
cosy
impressive
bucholic
picturesque
The shops are quite ______________, but we bought some nice things. (= designed to attract a lot of tourists)
touristracting
touristy
tourist-trapping
touristic
It's a really ______________ area at night. (= full of life and energy)
lively
animated
ambiencey
moving
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)
departed
Christhousey
remote
lost
