Visiting cities

Writing task: Write a review

Read the advert about Orlando and look at the notes. Imagine you visited this Useful language
city last year. Write a review of around 150 words about it. Useful phrases
• Last year / summer, I…
Use the notes below, the Useful language, and the notes you made in the Engage
• At night / During the
task to help you prepare. day…
• It’s full of...
• The main attraction(s)
is / are...
• There are some...
• There aren’t many...
• There was / were
enough...
• There’s a lot to do. /
There isn’t much to do.
• I think you should visit if
you...
• I (definitely) recommend
Orlando because...
• Orlando is good for...

Useful vocabulary
• to get around the city /
to cross the road / to
visit a theme park / to
hire a car / to be open
late
• lovely / amazing /
fantastic / wonderful /
great
Tip  A travel review is neutral in style. It contains a lot of adjectives to describe a place • exciting / modern /
clean / interesting /
and ends with a recommendation about whether to visit it or not. Read the advert and
• terrible / awful / horrible
notes carefully and plan how to combine this information to create your review.
• crowded / dirty / boring /
Follow this structure:
not safe / noisy / basic /
• Paragraph 1: Say where the place is and what it is like. nothing special
• Paragraph 2: Say what you can do there.
• Paragraph 3: Say what the nightlife is like and give a recommendation.
Check it!  Read your review and check it’s organized clearly and makes sense. Then
read it again and check for grammar, vocabulary and spelling errors.

The las year i visited Orlando is located in the middle of florida its nickname as "The
city beautiful" its a place with various park, entertaiments for children and adults.

Orlando is the most visited place for tourist, the renowned places in Orlando's best
attractions are: 1. Kennedy Space Center Complex 2. Universal Orlando's Island of
aventures 3. Magin Kingdom Park, 4. Universal Studios Florida, 5. Universal City
Walk 6. Warbird Aventures 7. Orlando Sciences Center 8. Forever Florida 9.
Gatorland 10. Disney Springs

There you enjoy a pleasant vacations with your families and friends there are a lot of
park, restaurants, stadium, lakes, hotels

The nighlife is amazing there are a lot of nighclub for enjoy

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