Paris in Three Days: A City That Refuses to Summarise
Grammar: Cleft sentences — full range
A Level 5 English lesson exploring travel.
What's in this lesson
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL lesson on travel, practising cleft sentences — full range. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: Paris in Three Days: A City That Refuses to Summarise
Roughly 100 million people visit France every year, and most of them are heading, in one way or another, to Paris. What strikes first-time visitors is not the Eiffel Tower — it is smaller than you imagined — but the extraordinary density of the city: the way that every arrondissement, every covered passage, every unremarkable side street contains something that would be the centrepiece of a lesser city. What you need, more than a list, is a philosophy. Paris rewards those who slow down.
Vocabulary
- 100 million people
- Marais
- Place des Vosges
- Musée Carnavalet
- Latin Quarter
- Panthéon
- Jardin du Luxembourg
- Rue Mouffetard
- Bouillon Racine
Grammar: Cleft Sentences
- It-cleft (emphasis)
- It was the Marais that surprised her most. — highlights one element above others
- Wh-cleft (what-cleft)
- What most visitors carry home is a new pace of life. — fronts the unknown, then reveals it
Discussion questions
- Have you ever planned a trip based entirely on food?
- Is it possible to truly know a city in just a few days?
- What makes a neighbourhood feel authentic rather than touristy?
Paris in Three Days: A City That Refuses to Summarise
Grammar: Cleft sentences — full range
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