What is the tallest building?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Are there tall buildings in your city?
2. Do you want to go up a tall building?
3. How do you get to work or school?
4. Do you like lifts?
5. What is the tallest building you know?
6. Do you take photos from high places?

Read each word and the example. Then say one sentence with the word.

Choose the word that fits.

1. A very tall building with many floors is a .
2. One level of a building is a .
3. A machine that takes people up and down in a building is a .
4. A building that goes up a long way is .
5. The highest part of a building is the .
6. What you can see from a high place is a .
7. To go up the tower, you need to buy a .
8. Many visit the building on holiday.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a skyscraper is a very
   tall buildingsmall houseold church
2. a floor is one
   windowleveldoor
3. a lift goes
   up and downround and roundleft and right
4. a view is what you can
   eatseehear
5. a ticket lets you
   open a windowdrive a carenter a place
6. on foot =
   by carwalkingby plane

Use these phrases to ask how to get somewhere and to compare buildings.

• the tallestнайвищийThe Burj Khalifa is the tallest building.
• the biggestнайбільшийIt is the biggest city.
• the oldestнайстарішийIt is the oldest building.
• How do I get to...?Як дістатися до...?How do I get to the tower?
• You can go by bus.Можна поїхати автобусом.You can go by bus.
• You can go on foot.Можна піти пішки.You can go on foot.
• It takes...Це займає...It takes ten minutes by bus.
• Take the lift.Скористайтеся ліфтом.Take the lift to the top.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. The Burj Khalifa is usually called the tallest building in the world.
   TrueFalse
2. It is in London.
   TrueFalse
3. A fast lift takes people up.
   TrueFalse
4. You must walk up to the top.
   TrueFalse
5. The record can change in future.
   TrueFalse

1. Do you like tall buildings?
2. Is it good to live on the 50th floor?
3. Is it expensive to visit the top?
4. What is the tallest building in your city?

Common mistakes: with short adjectives use the + adjective + -est, and use by with transport but on foot for walking. ✗ the most tall building → the tallest building. ✗ I go by the bus → I go by bus. ✗ I go by foot → I go on foot.

1. This is the
   tallestmost tall
   building.
2. It is the
   bigestbiggest
   city.
3. She goes to work
   by busby the bus
   .
4. We go to school
   on footby foot
   .
5. How do I
   getgetting
   to the tower?
6. It is the
   olddestoldest
   church.
7. They go home
   by taxiwith taxi
   .
8. TakesTake
   the lift to the top.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. It is the most tall building. →
2. I go by the bus. →
3. I go by foot. →
4. This is the bigest city. →
5. How I get to the tower? →
6. Takes the lift to the top. →

Answer with full sentences. Use superlatives and transport words.

1. What is the tallest building in your city?
2. What is the biggest city you know?
3. How do you get to work or school?
4. How do you get to the centre?
5. How long does it take?
6. Do you like taking the lift?

Three people visit a tall building. Compare them. Who goes by taxi? Who goes up to the top? How do you get to a tall building?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: say what the tallest and biggest places in your city are.
3. Part 2: say how you get to the centre.
4. Part 3: ask your teacher how to get to a place.

1. What is the tallest building in your city?
2. Is there a skyscraper in your city?
3. How do you get to work or school?
4. Do you go on foot?
5. How long does it take?
6. Do you like lifts?
7. Do you want to go to the top of a skyscraper?
8. What is the biggest city in your country?

1. Who in your family goes by bus?
2. Who goes by car?
3. Who works on a high floor?
4. Who is afraid of heights?
5. Who likes tall buildings?
6. Who goes everywhere on foot?

1. Are skyscrapers good for a city?
2. Is it nice to see a city from the top?
3. Is it better to go by bus or by car?
4. Is the biggest city the best city?
5. Do you want to live in a tall building?