Task 15. Put the sentences into the right order (Manchester and Edinburgh)

Task 14. Make up the plan of the texts about Manchester and Edinburgh.

B. Write out the key sentences for each points of the plan.

Task 13. A. Match the titles with the corresponding passages of the first text.

Task 12. Decide on whether it is true or false.

Task 11. Complete the sentences with suitable beginning or ending.

1. Birmingham has developed into a national commercial centre, being named ….

2. The city centre consists of ….

3. … renowned displays of artwork that include a leading collection of work by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

4. … are the most well-known political figures who have lived in Birmingham.

1. Manchester is the centre of the Greater Manchester Urban Area.

2. Manchester is the most visited city in the United Kingdom by foreign visitors.

3. Birmingham has two Premier League football teams.

4. During the 19th century Manchester got the nickname Cottonopolis, as an international centre of textile manufacture and cotton spinning.

5. Manchester was called "the workshop of the world" because it was the place where industrial revolution began.

6. Manchester City Centre is famous for the network of canals and mills constructed during its 19th-century development.

7. There are several significant industrial plants in Edinburgh, including Jaguar Cars and Cadbury Trebor Bassett.

8. Edinburgh is often considered to be the one of the most picturesque cities in Europe.

1. Geographical outline

2. The new branches of modern economy

3. Cultural life in the city

4. Sports in Birmingham

5. Prominent residents of the city

6. Birmingham - the second largest city in the UK

7. Parks. The peculiar feature of the city

8. From the history of Birmingham

1. Manchester City Centre is now on a tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, mainly due to the network of canals and mills constructed during its 19th-century development.

2. Manchester was the world's first industrialised city and played a central role during the Industrial Revolution.

3. Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of Scotland's Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea.

4. Manchester today is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and commerce.

5. The city is one of Europe's major tourist destinations, attracting around 13 million visitors a year, and is the second most visited tourist destination in the United Kingdom, after London.

6. Manchester was regarded as the best place in the UK to locate a business.

7. During the 19th century it acquired the nickname Cottonopolis, suggesting it was a metropolis of cotton mills.

8. Owing to its rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian architecture, including numerous stone tenements, it is often considered one of the most picturesque cities in Europe.

9. Manchester was the host of the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and among its other sporting connections are its two Premier League football teams, Manchester United and Manchester City.

10. Manchester was granted city status in 1853.

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