Passport to English Logo

Lesson 13 - The City
Navigation: Home Advanced Level Lesson 13 → Listening
Pages in this lesson: Vocabulary - Grammar - Listening - Dialogue - Reading - Expressions - Dictation - Game
This page: Listen to a dialogue of someone booking a sightseeing tour of the city of Chicago.

Chicago

"Chicago Tour"
Listening Exercise

Key Words

Below you will find a list of key vocabulary you need to know to understand the lesson. Click on each word to hear it and practice its pronunciation.

landmark
a famous place or building in a city
skyscraper
a very tall building with many floors
observatory
a place at the top of a building where you can look at the view
heights
high places far above the ground
spare
to save something from being destroyed or harmed
pier
a structure that goes out over the water
museum
a place where people see art, history, or science
exhibit
something that is shown to the public
planetarium
a place where people learn about stars and space
culinary
related to cooking or food

 

Exercise - Key Words

Read the definition and select the word that was defined.

1. high places far above the ground
   

2. a very tall building with many floors
   

3. a famous place or building in a city
   

4. a place at the top of a building where you can look at the view
   

5. a structure that goes out over the water
   

6. to save something from being destroyed or harmed
   

7. a place where people learn about stars and space
   

8. a place where people see art, history, or science
   

9. related to cooking or food
   

10. something that is shown to the public
   

 

Listening Comprehension

Instructions
Select the places that are visited on each tour.

► Listen to the dialogue

Chicago Landmarks Tour

1) Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
2) Chicago Avenue Pumping Station    
3) Field Museum
4) Sears Tower
5) Museum of Science and Industry
6) Navy Pier
7) Water Tower

Museum Tour

1) Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
2) Chicago Avenue Pumping Station
3) Field Museum
4) Sears Tower
5) Museum of Science and Industry
6) Navy Pier
7) Water Tower

     

 

Next
Dialogue

 

Advanced English - Lesson 13 - The City
Vocabulary - Grammar - Listening - Dialogue - Reading - Expressions - Dictation - Game

 

Important Links

Beginning - Intermediate - Advanced - Teachers

Pronouns - Pronunciation Rules - Verbs - Irregular Verbs

Vocabulary - Grammar - Pronunciation - Spelling

Common Words - Study Abroad

Dialogues - Reading