New York Exercises 1

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1 New York Exercises 1 1 A N S W E R T H E Q U E S T I O N S I N Y O UR O W N W O R D S! How many people live in New York? Name the five boroughs of the city : The central part of New York is How can you get to Staten Island? Why is New York called a melting pot? Where is Ellis Island and why was it important? What kind of immigrants came to New York after World War II? How did the Statue of Liberty get to America? Why is Times Square called Crossroads of the World? The best known building in New York is What can you do in Central Park? When was it constructed and what kind of difficulties did builders face? Which parts of New York does Brooklyn Bridge connect? Name a few famous museums in New York. How can you get around in the city? Who was the first navigator to explore New York? What was New York called at the beginning?

2 New York Exercises 2 2 M A T C H T H E W O R D S W I T H T H E D E F I N I T I O N S A entry point boat that brings people and goods across a river or a sea B seaport if you don t have enough money to pay your bills C D E suburb ferry borough an object that an artist makes of stone, wood or other materials material that is made by mixing sand, cement and water ; it is used to construct buildings small area that is in a larger area where people of a different nationality live F achievement place where an immigrant gets into a new country G concrete level or floor of a building H crown taxi I gift a district of New York J K storey huge circle made of gold and jewels that kings and queens have on their heads an area where people live which is away from the centre of the city L sculpture situation in which many people are very poor M bankrupt large town on or near a coast with a harbour that ships can use N developer line that separates two areas O poverty very big P border person who buys land and plans to build something new on it Q enclave present R cab something important that you have done

3 New York Exercises 3 3 T R U E O R F A L S E? Brooklyn is the only borough on the mainland. People who came to New York by boat had to show their documents on Liberty Island. T F The first immigrants came from England, Germany and Scandinavia. Central Park was once a wet area with many trees. Tourists can go up to the torch of the Statue of Liberty. France gave America the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of friendship. Before the Empire State Building was built the World Trade Centre was the tallest building in New York. Broadway is the theatre district of New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a big collection of European and American paintings. New York s subway system is the biggest in the world. The English were the first to set up a trading post in what is today s Manhattan New York was America s first capital city. At the end of World War II New York almost went bankrupt. The World Trade Centre was the target of terrorist attacks twice. One legend says that farmers referred to New York as the Big Apple.

4 New York Exercises 4 4 P U T T H E E V E N T S O F N E W Y O R K S H I S T O R Y I N T O T H E I R The British took over the city. The Empire State building was built. 1 Henry Hudson sailed up a river that later was named after him The first attack on the World Trade Centre killed six people. The Dutch set up a trading post called New Amsterdam. The first waves of immigrants came to the city. The city went through a big economic crisis. New York became the capital of the United States. Terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Centre. 5 W O R D M I X U N S C R A M B L E T H E W O R D S A N D M A K E C O R R E C T O N E S! AHTANTAMN YBOKLNOR ESQEUN OWRDAABY TELKCRAPANR AWSBUY LLEAWSTETR

5 New York Exercises 5 6 C O M P L E T E T H E T E X T O N T H E S I G H T S O F N E W Y O R K B Y F I L L I N G I N T H E C O R R E C T W O R D S F R O M T H E B O X! New York is a city that many sights a tourist can see. The Statue of Liberty is probably the most famous of them. It is situated on a on Liberty Island, which you can only by. Visitors can go up to the deck in the but cannot move up to the itself. The Statue of Liberty was a that France gave to the United States over a hundred years ago. Times Square is a place that is full of. Millions of people see it on television every New Year s Eve when a big celebration is held. It got its name because the New York Times was first there. Today you can see many billboards and signs and movie theatres surround the. The Empire State building is New York s most famous. It was build in the 1930s and was New York s biggest building for a long time. It has been a star in many, like King Kong or Superman. Central Park lies in the of Manhattan. It is about four kilometres long and serves as the green lung of New York. The park has many lakes, playgrounds and. When it was created over 150 years ago it was in the middle of a area. Brooklyn Bridge connects with Brooklyn, New York s most borough. It East river and is one of the best known bridges in the city. crown electronic ferry films fountains life Manhattan middle observation offer pedestal populous present published reach skyscraper spans square torch wet

6 New York Exercises 6 7 F I N D S O M E I N F O R M A T I O N A B O U T T H E S E P L A C E S ON T H E I N T E R N E T A N D W R I T E T H E M A I N F A C T S I N T O T H E B O X! ROCKEFELLER CENTRE FIFTH AVENUE NASDAQ HARLEM CHINATOWN

7 New York Exercises 7 8 C R O S S W O R D Created with EclipseCrossword ACROSS DOWN 2. someone who lives in a place 6. underground railroad 7. person who has no home and travels from one place to the next 8. someone who comes from a country where Spanish or Portuguese is spoken, especially from Central or South America 11. base, platform 13. very, very big 14. when you don't have enough money to pay for your bills 17. line that separates two areas 18. to take control of a plane or ship by using force 19. present 1. something important that you have done 3. very tall modern building 4. borough of New York 5. circle made of gold and jewels that kings and queens wear on their heads 8. river through New York 9. American word for taxi 10. famous museum in New York 12. area where people live which is away from the centre of a city 15. the country or place which somebody has come from 16. an object that produces fire and burns at one end

8 New York Exercises 8 9 A F T E R A T W O W E E K V I S I T TO N E W Y O R K W R I T E A L E T - T E R B A C K H O M E A N D D E S C R I B E W H A T Y O U H A V E S E E N!

9 New York Exercises 9 10 F I N D 1 2 W O R D S IN T H E G R I D B E L O W T H A T Y O U H A V E S E E N IN T H E T E X T A N D M A R K T H E M! S U B W A Y W M Y T R P O Z C Q T R M A N H A T T A N Q N T Y I O B O J B L A I F U N L I U Q N C Q Y T W O M E D M S E I B X P K K G F H E D D J Z Z X O C M T E B U N S Q Z B V B B F I H E Z X S J S O C I N N P G R P I F P C D Q O Q G T L V A O F W N K I H U K J A Z Z W C E N T R A L P A R K P F I X H A I Y V P T W R N V P H U I L U O Q E J J O E P G L G E W H A V B R O A D W A Y E Y B D W Q M V H I S P A N I C S U L M W J N Y Z W X D P J N D D