English Exercises: big bigger biggest the skyscrapers (B1/B2 level)

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BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST

The skyscrapers

ex 1 Match the words to the pictures :

concrete, stairs, steel, air-conditioning, sand, crane, elevator, windows

ex 2 Match the names of the skyscrapers with the pictures

a, Flatiron.                                           1-
b, Sears tower, 2-
c, Taipei 101.                                      3-
d, World Trade Center.                       4-
e, Burj Dubai. 5-
f, Equitable life building.                    6-
g, United Nation HQ.                          7-

Ex 3 watch the video and complete the table

(complete columns E, F, G with concrete, stairs, steel, air-conditioning, sand, crane, elevator, windows )

	A Name	B Height in meters	C Leap	D City	E The problem	F The answer Major technological improvement	G Burj Dubai’s improvements
1		m				First fully automated safe	Emergency brakes system
2		m					and
3		m				Artificial cooling	Special against infra red coming from the
4		m				Prefabricate sections of the tower and kangoroo	Kangoroo and a « form » where is added
5		m				Exosqueleton	Unpredictable shapes
6		m				Elasticity	desert
7		m				Refuge room	x