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WRITING An article WRITING
SKILL Referencing words

1 In pairs, discuss what you know about New York.
4 Look at the underlined referencing words in the article.
2 Read the article. What is the tallest building in New York? Match them to the things below.

visitors the lift the One World Trade Center
the tall buildings in Manhattan the Empire State Building

5 Choose the correct referencing words in the text.
The Empire State Building is a skyscraper in New York
in the USA. It is 443m high and there are 103 floors. The ancient city of Angkor Wat is in Cambodia.
They / It is more than 1,000 years old. The temples
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Visitors can take a lift to the 80 floor. It takes one in it / them are beautiful and it / they are very big.
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minute – that’s quicker than the stairs! They can The biggest temple is higher than the city, and the wall
then walk up the stairs or get another lift up to the outside it / they is 4.5 m high. Every year, two million
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observation deck on the 86 floor. For the best views tourists visit them / they. There are lots of other
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of the island of Manhattan, go to the 102 floor. interesting things to see and do in Cambodia too and
About four million visitors visit this tourist 6 it / them isn’t a very expensive country to visit.
attraction each year and there are often long queues,
but it’s worth the wait.
The tallest building in New York is the One World Trade
Center. It’s 541 m high. There are a lot of very tall
buildings in Manhattan, and you can see them all
from Brooklyn Bridge.
YOUR TURN
TO WRITE

PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE

6 Think of a building or monument that you know
about. Make some notes. Use the ideas below or your
own ideas. If you need help, turn to page 150.
● the name of the building or monument
● where it is
● statistics: height / size
● other interesting facts about it
● number of visitors each year

WRITE NOW
7 Write your article.

1 Use the article as a model.
3 Read the article again and answer the questions.
2 Use your notes from exercise 6.
1 How many floors are there in the Empire State Building? 3 Use referencing words to avoid repetition.
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2 How long does it take to reach the 80 floor in the lift?
3 Where are the best views of Manhattan from the Empire CHECK AND CORRECT
State Building? 8 Check and correct your article.
4 How many people visit the Empire State Building every
year? 1 Check that the referencing words are correct.
5 What negative thing about this tourist attraction is 2 In pairs, swap your articles and check each other’s
mentioned? work.
6 How tall is the One World Trade Center?

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