Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles { Adjectives to describe places in city or country } Hi everyone I am Niharika and welcome back to a new lesson well we all visit new places, right? we go on vacations we get to see new places we get to stroll along the streets sip on wine Look at scenic beauty, so yes that is when we go visit new places now when you come back, people would ask you, "hey how was your holiday?" or how was the place?, how was Germany?, how was India? so we need some descriptive words that would help us to describe the city or the town or the country that we visited. So, In this lesson we are going to look at some adjectives to describe places, so the next time you go on holiday when you come back you know what to say are even if it's not a holiday even if you go for your work purpose or for business you can come back and talk about the city or the country that you visited so the very first adjective that you can use for a city which is very historic, which has long history is the word 'Ancient' okay so like Egypt the country is absolutely ancient so it means it's very historic it has a long history, okay so that's another adjective that you can use for a city or for a country which has a long history, okay . The next one 'Attractive' a very simple adjective that you can use for most of the the cities and countries attractive is a city or a country which is absolutely a treat to your eyes, which means it's beautiful okay it's lovely and it's very pleasant for your eyes okay so There are so many cities which are so beautiful, so attractive Let's pick up anything, Let's pick up 'Agra' okay , Agra is a city in India and Agra has Taj Mahal so Agra is absolutely attractive or it's lovely, it's beautiful okay so the adjectives that you can use to describe a beautiful City. the next one 'Bustling', okay 'Bustling' it means a city which is very crowded very crowded very busy a city that never sleeps so, New York yeah New York is great example, that's a city that never sleeps . It's quite a bustling city or Mumbai Mumbai for that matter Mumbai is also a very busy and a very very crowded city so places like New York or Mumbai are the cities that never sleep. They are very crowded okay the moment you step out of your apartment or your hotel you would see so many people lot of traffic and very busy okay people are just you running around so that means the city is quite bustling, right? The next one - 'Contemporary' 'Contemporary' - well it's a perfect adjective for a city which is very modern and up to date Okay, like Manchester Manchester gives you a very contemporary feel it's very modern okay it's a very up-to-date City right so this is another adjective that you can use for cities like Singapore, Manchester, Okay they are very modern the next one - 'Lively' A city which is very vibrant, so I'm sorry it vibrant again, New York is a very vibrant city, right? it's also said that New York is a city that never sleeps and so either you can use the word lively or you can also use the word bustling but different meanings Lively is a city which is very vibrant but bustling is very crowded and very busy. So yes Lively is is used for a city which is alive okay which is very vibrant and like for example the nightlife of Mumbai is very lively okay so that's how you can use the adjective. The next one - 'Dull' you visit a place, which is boring has no life then that city is pretty dull know there are some towns in Europe where the life is pretty boring. or maybe when you go countryside okay, the countryside is always very dull and very boring it's not like the city life, it's completely different, right? so maybe for some towns or some places which are located at the countryside can be dull, okay, So dull is little boring or a city without any life okay but at times people do like to goal to dull places okay so it's okay when you just wanna relax and you want to be away from the traffic from bustling cities then people do like going to these dull places. The next one- 'Picturesque' okay that how you pronounce it 'Picturesque' 'Picturesque' is a city which is absolutely charming. charming in a very unusual way so city like Istanbul okay, Istanbul is in Turkey, So Istanbul is 'Picturesque' it's absolutely charming and it's again a treat to your eyes, so this is another adjective that you can use for charming beautiful cities. And then the last one - 'Touristic' 'Touristic' is a place city or a country which is very busy with tourists okay it's always very crowded and especially during the holiday season you would spot a lot of tourists visiting that place. Tourist city can be Goa, Goa which is located in India okay, It's a state but Goa is a very very touristic place, people love going to Goa in fact the whole economy is dependent on tourists. So a place like Goa and which is very crowded during the holiday season okay so these are the adjectives that would help you to talk about the places that you visit use them because we all travel. Let me know the last place that you visited and use one of these adjectives to describe it right I'll be back with a new lesson, till then you take care and have a great day!!
A2 bustling dull adjective crowded goa mumbai English Conversation lesson – Adjectives to describe places (Learn English with subtitles) 494 75 VoiceTube posted on 2015/11/28 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary