Cover of the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.2 - Down under for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss the differences in meaning between each pair of words.

Answer

  1. A palace is a large building where a king or queen lives (or lived), but a castle is an old building, built to defend people from attack.
  2. A museum is a place where people can see important objects related to art, science or history for example, but an art gallery only has art on display.
  3. A pub specialises in selling wine and beer although it may also sell food, but a café specialises in selling simple food and drink and the drinks are usually non-alcoholic.
  4. A park is a public space, but a garden is a private space attached to a house which may sometimes be open to the public.
  5. A lake is a large area of water surrounded by land, but a fountain is a structure, often in the middle of a lake, that sends water up into the air.
  6. You can buy books from a bookshop, but you can only borrow them from a library.
  7. A shop is a building where you can buy things, but a market is a large building or outside area where different people sell things from tables or stalls.
  8. A square is an open area with buildings around it, but a roundabout is a circular area where reads meet and which cars must drive around.
  9. A hostel and a hotel are both places to stay when you are travelling or away from home, but a hostel is cheaper; often for students and may have shared dormitories.
  10. A canal is a long, man-made area of water, created for boats to travel along, but a river is a long, natural area of water which flows across land to the sea.