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Answer — Exercise 3

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Read the tips for writing a good blog. Find examples of each tip in Florence's blog.
Which tips did / didn’t Hannah follow? Make six ordinary adjectives in her blog more interesting.
Add the following facts to Hannah's blog in the correct place.

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a)

However, our hotel isn't special at all. We've got a tiny, dirty room and the beds are awful. I had a very restless night.
You can hear the seagulls and smell the sea air even in the prison.
In the 1960s it was home to the hippy movement, but nowadays it's home to a lot of internet companies like Twitter.
The first thing I noticed was how beautiful and cosmopolitan it is here.

b)

Hannah didn't follow:

tip 2 (using all her senses)
tip 3 (basic facts)
tip 4 (using interesting adjectives)

nice → wonderful
old → historic
best → most romantic
pretty → beautiful
nice → spectacular
busy → crowded / touristy

c)

... the Bridge of Sighs, which was designed by Antonio Contino.
... nice old city that was founded around 1,500 years ago.
... Piazza San Marco. Venetians call it 'the Piazza'.
... to get around Venice is to walk because no cars, buses or trains are allowed in.

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