Around Mexico City

Writing exercise

Listen to a conversation between a Canadian tourist and a tour guide, then complete the following sentences with the missing information.

  1. The tour was one of the best / the most interesting experiences the tourist has experienced.
  2. The tourist considers that Mexican culture is more interesting / richer / better than his/her own culture.
  3. Mexico city is more populated than other cities in Mexico.
  4. Cholula and Teotihuacan archaeological zones are nearer / closer from Mexico City than Chichén Itza or Tulum.
  5. Cholula pyramid in Puebla, is one of the biggest / the largest pyramids in the world.
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The best restaurant

Imagine that you and your friend want to eat Mexican food and you are trying to find the best place to eat. Read the table below and according to the information, make sentences to compare the restaurants. Use comparatives, superlatives and linking words (and, but, also).

Look at the example:

Cielito lindo - modern - good. Cielito lindo is the most modern restaurant. Also, it is the best one.

Notice that in this example you can use “one”. Remember that to avoid repeating words, you can use ONE when you are talking about a singular countable noun or ONES when you are talking about a plural countable noun. If you want to check more about this, click on the following link.

Restaurant ”Cielito Lindo” Restaurant “Viva Mexico” Restaurant “Mi Pueblito”
Modern 🖥️🖥️🖥️ 🖥️🖥️ 🖥️
Good 👌👌👌 👌 👌👌
Expensive 💵💵💵 💵 💵💵
Delicious 😍😍 😍😍😍 😍
Crowded 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Friendly staff 😃 😃😃 😃😃😃
Popular ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐
Small 🏠🏠🏠 🏠🏠 🏠
Beautiful 🌻🌻🌻 🌻 🌻🌻
  1. Cielito lindo - Mi Pueblito - expensive - delicious - also
    Cielito lindo is more expensive than Mi Pueblito. Also, it is more delicious.
  2. Viva Mexico - delicious - crowded - but
    Viva Mexico is the most delicious, but the most crowded restaurant.
  3. Viva Mexico - friendly staff - popular - and
    Viva Mexico has the friendliest staff and it is the most popular restaurant.
  4. Viva Mexico - Cielito lindo - popular - beautiful - but
    Viva Mexico is more popular than Cielito lindo, but Cielito lindo is the most beautiful.
  5. Cielito lindo - small - expensive - and
    Cielito lindo is the smallest and the most expensive restaurant.

Yummy food!

Sometimes people use some websites such as Tripadvisor to give opinions about the places they visit. Imagine that you want to give your opinion on this website about ”Viva Mexico” restaurant. Read the text below. Then write a 30-40 word paragraph to tell people your opinion about “Cielito lindo”. Use the information in the previous exercise as well as the connectors and, but, also, or.

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"Wonderful Experience!

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"Viva Mexico" is one of the most popular restaurants and its food is the most delicious in the city. Probably it is more crowded than other restaurants but its staff is friendly and cool. The place is also modern and it's not very expensive. Give it a try!

The best place ever!

"Cielito lindo" is the most beautiful restaurant in the city. It has very delicious food, but it is a bit expensive. Also, the restaurant is one of the most modern and it isn't very crowded. Probably there are bigger or more popular places than it, but I'm sure you'll love it!