About Canada & Toronto

TORONTO

1. What do you know about Toronto?

2. Can you place it on this map?

Check your answer here.

3. Read the following statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F).

a) Toronto is on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, near the US border.

b) Toronto is Canada’s largest city.

c) Toronto is the capital city of Canada.

d) It is a major economic and cultural center for the country.

e) Toronto was founded as York by the British in the late 1700s.

f) 8 million people live in the Greater Toronto Area.

g) Neighbourhoods such as China Town, Greektown and Little Italy are examples of Toronto’s diversity.

i) The Art Gallery of Ontario was designed by the American architect Frank Gehry.

j) Toronto is nicknamed “The City that Dreams”.

k) Chipmunks are animals you can see in parks in Toronto.

l) Toronto is North America’s fifth largest city.

m) In Toronto there’s a square which looks like Times Square in New York City.

n) You can buy vintage clothes at Saint Lawrence Market.

o) You can buy fresh food at the Kensington Markets.

p) You can meet Snoopy and his friends in Canada’s Wonderland.

q) The largest fall of Niagara Falls is the Horseshoe Fall.

r) The Horseshoe Fall (in Niagara Falls) sits on the border with New York State.

4. Watch this video and check your answers to number 3. Correct the false sentences with the right information.

5. Watch again and put the following in the right order (as they appear on the video):

6. Which do you think are the top 5 travel attractions in Toronto? Watch this video and compare.

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