Seattle Washington Gap-Fill Task
DIRECTIONS: Listen to the text and fill in the missing verbs in the blanks below.
Word Bank (Random Order): live • became • is • has • were
1. Seattle the largest city in the U.S. state of Washington.
2. It home to the Space Needle and a monorail.
3. They built for the 1962 World's Fair.
4. Seattle also the American headquarters of Starbucks coffee, Amazon.com and Nordstrom.
5. In the 1980s and 1990s, grunge music artists like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and others from the city popular.
6. Seattle many sports teams, including the Seattle Mariners (baseball), the Seattle Seahawks (American football), the Sounders FC (soccer), and the Seattle Storm (women's basketball).
7. Seattle a lot of water around it, with Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean to the west, Lake Washington to the east, and Lake Union to the north.
8. More than 3,000,000 (3 million) people in the city or near it.
9. The University of Washington in Seattle.
10. Seattle a warm-summer Mediterranean climate and a very high annual rainfall.
SUMMARY OF MAIN POINTS:
• Seattle is the largest city in Washington state, famous for landmarks like the Space Needle built for the 1962 World's Fair.
• It serves as a major corporate hub for companies like Starbucks, Amazon, and Nordstrom.
• Culturally renowned for the 1980s/1990s grunge music movement (Nirvana, Pearl Jam) and diverse professional sports teams.
• Geographically surrounded by water (Puget Sound, Pacific Ocean, Lake Washington, Lake Union) with a Mediterranean climate and high annual rainfall.