Vocabulary with Montreal

Did you know Montreal is the world’s largest fully bilingual city, ranked 8th among the 10 best cities to visit in the world? (‘Best in Travel 2013’ guide, Lonely Planet).

It is also the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second largest city in Canada.

But there’s so much more to it than that...

We have a few more interesting facts about this exciting city. Can you guess what the words in CAPITAL LETTERS mean?

Learn English in Montreal

• 1. Montreal is the second largest FRANCOPHONE city in the world, after Paris in France of course!
  
  French speaking
  Built by the French
  Governed by the French
  
  
• 2. During its 350th year (celebrated in 1992), most of the city’s attractions were RENOVATED.
  
  To change
  To revive
  To repair or restore to an earlier condition
  
  
• 3. Montreal is regarded as one of North America’s greatest COSMOPOLITAN cities.
  
  To be full of exciting places to visit
  To be different
  To have cultural elements from all over the world/ parts of the world
  
  
• 4. It is one of Canada’s most important ports, VITAL for the transhipment of sugar, grain, oil, machinery and other manufactured goods.
  
  To be famous or popular
  Extremely necessary, important or essential
  
  
• 5. Montreal is also an important railway HUB, with an underground rail system called the Metro.
  
  Central station
  Most important area
  A place of central activity
  
  
• 6. The city was INITIALLY called Ville-Marie (City of Mary).
  
  Commonly
  Originally
  Intentionally
  
  
• 7. Montreal’s "Underground City" is a climate-controlled LABYRINTH of 2000 shops, spreading over 18 miles.
  
  A maze or network of passages
  Underground system
  Unusual place
  
  
• 8. Benjamin Franklin was sent to Montreal during the American Revolution to PERSUADE the Canadians to join the American cause against the British.
  
  To make a great offer, negotiate
  To convince someone to do something through reasoning or argumentation
  To discuss in an arrogant manner