What are the sights?

●We analyzed explanatory dictionaries, articles about

travelling and sights, stories of tourists

●Also we interviewed teachers and pupils of our school

Our hypothesis : 

A sight is a place or thing that is very famous and popular among tourists. It is usually connected with some

important event.

According to explanatory dictionaries the sights are

the interesting places, especially in a town or city, that are often visited by tourists

The analysis of explanatory dictionaries

Each country, each area and even each city has the sights – those places which are to be visited. And each sight has the

history often fanned by legends

Articles about the sights

The city is full of sights and significant places. Such abundance of historical and architectural instructions and

sights confirms the status of “cultural capital”

Stories of tourists

The sights are…

●Historical places of cities

●Unique architectural constructions

●Famous places of a city

●The places fanned by secrets and riddles

●Beautiful, memorable places which decorate a city

The poll of teachers

The sights are…

●Famous places and buildings of a city

●Historical places

●Beautiful and magnificent places

●Places which are visited by tourists

The poll of pupils

Our hypothesis was

A sight is a place or thing that is

 very famous and popular among tourists. It is usually connected with some important event

After analyzing explanatory dictionaries, articles about travelling and sights, stories of tourists we can say that it is

true

The result

According to the polls of teachers and pupils

The sights are unique places and architectural constructions of cities representing the greatest interest for tourists

The polls

So, the problem of defining the term “the sights” was solved by the analysis of literature and the polls