Unit 15: Countryside - Collocations & Tourism | Tri Duc English TRI DUC ENGLISH CENTER Unit 15: Countryside Master English Collocations for IELTS & Advanced Communication A. Theory: Writing About the Landscape When describing nature and the countryside, using natural collocations helps elevate your writing score dramatically (especially in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 & Task 2). Collocation Meaning & Context Example Sentence surrounding countryside The nature/land around a specific area. From my room I look out over the surrounding countryside . familiar landscape A view or area of land that you know well. It’s very different from the familiar landscape I see from the windows at home. gentle landscape A landscape with nothing extreme or threatening about it. At home it’s a gentle landscape with open fields. open fields Fields uninterrupted by woods or houses. The village is surrounded by vast open fields . bleak landscape A cold, bare, and empty landscape. Here it’s a bleak landscape with rocky mountains in the distance. follow a path To walk along a specific track/trail. Yesterday we followed a path down to the lake. turn a corner To change direction around a point. As we turned a corner , we caught a glimpse of a kingfisher. catch a glimpse of To see something or someone for a very short time. We caught a glimpse of a rare bird standing in the water. catch sight of To see something suddenly. John tried to take a picture of it but it caught sight of us and flew off. round a bend To go around a curve in a path or road. A little further on we rounded a bend and St John’s Abbey came into view. come into view To become visible. The majestic castle finally came into view . lie in ruins To be completely destroyed or decayed. The Abbey lies in ruins , but it is well worth seeing. dramatic settin...