Life skills 5

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the words below. Use each word only once.

desert / savannah / forest / continent / hill / mountain / cave / animals / river / national park

3) The ______ in London is called the Thames. 4) The ______ has a wet and dry season. It is a place with a lot of tall grass. 5) Antarctica is the only ______ where people do not live because it is so cold. 6) We must take care of our planet, plants and ______. 7) People go to a ______ to enjoy nature. It is a large piece of land. 8) He likes dark places, so exploring a _____ is perfect for him. 9) We walked to the top of a small ______ to enjoy the view of the town. 10) It’s easy to get lost in a ______ because the trees make it hard to see where you are.

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2. What do you know about jungles? Choose the correct word in italics to complete the text.

Jungles are beautiful, cold/hot and dry/wet places. They are very green/ yellow/white because it rains nearly every day. Jungles are found in Africa, Asia, Australia and Central and South America. A lot of fantastic flowers, plants/hills/grass and animals live in jungles. Many animals are in danger because people are destroying the jungles. There are big oceans/seas/ rivers in lots of jungles. You must be careful because there are dangerous crocodiles/monkeys/koalas in some of them. You need three things to survive in the jungle: water, food and fire.

Many people who live in the jungle have their homes next to a river or a waterfall/lake/cliff because they need to drink its water. People often travel up or down the lake/river/waterfall by boat. Rivers are the roads in the jungle. Jungles are very important to the ecology of the Earth.

3. Answer the questions and give your opinion.

1) How can you describe the jungles? 2) What dangerous things are there in the jungle? 3) What is a role of rivers in the jungle? 4) Would you like to visit this place? Why? Why not? 5) Do you think you could survive in the jungle?

listEning

4. Сomplete the weather forecast with missing words. Listen and check.

Fahrenheit / east / temperature / sunny / wet / storms / cloudy / north / thunderstorm

Good afternoon! This is Mark Colby with the weather forecast for the United States. Now, let’s see what the weather is like today. Starting with the 1)_______ of the country.

In Chicago it’s a 2)_______ day with a temperature of around 65 degrees 3)_______. Unfortunately for all of you who live in New York it’s very 4)_______. Yes, there is a chance to rain all day with an average temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

In the 5)_______ it’s windy and rainy all day today. There may be a 6)_______ in the evening. The 7)_______ is a bit higher, at around 65 degrees. In the west of the country the weather is dry, but cloudy. It’s no rain, but it’s quite windy and the temperature is just 60 degrees.

In the south it’s 8)_______ all day in San Francisco, with a nice hot temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit. But look out Miami. There are some big 9)_______, all day is cloudy and rainy. The temperature is hot, it is around 78 degrees.

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5. Look at the fact file about whale and shark and compare them. Use comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.

dangerous fast

long old intelligent big

young small

Features

Lifespan

80-90 years 70 years

Weight 180,000kg 2,250kg

Body size 30 meters 6 meters Swim speed 50km per hour 40km per hour Diet little fish meat Quantity of teeth don't have teeth 300 teeth

Writing

6. Imagine you have got a message from our planet Earth. Read and answer.

Dear students, I’m unhappy. My land is empty. The air and water are not clear. My seas and rivers are dirty. Garbage is everywhere in my cities and villages. People cut my trees and grass. Many animals are in danger. The biggest problem for me is climate change. Weather and temperature change, too. What will you do to help me? Please, help me. With love, Earth

usE of English

7. Read the text and fill in the missing words.

In the UK there are four 1) _______: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The weather is 2) _______in each of them, but all of them are beautiful.

The summer is hot and 3) _______with only a little rain sometimes. However, it’s cold and 4) _______for one or two weeks. British people like to spend a lot of time outside when it is a nice day.

The 5) _______ comes after the summer. The weather gets colder and there are stronger 6) _______. It often rains and people take 7) _______ when they go out. The weather is cloudy and 8) _______. All the leaves start to fall off the trees as it is cold.

The winter is 9) _______season in the UK. The temperature is often at zero 10) _______Celsius. The UK does not get much 11) _______, mainly just cold rain and wind. Many children go skiing with their families.

When the winter ends the spring starts. The temperature starts to get 12) _______and the winds are not so strong. Colourful 13) _______ fly in the air. Birds sing sweet songs. The weather is sometimes rainy, 14) _______and foggy. Children play games in the parks.

A B C D 1 weather seasons groups forecasts 2 warm nice cool different 3 sunny cloudy rainy snowy 4 stormy thunder wet fog 5 winter autumn summer spring 6 clouds lightning sun winds 7 umbrellas hats boots glovers 8 shinning foggy icy warm 9 cold more colder colder the coldest 10 temperature forecast degrees weather 11 snow rain rainbow sky 12 warm warmer the warmest more warmer 13 birds bats bees butterflies 14 windy clear rainy stormy