Review 5

Vocabulary

1. Circle the odd word out.

1) sky – sun – cloud – sand – moon 2) continent – ocean – river – lake – sea 3) valley – canyon – reef – rock – rainforest 4) giraffe – penguin – monkey – lion – bear 5) flower – grass – tree – bush – fish 6) bee – deer – bat – butterfly – eagle 7) nasty – windy – stormy – foggy – sunny 8) degrees – forecast – season – temperature – weather

2. Match the landscape to its description.

1) a mountain range 2) an ocean 3) an island 4) a rainforest 5) a valley 6) a reef 7) a lake 8) a peak a) There is water all around this place so you need a boat to get to it. b) This is a very large area of sea with many creatures. c) This is a large area of water surrounded by land. d) This is the top of a mountain. e) This is a long line of rock or coral in the sea. f) This is a place with tall trees that grow in an area where it rains a lot. g) This is a group of mountains. h) This is an area of low land between mountains or hills.

3. Complete the sentences with suitable words from the unit.

In winter the weather is usually ___ and ___. I wear ___, ___ and ___. In spring it is usually ___ and ___. I like to wear ___, ___ and ___. In summer the weather is usually ___ and ___. It’s my favourite season. I like to wear ___, ___ and ___. In autumn it is ___, ___ and ___. It is time to wear ___, ___ and ___.

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4. Fill in the article the where necessary.

1) ____ River Nile flows through ____ Egypt. 2) You can go on a tour across ____ Sahara. 3) ____ Everest, the highest mountain in the world, is in ____ Himalayas. 4) ____ Danube runs through many ____ European cities. 5) ____ Azores are a group of islands in ____ Atlantic. 6) ____ Pacific Ocean has many different types of fish. 7) She always loved skiing in ____ Alps. 8) I think Yorkshire is a very beautiful part of ____ England. 9) I went sailing around ____ Lake Geneva. 10) They crossed ____ Black Sea by boat. 11) She lived in ____ Australia for several years. 12) I often go on holiday to ____ Canary Islands.

5. Complete notes with the adjective in the correct structure.

funny / dangerous / colourful / big / useful / friendly / long / hard

1) Butterflies are the ______ insects in the jungle. Some of them are like rainbows. 2) Bees are ______ than wasps because they make honey. 3) Monkeys are ______ than tigers. They are like brown clowns! 4) An elephant is ______ than a bear. Elephants are ______ animals in the jungle. 5) Python is ______ than other snakes. She’s ______ snake in the jungle. 6) Tiger is ______ animal in the jungle. Every animal is afraid of him. 7) Turtle’s shells are ______ than a rock. You can’t break them.

6. Complete the sentences using as…as.

1) That oak tree is ________(tall) the birch. 2) The elephants aren’t _________(dangerous) the lions. 3) The weather today is ___________(bad) yesterday. 4) Today isn’t _____________(windy) yesterday. 5) Rome is ____________(hot) Madrid in summer. 6) This flower is _____________(beautiful) that one.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1) My ski teacher thinks it ______ (not snow) in the mountains tomorrow evening. 2) She thinks that it ______ (rain) next weekend. 3) I ______ (spend) my summer holidays in Greece. 4) ______ they ______ (study) Spanish next year? 5) The weather man ______ (not give) us the forecast for today. 6) Tomorrow ______ (be) a nice day to go swimming. 7) ______ people ______ (live) in Mars?

8. Put the words in the correct order.

1) hope / weather / the / I / nice / will / be 2) everybody / computer / have / a / will / 2050 / in 3) home / won’t / tomorrow / be / they / at 4) Mark / the / buy / what / in / will / supermarket / ? 5) a picnic / for / shall/ tomorrow / go / not / we 6) Monday / will / on / it / rain / ?

projEct Work

9. Make a poster about a place of natural beauty into your country. Write about:

name and location of the place animals and plants (label the pictures)

weather for each season best season to visit

clothes to wear there