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Task 1. Complete the names of natural places.
1. The Yangtze is the longest r i v e r in Asia.
2. The deepest l…… in the world is Baikal in Siberia.
3. The Andes is the world’s longest mountain r……
4. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world’s highest w…… .
5. The Amazon r…… is getting smaller every year because of deforestation.
6. The world’s driest d…… is the Atacama in Chile.
7. The Pacific is the largest o…… in the world.
Task 2. 4 Rearrange the letters and complete the sentences.
1. Kirsty likes travelling to wild (lidw) places. wild
2. Some people like cities but I prefer living in a (rrlau) area. It’s more relaxing.
3. Yellowstone is a famous (nalonita) park in the USA. It is a great place for
camping.
4. You can find out all about the local trees and animals at the (liwfiled) centre.
5. On Saturdays they go to the beach. They love being in the (hersf) air.
6. Many people visit this part of the country because it is an area of (laranut) beauty.
7. What is the largest (ractipol) rain forest?
8. This map shows all the (eriglhagcaop) features of this area.
9. There is a lot of (lautufeib) scenery here.
10. It is very exciting to sleep (rotosudo).
11. Mount Vesuvius in Italy and Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland are both famous
(sloocvena).
Task 3. Complete the newspaper extracts with the words in the box.
drought earthquake flood forest fire thunderstorms tsunami volcanic
eruption
0 The forest fire has destroyed thousands of 4 The was very strong
trees in Yosemite National Park. and hundreds of buildings fell down.
1 The rivers are dry and there is no water for the
animals because of the . 5 Heavy rain has caused and the
water is nearly three metres deep in places.
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2 People have left the area because hot lava from
the is coming down the mountain.
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6 This weekend there will be .
and rain all over the country.
3 The that hit the coast was 10
metres high and destroyed the villages.
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ANSWER KEY
Task 1.
2. lake 3. range 4. waterfall 5. river 6. desert 7. ocean
Task 2.
2. rural 3. national 4. wildlife 5. fresh 6. natural 7. tropical 8. geographical 9. beautiful
10. outdoors 11. volcanoes
Task 3.
1. drought 2. volcanic 3. tsunami 4. earthquake 5. flood 6. thunderstorms
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