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Vocabulary - The Natural World: Unit 8: Adventure

1) The document provides vocabulary related to the natural world including beaches, oceans, lakes, seas, islands, mountains, glaciers, deserts, waterfalls, rivers, and rainforests. 2) It includes exercises labeling a picture with the vocabulary words and completing sentences about lakes, rivers, beaches, oceans, rainforests, and mountains. 3) Another exercise completes a fact file about Australia mentioning rivers, deserts, beaches, islands, oceans, rainforests, mountains, and oceans.

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Vocabulary - The Natural World: Unit 8: Adventure

1) The document provides vocabulary related to the natural world including beaches, oceans, lakes, seas, islands, mountains, glaciers, deserts, waterfalls, rivers, and rainforests. 2) It includes exercises labeling a picture with the vocabulary words and completing sentences about lakes, rivers, beaches, oceans, rainforests, and mountains. 3) Another exercise completes a fact file about Australia mentioning rivers, deserts, beaches, islands, oceans, rainforests, mountains, and oceans.

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Unit 8 : Adventure

Vocabulary – The natural world

Exercise 1b*
Use the words to label the picture.

beach / ocean / lake / sea / island / mountain / glacier / desert / waterfall / river /
rainforest / valley
Exercise 2**
Complete the sentences.
lakes / river / beach / ocean / rainforest / mountain
 Example:
1
We didn't go swimming at the beach
because the ocean was dirty.
 2
Finland has thousands of beautiful________________. People do water sports on them.
 3
The Mississippi is the longest _____________________in the United States.
 4
Emma is studying trees in the Amazon _______________in Brazil.
 5
Mont Blanc is the highest ______________________ in Western Europe.

Jason sailed across the ______ in his boat, the Marie Louise.

Exercise 3***
Complete the fact file with these words.

river / deserts / beaches / island / ocean / rainforest / mountains / ocean

Fact file: Australia


Australia is a continent and a country. It is also an island with the Indian ________

to the east and the South Pacific ____________ to the west. Australia has many
______________. It is very hot and dry there, and in some parts it hardly ever rains.
There are __________ in the eastern part of Australia, but they are not very high. The highest one is
2,228 meters. There are other ____________ in southwestern Australia and in the center of the
country.
Water is very important in this dry country, and Australia's most important __________ is the
Darling. It is 1,879 kilometers long.
In the east, there is a small area of ___________. This is the home of many kinds of trees, plants,
birds and other animals.
Australia is famous for its beautiful sandy __________. People swim and surf there.

Reading the Amazing African Experience

Exercise 1*
Read the newspaper article quickly. Choose the best title for the article.

1. Track in Africa
2. School Track Team in Africa
3. The Runner—David Rudisha
Reading the Amazing African Experience
Exercise 2*
Read the article. Choose the correct options.

 Example:

 Maxine is visiting Africa with her school track team.
 2
The team have been in Africa for two (weeks / months).
 3
They (saw some / didn't see any) lions in Tanzania.
 4
Maxine is learning to (cook / dance).
 5
David Rudisha is a famous (runner / swimmer).

Reading the Amazing African Experience.

Exercise 3***
Read the statements. Choose true, false or don't know.

 Example:
1
Most people on Maxine's track team have never visited Europe.
True
False
don't know
 2
The team has visited five countries in Africa.
True
False
don't know
 3
Maxine has swum in the Atlantic Ocean.
True
False
don't know
 4
She saw Victoria Falls in Tanzania.
True
False
don't know
 5
Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Africa.
True
False
don't know
 6
Maxine enjoys African dancing.
True
False
don't know
 7
Her favorite place in Africa is Kenya.
True
False
don't know

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