Solutions Pre Interm

What landscape is it?
Last year when I went on holiday, I stayed in a beautiful village by a river. The village lay at the foot of steep green hills and the shallow river ran through the village.
Where did you spend your holiday last year? Describe a landscape of that place.

Look at the photos. Match the activities.
rock climbing
cave diving
kayaking
walking
hiking
Would you enjoy these activities? Why? Why not?
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cave
cliff
desert
forest
hill
lake
mountain
ocean
river
rocks
shore
stream
valley
volcano
waterfall
Label the pictures.
river
cave
waterfall
forest
cliff
rocks
volcano
ocean
desert
hill
mountain
stream
lake
shore
valley

cave
cliff
desert
forest
hill
lake
mountain
ocean
river
rocks
shore
stream
valley
volcano
waterfall
Ex. 2. Match two or more of the nouns below with each photo. Write down.
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Студенты записывают слова в тетради, проверка на след.слайде

Listen to the descriptions, put the pictures according to the recording and check your answers (the previous exercise).
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Translate.
cave
cliff
desert
forest
hill
lake
river
rocks
shore
stream
valley
volcano
mountain
ocean
waterfall
пещера
утес
пустыня
лес
холм
озеро
гора
океан
река
скалы
берег
ручей
долина
вулкан
водопад

Ex. 3. Check the meaning of the adjectives below. Find three pairs of opposites.
dark
deep
icy
low
narrow
rocky
shallow
steep
tall
wide
темный
глубокий
ледяной
низкий
узкий
скалистый
мелкий
обрывистый
высокий
широкий
3 pairs of opposites
deep
shallow
low
tall
narrow
wide
What can be … ?
· cave · cliff · desert · forest · hill · lake · mountain · ocean
· river · rocks · shore · stream · valley · volcano · waterfall
deep
icy
low
narrow
rocky
shallow
steep
tall
wide

Ex. 5. Listen to four adverts. Match three of them with photos.
1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___
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B
C
D
E
E
D
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A

Ex. 6. Listen again. Complete the extracts from the adverts using the prepositions below, nous from exercise 2 and adjectives from exercise 3.
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
through
tall
valleys
rocky
along
near
along
beside
inside
volcano
shallow
deep
down
under
caves
behind
waterfalls

Ex. 7. Read the Recycle! box. Complete the sentences with There’s or There are and match them with photos. There is one extra photo.
Recycle!
There’s
D
There’s
there are
B
There are
A
There’s
E

Watch the video and enjoy it.

Ex. 8. Work in pairs. Describe a typical landscape in your country. Use as much vocabulary as you can. Or your partner guesses the landscape you are describing.
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