This document contains a unit on water that includes various questions about water facts and properties. It asks the reader about when to drink hot water and lemon, the percentage of an iceberg under water, the boiling point of water, towns with low rainfall, daily water usage, why people need to drink water, locations with little water, and how desert dwellers wash dishes. It also includes vocabulary on verbs related to water use and comprehension questions. Finally, it covers question words and forming questions using different question words.

2. Unit 3:
Water
3.1 Wet and
Dry

3. What do you know about
water?
1. When is it good to drink a cup of hot
water and lemon?
a.) early in the morning
b.) late at night

4. What do you know about
water?
2. What
percentage of an
iceberg is under
the water?
a.) 70%
b.) 90%

5. What do you know about
water?
3. At what
temperature does
water boil?
a.) 50◦C
b.) 100◦C

6. What do you know about
water?
4. Which town doesn't have a lot of
rain?
a.) Antofagasta, Chile
b.) Reykjavik, Iceland

7. What do you know about
water?
5. Who uses about 500 litres of water a
day?
a.) a Chinese person
b.) an American person

8. What do you know about
water?
6. Why do people need
to drink a lot of
water?
a.) because a lot of
our body is water
b.) because water
has a lot of
vitamins

9. What do you know about
water?
6. Where in the world
is there almost no
water?
a.) in the mountains
b.) in the deserts

10. What do you know about
water?
7. How do people in
the desert wash
their dishes?
a.) with sand
b.) with water

11. VOCABULARY:
verbs connected with water
Which of these verbs are connected with using water?
 boil
change
 cook
 drink
find
 freeze
make
sleep
stop
 swim
 wash
 waste

12. Complete these questions with
one of the verbs in Exercise 2a.
1. Do you drink a lot of tea in the morning?
2. Do you _____ water to make coffee?
3. Do you _____ in the sea or in a swimming
pool?
4. Do you _____ dinner in the evening?
5. Do you _____ your car every week?
6. Do you _____ two litres of water everyday?

13. Complete these questions with
one of the verbs in Exercise 2a.
1. Do you drink a lot of tea in the morning?
2 Do you boil water to make coffee?
3. Do you swim in the sea or in a swimming
pool?
4. Do you cook dinner in the evening?
5. Do you wash your car every week?
6. Do you drink two litres of water everyday?

14. cactus
camel
plant
rock
sand

15. sand

16. cactus
camel
plant
rock
sand

17. cactus

18. cactus
camel
plant
rock
sand

19. camel

20. cactus
camel
plant
rock
sand

21. plant

22. cactus
camel
plant
rock
sand

23. rock

24. Listen to the interview again
and

tick
the ideas you hear.
 1. Deserts are not all the same.
 2. There's almost no water in deserts.
 3. Life in deserts is difficult.
4. Dangerous anials live in deserts.
5. People don't live in deserts.
 6. Desert people don't stay in one place.

25. Listen to the first part of the
interview and complete the
sentences with a number.
1. In hot deserts, the temperature changes
from
____ degrees in the day to ____ at
night.
2. Only ____ percent of the world's deserts
are sand.
3. Deserts have a maximum of ____

26. Listen to the second part of the
interview and complete the
notes.
Life in the desert
Animals: a lot of them 1.) sleep in the day.
They 2.) _____ for food at night.
Plants: the Sagurao cactus 3.) ____ five
tonnes of water in its body.
People: they 4.) ____ from place to place. In
Australia they 5.) ____ desert plants and

27. Listen to the second part of the
interview and complete the
notes.
Life in the desert
Animals: a lot of them 1.) sleep in the day.
They 2.) _____ for food at night.
Plants: the Sagurao cactus 3.) ____ five
tonnes of water in its body.
People: they 4.) ____ from place to place. In
Australia they 5.) ____ desert plants and

28. Underline the question words.
When is it good to drink a cup of hot water
and lemon?
What percentage of an iceberg is under the
water?
Which town doesn't have a lot of rain?
Who uses about 500 litres of water a day?
Why do people need to drink a lot of water?
Where in the world is there almost no water?

29. Underline the question words.
When is it good to drink a cup of hot water
and lemon?
What percentage of an iceberg is under the
water?
Which town doesn't have a lot of rain?
Who uses about 500 litres of water a day?
Why do people need to drink a lot of water?
Where in the world is there almost no water?

30. 1. What asks about a thing or an
what
where
when
why
who
how
which
idea.
2. ____ asks about a person.
3. ____ asks about a place.
4. ____ asks about time.
5. ____ asks about the way we do
something.
6. ____ asks about the reason for
something.
7. ____ asks about a choice

31. 1. What asks about a thing or an idea.
2. Who asks about a person.
3. Where asks about a place.
4. When asks about time.
5. How asks about the way we do
something.
6. Why asks about the reason for
something.

32. 1. When / Who / Where do you live?
2. How / What / Who do you study?
3. Which / Why / What do you want to learn
English?
4. How / Who / Why do you remember from your
first school?
5. Who / Where / What do you meet your
friends?
6. Where / Which / How hand do you write with,
your left or your right hand?

33. 1. Where do you live?
2. How do you study English?
3. Why do you want to learn English?
4. Who do you remember from your first
school?
5. Where do you meet your friends?
6. Which hand do you write with, your left or
your right hand?
7. What's your favourite city?

34. PREPARED BY:
Jivanee Sernitze Abril
Reference:
Elementary Language Leader
Ian Lebeau
Gareth Rees