This document contains a vocabulary unit about geographical features and animals. It includes exercises to complete sentences with geographical terms like lake, coast, plain, etc. It also has a crossword puzzle with animal names like whale, crocodile, monkey. There are grammar exercises on comparative and superlative adjectives using terms from the vocabulary lists, such as whales are heavier than sharks and the Brazilian rainforest is the rainiest place.

1. Unit 3 Vocabulary unit 3
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Geographical features
1 Complete the email. Use the words in the box.
2 Complete the geographical features.
1 I often go windsurfing on the l________ near
our house.
2 The c________ is the place where the land ends
and the sea starts.
3 A flat area of land which doesn’t have hills is a
p________ .
4 Mallorca is an i________ in the Mediterranean.
5 Niagara is a w________ in North America. About
168 million litres fall every minute.
6 The area between hills or mountains is a
v________ .
7 A large area of trees is a f________ .
8 A h______ is like a mountain but smaller.
9 There are lots of little fishing boats in
the b________ .
Animals
3 Complete the crossword.
Across
1 It’s a mammal. It lives in the sea and it eats fish.
2 It’s a fish. Many people eat it.
3 It’s a large mammal. It’s common in North
America.
4 It’s a mammal. It lives in trees.
5 It’s a dangerous fish.
6 It’s a big reptile with lots of teeth.
Down
1 It’s a reptile. It hasn’t got any legs.
2 It’s an amphibian with a long tail.
7 It’s a colourful bird. It can learn to say words.
8 It’s the largest animal in the world.
9 It’s a bird which many people eat.
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4 Are these animals mammals, reptiles, fish, birds
or amphibians? Underline the one that is
different.
1 penguin frog parrot
2 snake crocodile seal
3 monkey whale shark
4 frog salamander snake
5 bear seal salmon
6 duck penguin crocodile
Hi Tina
How are you? We’re camping in
Wales and it’s great! The campsite
is in a (1) _____________ – the
trees are beautiful. We get all our
water from the (2) _____________ .
Today we climbed Snowdon. It’s the
highest (3) _____________ in
Wales. The campsite is on the
(4) _____________ , so tomorrow
we’re going to swim in the
(5) _____________ and relax on
the (6) _____________ !
Love,
Anna
beach coast forest river sea mountain
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2. Unit 3 Grammar
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Comparative adjectives
1 Write comparative sentences.
1 whales / heavy / sharks
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2 crocodiles / dangerous / salamanders
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3 the Nile / long / the Mississippi
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4 my room / tidy / my brother’s room
_______________________________________
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5 monkeys / intelligent / frogs
_______________________________________
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6 penguins / big / ducks
_______________________________________
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7 I / bad / at maths / Julie
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8 seals / good / swimmers / bears
_______________________________________
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2 Correct the mistakes. Change the bold words.
1 London is weter than Madrid.
_______________________________________
2 It’s sunnyer in Rome than in Edinburgh.
_______________________________________
3 Meat is more expensive that vegetables.
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4 Penguins are gooder at swimming than ducks.
_______________________________________
5 People are intelligenter than animals.
_______________________________________
6 Mike’s dogs are more noisy than mine.
_______________________________________
7 Bears are worser at fishing than sharks.
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8 Crocodiles are more longer than salamanders.
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Superlative adjectives
3 Look at the fact files and write sentences. Use
the superlative of the short adjectives.
rainy
The Brazilian rainforest is the rainiest place.
1 dry
_______________________________________
2 hot
_______________________________________
3 high
_______________________________________
4 cold
_______________________________________
4 Complete the sentences. Use the superlative of
the long and irregular adjectives.
1 Geography is ___________________________
(interesting) subject.
2 These trainers are _______________________
(comfortable) shoes I’ve got.
3 My dad is ______________________________
(bad) dancer in the world!
4 Mario’s is ______________________________
(good) pizza restaurant in our town.
Alaska, USA
Rain: 20cm
Temperature: -15˚C
Mountain: Mount McKinley (6,194m)
Brazilian rainforest
Rain: 250cm
Temperature: 28˚C
Mountain: Pico de Neblina (2,994m)
Madrid
Rain: 50cm
Temperature: 14˚C
Mountain: Peñalara (2,428m)