a It's the coldest city! Geography A. Circle the correct word. 1. This is a mountain with a hole on top. Smoke and lava sometimes come out, ad it can be dangerous. a. waterfall @®pvaleane hill 2. This is a dry, sandy place. It doesn’t rain much here, and there aren't many plants. 2. desert b. sea & volcano 3. This isa low area of fand between mountains or hills. a islond b. valley © beach 4, This is an area of water with land all arourk a. hill '. island fe. lake 5. This isa flow of water that happens when 2 river falls from a high place. a. hill b. canyon . waterfall 6. This isa large area of land that has lots of trees on it a. desert b. forest & river B Complete the names. Use words from the box 1 canyon [Fats OD ocean [oer Ef Mount] iver Lake 1. Lake __ Superior 2. Amazon 3. Grand 4. Atlantic 5. Mojave & Niagara 7. Mediterranean a Everest12 | Write the comparative and superlative forms of the words given. Pee Adjective Comparative Superlative Add -er or -est to mest words, long longer the longest ‘Add -ror-st to words ending in -0. large larger the largost Drop the y and add -ier or -fest: diy drier the driest Double-the final consonant and add-er or-est, big bigger the biggest 1. busy buster thebusiest. 6. naisy 2. cool 7. old 3. friendly B safe 4. heavy % small 5. nice 10. wet — <]] Complete this conversation. Use the superlative form of the words given. Keegan: So where did you go for your vacation, Kathy? Kathy: Japan. Keegan: How exciting! Did you have a good time? Kathy: It was terrific! | think Japan is the most-exciting __ (exciting) country in Asia Keegan: Well, it certainly has some of (interesting) cities in the world ~ Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. Kathy: Yeah. | had (good) time in Kyoto. It's (beautiful) city I've ever seen. Of course, i’s also one of (popular) tourist attractions. It was (crowded) city | visited this summer. Keegan: |'ve always wanted to visit Japan. What's it like in the winter? Kathy: Actually, | think that's (bad) time to visit because | don't like cold weather. However, | think the Sapporo Snow Festival is fascinating) festival in the world. MEIN Unit 14‘Complete these sentences. Use the comparative or the superlative form of the words given. 4. Badwater Basin in California's Death Valley is thelowest flow) paint in North America. 2. The Suez Canal joins the Mediterranean and Red Seas. It is 190 kilometers (118 miles) long. itis longer than (long) the Panama Canal 3. Mount Waialeale in Hawaii gets 1,170 centimeters (460 inches) of rain a year. Its (wet) place on Earth! 4, Canada and Russia are (large) countries in the world. 5. Russia is (large) Canada. 6. (high) waterfall in the world is in Venezuela 7. The Atacama Desert in Chile is (dry) place in the world 8 (hot) capital city in the world is Muscat, Oman. 9. The continent of Antarctica is (cold) any other place in the world. 10. The Himalayas are some of (dangerous) mountains to climb. 11. Mont Blanc in the French Alps is high) the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps 42, The Pacific Ocean is (deep) the Atlantic Ocean, st one place, the Pacific ‘Ocean is 11,033 meters (36,198 feet) deep. It's the coldest city!) X=[tre coldest and the windiest! A Scan the article about Antarctica, In what ways is it different from other places on Earth? Why do scientists work there? B Read about Antarctica. Check (¥) True or False. 41. Antarctica is bigger than Europe. 2. The North Pole is the coldest place in the world. 3. The coasts in Antarctica get a lot of snow. 4, In Antarctica, it never gets dark in the summer. 5. Captain Cook discovered a few people living in Antarctica. 6. The Antarctic Peninsula is the closest part of Antarctica to South America. ooooo0oo00 obooo0oo0o00 7. lee in Antarctica is melting throughout the continent.Geography qi Use the words in the box. Write questions about the pictures, Then circle the carrect answers. ( Hewbig [[] How deep How long [lili isereera Ni) nexerar 0d Hemmer How high is Angel Falls? a. It’s 979 meters (3,212 feet} tall ‘Angel Falls z @. It’s 6,300 kilometers (3,917 miles) long, b. It’s 6,300 kilometers high. It gets up to ~88.3 degrees Celsius (-126.9 degrees Fahrenheit). bb, It gets down to -£8.3 degrees Celsius, ‘Australia to New Zealand a. It’s about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles). b, It’s about 2,000 square kilometers. Uievauae a. It’s 6 million square kilometers (2.5 million square miles). 'b. It’s 6 million kilometers long. a. It's about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) big. b. It's about 1.6 kilometers deep. Ws the coldest city!A Answer these questions about your country. 1. How big is the largest city? 2, What's the wettest month? 3. What's the driest month? 4, How hot does it get in the summer? 5. How cold does it get in the winter? 6. How high is the highest mountain? 7. What's the most beautiful town to visit? 8 | Match the words with their opposites. 1. biggest _£ a. better 2. bad b. wettest 3. shorter e. colder 4. worse de drier 5. worst e. hottest 6. near f. smallest 7. lowest 9. for 8. driest h. bigger 9. hot i. good 40. shortest j- best 11, hotter k. low 12. smaller 1. highest 13. coldest m. longest 14. wetter net 15. dry 6. taller 46. high p. cold MEM Unit 14