Solutions Pre Interm

1.

Read and match.
industrial landscape
rural landscape
urban landscape

2.

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

3.

Look at the photos. Match the activities.
1
4
2
5
3
Would you enjoy these
rock Why?
climbing
activities?
Why not?
cave diving
kayaking
walking
hiking

4.

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

5.

Ex. 2. Match two or more of the nouns below with each photo. Write down.
1
4
2
5
3
cave
cliff
desert
forest
hill
lake
mountain
ocean
river
rocks
shore
stream
valley
volcano
waterfall

6.

Listen to the descriptions, put the pictures according to the recording and
check your answers (the previous exercise).
5
1
4
2
3

7.

Translate.
пещера
cave
river
река
cliff
утес
скалы
rocks
пустыня
desert
берег
shore
forest
лес
stream
ручей
холм
hill
долина
valley
озеро
lake
volcano
вулкан
mountain
гора
waterfall
водопад
океан
ocean

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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
valleys
through
tall
rocky
beside
volcano
shallow
deep
down
caves
Speaker 3
along
near
along
Speaker 4
inside
behind
under
waterfalls

11.

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!
D
There’s
There’s
there are
B
A
There are
E
There’s

12.

Watch the video and enjoy it.

13.

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.
2
1
3
4
5

14.

What have you learned today?
What can you do now?