Planet Earth, Articles - Unit 5.1-5.2 - Focus3

Complete the sentences with the missing words. Use the definitions in brackets to help you.

1. If temperature continues to rise, many types of plants will ( disappear)         in the near future.

2. Storms usually (disturb)         the ocean water so much that a lot of rubbish washes onto the beaches.

3. Here is also a fascinating place with its pure waters, and (quiet)      sea which will charm everyone who sees.

4. Investigators often ( find by chance)             situations that seam unbelievable.

5. The highest mountain (top)      in the country is the biblical Mount Ararat at 5,165 metres above sea level.

6. Its exhibits are anchors raised from the (bottom of the sea)        .

7. We navigate the long, (twisting and turning)         river.

Complete the text with the correct form of the words in the box. There are three words you don' need

broad strength deep short long widen high

My family and I visited San Francisco last year. Our hotel was at the top of one of the steepest hills, and the view from such a great         was just amazing. On our third night there, I was woken up by the feeling that my bed was moving. I knew immediately that it was an earthquake. Fortunately, the quake wasn't very        - it eas only a three on the Richter scale - and when I read about it the next day I learnt that it had happened at an extreme        underground, so it didn't cause much damage. My only injury was a small bruise on my arm, but that was because I'd jumped out of bed in the dark and bumped into a door! I was a bit nervous for the whole        of our stay, imagining there might be another quake, but I still had a good time.

Complete the sentences with a, an, the or -.

1. Like most boys, I wanted to be    astronaut when I was a child.

2. I'm going to ask you just one question. If you manage to answer     question correctly, you'll pass the exam.

3. Is it true that people in     Middle Ages didn't take baths?

4. The first European expedition reached   Australia in 1606.

5. Many people complain that   public transport is getting more and more expensive.

6. The Vatican is     smallest country in the world.

7. Everyone hopes that the company will present    innovative gadget at its annual conference.