Prepare 6 Unit 15

Ex. 1 Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

cloudy foggy icy rain snow snowy sunny windy

1. I really love going to the beach when it's and       I swim in the sea.

2. It's very       . I can't see anything, can you?

3. When it's very cold the roads become     which makes it difficult to walk.

4 It's very        . Look at that big black one up there.

5 It gets very       in Canada in the winter and the mountains look beautiful.

6 It's a good day to fly a kite because it's       today.

7 Let's go snowboarding. There was a lot of      last night and it looks fantastic.

8 I don't like playing rugby in the      I really hate getting wet.

Ex 2. Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

islands cliff wide high long deep lake field

1 Mount Teide in Tenerife is 3,718 metres      .

2 The River Nile runs through Africa and is 6,670 km      .

3 Lake Synevyr is in the Carpathian Mountains, in Ukraine. It's 24 m      .

4 The children's swimming pool at the sports centre is only one metre      .

5 You need to walk along the       edge until you reach the road down to the beach.

6 We could go swimming in the      but it isn't very warm.

7 Borneo, Taiwan and Sardinia are all         surrounded by sea.

8 The horses are in the       at the moment. Shall we go and get them?

Ex 3. Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

1 My sister         [wasn't, weren't] having lunch at 1 p.m. yesterday.

2 I      [was, were] doing my homework at 5 p.m. yesterday.

3      [Was, Were] you working at seven o'clock last night?

4 What      [was, were]they doing at 10 p.m. last night?

5 We      [was, were] playing tennis on Sunday morning at ten o'clock.

6 What      [was, were] you watching on TV at eight o'clock

last night?

7 He          [wasn't, weren't]playing basketball yesterday afternoon.

8      [Was, Were] she playing computer games last night?

Ex 4. Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets.

Use the past continuous.

1 My friends and I                 (not play) tennis yesterday afternoon.

2 What      you       at three o'clock last Saturday afternoon?

3 The students                   (not listen) to the teacher.

4 We               (swim) in the sea at nine o'clock yesterday evening.

5 She             (run) in the race this time last Saturday.

6     he        (have) breakfast at seven o'clock this morning?

7 My dad                (not work) yesterday. He was on holiday.

8 My brother and I                 (travel) to France this time last week.