Vocabulary Check B

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ______

Landscapes and countries

1 Use the words in the box to complete the 3 Complete these questions.
sentences below. There are four extra words.
0 Q: Which is the biggest country in the world?
forest beach desert rocks
A: Russia – it’s very, very big!
island ocean jungle fields
1 Q: What’s the f like?
lakes coast rivers mountains
A: It has white, blue and red stripes.
0 A forest is an area with lots of trees in it. 2 Q: Which other countries have
b with Russia?
1 A huge area of salt water is called an .
A: Lots, including China, Poland and Finland.
2 A is a hot place, full of trees and
animals. 3 Q: What is the o l ?
3 The Amazon is one of the world’s longest A: It’s Russian.
. 4 Q: What’s the p of Russia?
4 An is a piece of land with water all
A: It’s about 144 million.
around it.
5 Q: What is the c c ?
5 I love throwing into the water at the
lake near my house. A: It’s Moscow.
6 Some are very high and you have /5
to be very fit to climb up them.
7 There’s a lovely sandy near my Your total score ___/ 20
house that we lie on and go swimming from.
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2 Put the correct preposition into the gaps in

this text. Use in, on or by.
I live 0 in a village 1 the mountains. At the
weekend we usually spend the day 2 a lake. We
always take a picnic to eat and go for a walk
3 the forest. When it’s cold, lots of people come
to the mountains to ski so we spend time 4 an
island 5 the sea. The island is 6 the coast
near a really nice town. It’s much more peaceful
7 the sea 8 the winter!
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