Tasks to practice vocabulary Unit 8

1. Match the words with their definition.

1. Narrow ………. a) move along the ground on your hands and knees
2. Crawl ………. b) to have inside or as part of sth
3. Tunnel ………. c) sth typical, important or interesting of a place or thing
4. Contain ………. d) sth that has been built
5. Feature ………. e) a long passage through rock
6. Formation………. f) a particular shape or pattern
7. Speleothem ………. g) measuring a small distance from one side to the other
8. Structure ………. h) rock shapes made by water dripping
through rock in a cave

2. Complete the sentences with the words.

trapped footprints risk torch permitted hypothermia handed

1. Don’t put yourself at __________ by going sailing in dangerous weather conditions.

2. The climbers got ________________ in the snow when trying to get back down the mountain.
3. After falling into the cold lake, Daniel was suffering from ________________.
4. We left _____________ in the snow when we walked across the garden.
5. He turned on his ________________ to see in the darkness.
6. Children under 15 are not ________________ to enter the cave alone.
7. The woman in the ticket office ________________ me a map.

3. Use the words to complete the sentences.

Normally, spotted, instead, striped, conversation, gym

1. The students are having a PE lesson in the _____________.

2. She had a strange ___________________ with the man who moved in upstairs.
3. There's no coffee - would you like a cup of tea ______________?
4. Do you prefer plain or _______________ shirts?
5. She was wearing a black and white __________________ dress.
6. Are the phones working _____________ again?

4 . Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capital.

1. She was a member of her high school's cheerleading squad and a ___________ for seven years.
GYM
2. Olga Corbett became famous after her inspirational _________ routines in the 1972 Olympics.
GYM
3. The zebra is a wild African horse with black and white ____________. STRIPED
4. I wore that skirt with the green ____________. SPOTTED
5. They were selling the goods at half the _______________ cost. NORMALLY
5. Match the words with their definition.

1. Backpacking a) a journey in which you carry everything you need in a backpack

2. Drama b) making works of art out of stone, wood, metal, etc; an object made
3. graphic design out of stone, wood, clay,
4. sculpture etc.
5. squash c) a piece of paper or a few pages that advertise sth or give
6. gallery information about sth
7. leaflet d) to dislike sb/sth very much
8. face to face e) to write down information or store sounds or video in a computer so
9. adore that it can be seen or heard in the future
10. can’t stand f) acting; plays
11. record g) putting text and images together for advertisements, magazines or
books
h) an indoor sports game in which players hit a
ball against a wall
i) a building in which the public can see works
of art ●
j) very close to sb/sth so you can look at them
k) to like sth very much

6. Use the words to complete the sentences.

Ballet photograph poetry podcasts performed video clip

1. Our French teacher sometimes downloads _______________ from French radio stations for us to
listen to in class.
2. We’ve made a _______________ to go online with the band’s new song.
3. The singer _______________ a few songs for the audience.
4. Ian managed to _______________ the birds in their nest across the lake.
5. I love watching _______________ . The dancers are so graceful.
6. Shakespeare wrote _______________ as well as plays.