Geographical features; The weather – A2 English Vocabulary Test

1  Match the word halves 1–8 to A–H to make geographical features.

A   ter

B   tain

C   er

D   ld

E    ow

F    ff

G   and

H   ake

2  Complete the conversations with the words in the box.

1   A:   How ……high…… is the mountain?

      B:   It’s over 8,000 metres. Do you think you can climb it?

2   A:   How ……………. is the water?

      B:   It’s only 1 metre, don’t worry. You can see the bottom.

3   A:   How ……………. is the lake?

      B:   It’s about 10 metres. It won’t take long to cross it.

4   A:   How ……………. is the river?

      B:   It’s about 1,000 km. Do you want to travel all the way?

3  Find the adjectives that contain a spelling mistake and correct them.

1   winddy           ……windy……

2   suny                …………………

3   cloudy             …………………

4   icey                 …………………

5   snowwy          …………………

6   foggy               …………………

7   rainny             …………………

4  Write the nouns of the adjectives in Exercise 3.

1   ……wind……

2   …………………

3    …………………

4    …………………

5    …………………

6    …………………

7    …………………

5  Find the sentences that contain a mistake. Underline and correct them.

1   He was climbing the water for hours; it took a long time to get to the top.   ……mountain……

2   They were sailing on the lake when it started to rain.   ………………..

3   Is it difficult to swim across the river?   ………………..

4   It was very cold. The island was very deep and difficult to walk through.   ………………..

5   She looked over the field, down to the water below.   ………………..

6   The farmer was working in the cliff all day.   ………………..

7   The mountain is 2 km from the mainland. There is a ferry every hour.   ………………..

6  Complete the sentences. You have the first letter of each missing word.

1   It was c loudy……… at the top of the mountain, we couldn’t see very far.

2   Moscow is very snowy and i…………… in winter.

3   When Loch Ness is f……………, you can’t see anything.

4   The l…………… is very d…………… and wide, it’s dangerous to swim there.

5   England is very r……………; you need to carry an umbrella all the time.

6   It was very s…………… and hot; we were at the beach all day.

7   It was so w…………… on the i……………, my hat blew away and I lost it.

8   The r…………… is very long, over 3,000 km.

9   The c…………… is really h……………; the water is about 100 metres below.