ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE PERSONALITY

EXAM UNIT 7: A GREAT DAY OUT!

5ºA: FRIDAY 17TH MAY 2019
5ºB: MONDAY 20TH MAY 2019

EXAM UNIT 6: WONDERFUL WORLD!

5ºA: 9th April 2019
5ºB: 10th April 2019

UNIT 6 – WONDERFUL WORLD

VOCABULARY: LANDSCAPES (WORKSHEET IN YOUR NOTEBOOK)

A high mountain	Cliff	Cave	Canyon
A deep lake	Oasis	Waterfall	Pond
A wide ocean	Coast	Farmland	Bridge
A dry desert	Canal	City	Sea
A long river	Jungle	Beach	Tunnel
A hot volcano	Hills	Meadow	Field
A small island	Valley	Dam
A big forest	Creek	Road

VOCABULARY: NUMBERS (WORKSHEETS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK)

GRAMMAR: COMPARATIVES

ADJECTIVE	COMPARATIVE
High	Higher
Deep	Deeper
Wide	Wider
Dry	Drier
Long	Longer
Hot	Hotter
Small	Smaller
Big	Bigger
Noisy	Noisier
Sunny	Sunnier
Cold	Colder
Windy	Windier
Rainy	Rainier
Cloudy	Cloudier
Quiet	Quieter
clean	cleaner
snowy	snowier
dirty	dirtier
old	older
tall	taller
wet	wetter

·        Adjective with one syllable: add “er” or “r” + than.

Example: Winter is colder than summer.

·        Adjectives with two syllables that end in “y”: change “y” to “ier” + than

Example: The city is noisier than the town.

·        Adjectives that end in consonant, vowel and consonant, double the last consonant.

Example: The city is bigger than the town.

·        Adjectives with two or more syllables: “more” adjective + than

Example: The town is more boring than the city. The city is more expensive than the town.

     

GRAMMAR: DIMENSIONS (EXAMPLES)

How high is…?	How long is…?
Teide is three thousand seven hundred and eighteen metres high.	The river Amazon is six thousand and four hundred kilometres long.
Everest is eight thousand eight hundred and forty-eight metres high.	The River Tajo is one thousand and seven kilometres long.

How deep is…?	How wide is…?
Lake Superior is four hundred and six metres deep.	The Sahara Desert is five thousand and six hundred kilometres wide.
The Atlantic Ocean is eight thousand six hundred and five metres deep.	The Mediterranean Sea is one thousand and six hundred kilometres wide.

ENGLISH EXAM: OCEAN LIFE

5TH-A: TUESDAY 12TH MARCH 2019
5TH-B: WEDNESDAY 13TH MARCH 2019

VOCABULARY

whale	jellyfish	seagull	coral
dolphin	sawfish	pelican	Hhermit crab
shark	seahorse	seal	angelfish
stingray	starfish	penguin	flamingo
lobster	squid	blowfish	mussel
crab	octopus	walrus	clownfish
eel	turtle	swordfish	sea urchin
shrimp	oyster	tuna	shells
orca = killer whale	blue whale

GRAMMAR

AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE
They live alone.	They don’t live alone.
They live in groups.	They don’t live in groups.
They lay eggs.	They don’t lay eggs.
They have babies	They don’t have babies
They breathe air.	They don’t breathe air.
They eat plants.	They don’t eat plants.
They walk.	They don’t walk.
They eat fish.	They don’t eat fish.
They take oxygen from the water.	They don’t take oxygen from the water.

QUESTIONS	SHORT ANSWERS
Do they live alone?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they live in groups?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they lay eggs?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they have babies?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they breathe air?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they eat plants?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they walk?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they eat fish?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.
Do they take oxygen from the water?	Yes, they do.  / No, they don’t.

AFFIRMATIVE (EXAMPLES)	NEGATIVE (EXAMPLES)
They’ve got gills.	They haven’t got gills.
They’ve got a dorsal fin.	They haven’t got a dorsal fin.
They’ve got a tail.	They haven’t got a tail.
They’ve got big teeth.	They haven’t got big teeth.

QUESTIONS (EXAMPLES)	SHORT ANSWERS
Have they got gills?	Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t.
Have they got flippers?	Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t.
Have they got big teeth?	Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t.
Have they got a dorsal fin?	Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t.

HOW TO DESCRIBE AN ANIMAL (SOME MORE IDEAS)

They are ___ metres long. They are ___ centimetres long. They can live on the land and in the sea. They can walk / swim. They eat ___________. They live _____________. They weigh _______ kg. They’ve got scales.