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.