UNIT 4 – 1º ESO date ___________ Grammar _______

NAME _______________________________________________ GROUP _____ Reading _______

Listening _______

LISTENING - 12 ______ Writing _______

1 Listen and complete the sentences. One word in each gap. (12 marks) Speaking ______
 1 The speaker is with Mark Edwards in the __________ place on Earth.
2 Death Valley is in __________.
3 Mojave Dessert is the __________ and lowest place in this country.
4 Mark says the temperature at the moment is __________ degrees Celsius.
5 People fry __________ to show how __________ it is.
6 The __________ time to visit Death Valley is between November and __________.
7 It is only on average __________ degrees Celsius.
9 This is a really __________ place.

2 Now answer the questions: (2 marks)

1 Which country are they in? __________
2 Do plants and animals live in this heat? __________

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - 40 ______

1 Replace the underlined word with one that means the opposite.(5 marks)
1 This test is very easy. _______
2 This room is very noisy. _______
3 The Amazon River is very short. _______
4 The theme park is very boring. _______
5 I think tigers are safe animals. _______

2 Complete the sentences with the words. There are two you don’t need (5 marks)
cold hot icy snowing sunny wet windy
1 It’s a nice, warm, ____________ day today.
2 Slow down! It’s snowing and the roads are ____________
3 Look at the trees moving. It’s very ____________ today.
4 It isn’t ____________– it’s only 15ºC.
5 Look outside! It’s ____________. Let’s go skiing!
3 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. (5 marks)
1 I think Paris is __________________ (beautiful) than London.
2 Winter in South Africa is __________________ (warm) than winter in England.
3 Football is __________________ (popular) than basketball in my country.
4 I think Jennifer Lawrence is a __________________ (good) actor than Selena Gomez.
5 Cyprus is__________________ (sunny) than the UK.

4 Complete the sentences using the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. (5 marks)
1 The population of Málaga is 600,000. The population of Seville is 700,000.
Seville is __________________ city. (big)
2 Paul has lots of friends. John has none.
Paul is ___________________ boy. (popular)
3 London is 22 degrees Celsius. Athens is 30 degrees Celsius.
Athens is__________________ city. (hot)
4 Mount Fuji is 3,776m above sea level. Mount Elbrus is 5,642m above sea level.
Mount Elbrus is ________________ mountain. (high)
5 Frozen got five stars. Rio 2 got three stars.
Rio 2 is __________________ film. (bad)

5 Find the mistakes and correct them. (5 marks)

1 Everest is the most high mountain in the world. ___________________________________________
2 I think English is the easyest subject. ___________________________________________________
3 For me, August is the goodest month. __________________________________________________
4 New York is popularer than Moscow . __________________________________________________
5 The Sun is the hoter than the Moon.___________________________________________________

6 Complete the dialogue. (5 marks)

Emma Hello. I want to visit Edinburgh. What’s the best (1) w________ to get there?
Assistant The best way is by train.
Emma How long does the (2) j________ take?
Assistant It takes about three hours.
Emma When is the (3) n________ train?
Assistant It’s in ten minutes.
Emma How much is a (4) t________?
Assistant A single is £20 and a (5) r________ is £25.
Emma Thank you.

7 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)

Some people are crazy with / for / about theme parks. One of good / better / the best ones in the UK is
Alton Towers, and about 2.7 million people visit it every year.
When / Which / Why ride do I like best? Well, there are some / any / a fantastic rides there, including one
called AIR – that’s his / my / your favourite. You usually sit / usually / sit usually on a seat on a roller
coaster. On AIR you lie horizontally because / so / or it is like flying. AIR is one of unusual / most unusual /
 the most unusual rides in the park, but my brother / parents / sons likes going on a different ride, called
Oblivion. It’s the three / third / 3 fastest roller coaster in the country.

NAME _______________________________________________ GROUP _____

READING - 10 ______
Read the text. Then answer the questions or complete the sentences.

An Australian Adventure!
Come and see our amazing country!

1 Sydney
Sydney is a large and beautiful city where you can:
• Swim with dolphins in Port Stephens.
• Relax on Bondi – Australia’s most famous beach.
• Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art.
• Try out the many restaurants along Woolloomooloo Wharf.

Fun fact
Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It’s 7,686,850 square kilometres.

2 Australia’s Red Centre – the hottest part of Australia

• Enjoy Aboriginal rock art in the town of St Teresa.
• Explore central Australia and experience what it’s like in the hottest and driest part of the country.
• Go to Alice Springs and take a trip to the kangaroo sanctuary.
• Walk around the enormous Uluru rock and learn about its history.

Fun fact
There are camels in Australia! You can take an exciting camel ride across the desert.

1. Where’s a good place to swim with dolphins? ___________________________

2. What is Bondi? __________________________________________________
3. What is the Museum about? ________________________________________
4. How big is Australia? _____________________________________________
5. What is the Red Centre? ___________________________________________
6. Where is the driest part of the country? ______________________
7. What can you visit in Alice Springs? __________________________________
8. There are a lot of __________ in Woolloomooloo Wharf.
9. You can learn about _________________ at the Uluru rock in the Red Centre.
10. You can travel by _________________ across the desert.
 NAME _______________________________________________ GROUP _____

WRITING – 10 ______

Choose one of the topics from the first list. Compare three people or things in your chosen topic. Write
complete sentences using the comparative and superlative form of the adjectives in the second list and
your own ideas. Use the questions and prompts to help you. Write between 70 - 80 words.

actors books cities computer games films theme parks countries the weather

beautiful boring cold exciting funny hot interesting large modern old popular scary small

Paragraph 1: Introduction of three things

Say what the three things are (cities, actors, films, etc.).Then give one more piece of information.

Paragraph 2: Comparison of three things

Say what the three things are like. Say how they are different using comparatives and superlatives.

Paragraph 3: Opinion
Say which your favourite (actor, city, film, etc.) is and why.

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