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Word analysis A Match the Croatian terms to their English equivalents neizbježno inevitably zabačen, udaljen remote surov, oštar harsh egzistencijalni minimum subsistence lifestyle ugroziti endanger zagušljiv, ograničavajuć stifling dubok, težak profound B Complete the sentences with the words from the list. 1 On the art course, the atmosphere was stifling.2 We face profoundchallenges. They will be really hard to overcome.3 The life on the farm was very hard and people only grew enough to survive. It was actually subsistencefarming.4 It was a harshenvironment. Nothing really lived or grew there.5 Our team is hopeless. We'll inevitablylose.6 Her lives in a remotepart of the country. It's quite difficult to reach him in winter.7 The Yupik people fear that if their children go to college to far away city it will endanger their culture and language. Nouns + preposition of or for C Put the nouns in the correct category according to which preposition they take. for responsibility demand respect of handful grasp knowledge benefit sense relevance D Choose the best word to complete the sentences.1 Young people on the island feel they have a _ for looking after older residents. Life is hard, so it's important to help other people.2 There isn't much _ for people who don't work hard in the community. Everyone expects other people to do their best.3 These days there is an increased _ for mobile phones and computers on the island. Young people there want to be in touch with the rest of the world.4 The islanders have a good _ of local history. They understand when and how their way of life began.5 The school on the island only has fifty students, so that's why there are only a _ of teachers there.6 A lot of students at the local school don't see the _ of studying foreign languages if they don't intend to live abroad. 1 responsibility 1 knowledge 2 respect 2 responsibility 3 demand 3 sense 4 benefit 4 grasp 5 sense 5 handful 6 demand 6 relevance The vocabulary from the text Making school meaningful.E Nouns - animals, people, school and customs To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. INDPENDENCE CURRICULUM FISHERMAN EDUCATION RESIDENT HERITAGE LOBSTER SIBLING WALRUS WHALE SEAL F Nouns - skills, landscape, vehicles and tools To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. FISH-CUTTING SNOWMACHINE BUSHPLANE CLIMATE HARPOON FLUENCY MEADOW RIDGE Vocabulary bank 2: The natural world or outer space G Put the word in the correct category. Outer space planet sun moon meteorite meteor asteroid star solar system constellation galaxy universe Natural world estuary delta pond swamp river stream plain grassland island peninsula mountain range bay ice floe tundra glacier H Choose the best word(s) to complete the sentences.1 A _ is always flat.2 A _ is a small, narrow river.3 A place where a large river widens and flows into the sea is called a(n) _.4 A _ is usually wet.5 Mercury is the first _ in our _. (Choose two answers.) 1 plain 1 peninsula 1 glacier island 2 swamp 2 pond 2 stream 2 estuary 3 glacier 3 pond 3 bay 3 estuary 4 plain 4 tundra 4 swamp 4 grassland 5 moon 5 planet 5 galaxy 5 solar system I think this worksheet was:a) difficult b) neither difficult nor easy, c) easy.