Our wonderful world module 5

Explore world geography and boost your English vocabulary with this fun worksheet!

Do the quiz. Match the words with their definitions. coast the part of the land near the sea island a piece of land surrounded by water volcano a mountain or hill with a crater valley low land between hills or mountains desert land where there is almost no water, rain, trees or plants, usually very hot lake a large area of water surrounded by land waterfall water falling from a height Fill in the text with the missing words. There are many beautiful places in the world people visit when on holiday. Tourists enjoy the weather, the sights, the food, hospitality, amazing sunsets or the countryside.Plitvice Lakes National Park is located in Croatia. It is a huge forest with sixteen lakes connected by waterfalls. People go on a guided hike through the park or take a boat tour. You can take amazing pictures of waterfalls, the highest is 70 metres tall. You can also see the wildlife, deer, rare birds or even bears. There can be as many as 14,300 visitors a day. More than 1 million tourists are recorded each year. Vocabulary Match the words to form phrases. sandy beach hot springs on foot underground train lost city guided hike boat tour You can _ by plane. drive ride travel It _ 45 minutes to get there. gets takes need You get _ the bus in front of the museum. on in by Can you _ a bike ? drive ride travel READING: A holiday in Melbourne, Australia and write : T (true) , F (false) , DS (doesn't say)Are you planning a holiday? Then why not visit Melbourne, Australia? Melbourne is the second biggest city in Australia. It’s a cosmopolitan city full of history and heritage.There are lots of things to see and do in Melbourne. You can admire modern works of art at the National Gallery of Victoria or learn about the history of Australia at the Melbourne Museum. You can also see films from around the world at the Melbourne Film Festival. It takes place every summer and attracts more than 200,000 people.For those interested in nature, Melbourne has got lots to offer. Melbourne Zoo is the oldest in Australia and has got more than 300 animal species. Just outsidethe city, in Grampians National Park, you can see Australian animals like the kangaroo and koala, in the wild. And at Melbourne Aquarium, next to the river Yarra, you can see many rare fish and aquatic animals. With thousands of people of different nationalities living in Melbourne, you can try food from all over the world. Melbourne is famous for its Italian, Greek and Asian restaurants. Also, make sure you try the national dish of Australia – the delicious meat pie.Melbourne is an exciting city with many attractions. It’s the perfect destination for a sightseeing holiday. 1. Melbourne is not the biggest city in Australia. T2. You can see modern works of art at the Melbourne Museum. F3. The Melbourne Film Festival takes place every year. T4. One hundred thousand people visit the film festival every year. F5. Grampians National Park is in the centre of the city. F6. Melbourne Aquarium is beside a river. T7. People from many different countries live in Melbourne. T8. People in Melbourne eat a lot of meat. DS Listen to the recording and complete the missing parts of the sentences. (Najprije poslušaj cijelu snimku. Zatim slušaj ponovno i zaustavi snimku tamo gdje je mjesto za dopunjavanje pa dopuni što nedostaje). Ne zaboravi na veliko početno slovo kod vlastitih geografskih imena (npr. the River Nile). Can you name the Seven Wonders of the World? I can’t. That’s because only one ofthem is still around today. That’s the Great Pyramid of Giza. Some of the otherwonders sound great. I wish they had survived. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon sounds amazing. So does the Temple of Artemis and the Colossus of Rhodes. Today, there are different wonders of the world. No one can really agree what the wonders of the ancient world are. Experts include Stonehenge, the Panama Canal, the Great Wall of China and Machu Pichu in this. And then there are the seven wonders of the natural world. These include Mount Everest, the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon. Maybe future wonders will be in space.