Vocabulary: The natural world p. 129

Watch the video. Then match the places to the correct pictures.

Picture A  ________
Picture B  ________
Picture C  ________
Picture D  ________
Picture E  ________

Watch the video again and complete the text the correct adjectives.

Photo number five is one I took in the Lake District. Look at the ________ valley sloping into the fields by the lake. Here's number four: it's Loch Stack in the northwest of Scotland. It's a ________ lake surrounded by steep mountains. This is number three: Britain's highest waterfall in the Scottish Highlands. I took this photo during a ________ walk that took me into the heart of a ________ landscape, past small lakes and clear streams to reach the top of the waterfall. Next on the list is this picture of a ________ bay. Look at this ________ view and ________ sky. Lastly, there is Seaham lighthouse on the north-eastern coast. The sea was ________, and the waves were so ________!

Match the adjectives to their meanings.

1 blooming    ________
2 lush    ________
3 rough    ________
4 tough    ________
5 spellbinding    ________
6 flat    ________

Use the adjectives from STEP 3 to complete the sentences.

1 We couldn't go swimming because the sea was too ________.
2 I don't like going hiking with my cousin. He always chooses ________ walk with long steep paths.
3 The hills were covered with ________ wildflowers.
4 We went to visit the Amazon rainforest last year and were impressed by the ________ vegetation.
5 I went to Morocco and did a night excursion in the Sahara Desert. The landscape was really ________.
6 The countryside in our area is ________; there are no hills for miles and miles.