Unit 4. Our planet

1. Complete the adjectives that describe the weather in the pictures. 2. Write the nouns for the adjectives in exercise 1. 3. Complete the text with the words below. 4. Number the adjectives in order from hottest (1) to coldest (7). 5. Write the temperatures in words. 6. Listen to people describing the weather. Complete each sentence with one word from exercises 1, 2 or 3. 7. Write a paragraph describing the weather one day last week. Write 15-30 words.

1. Complete the table with the comparative forms. 2. Complete the fact file. Use the comparative form of the words in brackets. 3. Compare the weather in the two cities. Write sentences with as … as and not as … as. 4. Complete the sentences with as, more, much or than.

1. Match the words below with definitions 1-10. 2. Label photos A and B with the natural disaster words from exercise 1. 3. Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen to two dialogues and answer the questions. Write the clues which gave you the answers. 4. Listen to four extracts. Match each extract with a natural disaster from exercise 1. 5. Listen again and choose the correct answers.

1. Complete the facts with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets and the correct answer, a, b or c. 2. Complete the sentences with the correct superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. Then circle in or of. 3. Rewrite the sentences using too or enough and the adjective in brackets. Do not change the meaning. 4. Complete the dialogue. Use too or enough with the adjective in brackets or the superlative form.

1. Match words from box A with words from box B to make compound nouns. Write them below. 2. Complete the sentences with the particles below. You need to use three of them more than once. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Check your answers at the bottom of the page. 3. Write the phrasal verbs which can replace the underlined words. Choose from the list below. 4. Use a dictionary to find four phrasal verbs with the base verb turn. Include short definitions.

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. 2. Read the text, ignoring the gaps. Answer the questions. 3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then match the phrases (A-I) with gaps 1-8 in the text. Check that each phrase fits the grammar of the sentence. There is one extra phrase.

1. Complete the phrases with the words below. Tick the phrases that are used for describing differences. 2. Look at photos A and B and complete the description with the words below. 3. Read the Speaking Strategy and the task. Then write notes for your answer. Describe and compare the two photos, C and D. 4. Now do the task from exercise 3 using your notes.

1. Complete the zero conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 2. Read the Writing Strategy. Then read the task below and the model text. Decide where the second paragraph should begin: A, B or C. 3. Add two phrases below to each group (A-D). Then tick the phrases that are in the model text. 4. Read the task and make a plan. 5. Write an article like the one in exercise 2. Use your notes from exercise 4 and include phrases from exercise 3.