UNIT 5 - BEAUTIFUL WORD

 

VOCABULARY:

• geography
• geology
• geophysics
• geopolitics
• archipelago
• bay
• beach
• border
• canal
• cape
• capital
• cliff
• climate
• coast
• coastline
• continent
• country
• delta
• demography
• dune
• Earth
• equator
• estuary
• fiord
• frontier
• glacier
• gulf
• hemisphere
• hill
• iceberg
• island
• Isle (in place name)

1. N: north
2. S: south
3. E: este
4. W: oeste

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE

EJEMPLO:

canada is north of the USA

mexico is south of the USA

or

canada is to the north of the USA

mexico is to the south of the USA    

• Continents: in; e.g. in Asia, in Europe
• Countries: in; e.g. in China
• Cities, towns, districts, provinces, counties, areas and villages: in; e.g. in Beijing, in Kowloon.
• Islands: on; e.g. on Lantau, on Hong Kong Island
• Mountains: single mountains - on; e.g. on Yellow Mountain, on Mount Everest, on the Peak
• Lakes and Rivers: on (e.g. on the surface) in (under the surface); e.g. a boat on the West Lake, swimming in the West Lake
• Seas and Oceans: in; e.g. in the Pacific Ocean, in the South China Sea
• Places that are different for different people: at ; e.g. at home, at university, at work, at the doctor's, at my friend's flat

TOO + ADJECTIVE + INFINITIVE

• the fridge is too heavy
• the fridge is too heavy to lift
• the coffe is too hot
• the coffe is too hot to drink

• it is too late to go to the concert
• he is too young to drive a car
• my grandfather is too old to play rugby
• i am too tired to do my homework

TOO + ADJECTIVE + FOR+ PEARSON + INFINITIVE

• The coffe is too hot for me to drink
• the coffe is too hot for rob to drink  
• the fridge is too heavy for steve to lift
• it is too late for us to go to the concert

TOO + ADJECTIVE + FOR+ PEARSON

• that shirt is too small for him
• it is too early for me
• this is too complicated for us