INGLES III – LESSON 1.

6 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

I. VOCABULARY: GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

PERU: AGRICULTURE AND MINING AND SERVICES

II. READING COMPREHENSION: READ THE TITLE OF THE TEXT. WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

EXTREME EARTH
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW OUR PLANET? YOU MAY BE SURPRISED!

The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest. It´s 29,035 feet high and grows a
few millimeters every year. It is 20 times the height of the Empire State Building

The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Russia. People also call it “The Blue
Eye of Siberia.” It´s more than 20 million years old. It contains 20% of the world´s fresh
water. The water is very clear, but swimmers can´t see the bottom as it´s 5390 feet
deep.
Angel Fall in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world at 3230 feet high. As it is
in an isolated jungle a trip there is not easy. Some people choose to visit by air.

According to the Guinness Book Records the smallest island in the world is Bishop
Rock. There is only a lighthouse on it.

The longest river in the world is the Nile. The name comes from the Greek word Nelios,
which means “River Valley”. It is home of many species animals, including more than
300 species of birds.

WRITE T FOR TRUE AND F FOR FALSE IN THE SENTENCES BELOW.

1.The highest Mountain the world is Mount Everest. T

2. The Empire State Building is as high as Mount Everest. F
3. The deepest lake in the world is Titicaca. F
4. The Blue Eye of Siberia is 20 million years old. T
5. Angel Fall is most visited by tourists by plane. T

GRAMMAR: SUPERLATIVE OF ADJECTIVES

EXERCISES: PUT THE ADJECTIVES IN BRACKETS IN THE SUPERLATIVE. WHICH
IS……

1. (cold) the coldest place on the Earth? Vostok, Antarctica.

2. (dry) the Driest place on Earth? The Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
3 (wet) the Wettest place on Earth? Cherrapunji, India.
4. (polluted) the most polluted lake in North America? Onondaga, the USA.
5 ( foggy)the most foggy place in the world? The Great Banks, Canada.
6. (high) the highest capital in the world? La Paz, Bolivia.
7. (long) the longest beach in the world? Cox´s Bazar, Bangladesh.
8. (old) the oldest lake in the world? Lake Victoria, Canada.

SPEAKING & WRITING: MAKE SENTENCES ABOUT EXTREME PLACES USING

THE ADJECTIVE BELOW IN THE SUPERLATIVE:

LARGE – SMALL – DEEP – DRY – FOGGY – POLLUTED – CROWDED – LONG –

HIGH – COLD – WET – OLD
MODEL:
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. Lake Chapala is the
largest lake in Mexico.

1. The smallest beach is in Spain

2. The deepest lake is the Baikal
3 The desert is the driest place in the world
4. the most foggy place in the world is Mount Washington
5. the most polluted sea is the Mediterranean
6. the most crowded place is the island is Santiago de Cuba
7. The longest channel in the world is in china
8. The coldest iceberg in the world is in the Antarctic
9. The Tatio Geyser is one of the wettest in the world.
10. The oldest volcano is the Erta Ale

WRITING: USE THE MAP OF PERU ABOVE. AND WRITE A FEW SENTENCES IN
SUPERLATIVE.

MODEL:

PERU IS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCERS OF FISHMEAL IN THE WORLD.

1. The port of Callao is the most used in Peru

2. Cuzco is the smallest caffe producer in Peru
3. corn is one of the most exported products in Peru
4. Copper is one of the most mined minerals in Peru
5. Wheat is one of the most cultivated products in Peru