Unit 9 Vocabulary practice 

Tourism 4 Match the words in the list with the definitions.

bay beach coast forest island plain
1 Answer the questions with the words in the list.
valley waterfall
guidebook insect repellent passport suncream
sunglasses swimsuit tent torch towel
The land next to the sea.  coast
waterproof clothes 1 Water from a river or stream that drops from a higher
to a lower point. 
What do you need to …
… travel from one country to another?  passport 2 A large area of land covered with trees. 

1 … put on your skin before you sunbathe? 

3 An area of low land between mountains, sometimes
with a river. 
2 … wear to protect your eyes when it’s sunny? 
4 A large area of flat land. 

3 … find information about interesting places to visit?  5 A part of the coast where the land curves. 

4 … wear on the beach?  6 A piece of land completely surrounded by water. 

5 … sleep in if you’re camping? 

7 An area of sand next to the sea. 
6 … dry yourself after a swim? 
7 … see in the dark if you’re camping?  Word stem transformations

8 … stop insects from biting you?  5 Form adjectives with the nouns in the list and the
suffixes in the table. Write each adjective in the correct
9 … wear if it’s raining?  column.
2 Choose the correct alternatives. beauty care cloud colour danger dirt
fame health music option power nation
1 Watch out / in / at for the cars in London, because
the British drive on the left side of the road. You don’t mystery rain
want to get run up / with / over and spend your
holiday in hospital! -al -ful -ous -y
2 Get at / in / on the bus in Trafalgar Square and then cloudy
get down / off / out at Baker Street for the Sherlock
Holmes museum.
3 We got lost and had to turn out / over / back and
return to the hotel.
4 Go along Regent Street and you’ll come across / 6 Complete the sentences with adjectives from exercise 5.
over / in Piccadilly Circus.
It was cloudy all the time we were in Scotland, but it
5 We set up / off / around from London at 8 o’clock.
never rained.
On the journey to Stratford, we stopped back / down
/ off at Oxford for a few hours to see the university. 1 We felt completely safe in New York and none
of the neighbourhoods we visited seemed to be
3 Match 1–7 with A–H to make compound nouns. .
city A room 2 The hotel room was horrible – the bathroom hadn’t
1 travel B holidays been cleaned and it was extremely .
2 hotel C hotel 3 The day trips were , so we just
3 day D break went on two of them and spent the rest of the time on
the beach.
4 five-star E ticket
5 winter F trip 4 After the grey of the London sky, the carnival in Rio
seemed really .
6 train G companion
5 When we were in Hollywood, we visited the well-known
7 summer H sports
studios but we didn’t see any actors.
6 When you’re in a big city, you should be very
with your money and keep it safe.
7 The countryside was lovely. In fact, it was the most
scenery I’ve ever seen.

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