NATURE

workbook by Gwyneth Jones

Yanonis School
 VOCABULARY
Exercise 1: Describe one of these words/phrases to your partner (without using the
words). Your partner must guess which word/phrase you are describing. After they
have guessed, switch roles.

mountain
valley
desert
beach
landscape
ancient
canyon
geyser
fishing
swimming
canoe
bison
forest fire
picnic
camping
tourists
temperature
jogging
sunbathing
wildlife
hippo
migration
tropical

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 DISCUSSION 
Exercise 2: Discuss these questions with
your partner.

1) Where is your favourite place?

Describe it.
2) Have you ever been camping?
Talk about it for 1 minute.
3) What is the most interesting
animal you have ever seen?
Where did you see it?
4) What nature can you see near
your home?
5) Do you prefer to be outside or
inside? Why?
6) What's your favourite type of
weather?
7) What national parks do you
have in your country? Talk about
them.
8) Have you ever been to a
national park?
9) Where would you like to visit?
Why?
10) What activities do you like to
do when you're in nature?

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 DESCRIBING PICTURES
Exercise 3: Talk about each picture with your partner.
- What can you see? What animals do you think live here?
- Who is in the picture? What are they doing? How are they feeling?
What is the story behind this picture?

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 DEBATE
Exercise 4: Discuss with your partner whether you agree or disagree
with these quotes. Explain why.

We should all do
what we can to
protect nature

National parks Everyone should spend

should be free to an hour in nature every
enter day

Animals are Every school should

intelligent have a garden

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 ARTICLE DISCUSSION
Exercise 5: Read the article below, then answer the questions on the
next page together with your partner.

The Best Places to See Wildlife in Africa

Africa is famous for its wildlife, with animals such as lions, elephants and hippos calling it
home, as well as creatures that can't be found anywhere else. Here are three of the best
places to see some of these animals in the wild.

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park was created in 1951, and covers almost 15,000 square kilometers of
Tanzania. Each year, the Great Migration takes place here. Animals travel hundreds of
kilometers as they move from Serengeti National Park to Maasai Mara National Reserve in
Kenya, in search of food and water. The migration includes about 2 million wildebeests and
hundreds of thousands of gazelles and zebras.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Found in Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is famous for its gorillas. The 320-
square-kilometer park is home to almost half of the world's mountain gorillas, with about
400 of them living here.Visitors can go on a tour with a guide in search of some of the gorilla
families. Other animals in the park include chimpanzees, elephants and about 350 types of
birds.

Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area

Those who love the ocean should visit Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area on South Africa's
east coast, a reef about 5 kilometers offshore from the town of Umkomaas.Here you can
find animals such as manta rays, dolphins and tropical fish, but many people come for the
sharks. There are sometimes 50 to 60 ragged-tooth sharks in the same area, and visitors
can even scuba dive with them.

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 ARTICLE DISCUSSION
Questions:

1. When was Serengeti National Park created?

2. What is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park famous for? How
many live there?
3. What sea animals can be found in South Africa's Aliwal Shoal
Marine Protected Area?

Discussion:

1. Which of the places mentioned in the article would you most

like to visit?
2. Have you been to any of your country's national parks? If so,
which ones? If not, which would you like to visit?
3. What areas of your country would you recommend to tourists
who want to see wildlife?
4. Is your country home to any animals that can't be found
anywhere else in the world?
5. What's the most fascinating animal you've ever seen in
person?
6. Do you know anyone who has been to Africa?
7. Do you enjoy watching nature and wildlife documentaries? If
so, which ones would you recommend?
8. If you had the chance to study any animal in the wild, which
one would you choose?

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 ISLAND SURVIVAL
Exercise 6: You and your partner are going to be on a desert island
together for 4 weeks. You can ONLY take 5 things with you. Together,
you must agree on the 5 things.

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