WS - Unlock 2 - U4 - Lesson 26 Writing 1
WS - Unlock 2 - U4 - Lesson 26 Writing 1
WS - Unlock 2 - U4 - Lesson 26 Writing 1
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Exercise 2. Correct the mistakes in the sentences. There is one mistake in each sentence.
1. The temperature in Dubai is higher then in London.
2. The hotest temperatures in the world are usually in deserts.
3. Singapore is not sunny as Australia.
4. It is best to live in a sunny city than a rainy city.
5. Too much sun can be the more dangerous than too much snow.
6. A tornado is more worse than a storm.
7. In Antarctica, May is cold as August.
8. The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the dryest places in the world.
Exercise 3. Complete the article with the correct form of the word in brackets. Use one word
only in each gap.
Extreme weather
Rain
Many people think that it rains a lot in the UK. However, it is not the (1) (wet) place in
Europe. Crkvica, in Bosnia-Herzegovina is (2) (wet), with around 464cm of rain every
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year. But the (3) (rain) place in the world is in Asia. Mawsynram, in India, is high in the
mountains and gets around 1,187 cm per year.
Sun
Australia is one of the (4) (sunny) places in the world. This country gets around 3,569
hours of sun every year. The UAE is (5) (sunny) with about 3,609 hours. However, the
place with the (6) (bright) weather is Arizona, in the US, with more than 4,000 hours.
Wind
The (7) (high) wind speed recorded was in the US. The wind reached 371 km per hour.
However, a place where it is windy every day is also the (8) (cold) and (9) (dark)
place on Earth. In Antarctica, wind speeds are often around 320 km per hour. Perhaps this is the
(10)
(bad) place in the world to live.
7. Between December and January, the temperature (degrees/ reaches) around 0oC.
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