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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Water Vocabulary

Activity Type Introduction


Vocabulary Exercises: This water vocabulary worksheet helps students learn and practice
matching, categorising, water-related words that appear in nature as well as some water
crossword, question words that are associated with man-made structures.
completion
Procedure
Speaking Activity: asking
and answering questions, Give each student a copy of the two-page worksheet. Students
freer practice (pair work) begin by matching 15 water-related words to pictures.

Exercise A - Answer key


Focus
Water vocabulary 1. island, e 6. lighthouse, m 11. coast, o
2. sand, i 7. sea, h 12. bay, j
3. beach, n 8. ocean, g 13. bridge, a
Aim 4. canal, k 9. river, c 14. pond, d
5. waves, b 10. dam, f 15. riverbank, l
To learn and practice
water-related vocabulary. Next, students sort the water-related vocabulary from Exercise
A into four groups, man-made structures, salt water, fresh water
and land.
Preparation
Make one copy of the Exercise B - Answer key
two-page worksheet for
each student. Man-made Salt water Fresh water Land
canal waves river island
lighthouse sea pond sand
Level dam ocean beach
Intermediate (B1) bridge bay coast
riverbank

Time After that, students categorize the water words into three groups,
things or places near your hometown, things or places near where
35 minutes you live now, and things or places you have visited on holiday.

Students then move on to use clues to complete a crossword with


the water vocabulary from the worksheet.

Exercise D - Answer key

Across Down
2. bay 11. sea 1. canal 6. pond
4. dam 12. coast 2. beach 8. island
7. lighthouse 13. sand 3. river 9. ocean
10. riverbank 14. bridge 5. waves

Finally, students complete Have you been to...? questions with


names of places that correspond to the water vocabulary from
the worksheet, e.g. names of islands, rivers, bridges, etc. The
students then ask the questions to a partner and record their
answers.

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THE NATURAL WORLD

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Water Vocabulary

A. Match the water vocabulary to the pictures.

1. island ............ a. b. c.

2. sand ............

3. beach ............

4. canal ............ d. e. f.

5. waves ............

6. lighthouse ............

7. sea ............ g. h. i.

8. ocean ............

9. river ............

10. dam j. k. l.
............

11. coast ............

12. bay ............


m. n. o.
13. bridge ............

14. pond ............

15. riverbank ............

B. Sort the water-related vocabulary from Exercise A into the four groups below.

Man-made
Salt water Fresh water Land
structures

C. Now, categorize the water-related words into the following three groups.

Things or places near Things or places near Things or places you have
your hometown where you live now visited on holiday

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THE NATURAL WORLD

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Water Vocabulary

D. Use the clues to complete the crossword with the water words from Exercise A.

1 2

5 6

7 8 9

10

11

12

13

14

Clues across Clues down

2. P
 art of the sea where the land curves 1. A
 waterway made for boats, like the
inwards, like the ... of Biscay near France Panama ...
and Spain.
2. S
 andy land next to the sea, like Bondi ... in
4. A
 big wall to hold back water, like the Three Australia.
Gorges ... in China.
3. A
 long channel of water that flows out to the
7. A
 tower with a light on top to guide ships. sea, like the Amazon ... in South America.
10. L
 and right next to a river. 5. W
 ater raised up by the wind or tide. Surfers
love these!
11. A
 large body of salt water, like the
Mediterranean ... 6. A
 body of water smaller than a lake, like
Walden ... in America.
12. L
 and next to the sea.
8. L
 and with water all around.
13. W
 hat a beach is made of.
9. T
 he largest bodies of water on Earth, like
14. A
 structure used to cross a river, like the the Pacific ... between Asia and America.
Golden Gate ... in America.

E. Complete the Have you been to...? questions with names of places that correspond
to the vocabulary from the worksheet, e.g. names of islands, rivers, bridges, etc.
Then, ask the questions to a partner and record their answers.

1. Have you been to ...........................................................? Yes  No 


2. Have you been to ...........................................................? Yes  No 
3. Have you been to ...........................................................? Yes  No 
4. Have you been to ...........................................................? Yes  No 
5. Have you been to ...........................................................? Yes  No 
6. Have you been to ...........................................................? Yes  No 

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