Water Vocabulary Worksheet
Water Vocabulary Worksheet
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.
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
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.
............
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
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
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.