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# River

## Verb + river

* cross a river
* pollute a river
* rivers flow
* rivers freeze

## Adjective + river

* a *deep / shallow* river
* a *wide / narrow* river
* a long river

## Common expressions

* fall into a river
* walk along a river
* sail ***up / down*** a river
* drift down a river
* catch fish in a river
* a bridge across a river
* down at the river

## Exercises

### 1. Verb + river

1. Two major rivers ***flow*** through our town.
2. The river ***froze*** over completely during the freezing weather.
3. The only way to ***cross*** the river is by ferry. There isn’t a bridge for miles.
4. Waste from factories continues to ***pollute*** our rivers, killing fish and wildlife.

### 2. Adjective + river

1. Is the Nile the ***longest*** river in the world or is it the Mississippi?
2. I don’t think we’ll be able to swim across the river at this point. It’s far too ***wide***.
3. The river’s quite deep here. Let’s try to cross it *further up*. It looks ***shallower*** there.

### 3. Common expressions

1. I caught six fish in the River Tyne *at the weekend*. (c)
2. We were only able to sail up the river as far as the dam. (f)
3. They’re building a new bridge across the river. (a)
4. The boat drifted slowly down the river towards the open sea. (e)
5. After dinner we went for a walk along the river bank. (d)
6. I slipped on the wet ground and fell into the river. (b)

## Note

**One side of the river is called the river bank. Both sides are the banks of the river.**

* *The river overflowed its banks after a week of heavy rainfall.*
* *The village was flooded when the rive rose and burst its banks.*