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# Test 5

| sea      | wave   | river |
| -------- | ------ | ----- |
| island   | beach  | sand  |
| mountain | forest | field |
| ground   | /      | /     |

## 1. Identifying the key world

1. **\[beach]** - lie on, beautiful, sandy, unspoiled
2. **\[mountain]** - climb, be surrounded by, high, steep
3. **\[island]** - live on, sail around, desert, uninhabited
4. **\[sea]** - dive into, swim in, calm, rough
5. **\[field]** - graze in, plough, green
6. **\[ground]** - frozen, hard, uneven
7. **\[wave]** - surf, huge, tidal
8. **\[sand]** - dig in, hot, soft, wet
9. **\[forest]** - clear, destroy, shrink
10. **\[river]** - cross, pollute, long, wide

## 2. The correct collocation

1. The sea was very ***rough** / *~~*strong*~~. So I didn’t really enjoy the ferry crossing.
2. I sat on the beach watching the waves ***breaking** / *~~*falling*~~ on the shore.
3. The River Thames ***flows*** / ~~*travels*~~ through the center of London.
4. These islands ***attract*** / ~~*gather*~~ thousands of tourists every year.
5. You’ll love the place with its sunny weather and ***unspoiled*** / ~~*unused*~~ beaches.
6. I hate it when the wind ***blows*** / ~~*throws*~~ sand in your face.
7. It’s one of the ***highest*** / ~~*tallest*~~ mountains in the area.
8. The world’s rainforests are ~~*reducing*~~ / ***shrinking*** rapidly.
9. Most modern farmers use tractors to ~~*dig*~~ / ***plough*** their fields.

## 3. Key word quiz

1. The hotel is only 40 meters from the sea and has its own private ***beach***.
2. It’s quite a remote ***island***. It takes the ferry about 12 hours to get there.
3. I like going to the swimming pool, but I much prefer swimming in the ***sea***.
4. We couldn’t see the top of the ***mountain***. It was hidden by clouds.
5. We watched the animals grazing in the ***field***.
6. Our boat nearly capsized after it was hit by a huge ***wave***.
7. I think we can cross the ***river*** here. It looks like quite shallow.
8. The ***ground*** was very uneven in places, so we had to be careful as we walked.
9. As a child, I loved digging in the ***sand*** when we went to the beach.

## 4. Prepositions

1. We spent Sunday ***at*** / ~~*in*~~ the beach because the weather was so good.
2. I would like to live in a large house ~~*on*~~ / ***by*** the sea.
3. We took the short route ~~*in*~~ / ***through*** the mountains on our way to Italy.
4. When I was a boy I lived ~~*in*~~ / ***on*** a small island just off the coast of France.
5. It was very stormy with big waves crashing ***against*** / ~~*on*~~ the side of our boat.