Find the synonyms

main, total, flat, coast, state, about, territory, shore, area, chief, entire, level, country, mild, soft, several, cool, current, flow, cold, nearly, a number of.

Read the adjectives and form degrees of comparison. Translate them into Russian.

great	mild	warm	long
large	changeable	small	wet
deep	moderate	high	short

Make sure if you remember the suffixes of adjectives.

mountain – mountainous; climate – climatic; rock – rocky; cloud – cloudy; wind – windy; geography – geographical; tropics – tropical; Europe – European; north – northern; south – southern; change – changeable.

Read and translate the following word-combinations and phrases.

a) geographical position, total area, excellent harbours, independent republic, Northern Ireland, on the west coast, the Lake District, Celtic languages, warm current of the Gulf Stream, the highest mountain Ben Nevis, the largest lake Windermere,

b) can be used by ships, it brings a little of tropics to the very doors of English people, as a rule, the surface is flat.

Match the words in A with those in B.

A	B
1.part 2.surface 3.area 4.republic	5.position 6.climate 7.current 8.continent	a. flat b. total c. changeable d. independent	e. geographical f. southern g. European h. warm