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The document is a vocabulary practice exercise focused on rural geography and related concepts. It includes activities for selecting correct verbs, completing sentences with appropriate forms, and forming nouns from given words. Additionally, it contains questions for personal reflection on living environments and motivations.

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ODF6_Unit_9_Vocabulary_practice

The document is a vocabulary practice exercise focused on rural geography and related concepts. It includes activities for selecting correct verbs, completing sentences with appropriate forms, and forming nouns from given words. Additionally, it contains questions for personal reflection on living environments and motivations.

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Vocabulary practice

Rural geography: verbs


1 Choose the correct option.
1 Forests used to host / cover / house this part of the countryside, but now it’s used for farming.
2 Some people make a living by hosting / migrating / restoring students in their homes in
exchange for rent.
3 When parts of this country were migrated / shrunk / industrialized, many people found work in
the factories.
4 Farmers can rear / generate / host extra income by converting their old barns into vacation
cottages.
5 The number of traditional craftspeople has sadly spread out / restored / shrunk over the last
century.
6 We rear / cover / develop many breeds of cows and sheep on the farm.

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs below. There is one extra verb.

develop  host  house  inhabit  migrate  restore  spread out

The Trouble with Growing Cities


O UR CITIES are becoming increasingly crowded and there is an urgent need to
1
a growing population, despite a shortage of building space
for new homes. As a result, large areas of land are being 2 into
building sites, and the edges of towns are 3
into the countryside.
This is good for the people who need homes, but very bad for the environment, and it’s difficult
to balance the needs of both. One alternative could be to 4 older
buildings in our cities that have become run down by making improvements to them. The people
who 5 these homes would also then benefit from living in an
attractive, historic setting. Not only would this solve part of the housing problem, but it would also
go some way to increasing employment opportunities for those who 6
to cities and towns from rural areas in search of work.

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Vocabulary practice

Noun suffixes -tion, / -ation, / -ption, / -sion


3 Complete the sentences with nouns formed from the pairs of words.
1 migrate / transform
a When I visited the town after 20 years, I was surprised by the .
b The economy has been helped by as more people are making
and spending money in this region now.
2 urban / explode
a Increasing means that the countryside is shrinking rapidly.
b We need to build more houses because there has been a population
.
3 except / provide
a The of public transportation in many villages is very limited.
This makes it hard to travel to work.
b Most villages in this area are losing inhabitants, with the
of Newtown.
4 motivate / perceive
a For some people, the to move to the countryside and find
a quieter way of life is very strong.
b There is a that rural life is boring, but this is often not
the case.

4 Put the words in order. There is one extra word.


1 changed / work / live / and / urbanization / has / how / traveled / people

2 exceptions / and / must / everyone / safety / no / lot / are / wear / equipment / there

3 coaching / no / when / schedule / sports / extra / is / there / provision / new / for / the / in

4 was / city / motivation / another / wanting / move / what / your / for / generate / to / to / ?

5 from / perception / different / of / reality / city / very / is / the / life / perceive / the

6 not / the / transformation / this / urban / an / village / of / improvement / is

7 you / night / woods / explosion / hear / did / the / in / except / the / last / ?

8 been / there / urban / increase / years / in / migration / from / has / an / recent / in

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Vocabulary practice

The natural environment: nouns


5 Replace the bold words with the words below.

biodiversity  habitats  horizon  stretch  terrains  trail  vegetation
waterfront  wilderness  woodland

1 This is a very interesting trail of the river as there are a lot of birds to see as you travel
down it.
2 It’s a beautiful place to sit and look at the sun going down on the stretches.

3 Thanks to the work of conservationists, the national park is now an area of rich vegetation, with
a good range of animals and plants.
4 This wilderness is very popular with hikers as it goes through beautiful parts of the
countryside.
5 My grandparents have a woodland house, and I love visiting them and looking out over the sea.

6 We had to cut back a lot of terrain when we moved into the house, but after we’d worked
on the garden for about a year, the flowers and plants were under control and it looked
beautiful.
7 It’s important to protect wetland stretches because they are unique ecosystems in which many
plants and animals live.
8 Being out in the biodiversity can teach us a lot about how to survive and what to do in a crisis.

9 One of the hardest horizons in the world to survive in is a desert because there is no shelter and
very little water.
10 In many parts of the world, people are trying to reintroduce areas of waterfront because the
trees are good for the environment and biodiversity.

6 Answer the questions with your own ideas. Write full sentences.
1 Would you like to live on the waterfront or near a woodland area? Why?

2 What reasons can you think of for wanting to migrate from a rural to an urban area?

3 How would you feel about camping in the wilderness?

4 What is your motivation for studying English?

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