Introduction

2. | Find and correct factual errors in the sentences based on the information given in the texts.

Model: | There are at least 109 mountains on Earth with elevations greater than 7,200 metres (23,622 ft) above sea level.

1. There are more than 229 mountains on Earth with elevations greater than 7,200 metres above sea level.
2. Babadagh (Grandfather Mountain) is the fifth highest peak in the Caucasus in Azerbaijan at 5,829 meters.
3. The majority of the highest mountains are located in Europe.
4. The world’s wettest place is the Atacama Desert in Chile.
5. The hottest place in the world is Yakutia in Siberia.

3. Match the words with their definitions.

1. boulder 2. engraving 3. testimony 4. remains | a picture made by cutting a design on a piece of metal and then printing the design on paper a thing that shows that something else exists or is true the parts of something that are left after the other parts have been used, eaten, removed, etc. a very large rock which has been shaped by water or the weather

4. | Write a paragraph about wonders looking through the model and complete the table.

Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis [ɔ:'rɔ:rə:bɔ:rı'eılıs] - one of the natural wonders of the world, appears in the North sky and is visible only from the Northern Hemisphere. The Aurora Borealis is named after the Roman Goddess of Dawn, Aurora and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. The people in Central Canada call this phenomenon the “Dance of the Spirits”.

Wonders | Countries | Facts and events
Aurora Borealis |  |
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