Chapter 9—Comparisons.pdf

Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Intermediate level

Azar Grammar Series : Fundamentals of English Grammar , 3rd edition

Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the context of the

grammar covered in the tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable

syllabus. An Answer Key and Word List for target vocabulary are provided for

each chapter. You may download, reproduce and adapt the material to suit your

classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are available as Word documents or PDF

files.

Chapter 9—Comparisons

1. Geography Quiz

2. Geography Quiz: True or false

3. Geography Quiz: Vocabulary review

4. Geography Quiz: Vocabulary review

5. Reading: The Trans-Siberian Railway

6. Vocabulary practice

7. Vocabulary review

8. Vocabulary practice: Similar or opposite?

9. Conversation completions

10. Crossword

Answer Key

Word List

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Third Edition

Chapter 9: Comparisons

Worksheet 1. Geography Quiz

Take the geography quiz. Circle the correct answer. More than one answer may be

correct for some questions. The answers are given on the next page.

1. Which country has the largest population?

a. Russia

c. China

b. India

d. Indonesia

2. Which country is the densest in population?

a. Monaco c. Singapore

b. China d. Bahrain

3. Which country is the sparsest in population?

a. Namibia

c. Australia

b. Mongolia

d. Botswana

4. Which country is the biggest in land area ?

a. Russia c. China

b. Canada

d. the United States

5. Which country has the longest coastline ?

a. Norway

c. Canada

b. Australia

d. Greece

6. Where is the biggest desert on earth?

a. Siberia c. Africa

b. Antarctica d. California

7. The highest mountain of the world is in which two countries?

a. India and Pakistan c. China and Tibet

b. Tibet and Nepal d. Pakistan and Nepal

8. The lowest point of land on earth is on the border between which two countries?

a. Mexico and the U.S. c. Holland and Belgium

b. Israel and Jordan d. Denmark and Germany

9. Which is the northernmost capital city in the world?

a. Oslo, Norway

c. Helsinki, Finland

b. Reykjavik, Iceland

d. Moscow, Russia

10. Which capital city in the world is at the highest altitude ?

a. Bern, Switzerland c. Katmandu, Nepal

b. La Paz, Bolivia d. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Third Edition

Chapter 9: Comparisons

Worksheet 1, page 2. Geography Quiz

Answers:

1. China has more people than any other country, over one billion . India

has almost as many. The United States has 301 million , and Indonesia

has 234 million people.

2. Monaco is the country with the densest population. There are 16.2

people per square mile in this tiny country of only 0.75 square miles

(1.95 square kilometers). Singapore and Bahrain are also densely

populated, but China is not.

3. All these countries are sparse in population. Namibia and Mongolia are

the sparsest, with only 2 people per square mile. Australia and

Botswana are more crowded -- they have 3 people per square mile!

4. Russia has an area of about six and a half million square miles (17

million square kilometers), larger than Canada, China, or the United

States.

5. Canada’s coastline , with all its bays , islands, and inlets, is the longest:

151,485 miles (243,792 kilometers).

6. Antarctica has the world’s largest desert. It is immense. It is even

larger than the Sahara in Africa.

7. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is located partly in

Tibet and partly in Nepal.

8. The lowest point of land on the planet is at the bottom of the Dead Sea,

which lies between Jordan and Israel. It’s 1342 feet (409 meters) below

sea level from its shores. But it is not as deep as Lake Baikal in Russia,

in the mountains; Lake Baikal has a depth of 5,315 feet (1620 meters).

9. The capital city which lies furthest north is Reykjavik, in Iceland. Its

latitude is 65 degrees north, which is very near the Arctic Circle.

10. La Paz, Bolivia at 11,811 feet (3600 meters) is much higher than

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at 4363 feet (1330 meters), and Katmandu,

Nepal at 4384 feet (1337 meters). Bern, Switzerland is much lower; it’s

only 1772 feet (540 meters) high.

Please go on to Worksheet 2 on the next page.

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Third Edition

Chapter 9: Comparisons

Worksheet 2. Geography Quiz: True or false

Circle T if the statement is true based on the information in Worksheet 1. Circle F if

the statement is false.

1. T / F Russia’s population is larger than China’s.

2. T / F China is denser in population than Monaco is.

3. T / F Australia’s population is as sparse as Mongolia’s.

5. T / F Canada’s coastline is almost as long as Australia’s.

6. T / F The desert in Africa is not as large as the desert in Antarctica.

7. T / F Mount Everest is located in two countries.

8. T / F The bottom of the Dead Sea is 409 meters down from its shores.

9. T / F Reykjavik is further south than Oslo.

10. T / F Bern, Switzerland is not nearly as high as Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

4. T / F Russia is bigger than Canada in land area.

Vocabulary Worksheets

Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3 rd Third Edition

Chapter 9: Comparisons

Worksheet 3. Geography Quiz: Vocabulary review

Complete the sentences with the correct word from the word pool.

altitude

area

bay

billion

border

coastline

deep

depth

furthest

height

high

million

planet

thousand

1. 1,000 means one __________________________________.

2. 1,000,000 means one _______________________________.

3. 1,000,000,000 means one ____________________________.

4. A square mile measures the ___________________________.

5. Meters measure how _______________________ a mountain is.

6. The city of Denver is about one mile high. It has an

______________________________ of about 5,280 feet.

7. This map shows the __________________of the

southeastern United States, the land at the edge of the water.

8. A part of the sea that is mostly enclosed by a curve of the

land is a _______________________________.

9. The imaginary line that separates one country from another is its

_______________________________.

10. Earth is a ______________. There are seven others in our solar system.

11. The _______________________________ of the tallest mountain in

Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, is 19,563 feet (5,963 meters).

12. The _______________________________ of the Pacific Ocean at its

lowest point is 35,827 feet (10,924 meters).

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