Vocabulary in use vocabulary reference and practice Third Edition Elementary Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

 and conservation
/kɒns@veIʃn/
Nature
means ‘everything in the natural world’. (= animals, birds, plants, etc.)
There is wonderful 
wildlife
in the north of the country. [
animals, birds, fish and insects
]
Near the village there is 
a conservation area
[
place where wildlife and nature are protected
].
B
C
In the south of the country, there is a 
national park
[
very big national conservation area
].
Things to do in the countryside
You can take food and drink and 
have
a picnic
.
You can 
go
walking 
/
 skiing
in the mountains.
D
wildlife
Common
 
mistakes
I love 
nature
[
NOT I love the nature
]. I like walking 
in the countryside
[
NOT I like walking in the nature
]. 
‘Nature’ is not a place.
mountains
forest
lake
fields
path
country road
village
hills
wood
river
farm

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Exercises
67
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Cover the opposite page. How many names of things in the countryside can you remember? 
30.1
Fill the gaps in these sentences. 
1 My brother is a farmer. He lives on a 
. 
2 It’s not a big house; it’s just a 
.
3 The farm is near a 
which has 800 people.
4 Twenty kilometres from the village there is a small 
. It has 9,000 people.
Match the beginning of the sentences on the left with the ends of the sentences on the right. 
1 We went swimming 
a sitting by the river.
2 We went walking 
b in the national park.
3 We went skiing 
c in the lake. The water was warm.
4 We saw some wonderful wildlife 
d along a five-kilometre path.
5 We had a picnic 
e down the mountain.