Statements

1. The Grampian Mountains are situated below sea level in places.

2. The Pennine Chain’s nickname associates with a part of a human body.

3. The Pennine Chain is often flooded by heavy rains.

4. Dartmoorin southDevon, a county in the south-west of England, is an area of gently rolling hills.

5. The Mourne Mountains together with Ben Nevis are the highest mountain in the British Isles.

6. Ben Nevis cannot be regarded as the highest mountain in the world.

7. The Grampian Mountains in the Scottish Highlands are covered with gently rolling hills.

8. The name of Ben Nevis can be interpreted in several different ways, sometimes rather contradictory.

9. Ben Nevis is notorious for its bad visibility and unpredictable weather in any season.

10. Every year, more tourists visit Ben Nevis than Snowdon.

11. Both Ben Nevis and Snowdon are preserved by the British government.

12. The name Snowdon has two different meanings.

13. According to an old legend, King Arthur was defeated on that mountain by the giant Rhitta Gawr and buried there.

TASK 16. Translate the geography terms given below into English.

	Russian	Ukrainian	English
1	холмик, бугорок, небольшое возвышение	горбок, невелике піднесення
2	низменность, низина	низовина, низина
3	горный перевал	гірський перевал
4	склон, скат, откос	схил, скат, укіс
5	отвесная скала	стрімка скеля
6	горный массив	гірський масив
7	столовая гора; плоский холм-останец	столова гора; плоский холм-останец
8	подножие горы	підніжжя гори
9	глетчер, ледник	глетчер, льодовик
10	гребень горы; горный хребет	гребінь гори; гірський хребет
11	горная цепь	гірський ланцюг
12	нагорье, высокогорная местность	нагір'я, високогірна місцевість
13	горная цепь (с зубчатыми вершинами)	гірський ланцюг (із зубчастими вершинами)
14	горная вершина	гірська вершина
15	утёс	стрімчак
16	скала	скеля

TASK 17. You are going to read a text about the main rivers in Britain. For questions 1-17 choose from the rivers A-D. The rivers may be chosen more than once.

Major Rivers Of England

1. The River Thames 

2. The Mersey River

3. The River Tyne

4. The Severn River