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Australia — Vocabulary Practice

By the end of this exercise, you can explain what each of these 26 words means and use them correctly in a sentence.

Auf einen Blick / At a glance

Practise the 26 Australia words for Year 9 Oberschule: what each word means and how to use it in a sentence, with instant feedback.

Niveau / Level: A2–B1 (GER/CEFR)
Für / For: Jahrgang 9 · Oberschule
Fertigkeiten / Skills: Wortschatz / Vocabulary
Aufgaben / Tasks: 3 — The vocabulary list · What does it mean? · Use the word
Kosten / Cost: kostenlos, ohne Anmeldung / free, no sign-up

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Ex A – The vocabulary listRead the 26 words and what they mean

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Ex B – What does it mean?Choose the right meaning for each word

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Ex C – Use the wordPut each word into a sentence

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Exercise A

The vocabulary list

These are all 26 words. Nothing else is tested, here or in the test — read them once, then start Exercise B.

Word	What it means
Aboriginal people	the first people who lived in Australia
to struggle	to try very hard to do something difficult
to be known as	to be called this name by everyone
the outback	the dry, empty land in the middle of Australia
great	very big, or very good
to attend	to go to a school, class or event
satellite dish	a round dish that receives TV or internet signals
necessary	something you must have or must do
up to	as far as, but no further
boarding school	a school where the students also live
term	one of the parts a school year is divided into
in addition	as well as something else
Australian	from Australia, or a person from Australia
easy-going	relaxed and not easily worried
continent	one of the seven big land areas of the world
Antarctica	the frozen land at the South Pole
isolation	being far away from other people
unusual	not normal; not what you often see
species	one kind of animal or plant
to exist	to be real and be there
koala	a grey Australian animal that lives in trees
kangaroo	an Australian animal that jumps on strong back legs
available	that you can get or use
skilled	trained and good at a job
carpenter	a person who makes things from wood
nurse	a person who looks after sick people in a hospital

Exercise B

What does it mean?

Choose the right meaning for each word. You can check as often as you like — the first correct answer scores a full point, the second half a point. Every word from the list comes up once.

Choose the meaning

1. Aboriginal people

2. to struggle

3. to be known as

4. the outback

5. great

6. to attend

7. satellite dish

8. necessary

9. up to

10. boarding school

11. term

12. in addition

13. Australian

14. easy-going

15. continent

16. Antarctica

17. isolation

18. unusual

19. species

20. to exist

21. koala

22. kangaroo

23. available

24. skilled

25. carpenter

26. nurse

Exercise C

Use the word

Choose the word that fits each gap. Knowing what a word means is not the same as knowing when to use it, so every word comes back here in a sentence.

Fill the gaps

1. My pen friend Ellie is ______; she lives in Perth.

2. Aboriginal people ______ for their rights for many years.

3. We have to read the text ______ page 46.

4. Koalas ______ only in Australia, nowhere else in the world.

5. Their farm is in ______, six hours' drive from the nearest town.

6. There are still jobs ______ for skilled workers in the outback.

7. Children in the outback ______ the School of the Air by radio and internet.

8. A ______ sleeps for about 20 hours a day in a eucalyptus tree.

9. Many ______ of animal live only in Australia.

10. Life on a farm far from any town can mean ______ for young people.

11. A good internet connection is ______ if you want to study from a farm.

12. It is ______ to see a kangaroo in the middle of a big city.

13. To get the lessons at home, the students need a ______.

14. Daniel Craig is ______ James Bond.

15. The land belonged to ______ long before Europeans arrived.

16. Some children from the outback go to a ______ in the city during term time.

17. The school year in Australia has four ______.

18. If you want to build a wooden house, you need a good ______.

19. Australia needs ______ workers such as carpenters and nurses.

20. A ______ can jump more than eight metres with its strong back legs.

21. Uluru is a ______ red rock in the middle of the country.

22. I play the piano, and ______ I play the guitar.

23. Millions of years ago, Australia broke away from ______.

24. Australia is the smallest ______ in the world.

25. People say Australians are friendly and ______.

26. After the accident, a ______ looked after him in hospital.

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