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G'day Australia! — Unit 1 Vocabulary Practice

By the end of this exercise, you can explain what each of these 42 words means and use them correctly in a sentence.

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Practise all 42 words from Green Line 5 Unit 1 'G'day Australia!': what each word means and how to use it in a sentence, with instant feedback.

Niveau / Level: B1 (GER/CEFR)
Für / For: Jahrgang 9 · Gymnasium
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 42 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 42 words. Nothing else is tested, here or in the test — read them once, then start Exercise B.

Word	What it means
G'day	the Australian way of saying hello
youth hostel	a cheap place where young travellers can sleep
to gleam	to shine softly
cluster	a small group of things close together
giant	extremely large
seashell	the hard cover of a small sea animal
to overhear	to hear something by accident, not on purpose
owner	the person something belongs to
terrace	a flat area outside a house where you can sit
snake	a long reptile with no legs
air ambulance	an aircraft that takes ill or injured people to hospital
satellite	a machine sent into space to send signals back
to go off	to leave a place
on one's own	with nobody else
bushwalking	walking in the Australian countryside for pleasure
box jellyfish	a square-shaped jellyfish whose sting can kill
marine stinger	the Australian name for any stinging sea creature
to net off	to close an area with a net
to be likely	to probably happen
rip current	water that pulls swimmers away from the beach
to be swept out to sea	to be carried away from the shore by the water
comforting	making a worried person feel better
safety	being free from danger
to call off	to stop or cancel something you planned
risk	the chance that something bad happens
spokesperson	a person who speaks officially for a group
association	an organised group of people with a shared aim
survival	staying alive in a dangerous situation
climatic	to do with the weather in a region
mostly	in most cases; usually
interior	the inland part of a country, away from the coast
to show sb around	to take someone through a place and explain it
barbie	the Australian word for a barbecue
to serve	to give food or drink to someone
to pick	to take fruit or flowers from a plant by hand
litter	rubbish left lying in a public place
track	a rough path through the countryside
to disturb	to interrupt someone or something
site	a place where something important happens or stands
to damage	to harm something so it no longer works well
lizard	a small reptile with four legs and a long tail
deadly	able to kill you

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. G'day

2. youth hostel

3. to gleam

4. cluster

5. giant

6. seashell

7. to overhear

8. owner

9. terrace

10. snake

11. air ambulance

12. satellite

13. to go off

14. on one's own

15. bushwalking

16. box jellyfish

17. marine stinger

18. to net off

19. to be likely

20. rip current

21. to be swept out to sea

22. comforting

23. safety

24. to call off

25. risk

26. spokesperson

27. association

28. survival

29. climatic

30. mostly

31. interior

32. to show sb around

33. barbie

34. to serve

35. to pick

36. litter

37. track

38. to disturb

39. site

40. to damage

41. lizard

42. deadly

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. A small ______ ran across the hot rock.

2. Out in the outback, families use a ______ to get internet.

3. Some beaches are ______ so that people can swim safely.

4. The local surf lifesaving ______ trains volunteers every summer.

5. Walking off the path can ______ the plants.

6. The box jellyfish is one of the most ______ animals in the sea.

7. The wet sand ______ in the early morning sun.

8. There is always a ______ of sunburn in the Australian summer.

9. A ______ of tiny islands lay just off the coast.

10. This rock is a sacred Aboriginal ______.

11. She picked up a beautiful ______ from the wet sand.

12. Please take your ______ home with you and keep the beach clean.

13. We ate breakfast outside on the ______.

14. Australians often say '______' instead of 'hello'.

15. I did not mean to listen, but I ______ their whole conversation.

16. Our host ______ around the farm and explained everything.

17. Signs on the beach warn tourists about ______ in the water.

18. We followed a narrow ______ through the forest.

19. In summer, backpackers earn money by ______ fruit on farms.

20. Few people live in the ______ of the country.

21. Two swimmers ______ and had to be rescued by helicopter.

22. On Sunday the neighbours invited us to a ______ in their garden.

23. Her ______ words helped him stop worrying.

24. We saw a ______ rock rising out of the desert.

25. The café ______ breakfast until eleven o'clock.

26. The lifeguards are there for your ______.

27. Rain is not ______ in the desert at this time of year.

28. Never walk in the outback ______ — always take a friend.

29. They ______ into the bush without telling anyone where they were going.

30. In the desert, water is the key to ______.

31. In summer the ______ makes swimming dangerous in northern Australia.

32. The ______ of the hostel showed us to our room.

33. A strong ______ can pull a swimmer far away from the beach.

34. Do not ______ the birds while they are nesting.

35. ______ is popular with tourists who want to see the real Australia.

36. The centre of Australia is ______ dry, empty land.

37. The search was ______ when it got dark.

38. When the farmer broke his leg, the ______ flew him to hospital.

39. The ______ conditions in the outback are hard for farmers.

40. Be careful where you walk — a ______ can hide in the long grass.

41. The club's ______ spoke to the newspaper about beach safety.

42. We slept in a cheap ______ near the beach in Cairns.

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