The Martinelli family

Vocabulary

Family Life

Unit 3

Module 2

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Use the adjectives given in brackets in the right form.

Put the adjectives in the superlative form.

Change the sentences as in the example.

1. I’m older than him. – He’s younger than me.

2. Lions are faster than deer. - …

3. Elephants are heavier than bears. - …

4. Wolves are stronger than rabbits. - …

5. Cats can see better than mice. - …

6. They have less free time than their colleagues. - …

7. Vets know more about animals than cooks. - …

1. Insects make up (large) group of animals.

2. The fair fly is (tiny) insect on Earth.

3. The butterfly is (attractive) insect.

4. The goliath beetle is (heavy) insect of all.

5. (fast) insect is the dragonfly. It flies at 58 kilometers an hour.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park has 19000 hectares of (beautiful) desert scenery, but the natural wonders that visitors come to see are deep underground. These are the (famous) caves in the USA, going down almost ½ km, with about 45 km of tunnels and chambers.

Carlsbad Caverns have almost every kind of cave formation. You can see stalactites and stalagmites in all sorts of (strange) shapes and (wonderful) colours, as well as pools and waterfalls.

Only part of the cave system is open to the public. Even so, there is (much) than you can see in one visit. Among the (popular) attractions, there is: the Big Room – one of the world’s (big) chambers, 25 storey high and (much) than ½ km wide – (big) than any football stadium! It’s (easy) to get to, and you can walk all the way round the chamber to see its many (famous) features.

You can take a guided tour down 250 metres to the King’s Palace, to see four (beautiful) chambers with (amazing) colours and natural decorations.

In Bat Cave a million bats hang from the ceiling. At sunset they fly out in (huge) clouds, and return to the cave at first light.

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