The flooding of Lake Eyre – Writing exercise B
This the second of two exercises in picking out vocabulary and spelling it correctly. The challenge is to hear a word in the video that you may not know already and to guess at how it is spelt!
1 What is the adjective the announcer uses of the rain that people in the south-east of Australia are desperately waiting for?
2 What adjective captures how people have responded to this rare outback event?
3 What single word used means ‘sets in motion‘?
4 What is central Australia fast becoming?
5 What verb does he use to say that he is dealing with a hundred telephone calls a day?
6 What does it feel like, as the water spreads across the vast salt crust?
7 There is so much blue everywhere the horizon becomes …..
8 What is the statement made about the countryside you are looking at?
9 Where has the chopper (helicopter) roamed?
10 What is the adjective used with the noun ‘locations’ meaning isolated?
11 What is the phrasal verb used meaning rely on, depend on, base your hopes or confidence on?
12 What is the aim of the sport called bronco branding?
13 How does Don Rowlands say ‘I have not yet got to the bottom of / thoroughly analysed this (mystery)’?
14 The peaks in this landscape are dry – what are the hollows like?
15 The town of Birdsville is preparing for the arrival or entry of large numbers of people.What single word conveys the words in bold?
16 How is the message ‘nothing could be handier’ expressed here?