Test paper Africa Plant life isinfluencedby theamountof rainfall.Tropical rainforestsextendto the north and south of the equator. They are home to thousands of plants and animalspecies. The rainforestsconsistofvariouslayers of vegetation, from shrubsandfernson the ground to trees that grow up to a heightof 50 metres.In thesavannahsand grasslands longer grass isreplaced by shorter grass as you move away from the equator, with treesscatteredin-between. In some areas, like theSahel zone, there are large differences in rainfall every year. In the lastdecadesdroughtshave caused hunger andstarvationin many part of the Sahel and Ethiopia.RainfallinfluencesAfricasagriculture.Nutrientsin the top layers of thesoilare washed away aftertorrentialrain, on the other side nothing can grow if it rains too little.In thedesertregions of the Sahara, Namib and Kalahari rainfall oftendropsto under a hundred cm a year. Differences in temperature between day and night or often larger than between summer and winter.Climate regionsin Africa are under change, maybedue toglobal warming.Droughtsare becoming more widespreadacross the Sahel and eastern Africa. The Sahara is moving southward and more and more areas are threatenedbydeforestation.

a. Translate the words:Droughts = Starvation =Soil = Widespread = To threaten = Deforestation = Shrub =Ferns =

b. Find two nouns, two adjectives, two lexical verbs, one modal verb, one auxiliary verb and one adverb of frequence in the text:

c. Translate the sentences:Nutrientsin the top layers of thesoilare washed away aftertorrentialrain, on the other side nothing can grow if it rains too little.

The rainforestsconsistofvariouslayers of vegetation, from shrubsandfernson the ground to trees that grow up to a heightof 50 metres.

d. Put the following sentence in Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future Simple, Going To Future:

Tropical rainforestsextendto the north and south of the equator.

e. Explain with your own words the main idea in the text:

f. Find 2 regular and 2 irregular vbs (all the 3 forms):

g. Recognize the tense in the sentence below. Write down which verb is aux. and which is lexical, then translate the sentence:

In the lastdecadesdroughtshave caused hunger andstarvationin many part of the Sahel and Ethiopia.

h. Write an essay about the climate and vegetation in your country.

i. Translate into English:

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