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English Vocabulary for Geography

Learn Land Masses and Water Bodies in English

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This is a lesson to help you learn common geography-related words about land masses and water bodies in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

The games and flashcards are currently set to test the following [wait...] words:

Table of Contents

  • Match-the-Pairs Game
  • Memory Game
  • Basic Flash Cards
  • Spell-the-Word Game
  • Multi-Choice Test
  • Learn with Hangman!
  • "Sentence" Flash Cards
  • "Missing Word" Flash Cards
  • Example Sentences

Match-the-Pairs Game

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  • Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
  • There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
  • Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game

Pairs: getting ready...

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getting ready...
  • Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
  • Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
  • This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
  • Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
Ranking (Clicks)

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Hero ()
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Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "geography" category. Choose your first letter to start.
  • Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
  • If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
  • If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
  • If the gallows are completed, you lose.
  • Good luck!
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Create Your Own Version of This Game

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"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "geography" category:
  • "mountain","river","ocean","desert","forest","island","lake","valley","glacier","peninsula"
  • A mountain is a large, steep hill.
  • They climbed the mountain.
  • He loves hiking in the mountains.
  • A river is a large, flowing body of water.
  • They went fishing in the river.
  • She lives near a river.
  • An ocean is a vast body of salt water.
  • They sailed across the ocean.
  • He loves swimming in the ocean.
  • A desert is a dry, sandy area with little rain.
  • They traveled through the desert.
  • She saw camels in the desert.
  • A forest is a large area covered with trees.
  • They hiked through the forest.
  • He enjoys the quiet of the forest.
  • An island is a piece of land surrounded by water.
  • They spent their vacation on an island.
  • She dreams of living on an island.
  • A lake is a large body of water surrounded by land.
  • They swam in the lake.
  • He has a cabin by the lake.
  • A valley is a low area between hills or mountains.
  • They walked through the valley.
  • She loves the view from the valley.
  • A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice.
  • They visited a glacier in Alaska.
  • He studied the glacier for his research.
  • A peninsula is a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
  • They explored the peninsula by boat.
  • She enjoyed the beaches on the peninsula.
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This page was written by Craig Shrives.

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