- •What is a logistician responsible for? Read the text and check your prediction.
- •Match the subtitles with the paragraphs in the text:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Many words in English can function as nouns, or verbs, or adjectives.
- •Fill in the table. The first one is done for you as the example.
- •Find the words hidden in the jumbles:
- •Which goods need specific treatment during transportation?
- •Name three products for which:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Interpret the nominal compounds:
- •Find the words in the jumbles:
- •Seven names of vehicles have been hidden in the box below. Find them.
- •Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals:
- •Fill in the correct preposition which goes with the underlined word. Some of them may be used more than once.
- •Substitute the words in italics with their synonyms from the list below:
- •Complete the messages from a message board on the Internet. Use a, the or one.
- •Complete the blanks with a (an), the or zero article.
- •Complete the conversation. Use a, the or –.
- •Comment on the following famous words:
- •Do you know:
- •Read the text and mark the sentences below as true (t) or false (f).
- •Complete the missing information.
- •Find ten words in the text and match them with their definitions.
- •Fill in the missing prepositions. Choose from the box below.
- •Match the words from columns to make proper collocations (they all appeared in the text).
- •Put the verb into the correct tense form (Past Simple or Present Perfect).
- •How would you answer the question above?
- •Do you know where in the world people drive on the right and where on the left?
- •Do you know why? the romans drove on the left
- •Match the words from the text with their definitions.
- •What about the rest of the world?
- •List the countries from the text where people drive:
- •Complete the missing words in the table below.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Use the correct form of the words from the table to complete the sentences. Change the form of the words in capitals.
- •Read the title of the short article below. What kind of pollution does it refer to? Read the article and check your predictions. Is this a problem where you live?
- •Invisible pollution
- •Here is a list of ten noises which most annoy people:
- •What are other curses of living in a city? What can be done to help city-dwellers?
- •Read the text and fill in the gaps with the expressions from the list:
- •Read the text below.
- •Match the following headlines with the paragraphs of the text.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Complete the table using the words from the list. Some of them can be used more than once.
- •Fill in the missing words:
Match the following headlines with the paragraphs of the text.
Transporting hazardous goods
Training programme for environmental awareness
Social and environmental effects of transport
Growing needs and expectations
Environmental policy
Sources of pollution caused by transport
Transport made 'greener'
Answer the following questions:
Can you find another phrase meaning 'eco-sensitive'?
What do marker boards on a vehicle inform about?
How many marker boards should vehicles carrying hazardous goods have:
in the UK? on international routes?
Who conducts environmental audit? How does it help to run a company?
Match the words with their definitions:
A a) pollution |
b) pollute |
c) polluting |
d) pollutant |
e) polluter |
to make dirty, impure, and dangerous for people and animals to live in or to use
a factory or company polluting the environment
the effect of making something dirty
the process of making something dirty
a substance that pollutes the environment
B Complete the following sentences with words from part A.
The main …………… in this country are sulphur dioxide and smoke.
She was horrified by all the …………… on the beach.
Factories and cars …………… the air which contributes to global warming.
A …………… who dumps waste into rivers should not only pay fines but also do some extra work for the benefit of the local society.
…………… the air will never be stopped until factories start using filters.
Match the words with their definitions:
detrimental, fossil fuels, internal combustion engine, stowage, drag |
………… is the name for the resistance to the movement that is experienced by something that is moving through air or through a fluid
fuels such as coal, oil that are formed from the decayed remains of plants or animals are called …………
………… is the act of putting something away in a place where it can be kept until it is needed
an engine that creates its energy by burning fuel inside itself is called …………
something which has very harmful or damaging effects is …………
Complete the table using the words from the list. Some of them can be used more than once.
acid |
melting ice caps |
buildings |
nitrogen |
carbon |
oil |
climate |
pollution |
dioxide |
problems |
diseases |
sea wildlife |
flooding low-lying areas |
sulphur |
global |
the raise of ocean levels |
greenhouse |
threat |
Dangers |
Causes / sources |
Effects |
……………… effect leading to …………… warming |
emission of …………… |
…………… changes such as: …………………… |
…………… rains |
…………… dioxide, oxides of ……………, carbon …………… |
deadly …………… to people, animals, plants and …………… |
health hazards |
|
respiratory ……………, allergies, hearing …………… |
water pollution |
…………… leaks, chemicals, …………… |
threat to …………… |
Cam you think of any solutions that can reduce the dangers?