- •Unit 1 ‘The Environment’
- •Vocabulary 1 The Environment
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box below.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the words from Vocabulary 1.
- •3. Paraphrase the underlined words or word combinations using Vocabulary 1.
- •Vocabulary 2 Word building: Suffixes
- •Noun suffixes
- •1. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the word given at the end of the lines. The first is given as an example. Globalisation
- •2. All the words missing are nouns. Write suitable nouns in the gaps formed from the words in bold. Going green
- •Adjective suffixes
- •Verb suffixes
- •3. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- •4. Write an appropriate suffix to complete each adjective in the following sentences.
- •5. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the word given at the end of the lines. The car
- •1. Write an appropriate negative prefix to complete each word in the following sentences.
- •2. Write an appropriate prefix to complete each word in the following sentences.
- •3. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the word given at the end of the lines. Climate changes
- •Vocabulary 4 Threats and potential threats to the environment
- •1. Paraphrase the following sentences using words and phrases from the vocabulary above instead of the underlined words. Make any other necessary changes to produce a correct sentence.
- •2. Complete the following table, using a dictionary if necessary. Do not fill the shaded boxes.
- •3. Fill in the blanks using a word from the list.
- •Save it!
- •4. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words at the end of the sentence.
- •5. Answer the following questions using the vocabulary of the unit.
- •1. Choose the correct form(s).
- •2. Will or going to
- •3. Will or going to
- •4. Correcting mistakes of future forms
- •In the following dialogues, approximately half of the future forms are wrong. Find the mistakes and correct them. Sometimes more than one form is possible.
- •Unit 2 ‘Ecological Problems’
- •1. Study the table below.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the articles or some where necessary.
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the articles where necessary.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the articles or some where necessary.
- •5. Study the table below.
- •6. Study the table below.
- •7. Study the table below.
- •8. Study the table below.
- •9. Fill in the gaps with the articles where necessary.
- •Vocabulary 1 Green issues
- •1. Complete the table with words from a and b above and related forms. Put a stress mark in front of the stressed syllable in each word. (The first one has been done for you.)
- •2. Match the two parts of these sentences containing expressions from c above.
- •3. Complete the sentences with expressions from d above.
- •4. Complete the sentences using one of the words from the box.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with the word from the list below.
- •6. Paraphrase the underlined phrases using the vocabulary of the unit. Poisoned Environment in Nigeria
- •Vocabulary 2 Expressing cause and result
- •1. Cause, result in, lead to; result from, as a result of
- •2. Make three sentences about the other results of the tornado, using result in, result from and as a result of.
- •3. Rewrite the following sentences using the expressions in brackets.
- •4. Linking words and phrases
- •5. Underline the correct link word or phrase.
- •6. Fill in each space in these sentences with a suitable link word or phrase. More than one answer may be possible.
- •7. Answer the questions using different ways of expressing cause and result.
- •Vocabulary 3 Sustainable development
- •1. Complete the article with Sentences a - e below.
- •2. Look at the following key words from the article and find words which can go before or after them to form 'word combinations'. Two of them have been done for you as examples.
- •3. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place below
- •Waste Disposal
- •4. Multiple-choice cloze
- •Sustainability
- •5. Open cloze
- •Climate Change
- •6. Answer the questions using the vocabulary of the unit.
- •1. Future continuous and Future Perfect
- •2. Complete the sentences with the future perfect or future continuous form of the verb in brackets.
- •3. Recognizing correct future forms
- •4. What does John say?
- •5. Future continuous, Future Simple, Present Simple and Present Perfect
- •6. Correcting mistakes
- •In the following dialogues some of the future forms are wrong. Find the mistakes
- •7. Thinking about your future
- •Rain Forest Destruction
- •Vocabulary revision
- •1. Word formation
- •2. Multiple-choice cloze
- •Soil Pollution
- •3. Proof-reading
- •Polluting water is easy!
- •4. Fill in the gap with a suitable word. The first letter of the word is given.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word or word combination.
- •6. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word or word combination.
- •7. Find 13 different types of fuel in this word search.
- •8. Substitute the highlighted parts with the appropriate terms.
5. Open cloze
Fill in each gap with only one word.
Climate Change
It is now widely recognized that global warming over the past 50 years is due 1. ___________ human activities that have 2. ___________ greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The most recent assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that the global average surface temperature 3. ___________ by about 0.6°C during the 20th century.
The seemingly small rise in temperature is already showing 4. ___________ effects. One of the consequences has been a 5. ___________ in the global average sea level. Another effect has been more frequent droughts in recent decades in parts of Asia and Africa.
The world’s 6. ___________ of greenhouse gases, notably carbon dioxide, continue to increase. 7. ___________, global surface temperature is expected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 degrees Celsius from 1990 to 2100.
Scientists predict that this level of warming could increase the frequency of natural 8.___________, from flooding, to droughts, to torrential rains, ice-storms, tornadoes and hurricanes; it can also 9. ___________ sea levels to rise by between nine and 80 centimetres by 2100, owing to the 10. ___________ of polar icecaps and other glaciers, which in turn may 11.___________ flooding in many low-lying areas and small island states.
/Adapted from http://www.unep.org/ceh/chapter04.pdf/
6. Answer the questions using the vocabulary of the unit.
1. Are forests managed in a sustainable way in the area where you live? What measures are taken to prevent deforestation?
2. What recyclable products do you use?
3. How do you think businesses could be encouraged to invest into green products?
4. What are the prospects renewable sources of energy in your country?
Grammar Spot Future forms
1. Future continuous and Future Perfect
These are the predicted changes in the atmosphere and climate that will be happening or will have happened over the next century based on the current state of knowledge. Put each prediction into either the Future Continuous or Future Perfect.
global non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions / grow 13 billion metric tons / by 2020
average surface temperature of the Earth / increase by 1.1-6.4° / by the end of the 21st century
tropical storms and hurricanes / become more intense / by the end of the 21st century
global average sea level / rise by 18-59 cm / by 2100
climate change / have a significant impact on Australia’s wool industry / by 2029
more than 660m people / suffer the damage of climate change / by 2030
fewer people / die from freezing temperatures / by 2100
2. Complete the sentences with the future perfect or future continuous form of the verb in brackets.
a. By the end of this month, we _____________ (move) to our new house so you can come and stay after that.
b. This time tomorrow my parents _____________ (fly) over the Atlantic on their way to New York!
c. It's been raining all day, but hopefully it _____________ (stop) by tomorrow. We were planning to have a picnic.
d. Hopefully you _____________ (read) the book I lent you by the next time we see each other.
e. If the match starts at 7.00 p.m., we _____________ (play) until 8.45 at least.
f. I can't meet you for lunch tomorrow because I think I _____________ (work). I have so much to do I'll just have a sandwich at my desk.
g. In a year's time, they _____________ (build) the new road and we'll be able to get to work much quicker.
h. If everything goes according to plan, we _____________ (spend) Christmas in Australia this year.
/New English File. Upper-intermediate. Workbook. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig with Jane Hudson/