- •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.
Vocabulary 4 Threats and potential threats to the environment
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You probably already know a lot of words for talking about the environment, pollution, and so on. In this unit we look at words that are often used together (collocations). Try to learn some of these expressions and use them in your writing.
Shrinking habitats (places where animals live and breed which are decreasing in size) are a threat to both plants and animals, and endangered species (types of animals/plants which are in danger of no longer existing) need legal protection if they are to survive. Meanwhile, global warming (steady rise in average world temperatures) will produce rising sea levels and climatic changes (changes in the weather/climate), and carbon dioxide emissions (carbon dioxide gas from factories, cars, etc.) from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, etc.) are contributing to the greenhouse effect (warming of the Earth's surface caused by pollution). In addition, population growth exerts severe pressure on (formal: puts pressure on) finite resources (limited resources), and the ecological balance (balance of natural relationships in the environment) may be upset by uncontrolled deforestation (destruction/clearing of forests). Demographic projections (forecasts about the population) suggest the world population will grow before it begins to stabilise. One of the worst case scenarios (the worst possibilities for the future) is that there will be no tropical forests left by the year 2050. /Adapted from English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell/ |
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.
1 All that carbon-what's-it-called gas put out by cars and factories is a major problem.
2 These flowers here are a type there's not many left of, so it's illegal to pick them.
3 A lot of wild animals have to survive in smaller and smaller areas where they can live.
4 We have to look after the things we use on this planet because they won't last forever.
5 If the cutting down of trees continues, there will be no forest left ten years from now.
6 Burning coal and oil and stuff like that causes a lot of pollution.
7 The sea will get higher if this heating up of the world continues.
8 Increasing population puts really big pressure on economic resources. 9 The way things all balance one another in nature is very delicate.
/Adapted from English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell/
2. Complete the following table, using a dictionary if necessary. Do not fill the shaded boxes.
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/Adapted from English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell/