- •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.
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- •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.
3. Fill in the blanks using a word from the list.
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weather exhaust on greenhouse recycling fuel resources environmental atmosphere energy |
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In recent years, the number of (1) ___________ problems has increased dangerously. One of the most serious problems is changes to the (2) ___________ which has led to the (3) ‘___________ effect’; this is making most climates warmer. It is already affecting several areas of the world with unusual (4) ___________ causing droughts or heavy storms. Cutting down on (5)___________ fumes from vehicles would help solve the problem. Natural (6) ___________ such as oil and coal are not endless, so using other forms of (7) ___________ such as wind, sun, water, and even sea waves would help preserve our planet. Very soon we will be able to drive cars in cities and towns that run (8) ___________ electricity – a much cleaner (9) ___________ than petrol. And we can also help to reserve finite resources by (10) ___________ things made of glass, aluminum, plastic and paper.
/from “Grammar and Vocabulary for First Certificate”, Luke Prodromou/
4. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words at the end of the sentence.
1. Man-made ___________ of the atmosphere is now causing a lot of concern. (pollute)
2. The residents had to clean up after ___________ floods. (disaster)
3. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally proposed to list the polar bear as "threatened" with ___________ under the Endangered Species Act. (extinct)
4. Cell phones are believed to be to ___________ our health. (harm)
5. It is fairly common knowledge that the sun has ___________ effects on the skin. (damage)
6. China will continue its efforts to control the growth of the ___________ in the 21 century. (populate)
7. Water is as essential to our ___________ as the air we breathe. (survive)
8. Effective ___________ of the environment requires activity on a variety of fronts. (protect)
9. There is a growing belief that one of the best solutions to eradicate ___________ is through social entrepreneurship and small business economics. (poor)
10. As many as 11 million people are threatened with ___________ across east Africa because of a combination of drought and conflict. (starve)
5. Answer the following questions using the vocabulary of the unit.
What causes the greenhouse effect?
What are the consequences of global warming?
Give examples of finite resources. What factors contribute to the problem of finite resources?
What endangered species are there in your country? What is being done to protect them?
Grammar Spot Future forms
1. Choose the correct form(s).
If this hot weather continues, forecasters say we’re going to have / we will have / we're having a drought.
I've decided that in the future I'm going to take / I'll take / I take the train instead of my car to the office.
Keith is having / will have / is going to have a video conference with the Managing Director later on today.
A I don't know how to download this document. B I'll help / I'm going to help / I'm helping you.
Anna has decided she's going to leave / she will leave / she's leaving her job to go back to college.
We are going to go / will go / are going away next weekend. We've booked a country cottage for two nights.
/New English File. Upper-intermediate. Workbook. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig with Jane Hudson/