Матеріали до уроків "Nature and the Environment".

               Nature and the Environment

               Develop Your Vocabulary

1. Read and match the words with their definitions.

pollution, rubbish, protect, environment, recycle,

reduce, reuse, responsible

1. having the duty of doing something or taking care of

something;

2. to collect and sort rubbish in order to produce useful materials

that can be used again;

3. the air, water, land in or on which people, animals and plants

live;

4. to make something less in amount;
5. to use something again;
6. to keep something safe from injury or damage;
7. damage caused to air by harmful substances or waste;
8. waste material or things that are no longer wanted or needed.

2. Complete the sentences with the words from task 1.

1. It’s important to be … for your own actions.
2. Don’t throw out that paper bag, we can … it for groceries.
3. Saving paper helps to … waste.
4. Air … is a serious global problem.
5. Some people throw … on the street instead of putting it

in the rubbish bin.

6. We need to … our natural resources.
7. It’s a good idea to … household waste.
8. Protecting the … is every man’s responsibility.

3. Put the words into correct order to make up sentences.

1. important / environment / to / is / recycling / the / help
2. rubbish / is / for / wildlife / plastic / dangerous
3. can / pollution / recycling / help / reduce
4. protect / our / pets / we / should / harm / from
5. air / with / polluted / the / traffic / is / fumes
6. there / species / many / different / on / birds / are / the / canal
7. more / recycle / to / we / need / to / a / way / find
8. organic / better / is / for / environment / the / farming

4. Read the sentences and fill in the right word form.

1. People are interested in … issues.  (environment)
2. The … of the environment in Ukraine is paid much

attention to.  (protect)

3. The … is working on a new experiment.  (science)
4. We should do more to protect the environment from …

(pollute)

5. They are … pet owners.  (response)
6. Increased … has transformed the landscape.  (populate)
7. The fire … spread out of control.  (quick)
8. People should stop … in the wildlife.  (destroy)

5. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

1. People can (recycle, reduce) things like plastic bags or

food containers.

2. Heavy industry causes a great deal of air (protection, pollution).
3. They can (reuse, reduce) the amount of energy they use.
4. Don’t buy products in (plastic, paper) containers.
5. The waste our society produce can (spoil, save) the environment.
6. Some chemicals can be (dangerous, careful) to humans.
7. You can do something to (protect, produce) the environment.
8. Global warming is the result of air (pollution, transformation).