VOCABULARY EXERCISES

A) Complete the sentences with ONE WORD each-.

1. ___________rain which contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil.
2. ___________is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest.
3. This year (a) severe ______ has ruined the crops.
4. The ________ generated by the windmill drives all the drainage pumps.
5. Certain chemicals have been banned because of their damaging effect on the___________.
6. Many species of plants and animals are in danger of ________.
7. Petrol ________ always make me feel ill.
8. Some natural_____________, such as natural gas and fossil fuel, cannot be replaced.
9. Renewable energy _______ such as wind and wave power
10. Scientists believe that there is a hole in the _____ layer.

a) waste
B) Choose the best ending.
b) pollution

1. In cities the air is hard to breathe because of car…

c) recycling
2. The earth’s climate is changing because of…
d) global warming
3. Not having enough of something is called a …

4. Air, sea and land can suffer from… e) rubbish

5. Throwing things away unnecessarily is called…
f) litter
6. A mixture of smoke and fog is called…
g) drought
7. Things which we throw away are called…

8. To avoid wasting things we can use… h) exhaust fumes

9. The paper people drop in the street is called…
i) shortage
10. Areas with low rainfall often suffer from…

C. Choose the most appropriated word underlined.

1. Many small houses and huts were flooded away/pushed away/washed away when the river burst its banks.

2. Poor farming methods are responsible for soil devaluation/erosion/migration in many areas of sub-Saharan

Africa.

3. During the earthquake, many people were buried/collapsed/covered alive.

4. The forest fire left a wide area of the mountainside blackened and ablaze/crackling/smouldering.

5. Villagers are hoping for rain this month after nearly a year of draft/draught/drought.

6. Before the hurricane struck, many people were abducted/evacuated/shifted to higher ground.

7. Thousands of children in the famine-stricken area are suffering from malnutrition/starvation/undernourishment.

8. Heavy snow has fallen in the mountains and many villages have been blocked out/cut off/swept away for the past two days.

9. The Aids epidemic/ outbreak/plague has begun to have serious effects in many African countries.

10. Many small islands in the Indian Ocean are threatened by rising sea beds/ levels/ shores.

D. Complete each sentence with a verb from the list.

 clean up cut down destroy let plant pollute prevent protect recycle waste

1. People should be encouraged to ____________ the environment, rather than ___________ it.

2. We should try to _________ disasters happening, not just ___________ them happen.

3. Everyone should try to _________ rivers, and not ____________ them.

4. It would be a good idea to _________ more trees, not to ___________ trees.

5. We can use things again if we ____________ rather than ___________ them.

ANSWERS

Solution A

1. Acid 2. Deforestation3. drought 4. energy 5. environment 6. extinction 7. fumes 8. resources 9. Sources 10. ozone

Solution B

1. h) 2. d) 3. i) 4. b) 5. a) 6. j) 7. e) 8. c) 9. f) 10. g)

Solution C

1. washed away 2. Erosion 3. Buried 4. Smouldering 5. drought

6. evacuated 7. Malnutrition 8. cut off 9. Epidemic 10. levels

Solution D

1. protect / destroy 2. prevent / let 3. clean up / pollute 4. plant / cut down 5. recycle / waste
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