WETLANDS: AN URGENT CALL

1) As you are very interested in wetlands, you told your family you would like to visit
one. You decide to look up a map of the wetland Delta del Paraná and you
discover that it is actually very big. It helps you answer some of your questions.

● In which provinces can we find the Delta del Paraná?

● Which province has the biggest part of the Delta?
2) You have never been to Delta de Tigre, so you look up in Google Maps how to get
there.

One of your friends wants to go with you.

She asks you about the best way to get
there.

Which is the fastest way to

get from La Plata to Tigre?

Is it faster to go by train than by motorbike?

3) As you are curious about the Delta de Tigre, you look up information about this place
and come across this interview and a picture of a mural from one of its inhabitants. As
you listen to it, you wonder about the link between the man in the mural and his life in
this place and jot down some ideas.
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The man in the mural is ……………………………………..(name)

He is an activist in defense of…………………………

He lives in ……………………………………………………………….

He …………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………….
4) As you were listening to the interview, you decided to make a list of its most
important parts. But now you want to organize your ideas better, so you try to
match each idea to each answer in the script of the interview.

*loot: to steal from shops and houses

 a) when and why MN became an activist

b) the way in which he made a living and earned money

c) the need for a law that doesn’t exist yet

d) the reason why we should defend wetlands

e) what he has learnt about wetlands

f) how big companies have taken the land away from people

g) the reason why he chose to live in Tigre

5) The webpage where you found the interview helps you to understand some
difficult words with a crossword. You read the definitions on the left and complete
the crossword on the right.

craft - environment - tide - aquifer - flood - ownership

6) Your friend’s puppy has eaten part of the printed interview you gave your friend.
He wrote down what he remembered but some ideas are not right. You tick the
right sentences and turn the wrong ones into the negative form.

A. People in the Delta have adapted themselves to the environment.

B. They have become activists because of the floods in the Delta.

C. Big companies have looted the Delta.

D. The inhabitants of the Delta have preserved the environment.

E. Big companies have helped inhabitants to take care of the Delta.

F. Congress has passed a law to protect wetlands.

7) You have found the complete interview on Youtube, but some parts of the audio
are missing. You try to decipher the questions of the interviewer paying attention to
the answers of the interviewee.
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1) Look at these 2 sentences from the interview in task 2 . Are the underlined verbs in
the affirmative or negative form?

a) We haven’t adapted the environment to ourselves.

b) Congress hasn’t passed a law yet.

2) Look at the sentences again and tick the correct answer.

● To form the negative structure in present perfect, we use subject + have/has

+ past participle + not.
● To form the negative structure in present perfect, we use subject + have/has
+ not + past participle.

3) Turn this sentence into its negative form.

● Activists and street artists have stopped defending and protecting wetlands.

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4) Now look at the following question taken from the interview.

Have you demanded a law from Justice?

To make the question, the order of the
words is: ● subject + have/has + past participle
● have/ has + subject + past participle.
5) Look at these 2 questions:

a. How have these big companies destroyed the wetlands?

b. Have they built houses in Punta Querandí?

Choose the correct option:

● In a your answer will give specific // general information (you answer Yes/No)
● In b your answer will give specific // general information.

6) Write the short answers to these 2 questions. You can go back to task 5 to help
you.
a. Have they built houses in Punta b. Has justice taken action to defend this
Querandí? place?
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7) Your school wants to participate in a campaign created by Greenpeace. This NGO

wants to publish an article about the situation of wetlands around the world. You
 make your contribution by answering the questions about the wetland in the Delta.
Your contribution should be in English because it will be published internationally.

Keywords or phrases you can use:

● polluted water
● take care of the wetland
● demand a law
● street art
● mural
● local people
● massive destruction of the ecosystem