Unit: Waste not, Want not SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

1. Classify practices (1-11) in the the table below:

1 2 3 4
Conserving water Global warming Using electric cars Deforestation

5 6 7 8
Ocean Acidification Using solar energy Recycling products Overfishing

9 10 11
Pollution Making use of natural light Consuming reusable products
Environmentally friendly practices Environmentally damaging practices

b. Which of the practices mentioned above represent sustainable development?

c. Read the text and check your answer to question “b”.
Sustainable development is the development that meets present needs without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs by ensuring economic efficiency, social equity and respect for the
environment.
Algeria is firmly committed to the promotion of renewable energy in order to provide comprehensive and
sustainable solutions to environmental challenges regarding the conservation of the energy resources of fossil
origin. It intends to take position as a major player in the production of electricity from solar photovoltaic and
solar thermal that will be the engines of a sustainable economic development. This country has one of the
largest solar fields in the world. It is valued at more than 3,000 hours of sunshine per year and 5 KWh of daily
energy received on a horizontal surface of 1 m2 on most of the country.
The national program for development of new and renewable energy (NPRE) in Algeria includes the
realization of 67 projects, which will allow by 2030 to produce 40% of the needs of Algeria in electricity. In
this essence, the larger power plants that Algeria will achieve will be solar thermal type that will be installed in
the southern regions. Three power plants with a capacity of 150 MW each will be built in El Oued and Bechar.
Adapted from : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610214008017
Task01: Answer the following questions according to the text:
a. What is sustainable development?
b. How can sustainable development be achieved?
c. Underline the sentence which includes the aim behind Algeria ‘s commitment to the promotion of
renewable energy?
d. The connector in order to expresses:
1.Reason 2. Result 3. Purpose(aim)
Task02: Circle the connectors that can do the same function of “in order to’’ then use them to
combine sentences in column A with their corresponding ones in column B:
because - so as to - so - so that - and - to - but

A B
1. Overfishing must be prevented. a. (to protect) the world that our
2. We must reduce global warming children will inherit from us.
emissions. b. (to reduce) the pollution caused by
3. People should recycle waste waste
materials into new objects. c. (to save )the ecosystems and the
balance of life in oceans.
Task03: Complete the following chart as shown in the example:
1. We use the following suffixes: ful/less, able/ible, ing, ed, ous, ive, by, y, y, ant/ent, ic,ical/
ness, er,ar, ship,tion/ation/sion/ion, ity, ance, ism to form adjectives and nouns.
Verb Adjective Noun
Example To develop development
Achievable
Realizable
Power
To produce
Sustainable
To suspect
comprehension
To endanger
reduced
To accept
To impoverish
Unit: Waste not, Want not.
Match pictures (1-8) with phrases ( A-H):
A. A gang of thieves
B. A team of players
C. A shoal of fish
D. A flock of birds G. A swarm/army of ants
E. A band of musicians H. A bevy of girls
F. A herd of giraffs

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8

2. The words: gang/ team/ shoal/ flock/ band/ herd/ swarm and bevy refer to:
a. Plurality. b. Singularity
3. Words like team, gang.. which refer to a group or collection of things, persons or animals are called:
a. Compound nouns. b. Collective nouns

3. Complete the sentences using words in the box:

The rich – the Chinese – the blind - the homeless - the Japenese

1.........are not able to see anything. 2. ………are powerless and insecure. 3. ………are not always happy.

4. ………are famous for the suchi and the Kimono. 5. ……are famous for martial arts like the Gongfu
5. The words : blind- homeless- rich- Japenese- Chinese are:
a. nouns b. adjectives
6. Complete the chart:
The+ ……………… = …………………….

5. Fill in the reminder:

Reminder:
Collective nouns express ……………1………………..
Some English adjectives can act like collective nouns when preceded by the definite article ………2……… and
they are always treated as plural nouns.
Practice: Complete the table:

Noun Adjective Collective nouns Your own example

Innocence …………………… ……………………… ……………………………………………………

Intelligence …………………… ……………………… …………………………………………………….

Sickness …………………… ……………………… ……………………………………………………..

Strength …………………… ……………………… ……………………………………………………

Weakness …………………… ……………………… …………………………………………………….

Youth …………………… ……………………… …………………………………………………

English …………………… ……………………… …………………………………………………….