UNIT 16 MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT. EXERCISES.

2 Write what we should or shouldn’t do with these things.• b We should collect waste paper and recycle them.. • c We should collect empty cans, bottles and recycle them.. • d We should c

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by POINSETTIA

UNIT 16 MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT EXERCISES.

A ANIMALS AND PLANTS

1 Write under the pictures Use some/ a lot of/ a little or a few The first picture is done for you.

a) A lot of tomatoes Some tomatoes Few tomatoes

d) A lot of water e) Some water f) A little water

A B

1 People need more land

2) Minh goes to the dentist.

3) Ba has a toothache.

4) Vinh never walks to school.

5) Mr.Hai doesn’t buy eggs in the market.

a) Because there are more people b) Because he eats a lot of candy.

c) Because his chicken produce a lot of them.

d) Because he has a toothache.

e) Because he live very far from the school

2 Match the sentences in A with the because-clauses in B The first is then for you

Look at exercise 2 again Write the questions and full answers for the

sentences B

• Example:

• 1) Why do people need more land?

• People need more land because there are more people

• 2) Why does Minh go to the dentist ?

• Minh goes to the dentist because he has a toothache

• 3) Why does Ba have a toothache?

• Ba has a toothache because he eats a lot of candy

• 4) Why does Vinh never walk to school?

• Vinh never walks to school because he lives very far from the school

• 5) Why doesn’t Mr.Hai buy eggs in the market?

• Mr.Hai doesn’t buy eggs in the market because his chicken produce a lot of them

B POLLUTION

1 What are we doing to the environmet? Answer the question.

• 1) What are we going to the forest?

• We are destroying the forest

• 2) What are we going to the water?

• We are wasting too much water

• 3) What are we going to wild animals and plants?

• We are destroying wild animals and plants

• 4) What are we going to the air, the land, the rivers and the oceans?

• We are polluting the land, the rivers and the oceans

2 Write what we should or shouldn’t do with these things.

• b) We should collect waste paper and recycle them

• c) We should collect empty cans, bottles and recycle them

• d) We should collect waste food and feed it to pigs

• e) We should save water

• f) We should keep off the grass.

• g) We should not pick flowers

• h) We should not damage trees

• i) We should not destroy forests

• j) We should turn off dripping faucets

• 3 What should we do? Complete the sentences.

• a) When you don’t need a light

• b) When you see a dripping faucet

• c) When you see trash in the street

•

you should turn it off

you should turn it off

you should pick it up

if you are free

4 Write the names of things people collect and recycle under the pictures

Waste food Empty bottles Empty cans Waste paper

Trash cans Scrap metal Old sandals and shoes Old clothes

Waste food Empty bottles Empty cans Waste paper

Trash cans Scrap metal Old sandals and shoes Old clothes

a) What do people do with waste food ? They collect it and feed it to the pigs

b) Which among those things do factories recycle?

Factories recycle empty bottles, empty cans, waste paper and scrap metal.

c) Which among them do people recycle?

People recycle waste food, empty bottles, waste paper, old sandals and shoes, old clothes.

d) What do you collect and recycle them? I recycle waste paper and old clothes.

5 Match the words to the pictures.

• 1 a) who is this?

• It’s Superlan

• b) who is the strongest girl in the world?

• Superlan is the strongest girl in the world

• c) Who is the fastest girl in the world?

• Superlan is the fastest girl in the world

• 2

• a)The city has a big problem What is it?

• The city is polluted

• b) What are the children doing in the street?

• The children are dropping trash in the street

• c) Superlan warns them about the pollution.What are they going to do next?

• They are putting trash in the trash can

• 3

• a) Where are the boys?

• They are in the forest

• b)What does Superlan do?

• (b)What is Superlan doing?)

• She is flying

• c) Where does she carry them to?

• She carries them to the forest station

• d) what does the forest warden do?

• The forest warden calls the fire service

• e) What does the helicopter do?

• It takes off It is carrying water It drops water on the fire

• 4

• a) What is the wrong with the ship?

• The steering is broken.

• b) What is the ship going to do?

It is going to hit the rock.

• c) What does the Superlan do?

• She pulls the ship away from the rocks.

TEST YOURSELF

• 1 Answer

• a) Where are you from?

• I’m from Tien giang

• b) Which langue do you speak?

• I speak Vietnamese, French and English

• c) What is the capital of your country?

• The capital of my country is Ha noi

• d) What color is your flag?

• My flag is red

• e) What is the population of your country?

• The population of my country is about over 81 million

• 2 Look at theis table and answer the questions Write five sentences.

• a) Which is the biggest city in Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh city is the biggest city in Vietnam

• b) Is Hue bigger than Hai phong?

• c) Whish is the smallest of the five cities?

• Da nang is the smallest of the five cities

• d) Which city has a population of lesss than a million?

• Da nang has a population of lesss than a million

• e) What is the population of your town?

• The population of my town is

5 million

1 million

No, it isn’t

• 3 Complete the passage Use some, a few, a little, lot, lots

• Mr.Hai has a farm He has three large paddy fields The

produce (a) of rice He also has a small field where

he grow (b) vegetables There are (c) fruit trees

in the field.They produce (d) fruit He has some

chickes.They produce a (e) of eggs

• 4 Complete the passage

• Petronas Twin Kuala Lumpur is the(a) buildingin

the world.The Great Wall of China is the world’s (b) structure.The Mekong is a (c) river but the

Amazon River is (d) Everest is the (e)

mountain in the world

• 5 Write five rules using should and should not which will protect the environment

• 1 We should not drop trash in the street

• 2 We should save water

• 3 We should collect waste paper, empty bottles

• 4 We should not pick flowers

• 5 We should not damage trees

• 6 Complete the passage Use : recycle, protect, put,

should not, collect

• We can help to (a) the environment We should (b) trash and (c) it in the trash can We (d) throw away empty cans and bottles

We should collect them and (e) them

Happy summer to you and your family.

April 26 th, 2010

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