Task 1

Complete the text. Use one word in each gap. The first letter has been given.
Every Saturday Mrs Dashwood, my old neighbour, takes her empty drinks containers
to the bottle 0 bank and then she goes to the petrol 1 s___________ to buy some bread
and milk from the shop there. She walks everywhere as she doesn’t have a car. She
believes that 2 c___________ change is a serious problem and gets a 3 b___________
out of not driving or using public 4 t___________. She only uses 5 r___________
energy like solar power if she can and does all her cooking and cleaning by hand so
she doesn’t use any ordinary electricity. She is happy to 6 g___________ her opinion
on anything and everything. Some people don’t like her, but I find her interesting and
fun. If I don’t feel I can do something, I talk to her and she always says something to
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b___________ my confidence. I walk out of her house feeling I could do anything.
Everyone should have a Mrs Dashwood in their life!
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Task 2
Complete the questions with question tags.
7 He went home, didn’t he ?
7 They are working on their environment project, ________________?
2 He doesn’t need to speak to us, ________________?
3 Julie’s seen that film before, ________________?
4 They spent a lot of time studying the oceans, ________________?
5 She’s waiting for the bus to go to town ________________?
6 She can’t speak Chinese, ________________?
7 They haven’t been here before, ________________?
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Task 3
Complete the dialogue. Use a word from the box. There are more words than
you need.
determined endangered petrol plastic bags protect recycle
rubbish satisfied smoke waste
A: We’ve got to do an essay about 0 endangered animals. What are you going to
write about?
B: I haven’t decided yet. I thought, elephants, maybe.
A: Really? Everyone knows about them. I’m going to write about turtles.
B: Really?
A: Well if we don’t 1 ____________ the oceans, the coral and other sea creatures
that the turtles feed on will disappear. I’m 2 ____________ to save as many
animals as we can and stop throwing away so much 3____________.
B: So you‘re saying that we need to 4 ____________ things instead of throwing
them away?
A: Exactly. Last year billions of tonnes of plastic found its way into the sea. We
need to
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____________ less food, energy and water. Then these animals might survive.
B: Well, I think I’ll write about birds in danger.
A: That’s a good idea. After all, 6 ____________ from factories has polluted the air.
So that must affect the birds.
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