SECTION A

COMPREHENSION

A World of Water

1. Nearly 75% of the earth is covered by water. There is water above ground, called surface
water, such as lakes, swamps, and rivers. The
groundwater. Water even exists in the sky. That is called water
vapour. There is water everywhere. Weird, but
True
2.
drink. 3 liters of
water are
use most of our drinking water, because 70% is frozen like used to
the Hubbard Glacier. Also, we can only reach 30% of our produce a 1-
liter bottle of
groundwater, and most of that is polluted. In fact, we can only
water.

3.

the total number of water that we use. For example, we

-shirt, we only see the T-shirt. But 2,700
litres of water were used to produce it!

4. Earth has always had the same amount of water. However, there are more people on the
planet now and we all need potable water. If we want water in the future, we must not
waste it or pollute it now!

70% of that is ice

which leaves 30% as

groundwater we can get
75% of the earth access to.
is covered in
water
Much of that is so polluted, it's
unuseable, leaving less than 1% readily
97.5% of that is
ocean accessible for direct human use.

Adapted from: National Geographic: Our World 6A

which leaves
2.5% as fresh
water
1.1. What kind of text is this? (1)

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1.2. Complete the sentences:

1.2.1 Water in lakes, rivers and swamps is called

____________________________ _ (1)

1.2.2 Water in the clouds or in the sky is called

______________________________ (1)

1.2.3 Water that is underground is called

______________________________ (1)

1.2.4 The water we can drink is called ___________________water. (1)

1.3. Explain in your own words (2)

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1.4. Explain what it means when we say the water is polluted. (1)

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1.5. Give an example of a pronoun from paragraph 4. (1)

1.6 Underline the prefix in the following word.

unused (1)
1.7 Circle the conjunction in the following sentence.

We must save water because it is scarce. (1)

1.8 Underline the suffix in the following word.

covered (1)

1.9 Name two things you would do to save water. (2)

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TOTAL: SECTION A: [14]