Vocabulary Worksheet 4

OUR ENVIRONMENT
TARGET
CAMBRIDGE
Facing ENGLISH:
extinction
FIRST

1 Look at the title of the blog post. What do you think it is about? Quickly read the post to check your answer.

The internet: enemy of our endangered species?

Conservationists are becoming more and more concerned that we aren’t doing enough to
look after our endangered species.
They have been looking into how these animals are being bought and sold illegally and have found out that the intern
baby lions online. It’s easy for buyers and sellers because the internet offers a huge global market. Users come back to
Organisations trying to stop illegal sales say that governments, charities and individuals need to work together to sort

2 Match the phrasal verbs in bold in Activity 1 to their meanings A–H.

A return come back E discovered
B investigating F deal successfully with a problem, situation, etc.
C continues G find something by chance
D take care of H calculated

3 Work in pairs. Match each group of phrasal verbs with a rule.

Rule Examples
find carry on come
Aout
No object needed. come back across
sort
B Must have an object. The object must go after look after
the two parts of the phrasal verb.
C Must have an object. The object can go between
or after the two parts of the phrasal verb.

4 With a partner, correct the sentences. The sentences contain phrasal verbs from Activities 1, 2 and 3.
0 I came across to a really interesting blog about endangered animals when I was doing some research online.
1 I’d like to find off what I can do to protect wildlife in my area.
2 How will climate change affect endangered species? Have scientists worked out it?
3 The government are looking out ways to prevent the illegal trade of animals.
4 What can we do to work out the problem of climate change?
5 Our generation must do something to look the planet after.
6 Unless we take action now, the sale of rare species online will carry off getting worse.

5 In groups, discuss the questions below.

• Are there any endangered species in your country? What is being done to protect them?
• Do you think endangered species should be looked after by zoos or kept in their natural habitats?
• Who should be looking into how to save endangered species, the government or charity organisations?
• ‘We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.’ (Native American proverb) Do
you think our children will feel we’ve done all we can to protect our environment?

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