NAME: ________________________________ CLASS:___________ DATE:___________

a)Listen to the kids talking about what they do to protect the environment and match.

1)Jun a) walks and takes the train

2)Delia b)reuses bags
3)Henry c)recycles
4)Olivia d) saves electricity

b)Complete the sentences with these words.

pesticides waste habitats composting recycled global warming

1) I love that shop because it only uses bags made out of____________ paper.

2) She has grown these organic tomatoes without the use of___________.

3) Deforestation causes the destruction of natural __________.

4) _________is caused by the release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.

5) CO2, plastic bags, batteries are some examples of __________ generated by humans.

6) Save the banana peels for ___________, they are great for the plants.

b) Read the text.

Trash always existed. Only cavemen from the Stone Age didn’t have a big problem with it
because there was a lot of room for it. Today, trash is a big problem. There are more people
and more different kinds of trash: cans, papers, bottles,clothes,cars,etc. Every year each one
of us throws away almost one ton of trash.
To get rid of it we tried: burning it,but burning trash can cause air pollution; throwing it in
the ocean, but this pollutes water too;burying it,but there isn’t enough empty land near
cities. In the past few years we have found a new way to solve the problem. It’s called
recycling. Recycling means reusing our trash instead of getting rid of it. By using the same
materials again, we save our natural resources.

c) Read the text again and choose the correct option.

1)The text compares

the Stone Age and the present.
 Medieval Times and the present.
present times and the future.

2)Trash
was a problem in the past.
is a problem in the present.
was a problem in the past and it’s still a problem today.

3) “it” in line 5 refers to

trash.
recycling.
paper.

4)Burning trash can cause

air pollution.
water pollution.
land pollution.

5)The solution for the problem of trash is

getting rid of it.
burying it.
use some materials again.

d)Imagine you are giving tips to your classmates and complete the sentences.

a)Use the public________________. e)Plant ____________________.

b)Save _________________. f)Turn off___________________.

c)Classify________________.

d)Recycle_________________.

e)What do you do to protect the environment? Name at least 4 actions.