Extra Tasks (Extension) Unit 3

Vocabulary
1 Complete the crossword.
1 Across
V
2
2 At the end of the garden, there was a small ____________ where
frogs swam.
3 4 Seventy-five per cent of the world’s fresh water is stored in
____________ ice.
4
R 5 We are going to the ____________ to relax on the beach and swim
in the sea.
7 A bear came out of the ____________ .

Down

1 Santiago, the capital of Chile, is in the bottom of a ____________

with mountains on every side.

5 6
3 If you visit the ____________ , you might see monkeys, brightly
O coloured birds or even a big cat!
6 Which is the largest ____________ , the Atlantic, the Pacific, or
7 the Indian?

2 Complete the sentences with a word from each box.

Box 1: clean  coral   fossil  recycle  solar Box 2: fuels   plastic  power  reefs  up

1 __________________ __________________ are the colourful homes of 25% of all marine species.
2 Countries that have bright sunshine all year round can collect a lot of __________________ __________________ .
3 We need to __________________ __________________ instead of putting it the ground or the ocean.
4 One of the causes of climate change is our use of __________________ __________________ .
5 We need to __________________ __________________ the plastics in our oceans, or many marine species will die.

3 Choose the correct option (a–c) to complete the sentences.

1 We can recycle old plastic bottles ______ new ones. 4 There are more vegan foods ______ the
a into b out of c onto supermarkets today.
2 ______ China to Brazil, people are eating less meat. a in b for c on
a Over b To c From 5 I’m going to put vegan cheese ______ our
3 We’ve been vegan for ______ a year – about fifteen pizza.
months now. a into b over c onto
a over b under c through

4 Complete the text with these words.

 breaking  collecting  destroying  prevent  reaching  setting  survive

Plastics are ¹ ____________ the deep ocean. Huge pieces of ice are 2 ____________ up in Greenland. Fires are
³ ____________ the rainforest in the Amazon. If we don’t stop climate change, many people and animals will not
⁴ ____________ . But the good news is, most people want to ⁵ ____________ climate change. People are ⁶ ____________
up recycling centres or ⁷ ____________ rubbish from beaches.

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Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the correct verb.

Present perfect simple buy know love write

1 She ______________________________ four books about life at the bottom of the ocean.
2 I ______________________________ animals and nature since I was a small child.
3 Scientists ______________________________ about climate changes since the 1800s.
4 He ______________________________ you an amazing present, but I can’t tell you what it is!

Present perfect continuous feel recycle study travel

5 We ______________________________ around the world for six months. We got home yesterday.
6 I ______________________________ a bit sad about the environment recently.
7 My family ______________________________ all of our rubbish for years.
8 She ______________________________ the language of the Philippines because she wants to go there on holiday.

2 
Complete the sentences with the correct verb form. Use the present perfect simple and present continuous
once in each pair of sentences (a–b).
1 a We ______________________________ (collect) all the rubbish now. We can go home!
b We ______________________________ (collect) rubbish for hours now. We need a break!
2 a I ______________________________ (not watch) that documentary about coral reefs yet, but Marta says it’s great!
b I ______________________________ (not watch) the news recently, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.
3 a We ______________________________ (visit) the same beautiful beach every summer for years. It’s always clean.
b We ______________________________ (visit) five different beaches this holiday and they were all really clean.

3 Write the words in order to make sentences.

1 How long have you lived here?

lived here / since 2018 / we / have _____________________________________________________________________ .
2 What has she been doing?
all day / has / working hard / she / been _________________________________________________________________ .
3 Have you ever ridden an elephant?
ridden / I / never / have / an elephant ___________________________________________________________________ .
4 recently / have / been / reading / you / what _____________________________________________________________ ?
I’ve been reading murder mysteries.
5 Has Mark finished his research?
has / his research / not / yet / finished / Mark ____________________________________________________________ .
6 What has that biologist done?
has / he / a new species of coral / discovered / just _______________________________________________________ .

4 Tick ✔ the correct sentences. Correct the articles in bold in the other sentences.

1 Alps are usually covered in snow. ______________________________

2 It’s better for the environment to go to work by train. ______________________________
3 There is excellent place for snorkelling near the cave. ______________________________
4 Learning the piano is easier than the guitar in the beginning. ______________________________
5 Who is the fastest runner in the class? ______________________________
6 The green and the yellow are colours that give you energy! ______________________________

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