E12 - Green living - Supplement Flashcard

Front

Raising environmental awareness, ________carbon footprints, and using resources efficiently are essential steps toward a sustainable future.

Back

reducing

Front

Actions such as regularly cleaning classrooms, adding plants, encouraging classmates to reduce single-use plastics, and _______ lights and air conditioners when leaving rooms can have a positive impact.

Back

turning off

Front

Choosing _______ water bottles over single-use ones.

Back

reusable

Front

A useful tip is to recycle properly by looking at the ______ on plastic containers. Some types, like plastics labeled 1 and 2, are more widely accepted at recycling centers.

Back

numbers

Front

Creating a compost pile involves _______ brown materials like old newspapers and dry leaves with green materials such as grass clippings, vegetable scraps, and fruit peels.

Back

layering

Front

Read the words and choose the odd one out: fair, container, hair, pair

Back

container

Answer explanation

A. fair  /feə(r)/

B. hair /heə(r)/           

C. container /kənˈteɪnə(r)/                  

D. pair /peə(r)/

Front

Ann wants to create a compost pile in her backyard. Steps: 1. Add a thin layer of soil 2. Spread brown materials on the ground. 3. Water everything 4. Repeat steps and add more layers, brown, green then more soil and water 5. Add another layer, but using green materials. Options: 1-5-2-3-4, 2-3-5-4-1, 2-5-1-3-4, 1-2-5-3-4

Back

2-5-1-3-4

Front

Read the words and choose the odd one out: awareness, software, marriage, area.

Back

marriage

Answer explanation

A. awareness           /əˈwɛrnəs/

B. software              /ˈsɔftˌwɛr/

C. marriage             /ˈmærɪʤ/

D. area                    /ˈɛriə/

Front

Benjamin should learn _______________ recycling from an early age so that he will be prepared to deal with plastic pollution in the future.

Back

about

Front

Many students are taking part in the Green Campaign this year, _______________ shows that nowadays people care more about the environment. Options: which, that, who, whom

Back

which