S7B L9 Vocab only

S7B L8

Reading & Vocab

by Michael Cousins

Multiple Choice

So the ideas that paragraph 2(Q1) will follow are in...

• Paragraph 1

• Paragraph 2

• Paragraph 3

• Paragraph 4

The following vocab can be found in the text and/or missing paragrapghs

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to suffer and deal with something painful or unpleasant

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to send or give out something

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to become stronger and healthier

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to control and the use of force of something, e.g. the sun, to produce energy

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to flow out quickly in large amounts

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to use or eat something

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to cause something to happen

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to take something in

​Discuss

​How important is it for governments to spend trillions on scientific research these days?

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​Vocabulary

During this section, you should use a pen/pencil and notepad to take notes of anything interesting you hear.

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drizzly / rainy / showery &

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blistering / oppressive / sweltering &

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bright / fair / fine &

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dull / gloomy / grey &

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humid / muggy / sultry &

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blowy / blustery / breezy &

​Discuss

Remember & match

​​Use any of the four words

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uncomfortably warm and damp

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windy

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uncomfortably hot

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pleasant and not raining

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very wet

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cloudy

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Due to the chemical dumping and acid rain, the _____ has been contaminated.

• dirt

• soil

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A Dutch company has won the rights to _____ for oil off the coast of the country.

• drill

• mine

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Sulphur dioxide is a _____ released into the atmosphere when coal is burnt to generate electricity and heat.

• polluter

• pollutant

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Local residents are rightfully protesting plans to create a _____ on the outskirts of town as opposed to the mayors back yard.

• landfill

• wasteland

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In 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez was badly damaged at sea resulting in a massive oil _____ in the Gulf od Alaska.

• slip

• spill

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The earthquake triggered a _____ in which dozens of people were injured.

• landfall

• landslide

Let's end with some more classkick!

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It's drizzly outside! I hope it

before we go to the park.

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The lake

during the prolonged drought.

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The midday sun

on the wary marathon runners.

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Fortunately, the storm

by nightfall.

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Luckily, when the storm

, the yachtsmen were on the shore, safe and sound.

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You can't go out now! It's

and you'll get soaked!

​Prepositions practice

​Pick the correct preposition to follow the

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indifferent

• from

• for

• to

• in

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alternative

• in

• for

• to

• against

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unaware

• from

• of

• to the

• in

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interfere

• with

• on

• to

• against

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advised ____ (something dangerous)

• about

• from

• to

• against

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insistence

• for

• on

• to

• against

​Prepositions practice

Now write the correct one in the sentence

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The authorities were unaware

chemical dumbing in the river.

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Far too many people are indifferent

the green issues.

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We were advised

travelling to India in the monsoon season.

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I believe that solar energy is a viable alternative

fossil fuels.

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I don't think humans should interfere

Mother Nature.

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Insistence

paper recycling in schools has made students more sensitive to the environment.

​"Group" has many words in English

​Especially for animals!

Multiple Choice

a/n ______ of ants

• tower

• army

• bed

• drove

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a/n _____ of lions

• pride

• army

• parliament

• drove

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a/n _____ of owls

• bed

• army

• parliament

• drove

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a/n _____ of giraffes

• bed

• army

• tower

• drove

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a/n _____ of snakes

• bed

• army

• pride

• drove

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a/n _____ of cattle

• bed

• army

• pride

• drove

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