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Environment

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Environmental regulation was a …………………… point in last year's budget negotiations.

a)

boiling

b)

crushing

c)

sticking

d)

tipping

2.

I had to introduce my boss to the audience, but I was so nervous I completely forgot his name. He had to step in and introduce himself. I wished the ……………………………………… would open up and swallow me!

a)

earth

b)

ground

c)

soil

d)

world

3.

In my final year at Uni I was cramming for my exams and working part-time. I managed to work myself into the …………………………………

a)

earth

b)

soil

c)

ground

d)

world

4.

In practical terms, it will take decades of nonstop solar, wind and other renewable investment to …………………… fossil fuels. 

a)

plead

b)

withstand

c)

pledge

d)

phase out

5.

The presidential candidate made a ……………………………… to fight climate change.

a)

pledge

b)

commitment

c)

plight

d)

corollary

6.

The documentary ………………………………awareness of the plight of bees and others pollinators.

a)

brought

b)

showed

c)

raised

d)

made

7.

Governments seem to be oblivious to the ………………………………………………… evidence of climate change. (check the 2 correct answers!)

a)

appealing

b)

underrated

c)

overwhelming

d)

compelling

8.

Somehow, while we make great …………………………………… in technology, many of us have forgotten the fundamental importance of the very things on which our lives ultimately depend.

a)

strides

b)

streaks

c)

streams

d)

strenghts

9.

For the foreseeable future we have got to put everything else on the ……………………… and focus on one thing only. 

a)

heater

b)

backburner

c)

boiler

d)

cooker

10.

Citizens have made their voices heard: they want to have a ………………………… in environmental matters.

a)

word

b)

say

c)

tell

d)

speech