Environmental Vocabulary
Choose the correct meaning of discard: a) throw away, b) repair, c) borrow.
a) throw away.
Complete: I wish I ______ (have) a bigger room.
had
Rewrite using Never: I have never seen such a beautiful place.
Never have I seen such a beautiful place.
Add the correct prefix: ___possible
impossible
Complete the sentence: It was John ______ broke the window. (who / which)
who
Which expression describes plastic products that are designed to be used once and then thrown away?
Single-use plastics.
Translate into English: „Szkoda, że nie poszłam wczoraj na imprezę”. Use If only.
If only I had gone to the party yesterday.
Complete: Not only ______ she speak French, but she also speaks Spanish.
does
Complete the sentence: The teacher's handwriting was so bad that it was almost ______. (LEGIBLE)
illegible
Rewrite using It was...that: I met Sarah at the shopping centre yesterday.
It was Sarah that I met at the shopping centre yesterday.
Rewrite the sentence using in captivity: Although these animals are not free, they are protected and fed by humans.
Although these animals are in captivity, they are protected and fed by humans.
Rewrite using It's high time: You should start looking for a new job.
It's high time you started looking for a new job.
Rewrite using Hardly: I had just left the house when it started raining.
Hardly had I left the house when it started raining.
Complete the sentence with the correct word: The economy is experiencing a serious ______. (downturn / misbehave)
downturn
Rewrite using What...: I need more time to finish this project.
What I need is more time to finish this project.
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the word in brackets: Industrial ______ of rivers poses a serious threat to aquatic life. (CONTAMINATE)
contamination
Find and correct the mistake: I'd rather you don't tell anybody what happened last night.
I'd rather you didn't tell anybody what happened last night.
Rewrite the conditional sentence using inversion. Do not use if: If I had known about the meeting, I would have attended it.
Had I known about the meeting, I would have attended it.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets. Do not change the meaning.
The child didn't follow the teacher's instructions. (OBEDIENT)
The child was disobedient and didn't follow the teacher's instructions.
Rewrite using The reason why...: She left the party because she felt uncomfortable.
The reason why she left the party was that she felt uncomfortable.
Despite its relatively small size, the country boasts a ______, ranging from rugged mountains and dense forests to vast wetlands and coastal plains.
diverse landscape.
Complete the sentence using wish, if only or would rather. Give a grammatically correct answer: I regret not accepting the job offer when I had the chance. If only I ______ the opportunity!
had taken / had accepted.
Rewrite using inversion: As soon as I arrived home, the phone rang. (No sooner...)
No sooner had I arrived home than the phone rang.
Complete both sentences using the correct form of overtake or outnumber: a) The number of tourists was much higher than the number of local residents. Tourists ______ local residents. b) The car behind us was going faster and eventually managed to ______ us.
a) outnumbered, b) overtake.
Rewrite the sentence using a cleft sentence beginning with What. Do not change the meaning.
She was most disappointed by the fact that nobody believed her.
What disappointed her most was that nobody believed her.