UNIT 9: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT 03

What did that man say ____?

• at you

• for you

• to you

• you

I rang my friend in Australia yesterday, and she said it ____ raining there.

• is

• were

• has been

• was

The builders have ____ that everything will be ready on time.

• promised

• promise

• promises

• promising

The doctor ____ him to take more exercise.

• told

• tell

• have told

• are telling

The last time I saw Linda, she looked very relaxed. She explained she'd been on holiday the ____ week.

• ago

• following

• next  

• previous

Fossil fuels which are non-renewable pollute the air and cause air ____.

• pollution

• solution

• contaminate

• consumption

Recycling provides a method of reducing the amount of waste materials that gets to the landfills - thus ____ it less probable for environmental pollution to take place.

• making

• doing 

• causing

• trying

If wastes are thrown ____, they can cause pollution in water, land and air.

• inappropriately

• disappointingly

• eco-friendly

• favourably

Trees not only bring nature to urban areas, but they also help clean the air by absorbing pollutants, ____ oxygen, ____ water, and grow food.

• to provide - to save

• to provide - save

• providing - saving 

• provide - save

Air pollution is such a serious ____ that it has been a direct factor in the ____ of millions of people each year.

• threat - death  

• threat - deaths

• threaten - death 

• threaten - deaths