Vocab Review 4

People would use a lot less power if they bought household goods that were energy _____.

• effective

• efficient

• economical

• ecological

The _____ from car exhausts have a significant effect on global warming.

• emissions

• smoke

• gases

• acid

Our greatest problem is that we are _____ more and more fossil fuels each year and supplies are dwindling.

• conserving

• consuming

• producing

• preserving

We need to persuade people to change their habits so that they _____ more energy.

• consume

• conserve

• produce

• use

In the future we need to use _____ energy sources such as solar power.

• recycled

• reinvented

• renewable

• reusable

If soil supplies run out in 2051 then we need to find _____ energy resources soon.

• alternate

• alternative

• alternating

• altering

I need to earn a lot more _____ before I can afford to buy that car.

• payment

• salary

• wages

• money

I'm writing to complain about a recent problem I had with a member of your _____.

• company

• employees

• staff

• workplace

Answer explanation

staff (collective noun): all the people employed by a particular organization.

To talk about an individual employee, we use a staff member, a member of your staff

The company lost a great deal of money when one of their _____ was found to be faulty.

• goods

• products

• manufacture

• business

The government should do more to help the _____ to find a job.

• employed

• employment

• unemployment

• unemployed