Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: _____ from industry and cars is damaging the Earth. (POLLUTE)

• Pollution

• Polluting

• Polluted

• Polluter

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: Nearly all domestic appliances, for example, vacuum cleaners and washing machines, use _____. (ELECTRIC)

• ELECTRICITY

• ELECTRICAL

• ELECTRICIAN

• ELECTRONIC

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: Wind and solar power are examples of _____ energy. (RENEW)

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• fossil

• nuclear

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: If we _____ the world's forests, many rare animals and plants will die. (DESTRUCTION)

• destroy

• destruct

• destruction

• destroyed

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: _____ advances mean that gadgets like mobile phones are getting smaller but more powerful. (TECHNOLOGY)

• Technological

• Technical

• Technician

• Technologically

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: If you turn off your computer at night, you will _____ the amount of power it uses. (REDUCTION)

• reduce

• reduction

• reduces

• reduced

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: If the _____ is bad, there will be high unemployment. (ECONOMIC)

• economic

• economics

• economically

• economize

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS: My _____ is that by 2050, the world's temperature will be higher. (PREDICT)

• prediction

• predictor

• predicted

• predicting

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap: Not everyone agrees that _____ change is man-made.

• climate

• weather

• temperature

• environment

Complete the sentences with one word in each gap: Acid _____ contains chemicals from factories and cars and harms the environment.

• rain

• snow

• wind

• fog