Unit 4 Revision

Grammar

1 Choose the correct answer.

1. An old man just got on the bus. I will give / am going to give him my seat.

2. We will have / are going to have a big history test next week.

3. I am hungry. I think I will eat / am going to eat something.

4. He is beginning / will begin skating lessons tomorrow.

5. They will buy / are going to buy a new sofa soon.

6. My friends are preparing / will prepare a meal for their parents tomorrow night.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple or be going to.

1. Ron is fast. He ……………………… (win) the race.

2. That soup smells delicious. I think I ……………………… (have) some.

3. Have you cleaned your room yet?

No, not yet. I ……………………… (clean) it tomorrow.

4. What are your plans for the weekend? I ……………………… (have) some friends over.

5. Lisa tells her sister a secret and says, “Promise you ……………………… (not tell) Mum.”

6. Where ……………… you ……………………… (put) that picture? I think you should hang it on that wall.

7. Can you come to my house tonight? We ……………………… (watch) a great film.

8. Let’s go to the party. It ……………………… (be) fun.

3 Write sentences with the words below.

1. 7.00 / going / leave / morning / they / to / tomorrow / are / at / .

2. will / the / take place / where / meeting / ?

3. party / invite / Bill / Sara / to / won’t / her / .

4. recycling / going / build / when / are / centre / the / they / to / ?

4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, the Present Continuous
or be going to. There may be more than one possible answer.

1. Are you thirsty? Don’t worry, I ……………………………… (bring) you a glass of water.

2. He is training because he ……………………………… (take part) in the next Winter Olympics.

3. My parents ……………………………… (fly) to Greece tomorrow morning.

4. What ……………… you ……………………… (wear) for the party next week?

5. It ……………… probably ……………………… (rain) in London next week.

5 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Continuous.

1. At this time tomorrow, I ……………………………… (sit) on the plane to New York.

2. The technician ……………………………… (come) to check the telephone system tomorrow morning.

3. ……………… the film ……………………… (start) in a few minutes?

4. Maria Tanner ……………………………… (not perform) the leading role in today’s show.

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to or the Present Continuous. There may be more than one possible answer.

1. My mother ……………………… (visit) some friends next week.

2. Don’t worry. I ……………………… (help) you.

3. It’s almost 8.00. We ……………………… (be) late for the film.

4. Robert ……………………… (not play) football on Saturday. He broke his leg.

5. I think I ……………………… (buy) it. I really like it.

6. No, you can’t borrow my shirt. I ……………………… (wear) it.

7. They ……………………… (not eat) at home tonight. They are going to go to a restaurant.

7 Read the situation and write a logical sentence. Use Future Simple, be going to or the Present Continuous.

1. The dog needs to go out soon.

Mary

2. Tim borrowed his brother’s favourite jacket.

He said, “Don’t worry.

3. We have been waiting for them for an hour.

I’m sure

4. The sky is dark and filled with clouds.

It

5. I am hungry. Would you like to join me for lunch?

I can’t. I

8 Choose the correct answer.

1. By next year, we will be living / will have lived in France.

2. The new store will be opening / will have opened next Tuesday.

3. By the end of the day, they will be finishing / will have finished three research papers.

4. By this time tomorrow, our friends will be arriving / will have arrived.

5. My dad won’t be working / won’t have worked at the same job in ten years’ time.

9 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple.

1. At this time tomorrow, I ……………………………… (celebrate) my birthday.

2. During the next two months, they ……………………………… (travel) around Australia.

3. On 18th January, he ……………………………… (live) in London for two years.

4. By 2040, someone ……………………………… (discover) a new energy source.

5. The birds ……………………………… (reach) Africa by the time winter starts.

10 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Simple, be going to, the Future Perfect Simple, the Future Continuous or the Present Continuous. There may be more than one correct answer.

The problem of global warming (1)………………… (not disappear) completely, but hopefully the process (2)………………… (slow) down if people take more responsibility. John Gardner from Greenpeace talks to groups of people. He hopes he (3)……………… (convince) them to care more about their environment. This evening, he (4)……………………… (give) a talk to a group of zoology students. He (5)………………… (focus) on the effect of global warming on wildlife and he (6)………………… (talk) about polar bears, an endangered species. Polar bears live on ice, and global warming is causing more and more of the ice to melt and disappear. It’s difficult to assess how many polar bears (7)………………… (exist) in the world 50 years from now. Some experts say that by 2050, two thirds of the world’s polar bears (8)……………………… (disappear). Others claim the number (9)……………………… (drop) by 30%. All agree that as the world gets warmer, it (10)……………………… (become) harder and harder for the polar bears to survive.

11 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Future Perfect Simple.

1. By this time next year, I ……………………………… (lose) 15 kilos.

2. Give them more time. They ……………………………… (not finish) the assignment by Tuesday.

3. Next January, my parents ……………………………… (be) married for 30 years.

4. ……………… scientists ……………………… (find) a cure for cancer by the year 2050?

12 Choose the correct answer.

1. How will I recognise him? He will be wearing / will have worn a green shirt.

2. Let’s hope that we will be stopping / will have stopped global warming by the year 2025.

3. The film starts at 8.00 and finishes at 10.00, so at 9.00 we will be watching / will have watched it.

4. The President is ill so he won’t be attending / won’t have attended the meeting this evening.

5. If he wins the Oscar this year, he will be winning / will have won three awards.

Vocabulary

1 Circle the words which are “positive” for the environment. Underline the words which are
“negative” for the environment.

pollutants • recycle • smoke • toxic waste • environmentally-friendly • exhaust fumes

renewable energy • global warming • conservation

2 Are the pairs of words opposites (O) or synonyms (S)?

1. destroy – save

2. toxic waste – poisonous chemicals

3. damage – harm

4. rubbish – litter

5. overuse – underuse

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. Thousands of fish and water birds died as a result of the oil spill / landfill.

2. We should buy cars that use less petrol / smoke.

3. Many people are trying hard to put an end to environmentally-friendly / global warming.

4. Every family can try to reduce the amount of rubbish / smoke that they throw out.

5. We show that we care about / harm our environment by recycling.

6. Some farmers use chemicals / landfills to make fruit grow bigger.

7. By using recycled paper, we can help prevent deforestation / pollutants.

8. Pollution combined with toxic waste could lead to conservation / ecological disaster.

4 Match the words in A to the definitions in B.

A B

1. multinational a. replaces itself naturally

2. underestimate b. two things that are joined together

3. anti-smoking c. do or take something too much

4. renewable d. against the use of cigarettes

5. interconnected e. guess a number that is too low

6. overuse f. in many countries

5 Choose the correct prefix to match the definitions.

1. against violence: anti- / multi- violence

2. food that is not cooked enough: over / under cooked

3. doing many tasks at the same time: inter / multi- tasking

4. turn on again: re / anti- start

5. competition between different schools: inter / over school contest

6. works too hard: anti- / over worked

6 Match the sentences in A to the results in B.

A B

1. Factories dump their toxic waste in the sea. a. Land pollution increases.

2. Cars and lorries give off exhaust fumes. b. Deforestation increases.

3. People throw their rubbish on the ground. c. Water pollution increases.

4. People cut down too many trees. d. Conservation increases.

5. People use only the things they need. e. Recycling increases.

6. Instead of throwing things away, rubbish is reused. f. Air pollution increases.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.

landfills • recycle • protect • exhaust fumes • toxic • destroy • increase

1. ……………… from cars are a major cause of air pollution.

2. Most countries bury their rubbish in ……………… .

3. If we continue to ……………… the environment, wild animals will have nowhere to live.

4. There has been an ……………… in the number of cars on the roads.

5. My father’s company is able to ……………… plastic bottles by making garden furniture from them.

6. Many countries bury their ……………… waste in unpopulated areas.

7. We need to ……………… endangered animals.

8 Match the words in A to their definitions in B.

A B

1. petrol a. look after, take care of

2. increase b. saving, not wasting

3. pollutant c. waste that you throw away

4. protect d. harm

5. rubbish e. causes pollution

6. conservation f. make more of

7. damage g. fuel

9 Match the causes in A to their effects in B.

A B

1. Glass and plastic are recycled. a. Fewer trees means fewer homes for animals.

2. There is an increase in deforestation. b. Less smoke means better health.

3. We buy more disposable products. c. Household rubbish will be increased.

4. Cigarettes are banned in public places. d. The result is an ecological disaster.

5. Hybrid cars are driven. e. Fewer landfills are needed.

6. Land, air and water pollution increase. f. Less petrol is used.

10 Complete the sentences with the words below.

harmed • pollution • environmentally-friendly • toxic • global warming • spills • care about • fumes • increase • chemicals

1. ……………………… waste is caused by companies dumping dangerous ……………………… .

2. The ……………………… in temperature found all over the world is called ……………………… .

3. Oil ……………………… are a major cause of water ……………………… .

4. Our air quality is being ……………………… by the exhaust ……………………… of cars.

5. People who ……………………… the planet use ……………………… products.

11 Complete the sentences with the prefixes below.

under • over • inter • re • multi • anti

1. The baby is too thin. He is …………weight.

2. He is a peace activist. He writes …………war articles.

3. If you …………feed goldfish, they die. So only give them a tiny amount each day.

4. The teacher didn’t like his work, so the student had to …………write it.

5. The Harry Potter books have made J. K. Rowling a …………millionaire.

6. The Olympics are an …………national event.

12 Complete the sentences by adding a prefix (under, over, inter, re, multi or anti) to the words below.

worked • developed • social • national • selling • storey

1. The ……………………… car park has got 10 levels.

2. This 10-year-old child is so ……………………… that he looks like a five year old.

3. He’s in the office from 07:30 to 22:00 every day. He is certainly ……………………… .

4. Please come and see us! Staying home alone is ……………………… .

5. The presidents met for an ……………………… peace conference.

6. She made a lot of money buying small items on eBay and then ……………………… them.

13 Complete the passage with the words below.

pollution • recycle • save • environment • decompose • landfills • destroy

The Australian minister of the (1)……………… announced that he wants a law to ban all plastic shopping bags by the end of this year. His reasons for the new law are that plastic bags are a major cause of (2)……………… . They take up a lot of space in (3)……………… . In addition, they (4)……………… wildlife and create litter in parks and beaches all around the world.

Richard Evans, who is the head of the Australian Retailers Association, is not pleased about the new law. He doesn’t believe that the new law will help to (5)……………… the environment. He believes that most householders already (6)……………… their supermarket plastic bags by reusing them for waste disposal. He also suggests the use of special plastic bags that will (7)……………… over time.