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Task 1: Grammar Focus Read the article and complete the words with the proper suffix such as -‐ish -‐er / -‐ier -‐ly -‐ive -‐ist -‐est -‐s / -‐es -‐ing -‐ic Paul: So have you seen all these freak_____ weather event_____ on the Task 2: Comprehension Quiz. news all around the world? 1) England had the _____ month in years. Amy: Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to pay attention, yeah. It's been pretty bad in a) hottest some places. I think, it's been the b) coldest wet_____ January on record in the UK at c) wettest the moment. 2) Amy says it is backed up by _____ . Paul: Right, right, right. So do you think it's kind of indicat_____ of climate a) science change? Are you a climate change b) opinion believ_____ or a climate change den_____? c) clouds Amy: I think it's hard to deny real____. I 3) Amy says we need to stop ______ . think what human_____ do to the planet is going to have some effect and science is a) driving cars science, you know. It's backed up by b) being destructive evidence and facts and scient_____ don't c) being so ruthless tend to say things until they know it's true or as true as it can be. So yeah, I'm 4) She talks about _____ . definitely a believ_____ in climate change, I think. We are affect_____ things on the a) loss of water planet. b) loss of trees c) loss of wildlife How about you? 5) The two speakers seem to _____ . Paul: I've read quite a lot about it. And a) agree yes, there is a science to support it but b) disagree there's also a lot of science to … not to c) have no opinion
elllo.org deny it but there's definite_____ a lot of question_____ that aren't answered yet. It's a very sort of complex issue. I mean, these global systems of weather and you've got all these like organ_____ process_____ going on that we just don't real_____ understand. And then trying to explain all these complex events by say_____ it's climate change, it's…
Task 3: Match the extreme weather conditions with their definition. blizzard no rain drought hot weather heat wave excess rain typhoon snow storm flooding strong storm Task 4: Which of the following have you been in? Try to find one person that has been in each of the weather conditions. Weather Who? When? blizzard drought heat wave typhoon I mean, what worries me is that by flooding deny_____ it, it seems to also be a sort of justification for us to continue living the way we are, which worries me a lot. Task 5: Amy says we should need to Whether it's true or not, I think we need stop cutting down trees. What are five to be think_____ about how we can live things we should do less to help the better. And that means, liv_____ in ways environment. that are less, sort of, damag_____ on our environment. 0) Cutting down trees 1) Amy: Yeah, I agree. I agree. I've also read 2) a bit about weather system_____ that are 3) perhaps not—because of climate of 4) change, every planet has weather 5) system_____ that come and go. And I understand that part but I also ful_____ agree that we have to stop being so destructive. I think it's pretty clear. You can't continue cut_____ down acres and acres and acres of really valuable resources like the rainforest. I mean, we need that to breathe, so it just doesn't make sense. Yeah, I think we definitely have to stop being so destruct_____.
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Task 1: Grammar Focus Read the article and complete the words with the proper suffix such as -‐ish -‐er / -‐ier -‐ly -‐ive -‐ist -‐est -‐s / -‐es -‐ing -‐ic Paul: So have you seen all these freakish weather events on the news all around Task 2: Comprehension Quiz. the world? 1) England had the _____ month in years. Amy: Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to pay attention, yeah. It's been pretty bad in a) hottest some places. I think, it's been the wettest b) coldest January on record in the UK at the c) wettest moment. 2) Amy says it is backed up by _____ . Paul: Right, right, right. So do you think it's kind of indicative of climate change? a) science Are you a climate change believer or a b) opinion climate change denier? c) clouds Amy: I think it's hard to deny really. I 3) Amy says we need to stop ______ . think what humans do to the planet is going to have some effect and science is a) driving cars science, you know. It's backed up by b) being destructive evidence and facts and scientists don't c) being so ruthless tend to say things until they know it's true or as true as it can be. So yeah, I'm 4) She talks about _____ . definitely a believer in climate change, I think. We are affecting things on the a) loss of water planet. b) loss of trees c) loss of wildlife How about you? 5) The two speakers seem to _____ . Paul: I've read quite a lot about it. And a) agree yes, there is a science to support it but b) disagree there's also a lot of science to … not to c) have no opinion
elllo.org deny it but there's definitely a lot of questions that aren't answered yet. It's a very sort of complex issue. I mean, these global systems of weather and you've got all these like organic processes going on that we just don't really understand. And then trying to explain all these complex events by saying it's climate change, it's…
Task 3: Match the extreme weather conditions with their definition. blizzard snow storm drought no rain heat wave hot weather typhoon strong storm flooding excess rain Task 4: Which of the following have you been in? Try to find one person that has been in each of the weather conditions. Weather Who? When? blizzard drought heat wave typhoon I mean, what worries me is that by flooding denying it, it seems to also be a sort of justification for us to continue living the way we are, which worries me a lot. Task 5: Amy says we should need to Whether it's true or not, I think we need stop cutting down trees. What are five to be thinking about how we can live things we should do less to help the better. And that means, living in ways environment. that are less, sort of, damaging on our environment. (some sample answers) Amy: Yeah, I agree. I agree. I've also read 0) Cutting down trees a bit about weather systems that are 1) Using less plastic perhaps not—because of climate of 2) Walking more change, every planet has weather 3) Turning off lights systems that come and go. And I 4) Not using aircon in summer understand that part but I also fully 5) Air drying clothes agree that we have to stop being so destructive. I think it's pretty clear. You can't continue cutting down acres and acres and acres of really valuable resources like the rainforest. I mean, we need that to breathe, so it just doesn't make sense. Yeah, I think we definitely have to stop being so destruct_____.
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