Acid Rain Spotlight 7

Acid Rain – active vocabulary
and grammar
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
Let’s remember the words we have learnt. How do they sound
in Russian?
A power station/ factory
Toxic fumes
Factory waste
Acid rain
Polluted clouds
Loss of natural habitats
Air, water and soil pollution
Fish and plant species dying
Fill in acid rain, emit, atmosphere, reduce, factory waste, a power
station, harmful
Toxic fumes are … to the environment.
Polluted clouds with the oxygen and water become acid in the … .
…. burns coal and causes air pollution.
… pollutes water and wipes out fish species.
Altogether, people should …. air, water and soil pollution.
The amount of …. depends on toxic fumes in the air.
Factories …. toxic fumes and make the air polluted.
Toxic fumes are harmful to the environment.
Polluted clouds with the oxygen and water become acid in the
atmosphere.
A power station burns coal and causes air pollution.
Factory waste pollutes water and wipes out fish species.
Altogether, people should reduce air, water and soil pollution.
The amount of acid rain depends on toxic fumes in the air.
Factories emit toxic fumes and make the air polluted.
Grammar
Complete with the Present Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets
1. Affirmative – утвердительные предложения
has been working
• My father __________________ for this company since 1995. (work)
has been trying
• The government _________________
to reduce the air pollution for
10 years. (try)
has been living
• Ivan ___________________in
Moscow all his life. (live)
Grammar
Complete with the Present Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets
2. Negative – отрицательные предложения
haven’t been emitting
• Factories _____________________toxic
fumes for a week. (not emit)
haven’t been dying
• Fish and plant species _______________because
of water pollution
for a year. (not die)
haven’t been listening
• I ____________________to
music for an hour. (not listen)
Grammar
Complete with the Present Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets
3. Interrogative – вопросительные предложения
Have you____________
been studying
• ______
English for 5 years? (study)
Have
been helping
• ______they
____________the
government to reduce the air pollution?
(help)
Has
been using this site to learn English? (use)
• ______your
classmate __________
Yes, he has. / No, he hasn’t.
Homework
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6.
Exercise 1
True or False?
Acid rain starts with the air pollution.
The winds carry polluted clouds across short distances.
Acid rain doesn’t fall into rivers, seas and lakes.
The government does not do anything to reduce the air pollution.
Fish and plant species suffer from acid rain.
Acid rain also damages buildings.
Homework
Exercise 2
Complete with the Present Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in brackets:
1. Helen … (wash) the dishes for fifteen minutes.
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2. My classmates … (write) a dictation since the beginning of the
lesson.
+
3. You … (write) a report since morning.
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4. We … (work) in the garden for three hours.
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5. He has been boating for four hours.
?
6. We have been skating since eleven o’clock.
?