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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 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. + 2. My classmates … (write) a dictation since the beginning of the lesson. + 3. You … (write) a report since morning. – 4. We … (work) in the garden for three hours. – 5. He has been boating for four hours. ? 6. We have been skating since eleven o’clock. ?
