Brainy 8 WB Unit 2 - Environmental Problems and Eco-Friendly Activities

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Workbook unit focused on environmental topics such as global warming, climate change, air pollution, and ways to protect the environment. Exercises build vocabulary and compound nouns, practice eco-friendly actions, and complete sentences using correct grammatical forms like the passive voice and different tenses. Tasks include recycling reports, describing past events in a rainforest, writing future concerns about warming, and using listening comprehension to match statements to speakers.

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Reading Time28 min

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Environmental Problems and Protecting the Environment

Compound nouns and eco-friendly vocabulary

Recycling and eco-inspector report

Listening: Eco-environment speakers

Grammar: the passive (present, past, future)

Climate change and future simple passive

Recycling report with present perfect passive

1★Write the phrases in the boxin the correctcategories. global warming ■ cut down treesclimate change use public transportplant trees ■ solar power greenhouse gasesair pollution reduce-reuse-recyclesend rubbish to landfills | Environmental
problems | Protecting
the environment | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 、Look:compound nouns ### 2 Complete the compound nouns.Air¹. and greenhouse ²________cause climate³______.We can reduce thisby using solar⁴ 3★Eco-friendly activities Cross out the wrongwords in the sentences below. BE ECO-FRIENDLY! 1 Recyclepaper,gas,abeach andtin cans. 2 Save electricity,water,astreet andfood 3 Doaclean-upon aglass,ina park,onapetrol,onaplasticorbyariver. 4★★Complete the sentences. | | | 3 Use public transport-
reduce air | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | 4 Don't_
trees!_
new trees! | | --- | --- | 5★★★Write yourown opinions.Use goodor badand add the reason. ### 4 Recycling is. 6★★@05 Usłyszysz dwukrotnie czterywypowiedzi związane z ochroną środowiska.Na podstawie informacjizawartych w nagraniu dopasuj do każdej wypowiedzi(1-4)odpowiadające jej zdanie(A-E).Uwaga!Jednozdanie zostało podane dodatkowoinie pasujedo żadnej wypowiedzi. This speaker A often joins in clean-up activities. B started to worry aboutthe environment10 years ago. C has never worried about the environment. D helps the environment by donating money. E doesn't do anything to help environmentalgroups now. Train your brain! ### 7 Join the words to make correctphrases.What's the Earth'smessage? greenhouse planting change climate gases trees the environment! ### 6 Global warming is makingthe__ _go up! Grammar 1 Lesson objective:the passive (Present simple,Past simple,Future simple,Present perfect) Grammar hub:The passive 1★Match the questions about Tomand Mia's inventions with the answers. ▶VIDEO 07Was the brain hatdesignedto look good?2 | No,it hasn't. | | --- | Are memories storedin the brain hat?3 Is the brain hatconnected to the head?4Will the e-SmellReaders be used by a lot of people?No,they aren't.Has the e-Smell Reader been put on sale? Yes,it is. 2★Complete the details about how this familyrecycles things.Use the Present simple passive. THE ECO-INSPECTOR This week,the Eco-Inspector visited a family in Bristol.Do you agree with his conclusion? The family try to be eco-friendly.All the kitchen wasteand paper things ²_{put]in the recyclingbins.Every month,photos of unwanted toysOiland gas ⁵_[not use]in the house.by solar power.The carswith electricity every morning.I think they're doing well. 3★★This is aphoto of a rainforest area from 2-3years ago.Use the Past simple passive to describewhat happened there. 4 ★★The people on the island belowareworried.Write what they sayaboutglobalwarming.Use the Future simple passive. 1 ice/melt/by global warming 2 sea level/increase /by the melting ice 3 ourisland /flood /by the sea 4 ourhouses/destroy/by the flood 5 our lives /ruin/by global warming 5★★Complete the report with the Presentperfect passive.Use the verbsin brackets. | | | --- | | BRAINYTOWN RECYCLING | | REPORT | | During the last three months,about 60%of our | | plastic waste ___ ____(recycle). | | The other 40%2___ ____(take) | | to landfil sitesGarden waste³_________ | | ____ _____(not recycle)because we don't | | collect garden waste in winter.About 20%of our | | food⁴_____ ___(throw away). | | Most of this 5_____ ___(send) | | for composting.All paper products | | 6-
___ _____(recycle). | | not protect ■ cut down not recycle | | --- | | send ■ not plant | 1 The trees 2 New trees 3 The environment ### 1 ★★ Seasons and weather Read the poster and the arti

FAQs

How can learners reduce the effects of climate change mentioned in the unit?

The unit encourages actions such as using solar power, using public transport, and reducing emissions by cutting down pollution and related greenhouse gases.

What grammar focus appears repeatedly across the exercises?

Many tasks use the passive, including present simple passive, past simple passive, future simple passive, and present perfect passive to describe processes and actions.

What should students do in the listening exercise on environmental protection?

Students listen twice to four speakers and match each speaker (1–4) to the correct sentence (A–E), noting that one sentence is extra.

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