Eco-helpers. Match English and Russian equivalents

1. Тема: «Eco-helpers»

2. Match English and Russian equivalents.

• plant flowers
• recycle cans
• collect rubbish
• build nesting boxes
• teach the cycle of life
• clean out a pond
• read a book about
ecology
• строить домики для птиц
• читать книгу по экологии
• сажать цветы
• чистить пруд
• собирать мусор
• подвергать вторичному
использованию банки
• преподавать цикл жизни

3. Look at the picture at p. 78, and correct the sentences.

Sally is teaching the cycle of life.
Dave is reading a book about ecology.
Tim is collecting rubbish.
Jane is planting flowers.
John is cleaning out a pond.

4. Read the sentences and transform them into the present perfect continuous tense.

Jane is teaching the cycle of life.
_________________________________________
Rose is cleaning out a pond.
_________________________________________
Dave is planting flowers.
_________________________________________
Tim is building nesting boxes
_________________________________________

5. Label the pictures.

• a ladder
• a hammer and nails
• a spade
• a watering can
• a rake
• a net
• gardening gloves
• a plastic bag

6. Read the dialogue and complete the sentences.

• Sally ___________________for a month.
• Dave’s been_____________________.
• The birds will leave the city if_________.
• Tim wants to ______on Monday morning.

7. Fill in with live, life, leave and live [laiv].

It is my dream to _______ in New York.
We are _______ for London on April 5.
___________ is not all cakes and ale.
I like watching _______ commentaries.

8. Read the examples. How do we form question tags? Find examples in the dialogue in Ex. 3a.

He works in the camp, doesn’t he?
She can’t come, can she?

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11. Complete the question tags.

Rose is cleaning out the pond,
_________________?
Andy has been reading a book for 15 minutes,
__________________?
Sally is collecting rubbish, ______________?
They study at a secondary school,
_____________?
You can speak three languages,
_______________?
He has passed the exam, _______________?

12. Read the study box. Find examples of (absence of) necessity in the dialogue.

I have to take the dog for a walk before I leave.
(it is necessary)
It is Saturday – I don’t have to go to school
today. (it is not necessary)

13. What does/doesn’t Roger have to do?

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Order more trees
done!
Call the recycling centre
Tidy the eco-library
Sally & Andy
Clean out the clubhouse
Buy more wood and nails next week
Give out membership cards

14. What do/don’t you have to do today?