Environmental Challenges and Grammar Exercises

Grammar (Page 2)

  1. 4
    1. will decrease
    2. wouldn’t have quit
    3. Would … use
    4. will continue
    5. will plant
    6. had known
  2. 5
    1. If you become an architect one day, will you design environmentally friendly buildings?
    2. What a pity this lake is so polluted. If only we could swim in it!
    3. I wouldn’t have got a free concert ticket if I hadn’t volunteered for yesterday’s Earth Day event.
    4. Our heating bills would be lower if we replaced our old heater. But we can’t.
  3. 6
    1. If I were you, I’d buy a small car.
    2. We would have planted crops on
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Space Exploration vs. Earth’s Basic Needs

Space Exploration vs. Prioritizing Earth

British and American scientists have designed a more powerful telescope than Hubble. It is not known what kind of telescope Perry announced a budget for. It will be launched far apart from other telescopes. It will be built up as it searches for objects that lie beyond our current reach. A decision on the matter will be made soon.

Common Mistakes and Corrections

  1. Out of order: tour, caravans, like, weren’t, beat, give, job, profession, made, draw, the.
  2. Track =
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Vocabulary, Listening, and Grammar Exercises

Vocabulary

Level 1

  1. Bilingual, Proverb, Translation, Idiom
  2. Frustrated, Sad, Affectionate, Delighted
  3. Charger, Offline, Instant Messaging, Ringtone
  4. Missed/Lost, Out/Off, Down/Out, Through/On

Level 2

  1. Idiom, Fluently, Synonym, Proverb
  2. Delighted, Empathetic, Affectionate, Frustrated
  3. Run Out Of, Cut Off, Have Been, Lose Signal
  1. Argument, Proverb
  2. Tongue, Speaker
  3. Empathetic, Empathy
  4. Swipe, Tag

Listening

The Icelandic Tourist Board

  1. C – a different way to spend the holidays.
  2. B – looking after the natural landscape.
  3. C – improving
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Past Tenses in English: Simple, Continuous, Perfect

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Past SimpleUse
We sold our car yesterday.Completed action that took place at a specific time in the past.
He got up, handed in his exam, and left the room.Sequence of actions that happened in the past, one after the other.
When I was young, I walked to school every day.Past routine or habits (similar to “used to”).
It was late at night. We heard the front door opening, and then we saw him.To describe the main events in a story.
Past ContinuousUse
We were watching TV at
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Mastering English: Idioms, Metaphors, Conditionals, and Vocabulary

Common English Idioms and Metaphors

  • Follow your bent: Follow your direction.
  • Time flies
  • Slaving away: Work hard.
  • To be a bit snowed under: A lot of work to do.
  • Tighten our belts: Make economy.
  • Bitten off more than we can chew: Do more than you can do.

Metaphors About the Body

  • Point the finger at
  • Have a few hiccups: Some problems.
  • Break someone’s heart
  • Scarred: Fear of something.

Metaphors with Light

  • Something came to me in a flash
  • Glowing with pride
  • Spark my interest in
  • Be overshadowed by someone
  • Dawned on me: Realize.
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Mastering English Conditionals and Future Tenses

English Conditionals and Future Tenses

First Conditional

Structure: if + present simple, will (can, shall, ought to, may, might, must)

Use: Talk about a possible future action or situation.

Example: If they ask for an explanation, they will understand the reason.

  • You must pay attention if you want to understand the lesson.
  • If they go to the interview, they might get the job.

Second Conditional

Structure: if + past simple, would (could, might…)

Type A: Hypothetical but Possible in the Present/Future

Example:

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