Unit 09

Which nouns/adjectives do you immediately associate with the following regions?

1. The Amazon Rainforest:  ________
2. The Alps: ________  
3. The Sahara Desert: ________  
4. Sicily: ________  
5. Ireland: ________  
6. The Tropics : ________
7. The North Pole: ________  

           
       

After reading the text, write the name of the places in the appropriate group; you can write the same name in more than one group.

Here's the weather forecast for this weekend. Mainly sunny and windy in the south with strengthening winds on the coasts. Temperatures around 17°C. Moving north the temperatures are going to be lower than average for the season. We're expecting some rain during the night between Saturday and Sunday, but the days are going to be dry with a little sunshine. Most of Sunday is going to be cloudy in Manchester and Liverpool and the surrounding areas. Damp and slightly foggy in the early morning. On the west coast the wind is going to turn into a milder breeze around midday. In Northern Ireland the weather is going to be quite miserable. It is going to be cloudy and rainy for most of the weekend and the sun is going to come out again only in the late afternoon of Sunday when the weekend is almost over. If you are planning a picnic, postpone it to another date. In Scotland the weekend is going to be dry but quite chilly. Next weekend the only really safe region for a picnic and a nice stroll in the countryside is Yorkshire, where the temperatures are going to be mild and the weather is going to be dry but not always sunny.

Dry:________, ________.
Rainy:________, ________.
Cloudy:________, ________, ________.
Windy:________, ________.
Mild temperatures:________, ________.

Write the appropriate question for each answer as in the example.

I am going out with my boyfriend this evening.
Are you going out with your boyfriend this evening?

1. The weather is going to be fine next weekend.
________
2. They are going to set off for a picnic on Sunday.
________
3. We are going to join them in the countryside.
________
4. You are going to bring the drinks.
________
5. I am going to prepare a salad for everybody.
________
6. The car is going to be under repair this weekend.
________
7. We are going to use my dad's car.
________

Complete the sentences with the correct form of be going to and one of the verbs below.

take – come – be – make – become – snow – buy – study – bring – organize – meet – be

1. It ________ in the Alps, whereas in the valley the snow ________ rain.
2. Look out of the window: the fog is really thick. It ________ dangerous on the roads.
3. Pauline ________ her friends this afternoon because she can't. She ________ maths all afternoon. She ________ a test tomorrow morning at school.
4. Chris ________ a surprise party for his girlfriend. A few friends ________ to his house and they ________ food and drink. But they ________ a cake because Chris ________ a special birthday cake. It ________ huge and with lots of chocolate.

Actions environmentally friendly or actions that harm the environment? Choose the correct option.

1. Recycling glass: ________.
2. Leaving the water running: ________.  
3. Wasting food: ________.
4. Throwing away paper and plastic together: ________.
5. Organic food: ________.
6. Planting trees: ________.
7. Eating large quantities of meat: ________.
8. Throwing batteries in the bin: ________.
9. Using bicycles: ________.
10. Using the car: ________.
11. Walking whenever possible: ________.
12. Not overheating your house: ________.
13. Using detergents in small quantities: ________.
14. Contaminating clean water with petrol: ________.

Choose the correct option.

The weekend ________ be a nightmare. The weather ________ to be really bad and I don't think we ________ do anything interesting. My friends ________ the cinema to see a film that I saw last week, so I'm sure they ________ expect me to go with them because they know ________ want to see the film again. I ________ do some housework because my room needs cleaning. ________ give me a hand?

Turn the sentences into the negative and the interrogative forms.

1. Cheryl will be ready before five.
Negative form: ________
Interrogative form: ________
2. Temperatures will increase next month.
Negative form: ________
Interrogative form: ________
3. Water will become precious.
Negative form: ________
Interrogative form: ________
4. We will need more food because the world population will increase.
Negative form: ________
Interrogative form: ________
5. Recycling will be essential and we will learn to avoid waste.
Negative form: ________
Interrogative form: ________

Decide whether to use will or be going to in the correct form, plus the verb in brackets.

Laurent is a French young man with a great passion. He is a surfer, he surfs on the sea. He (attend) ________ his fourth year of high school abroad. He (live) ________ in Australia for six months on an exchange programme. There he thinks he (improve) ________ his skills as a surfer. He is very excited because he knows he (find) ________ himself in the perfect place for a surfer; the Australian Surfer's Paradise… He can't wait! Most probably he (have) ________ to study at night because he (surf) ________ every afternoon, without exception. He has already been in contact with some guys of his own age who (show) ________ him around the area. In a couple of months Laurent (see) ________ the huge waves of the ocean for the first time.

Choose the correct option.

They say that the ________ does not affect one's mood and that there is no scientific evidence for such a claim, but who ________ deny that when we know that  the weather ________ good we feel happier? A ________ day makes all the difference. We look up into the sky and if we know it ________ a nice day we feel more optimistic about what ________ happen to us. I personally don't mind the ________ days of winter and I particularly like when it snows. What I really don't like is when it ________ or it rains steadily for hours. I think you will agree with me when I say that rain and ________ is depressing, ________?