English Language Practice: Environmental Concepts & Grammar Drills

English Language Exercises: Environmental Awareness

Welcome to this set of English language exercises designed to enhance your vocabulary and grammar skills, particularly focusing on environmental topics. Each section presents a specific task, followed by sentences for correction and improvement.

Exercise 1: Sentence Construction on Environmental Topics

Task: Write 4 sentences using the provided themes.

• Original: Rainforests are home to half of the world's species of trees. birds and insects.
  Correction: Rainforests are home to half of the world's species of trees, birds, and insects.
  Spanish Translation: Las selvas tropicales albergan la mitad de las especies de árboles, aves e insectos del mundo.
• Original: This increase is mainly due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, the use of fertiliser in agriculture, etc.
  Correction: This increase is mainly due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, the use of fertilizer in agriculture, etc.
  Spanish Translation: Este incremento se debe principalmente a actividades humanas como la quema de combustibles fósiles, la deforestación, el uso de fertilizantes en la agricultura, etc.
• Original: Recycling protects the ozone layer
  Correction: Recycling protects the ozone layer.
  Spanish Translation: El reciclaje protege la capa de ozono.
• Original: We set up a recycling programme for the school
  Correction: We set up a recycling program for the school.
  Spanish Translation: Hemos creado un programa de reciclaje para la escuela.

Exercise 2: Mastering the Second Conditional

Task: Write 5 sentences using the second conditional.

• Original: If they were winners, I would sing victory
  Correction: If they were winners, I would sing of victory.
• Original: If she took care of recycled, she would could help the world
  Correction: If she recycled, she could help the world.
• Original: if you had more recycling programme, we would save the earth
  Correction: If you had more recycling programs, we would save the Earth.
• Original: if man cut down rainforest, would destroy the world's lungs
  Correction: If man cut down rainforests, he would destroy the world's lungs.
• Original: if used the chemicals, man would destroy ozone layer
  Correction: If man used chemicals, he would destroy the ozone layer.

Exercise 3: Affirmative Sentences on the Greenhouse Effect

Task: Write 4 affirmative sentences about the first text (related to the greenhouse effect).

• Original: in a greenhouse, light energy penetrates and falls upon the plants inside.
  Correction: In a greenhouse, light energy penetrates and falls upon the plants inside.
  Spanish Translation: En un invernadero, la energía de la luz penetra y cae sobre las plantas.
• Original: when it hits a surface, light energy becomes heat energy, and escapes into the atmosphere.
  Correction: When it hits a surface, light energy becomes heat energy and escapes into the atmosphere.
  Spanish Translation: Cuando choca con una superficie, la energía de la luz se transforma en energía calorífica y escapa a la atmósfera.
• Original: the earth is warmed by the sun and cools of by radiating
  Correction: The Earth is warmed by the Sun and cools off by radiating.
  Spanish Translation: La Tierra es calentada por el Sol y se enfría por radiación.
• Original: greenhouse effect, absorbs most of the harmful radiation before it reaches the earth's surface, creating an evironment for all life
  Correction: The greenhouse effect absorbs most of the harmful radiation before it reaches the Earth's surface, creating an environment for all life.
  Spanish Translation: El "efecto invernadero" absorbe la mayoría de la radiación perjudicial antes de que alcance la superficie de la Tierra, creando un medio ambiente para toda la vida.

Exercise 4: Identifying False Statements on Rainforests

Task: Write 4 false sentences about the second text (related to rainforests).

• Original: About 10 per cent of rainforests are found in central and south america.
  Correction: About 10 percent of rainforests are found in Central and South America.
  Spanish Translation: Alrededor del 10 por ciento de los bosques tropicales se encuentran en Centro y Sudamérica.
• Original: Rainforests are home to three fourth of the world's species , birds and insects
  Correction: Rainforests are home to three-fourths of the world's species, birds, and insects.
  Spanish Translation: Las selvas tropicales son el hogar de tres cuartas partes de las especies, aves e insectos del mundo.
• Original: If we destroy the rainforests we destroy the lungs of the world
  Correction: If we destroy the rainforests, we destroy the lungs of the world.
  Spanish Translation: Si destruimos las selvas tropicales, destruimos los pulmones del mundo.
• Original: without rainforests, don't increase the greenhouse effect
  Correction: Without rainforests, the greenhouse effect would decrease.
  Spanish Translation: Sin bosques, el efecto invernadero disminuiría.

Exercise 5: Environmental Concepts - Questions and Answers

Task: Answer the following questions.

• Question: what is the greenhouse effect?
  Correction: What is the greenhouse effect?
  Spanish Translation: ¿Cuál es el efecto invernadero?

  Original Answer: in a greenhouse, light energy penetrates and falls upon the plants inside. when it hits a surface, light energy becomes heat energy, and escapes into the atmosphere.
  Correction: In a greenhouse, light energy penetrates and falls upon the plants inside. When it hits a surface, light energy becomes heat energy and escapes into the atmosphere.
  Spanish Translation: (En un invernadero, la energía de la luz penetra y cae sobre las plantas de interior. Cuando golpea una superficie, la energía lumínica se convierte en energía térmica y escapa a la atmósfera.)

• Question: which are the cause of global warming ?
  Correction: What are the causes of global warming?
  Spanish Translation: ¿Cuáles son las causas del calentamiento global?

  Original Answer: The global warming, could change the earth's atmospheric balance with effects in polar regions
  Correction: Global warming could change the Earth's atmospheric balance, with effects in polar regions.
  Spanish Translation: (El calentamiento global podría cambiar el equilibrio atmosférico de la Tierra, con efectos en las regiones polares.)

• Question: what is the meaning of build up?
  Correction: What is the meaning of 'build up'?
  Spanish Translation: ¿Cuál es el significado de 'build up'?
• Question: what is the global warming provoking ?
  Correction: What is global warming provoking?
  Spanish Translation: ¿Qué está provocando el calentamiento global?

  Original Answer: could change the earth's atmospheric balance with effects in polar regions, ice caps would melt raising the height of the world's oceans and producing floods in low-lying areas of the world
  Correction: Global warming could change the Earth's atmospheric balance, with effects in polar regions. Ice caps would melt, raising the height of the world's oceans and producing floods in low-lying areas of the world.

Exercise 6: Actions to Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Task: Write 4 actions to decrease the greenhouse effect.

• Original: Turn off the light
  Correction: Turn off the lights.
• Original: placer organic food in the ground
  Correction: Place organic waste in the ground (e.g., for composting).
  (Note: Original phrasing was ambiguous; this correction assumes composting for environmental benefit.)
• Original: in a hot day, turn off stoves
  Correction: On a hot day, reduce the use of energy-intensive appliances like stoves.
  (Note: This action aims to reduce energy consumption, indirectly impacting the greenhouse effect.)
• Original: don't drive, walk more
  Correction: Don't drive; walk more.