Word Formation - Open Cloze Exercises Unit 2: 1-Fill The Gaps in The Sentences With The Correct Form of The Words Given

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TEENS 5- WIDER WORLD 4

Word formation - Open cloze exercises Unit 2

1- Fill the gaps in the sentences with the correct form of the words given.

1 …………….. OUR PLANET STARTS WITH YOU. HERE’S SOME OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO: SAVE

2 Switch off lights where possible as lighting uses 10-15 percent of home …………….. ELECTRIC
3 Use energy-saving light bulbs and get …………….. panels installed, too. SUN
4 Remember to …………….. plastic bags and bottles. USE
5 Encourage your local community to set up a …………….. centre. RECYCLE
6 Do voluntary work to protect …………….. species. DANGER
7 Support …………….. energy projects. RENEW
8 …………….. events to encourage people to drive less and to walk or cycle more. ORGANISATION

2- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in bold.

POLLUTE
1 Air …………….. is a serious problem in many big cities.
2 The Ganges, in India, is one of the most …………….. rivers in the world.
3 The two factories were closed down because they were …………….. the water.

PROTECT
4 Nangar National Park is a …………….. area in Australia.
5 This jacket gives good …………….. from the rain and wind.
6 Tanzania National Parks are strong …………….. of wildlife and nature.

ENVIRONMENT
7 We have plans to make the school more …………….. friendly.
8 The Swedish …………….. Greta Thunberg has inspired millions of people to climate action.
9 Friends of the Earth is an …………….. organisation in the UK.
ELECT
10 We will announce the result of the …………….. on Monday.
11 Many …………….. prefer to vote online.
12 He was our first …………….. student councillor.

3- Read passages A and B. Fill in the blanks with only one word.

A
When my next-door neighbour Alex came (1) ……….. from his first term at university, he (2)
……….. changed completely. He’d grown his hair long, and, when I saw him, he was wearing loose
cotton clothes instead (3) ……….. the cool pretty clothes he (4) ……….. to wear before. He looked
like a hippy! When I asked him about his new look, he told me that he had (5) ……….. to a
meeting about the environment when he arrived at university, and after a few weeks he had (6)
……….. a Greenpeace campaign to fight climate (7) ……….. . Now he says he’s an eco-activist!

(1) ……….. the time I was born, my grandmother had died, so I never met her, but I’ve
heard lots of stories (2) ……….. her. She lived in a small village and had (3) ……….. travelled
more than 30 miles in any direction. One day my father went to see her with the mobile
phone he had just (4) ……….. . He was excited about showing it to her because he was
sure she (5) ……….. seen one before. But he was disappointed when he found (6) ………..
that she had (7) ……….. got one. The thing is, she had (8) ……….. a neighbour to buy one of
the new ‘pocket phones’ in the nearest town. ‘Give me your number, dear,’ she said
when he got out his mobile. ‘I’ll add you to my contacts list.’ That day my grandmother
really surprised my father, (9) ……….. she?

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