VOCABULARY WORD FORMATION Nouns, verbs 15 Transform these words according to the prompts. Use these verbs to make nouns Make verbs from these nouns 1. Save ........................ 6. Packaging ........................ 2. Protect ........................ 7. Life ........................ 3. Fish ........................ 8. Care ........................ 4. Persuade ........................ 9. Destruction ........................ 5. Need ........................ 10. Dependency ........................ 16 Complete these sentences with the appropriate form of the word given. Remember to put any verbs into the correct form in the sentence. 1. The council ................................................ the recycling bins every two weeks. COLLECTION 2. Our oceans need to be free of plastic for us all to ................................................. SURVIVAL 3. I ................................................ my classmates to start trying to save energy and recycle waste at home. PERSUASION 4. What exactly is the ................................................ of climate change ? DEFINE 5. Did you know that our oceans ................................................ at least 10% of the tons of plastic produced every year? CONTAINER 6. You need to do a lot of ................................................ before you write a report. RESEARCH 7. We must make sure that everyone begins to ................................................ water bottles instead of buying single-use plastic bottles of water. USE 8. The ................................................ of plastic needs to be drastically reduced. PRODUCE 9. I went into the conference room very quietly as the president was already ................................................. SPEECH 10. We ................................................ adding environmental science to the school curriculum at the meeting yesterday. SUGGESTION 17 Match the meanings to the verbs. Some can have two meanings. 1. Turn in 2. Turn up 3. Turn off 4. Turn down 5. Turn on a. Lower the volume. b. Arrive unexpectedly. c. Begin a flow of energy. d. Raise the volume. e. Go to bed. f. Reject. g. Stop a flow of energy. 18 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition. 1. We sent David Attenborough an invitation to our school conference and he just turned ............................. at the last minute unexpectedly and made a wonderful speech! 2. Can you turn ............................. that music? Air pollution is bad enough, we don t want noise pollution as well. 3. Turn ............................. the shower immediately! You ve been under it much too long, think about water shortage! 4. I tried to get a job at the National Environment conference, but they turned ............................. my application. 5. Could you turn ............................. the radio please? I d like to hear what the Minister for the Environment has to say. 6. That documentary on TV finished late so I ll turn ............................. now. I have an early start tomorrow. B1+ UNIT 6 68