Unit 4
Name: _____________________________________
GROUP B
5 Transform the sentences using passive voice.
VOCABULARY
1 They change the towels every day.
1 Write the words to match the pictures.
The towels __________________________ every day.
2 The scientist did the experiment last week.
The experiment ______________________ last week.
3 We recycle plastic, glass and paper.
Plastic, glass and paper ______________________.
4 They produced this car in India.
1 ___________ 2 ___________ 3 ___________
This car _________________________ in India.
5 They cut down this forest last year.
This forest _____________________ last year.
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4 ___________ 5 ___________
6 Write the verbs in Present Simple, Past Simple,
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Present Simple passive or Past Simple passive.
In the world there are many animals in danger. They
2 Complete the expressions with words from the
(1) _____________ (threaten) because their habitats are
appropriate boxes. There is one extra word in each box.
destroyed by humans. Usually that happens because
environmental solar industrial polluted extinct
people (2) _____________ (want) to get land to farm or
1 ____________ age
build new cities. One of the examples of an animal which
2 ____________ power
disappeared from the Earth is the dodo.
3 ____________ species
It (3) _____________ (live) in Mauritius until 1681. The
4 ____________ river
problem was that dodos couldn t fly and they weren t
afraid of humans. When people (4) ________________
warming animals data people plastic (come) to the island all the dodos (5) ________________
(kill) and their nests were ruined.
5 recycled _______________
6 recent _____________
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7 rare _______________
8 global _______________
COMMUNICATE
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7 Choose the correct answer.
3 Complete each sentence with one word.
1 Can we save this hamster?
1 The city was destroyed by a volcanic
A I can t help it.
e_______________.
B It s probably theirs.
2 The s______________ is a very common bird in Poland.
C I m not sure. Let s try.
3 August was very rainy last year and a lot of people
2 Where can I recycle plastic bottles?
lost their homes in a f__________.
A I m sure, it s possible.
4 Dovedale is a beautiful v_______________ in the
B I have no idea.
Peak District.
C I can tell you a lot about them.
5 People should t___________ away less rubbish.
3 Do you know anything about astronomy?
6 You can get cheese from cow or g__________ milk.
A So do I.
B Yes, I m sure.
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C Just a little.
4 Is it possible to recycle CDs?
A I have an idea.
GRAMMAR
B I don t think so.
4 Underline the correct word.
C I m sure they do.
5 I don t know much about exotic animals.
1 My dog needs very few/little food.
A What a pity! Neither do I.
2 There are too many/much boys in this class.
B I m not sure you do.
3 There are few/little hurricanes in this country.
C Really? That s fascinating!
4 We haven t got some/any free time today.
5 We have got some/any exotic animals in our zoo.
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8 Match the beginnings of sentences 1-5 with
WRITING
appropriate endings A-F. There is one extra ending.
10 You are on holiday abroad. Write a postcard to
1 I can t tell you _____
a friend. In your postcard write about:
2 I recycle everything I can, _____
" the place where you are spending your holiday,
3 I m afraid I can t explain _____
" an unusual animal that you saw there,
4 I don t think we _____
" a tragedy/disaster which happened in this region
5 I m not sure why _____
the previous week.
A to you how this machine works.
____________________________________________________
B much about animals living in India.
____________________________________________________
C can solve the problem of pollution easily.
____________________________________________________
D so many people are taking part in this campaign.
____________________________________________________
E where it is necessary.
F including batteries and light bulbs. ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
READING
____________________________________________________
9 Complete the text with sentences A-F. There is one
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extra sentence.
A He has had a special gift for working with these
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
animals since he was a child.
B That s why people started calling him el perrero.
11 Complete the sentences with the verbs in Past Simple,
C Dangerous behaviour has prevented them from
Present Perfect or Past Continuous.
finding homes.
1 I m hungry. I (not have) _____________________
D You can always find a job.
anything to eat since this morning.
E Amazingly, most of those dogs belong to him.
2 Jack (not eat) ___________________ sweets for a few
F It s important, because they can only control their
months. He s on a diet.
dogs this way.
3 They found a very cute dog when they (walk)
The Dog Whisperer
________________ in the park yesterday.
A typical day at work for Cesar Millan might include putting
4 You won t believe it! We (collect) ________________
on his running shoes and taking a four-hour jog though the
over 100 cans in the streets today.
mountains with 40 dogs. (1) _____ The rest are troubled
5 I (not swim) _______________ in a pool since
dogs sent to Millan to learn good behavior.
I came back from holiday.
Cesar Millan is the star of the National Geographic show Dog
Whisperer and author of the best-selling book Cesar s Way.
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(2) _____ He grew up on a farm in Mexico, where his parents
and grandparents lived all their life. Small Cesar loved
12 Complete the text with words from the box. There are
playing with animals and there were plenty of them around.
two extra words.
His first job was helping a veterinarian. The vet he was
all few there which different nobody
working with discovered that Cesar was very good at
no enough strong area as services
calming scared dogs and handling all kinds of situations.
The terrible fires (1) __________ started last week in
(3) _____ In Spanish it means  the dog boy. Since then, he
California are getting more and more dangerous. The present
has built a rewarding career around his favorite animal.
fire is not the same (2) _________ the fires that happened last
His grandfather taught him that in nature dogs live in groups
year because it covers a huge (3) _________ and started in
called packs. They always follow one leader. Cesar s specialty
a few places at the same time. All the firefighters from the
is teaching people to be pack leaders for their dogs. (4) _____
area are taking part in the operation, however, (4) _________
If the owner is not the leader, the dog starts running the
is little time and they have to work in a (5) ___________
home. So the Dog Whisperer doesn t just train dogs, he also
locations, so there are not (6) ___________ people and the
trains the owners to understand that their pets need rules.
rescue services have asked for help from other states. All the
Cesar encourages kids to do in life something that they enjoy.
local people have been saved and (7) ___________ is hurt
 I ve been working with dogs for over 20 years. It was long
but there is too little time to transport (8) _______ their
before my TV show or book. I m successful because I was
possessions and save the animals living in the area. To make
following my dream. (5) _____ But happiness comes when
things worse, there are (9) _________ winds blowing, so
you follow your passion.
adapted from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/dogwhisperer/ there is (10) _________ hope of putting out the fire soon.
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