On Screen B1+ Unit 5 Grammar

1 A: Did Linda go to the town council meeting yesterday?

B: No, she said she ....... write a report for work.

A: Have you seen Peter today?

B: Yes, he said he ........ to the recycling centre.

A: Will Anna complete her project on air pollution tonight?

B: No, she told me she .......... it tomorrow instead.

A: Has Ken donated any money to the homeless shelter?

B: No, he said that he .......... any money yet

A: What was Jack doing all yesterday evening?

B: He said that he ....... nature documentaries on TV.

Terry, I want to …………. you something about our project.

“I’ll donate to the charity,” she …………. him.

Alan ………. us that he had become a volunteer.

Lisa …………. that she would come to the clean-up day.

“You shouldn’t drop litter,” Mum …………. to us.

Terry doesn’t buy products from companies which experiment ..... animals.

Living in highly polluted areas can lead ........ health problems.

They marvelled ..... the beauty of the sculpture made entirely from recycled materials.

It might rain; I can see some clouds ...... the horizon.

All the crew were ....... a panic when the tanker started capsizing

The Siberian tiger is ..... risk of becoming extinct.

Animals should live ....... the wild rather than being locked up in zoos

Tina got confused ...... the instructions the man at the recycling centre gave her.

Fill in: off, on, out, up, into, over, down

The President wants to introduce .........................
healthcare
for all citizens

Pollution is a(n) ...................................................
issue which needs to be controlled urgently.

For ..........
reasons, Keith couldn’t manage to find a job.

The whole town was left in complete ....................
because of
the power cut.

He said that he..... come the following day

Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.

“I’m sorry I didn’t come to the meeting,” said George. (apologise)

Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.

“Don’t forget to turn off the TV,” Jim told Ann. (remind)

Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.

“Let’s create a poster to raise awareness,” said Tim. (suggest)

Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.

“Light pollution causes serious harm to wildlife,” said Alice. (explain)

Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.

“You should turn off all the lights at night,” Anna told Philip. (advise)

Reading

Read the text and match the headings (A-F) to the paragraphs (1-5). There is one extra heading.

A A Tragic Impact

B Making it Possible

C A Shocking Discovery

D A Major Setback

E Where it All Ends Up

F Finding a Solution

1

In the summer of 2011, a Dutch teenager named Boyan Slat went diving off the coast of Greece. Boyan was eager to experience the underwater wildlife of the area, but instead, he got a terrible surprise. “I saw more plastic bags than fish,” Boyan says. From that day on, this amazing teenager has dedicated his life to cleaning up the world’s oceans of floating plastic.

2

However, Boyan has a massive task in front of him. Every year, around 28 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans. In some cases, people dump rubbish into oceans directly, but most plastic flows into oceans from rivers and drainage systems. Once there, it gets carried away by currents, and most of it gathers in five huge areas of water called gyres. The most famous gyre, nicknamed the Pacific Garbage Patch, is situated between Hawaii and California.

3

The environmental consequences of this plastic are huge. Many marine animals accidentally eat pieces of plastic, which then get stuck in their stomachs, causing them to starve. For example, turtles often confuse plastic bags for jellyfish, and albatrosses eat small pieces of plastic thinking that they are the eggs of flying fish.

4

But how can this problem be solved? First, Boyan thought about collecting the plastic using ships and fishing nets, but he soon realised that this method was too expensive and slow. Instead, he came up with an idea to install floating barriers in the ocean. In the plans he designed barriers lie on the surface of the water only, allowing fish to swim unharmed underneath. The oceans’ currents then carry floating rubbish towards the barriers, where it is collected and recycled on the mainland.

5

The next step was for Boyan to raise money for the project. At first, this proved very difficult; not a lot of companies wanted to give money to a 19-year-old student! But after a video of him talking about his project went viral on the Internet, he soon raised over $2 million! Nowadays, Boyan’s foundation, The Ocean Cleanup, is doing research to see if his dream can become a reality. Many experts say his plan won’t work, but Boyan recently claimed that the first platform will be built before 2020. As he says “When people say something is impossible, I like to prove them wrong.”