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Read the text and then complete the sentences using the prompts.  Global warming: what are the consequences? What are the consequences of global warming? These are some predictions. A rise of only a degree or two in the temperature of the planet will cause floods in many parts of the world. This is because the melting of the ice caps will cause a big rise in sea level. We will lose a lot of important farmland, and people will have to leave some of the world's biggest cities.  Some deserts are growing so fast that we can see and measure the changes. Some scientists believe this is because of human activity (mainly cutting down trees), but others think that it is an effect of global warming. Good agricultural land is being changed into desert. Animals adapt to survive in the climate of the area where they live. If the climate change, it will become too hot for some animals and too cold for others. Insects like mosquitoes will move to new areas and take malaria ...

Choose the best option for the following sentences. If you think it is not necessary to write anything, choose the option - Easter Island Easter Island, which is / which it is in the Pacific Ocean more than 3,000 km from the coast of South America, has a terrible lesson to teach the modern world. When the first Europeans visited it in 1722, they found an island short of food on which / which are about 3,000 people were living in a state of constant war. The Europeans were surprised to find a large number of huge statues, which / which they had been moved over great distances, and to which / which clearly belonged to a great civilization. The people whose / - they found on the island, however, were poor and backward. The Europeans supposed that these people could not have built such large statues, which / which it meant that some other mysterious people must have done so. However, modern research has shown that the inhabitants of Easter Island were responsible for th...

Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. It can be Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Simple, Past Simple or Past Continuos. Child Employment in Victorian Britain In Victorian London, mud larks were children who (search of)_______________ valuable bits and pieces on the shores of the River Thames. They (not do)________________ this from boats, but (wait)_______________ until the tide (go)_______________ out, and then (crawl)_______________ ahout in the river mud looking for anything valuable. Henry Mayhew, a Victorian writer, (interview)_______________ 'mud lark' in his book about poor working people in London in the 1850's. 'My family is Irish though I was born in London. My father (work)_______________ at London Docks. He is a strong-bodied mand of 34. I (go)________________ to school with my brothers for about three years and (learn)________________ reading and writing and arithmetic. One of my brothers (be)______...

1. Complete the following text with the verb in brackets in the correct tense (Will, Be going to, Present Simple or Present Continuous): Our next holidays I’m not sure where we __________________ (go)  for our holiday later this year, we still haven´t booked anything yet.  We ______________________ (look) on the internet tonight to check out some possible destinations, and my wife says she __________________ (collect) some brochures from the travel agent when she __________________________  (leave) work.  I told my wife it must be somewhere hot otherwise I ________________________  (stay) at home! We were considering Greece but it is likely that it _________________ (be)  too hot there for us.  We have also been researching Mexico, but I think it _____________________ (be)  too expensive as it is quite a long way away.  We must book soon because we need to be back for my son´s wedding, he________________________ (get married) in Septem...

1. Change the following active sentences into Passive voice: 1. Many people begin new projects in January 2. You must wash that shirt for tonight’s party. 3. Mum is going to prepare the food. 4. They make shoes in that factory. 5. We will have to examine you again. 6. The delegation will meet the visitors at the airport. 7. We have produced skis since 1964. 8. All workers will read the memo. 9. Nobody can beat Tiger Woods at golf. 10. They also speak German at EU meetings. 11. We must look into the question. 12. The Chinese discovered acupuncture thousands of years ago. 13. The dentist is cleaning the woman’s teeth. 14.The boy is eating the cake.