EnglishLAnGUA

GE
Form 4
Reading Task

Prepared By
Mohana Ram
Murugiah
 In this tASk you will leArn to :

identify mAin ideAS of A text

provide your own opinion on the issue discussed

Section 3
use the new vocAbuLAry leArnt in Another text
Section 4

complete the comprehension questions

Credits

write A reflection

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MOHANA RAM MURUGIAH
The Lesson Outline
D Ay 1 1 Hour DAy2 1Hour
Extended TASK – PASSIve
STARTER – cOMPARE AND coNTRAST Form TASK F And G

Extended TASK – PASSIve

Pre – REAding Activity - TASK A & Form TASK F And G

Environment
B VOCABULARY - TASK H
AND I
EnvironmeNTAL
While – REAding Activity - TASK C & PHRASAL verbs - TASK J
Reflec
D Post – REAding Activity - TASK E tion

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STARTING POINT

• CoMPARE And contrAST the

two photogrAPHS given. Write your thoughts here!

• WHAT CAN we do to help

protect our environment?

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how to use less wAter

the chemistry of the wAter weAther conditions

At seA
How wAter is wASted
 TASk C

REAd the rest of

the ARticle AND
Answer the
questions thAT
follow.

TASk D
Find these words AND
Trickle the developing world phRASes in the text AND
underline them. CAn you work
dams reservoirs conservation out whAt they meAn from
the context?
sink evaporation leaks
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BASEd on the text thAT you hAve reAd, Answer All the questions below.

TASk E

Tips
• REAd the options And choose one which is FACTUAlly
true.
• REAd the text CArefully to find REASOn And
MOHANA RAM MURUGIAH then choose the option tHAt best
expresses it.
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UnderstANDINg PASSive forms

NOTES
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UnderstANDINg PASSive forms TAble of

Content
s

TASk F TASk G
Rewrite the following sentences in pASSIVE form..
Find ALleXAmples of • The theory of evolution has suggested by Charles Darwin.

PASSIve you CAn in the • The elephants in this area should protect by a ban on hunting.
text on the pAge.
• I’m really looking forward to be taken to the zoo tomorrow.

• A new species of bird was been discovered by scientists.

• People should being encourage to recycle their waste.

• The government being put under pressure to change the law on fishing.

• Many dolphins kill accidentally by fishing nets.

• Global warming has predicted for a long time now.

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Extended TASk TASk H

REAd this text About recycling electriCAL APPLiANces. Complete the text using the
words in the box in the correct form.
plants, like the Matsushita Eco –
Millions of new TVs, fridges, air – Technology Each appliance
conditioning units and washing machines Centre 6_________for the process. 7._____________ very carefully
1.______________ and the components 8____
every day around the world. So what different categories. The
happens to the old ones? In Japan, where plastic in these
around 20 million electrical appliances 2_by machines, for example,
the side of the road in rivers every years, 9_______________________
new legislation 3_____in 2001 which components for new
means appliances.
that all electrical goods must be 50 – 60% Although Matsushita, who
recyclable. own Panasonic,
Recycling these high – tech machines 10._________ by some people
isn’t for creating the problem in the
easy. They can’t just 4___________into first place, most people
small pieces that can 5_______again. Special agree that progress 11___in
dealing with the • criticise
space age environmental challenge. • use
• buy
• introduce
• make
• smash
• sort
• take apart
• dump
• require
• collect
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Choose the correct word of phRASE

to complete eACH sentence TASK I

1. _ is the gradual rise in temperature in many parts of the world.

2. A/An is one which is under threat of extinction.
3. Something that is _ • endangered species
is related to the countryside, rather than the town or city.
• rural
4. Something that is , such as a product, is not harmful to the environment. • greenhouse effect
• global warming
5. _ is an unpleasant mixture of smoke and fog hanging over a city.
• smog
6. The _ is caused by the sun’s heat being trapped by gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. • fossil fuels
• nature reserve
7. is the pipes and facilities for taking dirty water from homes and factories, usually to be • green sewerage system
• urban
treated.
8. A/An is an area where wildlife is specially protected.
9. Something that is _ is related to the town or city, rather than the countryside.
10. include coal, gas and oil.
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TASK J
PhrASAl Verbs : The Environment
meAning.
Complete the sentence using the phrasal verbs.
1. If we continue to use fossil fuels AT present
RAte, we will eventUAlly of oil
go off
a) Become exinct 2. BuRGERBAr is pLAnning to A new,
die out environmentAlly – friendly contAiner for
their FAST food.
b) Produce heat, a smell, a gas etc
run out 3. You’d be surprised AT how much of the RAinforests
c) Produce and start to sell a new product is every single dAy.

give off d) Stop being fresh 4. I threw the BAnAnAS AwAy becAuse I thought
they HAd .
cut down e) Use all of something and not have any left
5. Trees AND pLAnts oxygen, which All
living things need.
bring out f) (of the weather) become better after cloud or
6. We should be very CAreful wHAt we
rain AND try to recycle AS mush AS we CAn.
cleAr up
g) Get rid of ( rubbish) 7. There will be HEAVY RAin showers in the morning,
throw Aw Ay but it should by the Afternoon.
h) Cut a tree, so that it falls.
8. Unless something is done, the snow leopArd will
within the next dECADE.
Reflection

Three new things I

hAve leArnt Are : I wAnt to explore more on
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ThAnk You

MOHANA RAM MURUGIAH

Guru Cemerlang Bahasa
Inggeris
SMK Perempuan Methodist Ipoh

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