S2 T2 Mid-Term Test

Section A Active and Passive Voice (8 marks)
You are writing a review of a product you bought online. Complete the review using the correct form of
the verb in brackets.
Hypocritical fashion

While I (1) _____________________ (search) online for a sustainable clothing company, I
found the company Our Earth. I decided to buy a T-shirt from them with the slogan ‘Save the
planet … Save humanity.’ The company’s T-shirts (2) _____________________ (promote) as
being environmentally friendly. Also, 20% of the proceeds were supposed to go to wildlife
charities.
When the T-shirt arrived, I looked at the label. It (3) ____________________ (make) from
polyester, a fabric derived from oil! Not only does polyester manufacturing create a lot of
pollution, but also every time you wash it, it releases microplastics into the water. I (4)
____________________ (not feel) so angry in a long time. I didn’t know what (5)
____________________ (do). To make matters worse, the ‘charity’ had nothing to do with
protecting wildlife. Instead, most of the proceeds from their products go to offering scholarships
for business students!
I can’t help but wonder how the marketing team of the company messed this up so badly. What
(6) ____________________ they____________________ (think)? Did they suppose that no one
would notice?
Finally, I decided to do some research. I found out who (7) ____________________ (call) at the
company to lodge a complaint. The Customer Service Manager offered to return my money, then
asked, ‘(8) ____________________ your complaint ____________________ (resolve)?’
Obviously, I said that it wasn’t, since their products were still available online. That’s why I’m
writing this publicly. Do NOT shop at Our Earth!
Section B Defining and Non-defining clauses (10 marks)
Your friend is writing an article about a teenager who wants to protect cheetahs. She has asked for your
help. Complete the article with relative clauses. Use the phrases from the box below to help you.
Remember to include commas for non-defining relative clauses.
are afraid the animals will kill their livestock Joris helped to fund
are used to purchase GPS collars mentioned the possibility
collars have helped them all stay alive protects cheetahs
comes from the US show farmers where the cheetahs
are
have led to many cheetah deaths wanted to support her son
The boy who saved the cheetahs
Joris Hutchison (1) _______________________________________________ has always loved cheetahs.

After he read a book (2) _______________________________________________ that cheetahs could
go extinct in his lifetime, he thought about what he could do to help prevent that. Joris (3)
_________________ _______________________________________________ connected with
Naankuse, a wildlife conservation organization in Namibia (4)
_______________________________________________.
Joris and his mum volunteered at the sanctuary for three summers, but he also worked tirelessly during
the rest of the year to raise funds (5)
__________________________________________________________ for the cheetahs. In Namibia,
cheetahs are most often killed by local farmers (6)
______________________________________________. But now, with the GPS collars (7)
_______________________________________________, they can avoid human-cheetah conflicts (8)
___________________________________________ in the past.
Naankuse has fitted 86 cheetahs with collars, (9)

_______________________________________________, thanks to the education and technology (10)
_______________________________________________.
Bravo, Joris! The world needs more young people like you!
Section C Proofreading (9 marks)
You are writing an article about the environmental impact of your fashion choices. Proofread your
article. Cross out the mistakes and write the correct words on the lines on the right. Insert missing
commas or words using a ^.
The impact of my fashion choices
Recently, I bought a dress from a type of fabric called viscose. It feels a

lot like silk, and I absolutely loved the way it looked. That is … until I
found out how environmentally damaging viscose can be. It is very 1 ___________________
frustrating that buy something, and then find out you are contributing
to the harm of endangered species. In my opinion, it is unethical me to 2 ___________________
wear fabrics that affect these species.
Viscose is made from cellulose, coming from plants. It is light and soft
wearing. That’s why it’s so popular in the fashion world. 3 ___________________
The source of viscose difficult to trace, since numerous countries 4 ___________________

produce it. However, a good deal of viscose is manufactured in Sumatra
in Indonesia. Sadly, in this region, old-growth rainforest is often cut
down to make fibre for the fabric. A lot of companies call viscose a
sustainable fabric because it comes from plants, but they is wrong of 5 ___________________
them to say so. It takes old-growth forests hundreds of years to
regenerate.
6 ___________________
It is horribly to hear about the effects of this practice on endangered
animals. Sumatran orangutans and Sumatran tigers are two species that 7 ___________________
suffer the effects of deforestation. It is not always easy of us to avoid 8 ___________________
unsustainable fabrics. It takes a lot of careful research. Even then, is still
impossible for us to know all the details. From now on, I will only buy
clothes from companies with good environmental reputations. Even 9 ___________________
though the clothing may cost more, I find it reassuring to my decisions
aren’t harming beautiful animals.

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Section A Active and Passive Voice (8 marks)

The boy who saved the cheetahs

Joris Hutchison (1) _______________________________________________ has always loved cheetahs.

Naankuse has fitted 86 cheetahs with collars, (9)

Recently, I bought a dress from a type of fabric called viscose. It feels a

The source of viscose difficult to trace, since numerous countries 4 ___________________

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