Interactive exercises I Love English Junior, 2021-2022

1. Before you watch the video and do the next activity, read the sentences and choose the best answer.

1) has no fixed shape or volume.

2) is the layer of gases that surrounds and protects Earth.

3) The Sun emits rays and they are dangerous to our health.

4) is another word for prohibit.

5) Anything that contaminates the air, water or soil is called .

6) means to return to a normal state.

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Watch the video:

What is the ozone layer?

2. Watch the video. Then read the questions and choose the correct answer.

1) What is ozone?

A gas.

A planet.

A country.

2) What does the ozone layer block?

Meteors.

Ultraviolet rays.

Alien spaceships.

3) What does the ozone layer protect?

Only people.

Only people and animals.

People, animals and plants.

4) Where did scientists first observe a reduction in the ozone layer?

Above the North Pole.

Above the Equator.

Above the South Pole.

5) What did they call this reduction of ozone?

A spot.

A hole.

A gap.

6) What caused the hole in the ozone layer?

UFOs.

CFCs.

ETCs.

7) What are two products which contained CFCs?

Refrigerators and insecticides.

Bananas and apples.

Pens and pencils.

8) What did lots of countries do to help solve the problem?

They banned refridgerators.

They banned CFCs.

They used CFCs in more products.

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3. Complete the sentences using words from the list below. Click on the word from the box and then click again on the right blank space. The video and the above activities will help you.

1) You can find a layer of ozone about km above the ground.

2) Scientist discovered the hole in the ozone layer in the .

3) Scientists observed a reduction of of the ozone layer over the South Pole.

4) Many countries banned CFCs in .

5) Today, scientists believe it will take until for the ozone layer to fully recover.

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SPEAKING

1) We created the hole in the ozone layer because of chemicals we used in certain products. Today, the hole is getting smaller. This is because we changed our habits in order to fix the problem.

2) In small groups you are going to create an TV advert. The advert will explain another problem we have created and provide instructions on how we can change our habits to fix it.

3) Choose one of the problems:

- Plastic pollution.

- Global warming.

- Air pollution.

- Water pollution.

4) Create your advert. Ask your teacher for any vocabulary you might need. If you need to, create a script.

5) Rehearse.

6) Perform your advert in front of the class.