Skills 1

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. scenic
2. fabric
3. sonic
4. terrific

Choose a word that has different stress pattern.

1. arithmetic
2. botanical
3. numerical
4. traffic

Choose the best options to complete the sentences.

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Aquatic life suffers or dies _______ thermal pollution.

1. because of
2. because
3. thanks to
4. as

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

________ a substance that pollutes. (pollute)​

1. Polluting
2. Pollutant
3. Pollution

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Industrial waste consists _______ some kind of chemical substance such as sulphur, which is harmful _______ marine life. 

1. of - for
2. of - with
3. of - to
4. to - of

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Pollution can be seen not only throughout the world, but also in our own homes. It comes from household _______, the amount of water people use and the waste people produce and throw away.

1. pollution
2. chemicals
3. chemistry
4. polluted

Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

A cause of water pollution in our country is the _______ of awareness among citizens. 

1. lack
2. short
3. low
4. high

Find a mistake in the sentence.

If fish and shellfish eating tiny animals contain poison in their bodies, people who eat these fish would get some diseases.​

1. eating
2. people
3. their
4. would

Find a mistake in the sentence.

If people dump wastes and poisonous chemicals into water, tiny animals would eat pollutants in polluted water. ​

1. wastes
2. chemicals
3. in
4. would