Vocabulary related to sustainable sustainable development Exerci Exercise se A: Circle the word that does not collocate with the following verbs: 1.
Waste: time – information – resources – money – energy
2.
Save: water – time – forests – planet – wildlife – experience
3.
Share: support – ideas – knowledge – information – a flat
4.
Face: problems – difficulties – trouble – a dilemma –an enemy
Exercise B: Match the words in A with the words in B, then fill in the blanks with the appropriate collocations: A 1.urban 2. water 3.armed 4.micro 5. natural 6. economic 7. financial 8. birth 9. global
B a. resources b. shortage c. areas d. warming e. rate f. support g. credits. h. growth i. conflicts
CONTEXTUALISED 1. A large number of Moroccan women have benef benefit ited ed from from in inte teres restt-fr free ee .... ...... .... .... .... ...t .to o help help them them start their own small business. 2. It hasn’t rained here for a long time, so the country is likely to suffer from .........in the years to come. 3. If the consumption of .................. is not reduced, there will be none left for the next generations. 4. Some African countries are being ravaged by.... by....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... .. . People People kill kill each other other for almost almost nothing.
Exercise C: Match the following words or groups of words with their definitions: Words / group of words 1. Social Social jus justic tice e 2. Susta Sustain inabl able e development 3. Green Green are areas as 4. Micro Micro credit credits s 5. Deve Develo lopi ping ng countries 6. Endan Endange gere red d species
Definitions a. Wildlife Wildlife that is running running the risk of extinctio extinction n b. Nation Nations s whose whose populati population on has a low standar standard d of living. c. Loans given given to poor poor people people to assist assist them to to shift for themselves. d. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations. e. Spaces ces and sit sites planted with trees, gra grass ss,, flowers, etc. f. Condition Condition in in which which all members members of a society society enjoy enjoy the same same rights rights,, securit security, y, privil privileges eges,, benefi benefits, ts, etc.
Exercise D: fill in the blanks with the appropriate words in the previous exercise: 1. Gree Greenp npea eace ce is an NGO NGO whos whose e missi ission on is not not only only to fig ight ht for envi nvironment ental cons conse ervation but but also for the preserv ervation of ......................... . 2. The
city council offered our association 4 acres of land to be turned into ................ they also promised to provide us with all trees we would need.
Vocabulary related to sustainable sustainable development Exercise A: Circle the word that does not collocate with the following verbs: 1.
Waste: time – information – resources – money – energy
2.
Save: water – time – forests – planet – wildlife – experience
3.
Share: support – ideas – knowledge – information – a flat
4.
Face: problems – difficulties – trouble – a dilemma –an enemy
Exercise Exercise B: Match the words in A with the words in B, then fill in the blanks with the appropriate collocations: A 1.urban 2. water 3.armed 4.micro 5. natural 6. economic 7. financial 8. birth 9. global
B a. resources b. shortage c. areas d. warming e. rate f. support g. credits. h. growth i. conflicts
CONTEXTUALISED 1. A large number of Moroccan women have benef benefit ited ed from from in inte teres restt-fr free ee .... ...... .... .... .... ...t .to o help help them them start their own small business. 2. It hasn’t rained here for a long time, so the country is likely to suffer from .........in the years to come. 3. If the consumption of .................. is not reduced, there will be none left for the next generations. 4. Some African countries are being ravaged by.... by....... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... .. . People People kill kill each other other for almost almost nothing.
Exercise C: Match the following words or groups of words with their definitions:
Words / group of words 1. Social Social jus justic tice e 2. Susta Sustain inabl able e development 3. Green Green are areas as 4. Micro Micro credit credits s 5. Deve Develo lopi ping ng countries 6. Endan Endange gere red d species
Definitions g. Wildlife Wildlife that is running running the risk of extinctio extinction n h. Nation Nations s whose whose populati population on has a low standar standard d of living. i. Loans Loans given given to poor poor peopl people e to assist assist them them to to shift shift for themselves. j. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations. k. Spaces ces and sit sites planted with trees, gra grass ss,, flowers, etc. l. Condit Condition ion in in which which all memb members ers of a soci society ety enjoy enjoy the same same rights rights,, securit security, y, privil privileges eges,, benefi benefits, ts, etc.
Exercise D: fill in the blanks with the appropriate words in the previous exercise: 1. Gree Greenp npea eace ce is an NGO NGO whos whose e missi ission on is not not only only to fig ight ht for envi nvironment ental cons conse ervation but but also for the preserv ervation of ......................... . 2. The
city council offered our association 4 acres of land to be turned into ................ they also promised to provide us with all trees we would need.
