Class 8 English Grammar Exercise- Unit 3: Environment - The Lesson “Save our planet: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle"

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 Use of English/Grammar Exercise 

Unit 3:

" Environment "

(National Book Foundation - New Book/New Syllabus Based on Single National Curriculum Pakistan 2023-2024 and Onwards)

(Class 8 English Notes for 8th Centralized Exam 2023 and onward, FDE, Islamabad)

The Lesson “Save our planet: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle"

Vocabulary

 

1. Find the meaning of the following words and use it in sentences.

Reuse	Use again more than once	To conserve resources, please reuse this carrier bag.
Inhabitants	A person or animal that lives in and occupies a place	How many inhabitants are there in Moscow?
Purified	Clean, refine.	We purified the water by boiling it.
Reduce	Make smaller or less in degree, amount, and size	We should reduce the use of fossil fuels.
Destruction	Demolition, smashing, blowing up.	The destruction of the building caused a huge economic loss.
Obsolete	No longer produced or used	Many people believe the Internet has made the postal service obsolete.
Recycle	Convert (waste) into reusable material	Recycling is beneficial for the environment.
Landfills	the disposal of waste material by burying it	All trash placed in the city’s dumpster was buried deep in the landfill.
Manufacturing	The process of making something	The company's manufacturing capability is quite limited.

2. Cut apart each of the words into syllables and then try to connect the syllables to make a new word.

Word	syllables	New words
industry	In-dus-try	Dust, try
newspapers	News-pa-pers	News, papers
existing	Ex-is-ting	Ex, next, exit
environment	En-vir-on-ment	Motives, inventor
purified	Pu-ri-fied	Fired, pride
management	Man-age-ment	Manage, gamete
manufacturing	Man-u-fac-tu-ring	Furnace, amateur
minerals	Min-er-als	Linear, mailer
encouraged	En-cour-aged	Assured, bright

 Comprehension checkpoint:

1. Choose the best answer

A. Which of the following can be recycled

a) Soda bottle✅    b) Plastic spoon     c) paper plates     d) plastic bags

B. Recycling means taking trash and creating it into new products.

a) Making     b) creating✅   c) Transforming     d)changing

C. What is the term used to describe the objects that are being washed and used again?

a) Reducing     b) Recycling     c) Reusing✅    d) Replanting

D. The following is an example of reducing:

a) Using less water when taking a shower ✅

b) bringing used paper and newspapers to the recycling Center

Use of English:

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

a) They say that recycling is important in several ways. (recycle, recycles, recycling, recycled)

b) The inhabitants of the planet Earth are required to keep our environment clean and safe. (Requires, required, requiring, require)

c) Before water is reused (reuse, reused, reuses) it is cleaned and purified (purify, purified, purifying) at a wastewater treatment plant.

d) Governments and groups that try to protect the environment have encouraged people to recycle. (encourage, encourages, encouraged, encouraging)

e) People can reuse the existing products made from these resources. (reuse, reuses, reused, reusing)

f) You can help by learning (learn, learns, learning, learned) about and practicing. (practice, practices, practicing, practiced)

2. Write the different verb forms of the following words and use them in sentences.

a. Infinitive word	protect	Sentences
-s form	protects	Sunscreen for plants protects them from ultraviolet and infrared radiations.
-ing form	protecting	Irha was protecting her friend from the dogs.
Past simple	protected	The floor was protected by newspapers.
Past participle	protected	The device was protected by a patent.

 

b. infinitive word	give	Sentences
-s form	gives	She gives a glass full of milk to her daughter every day.
-ing form	giving	Amna was giving candies to little children.
Past simple	gave	She gave me a charming bracelet.
Past participle	given	She was given a particularly important task

  

c. infinitive word	go	Sentences
-s form	goes	She goes to her grandmother’s home once in a week.
-ing form	going	She is going to see her parents.
Past simple	went	She went to the market yesterday.
Past participle	gone	Ali had gone to buy groceries.

 

 

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Class 8 English Notes (Main page)

Summary of poems: 

Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”

Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”

Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Central Ideas of poems: 

Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”

Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”

Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Unit-5: The poem “A Far Away Village”

Paraphrasing of poems: 

Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”

Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”

Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Unit-5: The poem “A Far Away Village”

Source: English Book (National Book Foundation, Pakistan)

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