REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE

PLURAL DETERMINERS STEP ONE

In pairs: 1. Read the poster on: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/pdfs/recyclingguide-poster.pdf 2. Can you answer any of the questions? 3. How much do you know about the 3 Rs?

STEP TWO
Go to: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/ , browse through the page and answer: 1. How many materials do they teach you how to recycle? 2. Which of these bubbles do you have to click on if you want to learn about recycled products to buy? You can click on them to find out.

3. Click on the bubble and read the page. You might find some eco-friendly labels on recycled products. What do these labels mean? Match.
( ) This symbol indicates that the product is made from recyclable steel. ) This indicates whether the product can be recycled. ) Implies that you should dispose of the product carefully, do not litter.

a.
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b.
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c.
( ) This symbol indicates that the product is made from recyclable aluminium.

d.
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e.
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) A symbol used by the USA to show that a product has been produced in an environmentally friendly manor. ) A European symbol that shows the product has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.

f.
( ) Indicates what type of plastic the product is made from Polyethylene Terepthalate.

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STEP THREE
1. Read the information on composting in http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/composting.html and answer the questions: a) What is composting? b) How can composting be useful?

c) Give 3 examples of materials you can compost and 3 examples of materials you cant compost.

2. Read the page again and find the plural of the following words:
a) material b) animal c) plant d) thing e) cutting f) eggshell g) teabag h) stage i) bacterium j) fungus materials.... (a ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) k) worm l) insect m) month n) bin o) store p) leaf q) nappy r) tissue s) battery t) bank ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

3. Study the table on next page. Number the plural words in activity 2 according to the rules a h on the table.

CHANGING NOUNS INTO PLURAL

Nouns: a b Most nouns Ending in Consonant +y Ending in Vowel + y Ending in -s / -x / -sh / -ch Drop / change: ____ Change y i Add: -s -es Examples: book - books city -cities

____

-s

boy - boys

____

-es

bus - buses box - boxes flash - flashes watch - watches radio - radios potato - potatoes thief - thieves life lives but: roof roofs. datum - data

Ending in -o Ending in -f / -fe

____

-s or es

Drop -f / -fe

-ves

Words from Greek or Latin Other

Greek or Latin plural endings

Irregular

foot - feet man - men woman - women child - children person - people mouse - mice

4. Write the plural of the following words:

a) knife b) dish c) tomato d) blitz e) tooth f) church ....... g) hero h) piano i) baby j) wife k) day l) policeman 3

STEP FOUR 1. Read about the DETERMINERS and complete the text with a/an, the or :

DETERMINERS:
We usually put a determiner before nouns: a my the that Singular countable nouns always have a determiner: The bottle bank is empty now. His notebook is made from recycled paper. Up to 80% of a vehicle can be recycled. Im an environmental engineer. A / an are used only with singular countable nouns and they do not let it clear which people or things we mean. A comes before words beginning with a consonant sound; an before words beginning with a vowel sound. You should put those bottles into a glass-recycling bank. ( any glass-recycling bank) The can be used with singular or plural nouns, countable or uncountable and is used when it is clear from the situation which people or things we mean: The symbol indicates whether the products can be recycled. There are many recycling banks across the UK. bottle some my the those bottles

Some Interesting Facts

Up to 60% of ..rubbish that ends up in dustbin could be recycled. .unreleased energy contained in average dustbin each year could power ..television for 5,000 hours. largest lake in .Britain could be filled with rubbish from.. UK in 8 months.

On average, 16% of money you spend on product pays for ..

packaging, which ultimately ends up as rubbish.

As much as 50% of waste in average dustbin could be composted. Up to 80% of .. vehicle can be recycled.

Check at: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html

2. Look for some more information in this site and discover how you can help the environment : a) At home:

b) In your school:

c) In your community:

d) When you buy things:

3. Do you have a great idea? In groups of four students think about a campaign or a solution to a problem related to the environment in your community. Present it to the rest of your class and decide which group had the best Idea and put it into practice!!!

Fonte das ilustraes: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/ (acesso 15/10/09)