RODRIGO DE TRIANA SCHOOL

ACTIVITY 4 WORKSHEETS ENGLISH PLEASE 3

ELEVENTH GRADE
TEACHER: MARIA DEL PILAR ACEVEDO

NAME. _Roimber Cossio_______________________________________________________ GROUP: __1101__________

DATE: _________________________________________
WORKSHEETS

Hello . Now, it´s time to continue working with our English worksheets based on the material from English Please 3.
Develop this activity in Word or on your notebook from May 8th to May 25th, 2020 and send it to
pilaracevedo@rodrigodetriana.edu.co. Remember to include your name and group. It is an individual work.

(There is a listening part that you can do it by clicking twice in the corresponding place (exercises 5,6).

1. READ THE WRITING TIP. THEN DIVIDE THIS TEXT INTO PARAGRAPHS. HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS DO YOU NEED?
HOW MANY KEY IDEAS ARE THERE IN THE TEXT:
RTA: ¿HOW MANY PARAGRAPHS DO YOU NEED? = 4
HOW MANY KEY IDEAS ARE THERE IN THE TEXT =
 YOUR POPULATION HAS BEEN GROWING
 THE CITY WAS FOUNDED
 PROBLEMS ARISING
 WAY TO PREVENT NATURAL DISASTER
Writing Tip
 Use paragraphs to organise your writing.
 Do not write just one continuous piece of text.
 Using regular paragraphs makes a text easier to
read.
 Follow this rule when choosing to start or finish a
paragraph:
 One idea, one paragraph

Shanghai is now the largest city in China. Its population has been growing steadily for half a century. It now stands at
around 24 million people. Shanghai is a true megacity.

The city was founded around 1500 years ago. It was always in an excellent location where a major river meets the sea. Its
name actually means ‘upon the sea’ and merchants have been going there for years because of its excellent harbour.

In recent years a number of problems have been appearing in this urban area. As developers have been building larger
and larger buildings, the city has been sinking by about 1½ centimetres a year. This is because it was originally built on a
swamp.

The only way to prevent this environmental disaster is to stop construction. Fewer and fewer new buildings have been
appearing on the city’s skyline in the last decade, which is one reason why the world’s tallest building is no longer in
Shanghai, but in Dubai.

2. VOCABULARY: LOOK AT THE DICTIONARY THE FOLLOWING WORDS:

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Swamp: ¨Pantano
building: Edificio
steadily: Continuamente
Meet: Reunirse
actually: Realmente
merchants: Comerciantes
developers: Desarrolladores
Sink: Lavabo
fewer: Menos
founde: Horizonte
skyline: Fundado

menos horizonte fundado

3 . READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT.

a.Note three problems with the growth of megacities.

RTA: : - PROBLEMS WITH THE GROWTH OF THE MGACIUDADES
- PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ARRIVING HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING A PLACE WHERE TO LIVE
- ALWAYS OCCURRING STAGNATION IN HOURS TANO DE IDA AND RETURN, BY THE NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES THAT
MATCH IN THESE HOURS SINCE THE POPULATION GOES TO TYRABAJR AND RETURNS HOME AT THE SAME TIME
- EVERY DAY THE POLLUTION WORSENS

b. Read the text again. What are the causes of the problems?
RTA: - THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED TO THE MEGACITIES
- THE RAN NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DRIVE TO WORK AND THEY ARE MILLIONS OF AUTOMIVILES THAT MATCH THE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
- THE LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT CONTAMINATE THE AIR, AND FACTORIES THAT OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE
AREA

c. Can you think of any solutions for the problems of megacities?

RTA: - CREATE BUILDINGS THAT FACILITATE PEOPLE WHO RECENTLY ARRIVE AT A HOUSE, WORTHY AND ENABLED
FOR A GOOD LIFE
- CREATE ACCESS AND ROUTES OF ACCESS AND FORWARD TO AVOID STAGNATION
- GENERATES THE PEAK AND PLATE FOR PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES AND COLLECTIVE TRANSPORTATION, AND
WEEKENDS WITHOUT AUTOMOBILE

As large numbers of people have been moving to the megacities, they have had difficulty finding somewhere to live.
These cities simply do not have enough accommodation for so many new arrivals. As a result, people have been building
temporary homes around the edges of the new cities, many without running water or electricity.
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Life isn’t much better for the more prosperous inhabitants. The number of people driving to work has been increasing all
the time and there are now millions of cars to match the numbers of new workers. Many megacities face gridlock at rush
hour as the whole population goes to work or returns home at the same time. Spending large amounts of time in traffic
is incredibly stressful, and frustration with these delays reduces people’s general satisfaction with their life in the new
metropolis.

More cars means more CO2, carbon dioxide, which is released into the atmosphere. At the same time, megacities are
centres of production with thousands of factories operating all over the area. Air pollution has been getting worse as a
result of the emissions from cars and factories. In many parts of China, cities experience days of smog, a thick brown fog
that covers the homes and buildings. This has an impact on public health, especially for those people who have
breathing problems.
Glossary
The age of the megacity is here now and these problems are real. Solutions ▪ rush hour: hora punta
must be found and quickly, because these people have moved to the cities to ▪ gridlock: atasco
live and the population is not going to fall any time soon. ▪ factories: fábricas

4. READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT PRESENT PERFECT

CONTINUOUS

The present perfect continuous

▪ We use the present perfect continuous to describe actions that began in the past and continue into
the present.
 We use it to describe a continuous action: I’ve been studying for my exams for weeks.
▪ Or an action that we repeat several times: He’s been putting a lot of photos on social media sites recently.
▪ We make the present perfect continuous with: have + been + -ing

Examples: …. large numbers of people have been moving to the megacities … …

…..people have been building temporary homes around the edges of the new cities
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WRITE FIVE EXAMPLES BY USING PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE AND THE VOCABULARY FROM THIS GUIDE.

- Pollution have been increaseding due to the large number of vehicles that circulate daily
- The temporary houses that they have been building in megacities do not have water or electricity
- In the megacities there are millions of cars thatr have been matching the new number of workers
- People have been due to stalemates
- A brow have been covering houses and biuldings and has had a major impact on public health

5. LISTEN TO SOME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR CITIES. MATCH THE ISSUES WITH THE CITIES.

NEW YORK SEOUL LONDON

Pesticides Tracffic noise Transport
Programmes Air pollution cO2
Monitoring Sreecity Enviromental clean-up

CO2 new technologies green city environmental clean-up

traffic noise transport
pesticides monitoring
air pollution programmes
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6. LISTEN AGAIN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

A. Are people in megacities interested in environmental problems?

RTA: -IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

B. What is being done in New York to protect the environment?

RTA:-EDUCATE PEOPLE ON HOW TO USE CHEMICALS AS PESTICIDES IN A WAY TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE WITH
ENVIRONMENT CLEANING AND MONITORING PROGRAMS TO VERIFY CONTAMINATION, AND TOO KEEP THEM UNDER
CONTROL

c. What is being done in Seoul to protect the environment?

RTA:-A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION TO CONVERT A GREEN CITY WITH CLEAN AIR, THE CITY HAS WORKED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES SO THAT MEGACITIES REDUCE THEIR NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE
ENVIRONMENT

d. What is being done in London to protect the environment?

RTA: - PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO ABSORB CO2 AND OTHER THINGS THAT SWITCH THE AIR
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7. FOCUS ON VOCABULARY . LOOK AT THE WORDS IN THE BOX AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:

a. THEY ARE RESIDENTS AND SIMILAR RESIDENTS

b. THE ROOT OF THE WORD IS RESIDE

READ THIS INFORMATION ABOUT WORD FAMILY

Word family

A word family is a group of words with a common base to which different prefixes and suffixes are added. For
example, members of the word family based on the headword, base, stem, or root word work include rework,
worker, working, workshop, and workmanship, among others. Similar words are called paronyms.

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

act action active actively
care care careful carefully
protect protection protective protectively

8. LOOK AT THE WORDS BELOW. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

a. What is the root word for each family?

RTA: - RESIDE
-DEVELOP
- ENVIROMENTAL
- POLLUT
b. Are the words adjectives, adverbs or nouns?
RTA:
WORDS NOUN ADJETIVE ADVERB
RESIDE RESIDENCE RESIDENT
RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPEDEVELOPINGD
ENVIROMENTAL ENVIROMENTALIST ENVIROMENTALIST ENVIRONMENTALLY
ENVIROMENTAL
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POLLUT POLLUTION POLLUTED

POLLUTANT

c. Which group does not contain a verb?

RTA: THE RESIDE GROUP HAS A VERB

9. WHAT ARE THE WORD FAMILIES FOR THESE VERBS? USE YOUR DICTIONARY OR THE INTERNET TO HELP YOU.

 Build  imagine  photograph

 Imagine  organize  science
RTA:

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB

BUILD BUILD BUILDABLE BUILDS
IMAGINE IMAGE IMAGINATIVE IMAGINATIVELY
PHOTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAHP PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTHOGRAPHYCALLY
ORGANIZE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONAL ORGANIZATIONALLY
SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFICALLY

10. NOW TRY WITH THESE WORDS IN THE CHART, COMPLETE WITH THEIR WORD FAMILIES. USE THE FOUR
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES:

VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB MEANING

identify identity identical Identically Identificar
sense sense sensible Sensibly Sensible
create creation creative creationarily Crear
love love lovesome lovelily Amor
present presentation present presently Presentacion
happy happiness happy happily Feliz
decide decision decided decidedly Decider
criticize critic critical Critically Criticar
Benefit benefit Beneficiary Beneficially beneficially beneficiar
trust trust trust trustworthily Confiar