English 9 · Unit 8: The environment · Cambridge Global English Stage 9

Questions

1. 1. Headline: 'Cut down on plastic waste! Don't throw away your plastic bags! We're calling for all supermarkets to ban single-use plastic bags!' Which list has all the multi-word verbs in the headline?

   • cut down on, ban, use
   • cut down, throw, ban
   • cut down on, throw away, calling for
   • throw away, calling, plastic bags
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2. 2. All multi-word verbs have two parts.

   • True
   • False
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3. 3. Sometimes you need to work out the meaning from context.

   • True
   • False
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4. 4. Sometimes the verb has a particular meaning that is different from its parts.

   • True
   • False
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5. 5. Some verbs use up or out to make the verb stronger.

   • True
   • False
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6. 6. They are ____ too many forests.

   • cutting down on
   • cutting down
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7. 7. We are ____ fossil fuels.

   • running away from
   • running out of
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8. 8. Many marine animals will be ____.

   • wiped down
   • wiped out
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9. 9. Oceans are ____.

   • warming down
   • warming up
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10. 10. We need to ____ the natural resources of our planet.

    • look after
    • look up
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11. 11. Get it right! They ____ dozens of trees to build the new stadium.

    • cut
    • cut down on
    • cut down
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12. 12. Get it right! We've ____ the amount of meat we eat.

    • cut down on
    • cut down
    • cut
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13. 13. Get it right! George ____ in the countryside.

    • grew up
    • grew
    • grew on
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14. 14. Get it right! She's ____ to buy a new bike.

    • saving on
    • saving up
    • saving
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15. 15. As a community, we've been trying to cut down (2) ____ waste.

    • –
    • up
    • on
    • off
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16. 16. We saved (3) ____ the money we didn't spend on bus fares to buy a compost bin.

    • on
    • up
    • down
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17. 17. We've also started growing (4) ____ our own vegetables.

    • –
    • down
    • up
    • on
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18. 18. When someone uses (5) ____ a big tin of cooking oil ...

    • up
    • down
    • on
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19. 19. ... instead of throwing it (6) ____, we cut some holes in the bottom ...

    • away
    • down
    • on
    • up
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20. 20. We cut (7) ____ some holes in the bottom and use it to grow something in.

    • –
    • down
    • up
    • on
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