Grammar in Focus Complete the gaps with the correct word. Then
put the words in brackets into the correct form.

• Four million plastic bottles are used 1).
hour in the US and only about 25% of them
2)
(recycle). When plastic is
dumped in a landfill site, it 3)
(take)
almost five hundred years 4) it to decay
• An area of rainforest the size of a football pitch
5)
(destroy) every minute.
That's more 6)
2,000 trees per minute.
If we continue like this, there 7)
(be) no rainforests left in fifty years.
• Oxfam 8)
(set) up in 1942 to send
food to Greece in World War II. Now, Oxfam raises
awareness of poverty worldwide and 9)
(work) in 94 countries. We can play an important
role 10) fighting poverty and help Oxfam
by volunteering or giving money.
Endangered species are not just animals
11) tigers and gorillas. Many species
that 12)
(be) under threat live a lot
13)...
(close) to home. In the UK, even
the common hedgehog is now 14)
risk.​

Mr and mrs van daan murmur their welcome what are the playwrights indicating by using the word murmur?

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.

Freedoms" speech. i have called for personal sacrifice. i am assured of the willingness of almost all americans to respond to that call. a part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money in taxes. in my budget message i shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today. no person should try, or be allowed, to get rich out of this program; and the principle of tax payments in accordance with ability to pay should be constantly before our eyes to guide our legislation. what argument is roosevelt supporting with his appeal to logic in the underlined section of the excerpt? if americans are willing to trust roosevelt, it only makes sense that he will ensure that the tax money is well managed. if americans are willing to make a personal sacrifice, it only makes sense that they will be seen as both noble and patriotic. if americans feel it is right to enter the war, it only makes sense that they will have to pay more in taxes to cover the costs. if americans feel it is right to pay more taxes, it only makes sense that they should also agree it is right to enter the war.