Grammar Theme Park: The Environment (A)

Recent analyses of ice cores show that carbon dioxide levels were ________ lower over the last 600,000 years than they are now.

1. much the
2. quite
3. very
4. very much

The problem of global warming is ________ as one of the most serious environmental problems of our time.

1. considered
2. regarded
3. suggested
4. thought

Not only ________ this planet, but we have completely wiped out hundreds of species.

1. do we pollute
2. pollute we
3. polluting
4. we pollute

The last pied raven was shot in the late 1940s. The species ________ saved but people were too ignorant.

1. can have been
2. could be
3. could have been
4. were able to be

The only way to stop overpopulation is to reduce the birth rate. This ________ a question of whether people have a right to have children.

1. brings
2. evokes
3. lifts
4. raises

If you want to save money and the environment, try ________ less detergent, shampoo and other cleaning materials.

1. to use
2. to using
3. usage
4. using

It's by sorting and recycling our garbage ________ we can save the planet.

1. by which
2. how
3. that
4. which

Fortunately, ________ no longer on the list of endangered species.

1. a bald eagle is
2. bald eagle is
3. bald eagles are
4. the bald eagle is

Mike and Debbie used to be good friends but they fell ________ over the issue of climate change. Mike believes it's just a scam, a tool being used to make certain individuals rich.

1. apart
2. off
3. out
4. over

The idea of using public transport instead of driving is nice but it's not what most people are willing to put ________.

1. on up with a daily basis
2. on with a daily basis
3. up on a daily basis with
4. up with on a daily basis

According to S. Edwards, a million species ________ by 2050.

1. are going to disappear
2. will be disappearing
3. will have been disappearing
4. will have disappeared

Despite everything we hear from TV and the radio, people ________ to destroy the planet.

1. continue
2. don't mind
3. go on
4. seem unable to avoid

According to research, forests are dying twice ________ they did 20 years ago because of climate change.

1. as fast as
2. as fast than
3. faster than
4. more fast as

If you'd seen Al Gore's movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, you ________ a lot differently about the issue of global warming.

1. had felt
2. were feeling
3. would feel
4. would have felt

I had ________ success with my conservation project in my company. It was dismissed as being too costly.

1. a few
2. a little
3. few
4. little