B2 Pollution Problems - Essay (With Solutions)
B2 Pollution Problems - Essay (With Solutions)
B2 Pollution Problems - Essay (With Solutions)
For this essay, you have been talking about the environment in your class. Now, your English
teacher has asked you to write an essay.
Every country in the world has problems with pollution and damage to the environment. Do
you think these problems can be solved?
Notes
Write about:
1. Transport
2. rivers and seas
3. energy at home
Write your article in 140-190 words in an appropriate style.
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Drag the words into the correct boxes.
So that finally furthermore On the whole Firstly for all
which so however This could therefore
POLLUTION PROBLEMS
Many countries in the world have problems with pollution and damage to their environment.
(1) ______SO________, is it possible to solve these problems? Here are three ways that
we could start to make a difference.
(2) ____FIRSTLY FOR ALL____, we need to think more carefully about the transport we
use as the exhaust fumes from petrol and diesel cars are polluting our cities. (3)
___THEREFORE____, we should switch to electric vehicles (4) _____SO THAT_____ we
can breathe fresh air again there.
(5) ____FURTHERMORE____, we must reduce using plastic bottles as these end up in our
rivers and sea. The plastic gets broken down into small pieces (6) ____WHICH____ the fish
eat, and this can lead to a slow and painful death for them.
(7) ___FINALY____, we should reduce the electricity in our homes as power often comes
from fossil-fuelled stations which generate much pollution. If we turned off a few
unnecessary lights and gadgets, (8) _____THIS COULD____ make a difference.
(9) ____ON THE WHOLE____, solving the pollution problem can seem challenging.
(10) ____HOWEVER_____, it affects us all, so we need to make the changes in our life to
improve the situation.