1. AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE CARVALHOS
Language Portfolio
My Dossier (year 11)
Vocabulary / Grammar - 1
The Environment – Our Home
Vocabulary
“A variety of environmental problems now affect our entire world. As globalization continues and the earth's natural processes
transform local problems into international issues, few societies are being left untouched by major environmental problems. ”
“However every environmental problem has causes, numerous effects, and most importantly, a solution.”
http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/environmental_problems.html
Do the following activities.
A. Complete the following environmental quiz. Identify the correct answer.
1. This is the principal gas which causes the 6. Flora and fauna which ace extinction.
greenhouse effect.
a. carbon dioxide a. boring plants
b. dust b. endangered species
c. oxygen c. stupid animals
2. Old bottles, paper and plastic are collected so 7. Precipitation of wet and dry deposits of
they can be used again. airborne acidic pollutants, which have destructive
results.
a. cycling a. acid rains
b. recycling b. landfill
c. refuse collection c. waste
3. These are what we need to discover and 8. The rise in the average temperature of the
develop in order to stop using fossil fuels. Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.
a. alternative energy sources a. droughts
b. bicycles b. exhaust fuels
c. coal and gas c. global warming
4. The idea that industrial societies can enjoy a 9. When people illegally hunt wild animals, they
good economy without destroying the are charged with ...
environment
a. deforestation and poaching for a.
exportation poaching
b. eating less hamburgers b. baiting
c. sustainable growths c. smuggling
5. Energy which comes from natural resources 10. A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land
such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and mass, formed from compact snow in an area
geothermal heat is called ... where snow accumulation exceeds melting is ...
a. renewable energy a. solar energy
b. non-renewable energy b. glacier
c. fossil fuels c. a myth.
Language Portfolio (year 11) – Vocabulary /
Grammar

2. B. Some people have been busy looking for some solutions to the environmental problems we have
been creating. What solutions can you think of?
The 3 Rs : __Reuse_ _ R e duc e _ _ _Recycle
Reduce the emission of _Carbon Dioxide
Use Solar panels, alternative energy sources,
C. Alternative Lifestyles – describe / explain the following.
Cloning: Is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals
Alternative Medicine: Is any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine, but
is not based on evidence gathered with the scientific method.
New Age Travellers: Are groups of people who often espouse New Age (or so-called "hippie", "gypsy")
beliefs, and travel between music festivals and fairs in order to live in a community with others who
hold similar beliefs.
Ecovillage: Are intentional communities with the goal of becoming more socially, economically
and ecologically sustainable.
Vegetarianism: Is the practice of abstaining from consumption of meat – red meat, poultry and seafood.
It may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter, such as animal-derived rennet
and gelatin.
Veganism: is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, as well
as an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of sentient animals.
D. Take note and define or translate words / expressions related to the themes discussed in class.

3. AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE CARVALHOS
Language Portfolio
My Dossier (year 11)
Vocabulary / Grammar - 2
Our Environment – because of the Past and Present
Grammar
We live on a Wonderful Planet. However, sometimes we take actions that may put the natural survival of the world at risk.
Although Earth is such a beautiful place, we put its health in jeopardy with our acts.
You have already done some grammar activities both in class and at home. Nonetheless you should probably do
more tasks. So, I suggest you go to the school library and look for more exercises in the grammar books. You can
also look for activities on the Internet. Do the extra grammar activities on the page.
You must look for exercises on: - A. Past Tenses
- B. Connectors / Linking Words
A. Here is a suggestion to start you off. Complete the table below.
Verb Tense Use Examples
I play regular activities
routine Amy and Sue play tennis every
present simple
Present tenses
universal truths / facts Saturday.
I am playing temporary situation
present action happening now At the moment we are playing an
continuous planned future events environmental game in class.
I have played an action that
happened at an I have played that game more
Present perfect
unspecified time than twenty times.
simple
before now
I have been Something started in
playing present perfect the past and has We've been playing tennis for two
continuous continued up until hours.
now
I Played
Past tenses
finished time action past
definite past in the
Past Simple I didn't play that game yet.
an action that
I was Playing continues At 6pm yesterday Tom was playing an
Past continuous in the past until on-line game.
another
action interrupted it.
Actions in the past
I had Played past perfect that happen before I had played on-line games before
another action. I watched a film

4. AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE CARVALHOS
Language Portfolio
My Dossier (year 11)
Vocabulary / Grammar - 2
Our Environment – because of the Past and Present
Grammar
We live on a Wonderful Planet. However, sometimes we take actions that may put the natural survival of the world at risk.
Although Earth is such a beautiful place, we put its health in jeopardy with our acts.
You have already done some grammar activities both in class and at home. Nonetheless you should probably do
more tasks. So, I suggest you go to the school library and look for more exercises in the grammar books. You can
also look for activities on the Internet. Do the extra grammar activities on the page.
You must look for exercises on: - A. Past Tenses
- B. Connectors / Linking Words
A. Here is a suggestion to start you off. Complete the table below.
Verb Tense Use Examples
I play regular activities
routine Amy and Sue play tennis every
present simple
Present tenses
universal truths / facts Saturday.
I am playing temporary situation
present action happening now At the moment we are playing an
continuous planned future events environmental game in class.
I have played an action that
happened at an I have played that game more
Present perfect
unspecified time than twenty times.
simple
before now
I have been Something started in
playing present perfect the past and has We've been playing tennis for two
continuous continued up until hours.
now
I Played
Past tenses
finished time action past
definite past in the
Past Simple I didn't play that game yet.
an action that
I was Playing continues At 6pm yesterday Tom was playing an
Past continuous in the past until on-line game.
another
action interrupted it.
Actions in the past
I had Played past perfect that happen before I had played on-line games before
another action. I watched a film

5. AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE CARVALHOS
Language Portfolio
My Dossier (year 11)
Vocabulary / Grammar - 2
Our Environment – because of the Past and Present
Grammar
We live on a Wonderful Planet. However, sometimes we take actions that may put the natural survival of the world at risk.
Although Earth is such a beautiful place, we put its health in jeopardy with our acts.
You have already done some grammar activities both in class and at home. Nonetheless you should probably do
more tasks. So, I suggest you go to the school library and look for more exercises in the grammar books. You can
also look for activities on the Internet. Do the extra grammar activities on the page.
You must look for exercises on: - A. Past Tenses
- B. Connectors / Linking Words
A. Here is a suggestion to start you off. Complete the table below.
Verb Tense Use Examples
I play regular activities
routine Amy and Sue play tennis every
present simple
Present tenses
universal truths / facts Saturday.
I am playing temporary situation
present action happening now At the moment we are playing an
continuous planned future events environmental game in class.
I have played an action that
happened at an I have played that game more
Present perfect
unspecified time than twenty times.
simple
before now
I have been Something started in
playing present perfect the past and has We've been playing tennis for two
continuous continued up until hours.
now
I Played
Past tenses
finished time action past
definite past in the
Past Simple I didn't play that game yet.
an action that
I was Playing continues At 6pm yesterday Tom was playing an
Past continuous in the past until on-line game.
another
action interrupted it.
Actions in the past
I had Played past perfect that happen before I had played on-line games before
another action. I watched a film

6. AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS DE CARVALHOS
Language Portfolio
My Dossier (year 11)
Vocabulary / Grammar - 2
Our Environment – because of the Past and Present
Grammar
We live on a Wonderful Planet. However, sometimes we take actions that may put the natural survival of the world at risk.
Although Earth is such a beautiful place, we put its health in jeopardy with our acts.
You have already done some grammar activities both in class and at home. Nonetheless you should probably do
more tasks. So, I suggest you go to the school library and look for more exercises in the grammar books. You can
also look for activities on the Internet. Do the extra grammar activities on the page.
You must look for exercises on: - A. Past Tenses
- B. Connectors / Linking Words
A. Here is a suggestion to start you off. Complete the table below.
Verb Tense Use Examples
I play regular activities
routine Amy and Sue play tennis every
present simple
Present tenses
universal truths / facts Saturday.
I am playing temporary situation
present action happening now At the moment we are playing an
continuous planned future events environmental game in class.
I have played an action that
happened at an I have played that game more
Present perfect
unspecified time than twenty times.
simple
before now
I have been Something started in
playing present perfect the past and has We've been playing tennis for two
continuous continued up until hours.
now
I Played
Past tenses
finished time action past
definite past in the
Past Simple I didn't play that game yet.
an action that
I was Playing continues At 6pm yesterday Tom was playing an
Past continuous in the past until on-line game.
another
action interrupted it.
Actions in the past
I had Played past perfect that happen before I had played on-line games before
another action. I watched a film