9. Sınıfİngilizce

Protection of Endangered Animals — Çalışma Sayfası

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Define endangered and extinct species and explain the difference between the two words.
Name the main threats to wildlife, such as habitat loss, pollution, poaching and climate change.
Describe how the loss of a habitat affects every species that lives in it.
Give at least four practical solutions for protecting animals and the places where they live.
Use should, must and mustn't correctly to give advice about protecting nature.
Write a poster or a short article that presents a problem, its causes and a clear solution.
Interpret short texts about conservation and answer inference questions about them.

'Endangered' describes a species whose population has become so small that it may disappear unless people protect it.
'Extinct' is the final stage: a species is extinct when no living member of it remains anywhere in the world.
Habitat loss is one of the biggest dangers for wildlife, because a species cannot live outside the place that gives it food, water and shelter.
Poaching is illegal hunting. It harms not only the animals that are killed but also the whole food chain around them.
Plastic waste in the sea is swallowed by turtles and other animals, and it blocks their digestive system.
Every person can help: recycling, saving water and energy, and refusing wild animal products all make a real difference.
National parks and wildlife reserves protect a whole area, including the plants, the water and the food that animals need.
When you write about conservation, always present three parts: the problem, its causes and a practical solution.

Using 'to' after should. Many students write 'We should to protect the turtles'; the correct form has no 'to', because should is followed by the base form of the verb.
Confusing endangered and extinct. An endangered species is still alive, whereas an extinct species has died out completely, so the two words must never be used for the same animal.
Using a past time with the present perfect. You cannot say 'I have seen it last week'; with a finished time such as last week you must use the past simple.
Forgetting the -ing form after 'at risk of'. This phrase is always followed by the -ing form, so we write 'at risk of disappearing' and never 'at risk of to disappear'.
Writing habitat in the plural by mistake. The plural noun needs a plural verb, as in 'These habitats are protected', while a single habitat takes 'is'.
Choosing a weak modal verb for a duty. 'We must stop the illegal hunting' shows strong obligation; 'we might' and 'we could' only suggest a possibility, so they are too weak here.

Read the question twice and underline the key word, such as endangered, extinct, habitat or threat, before you choose an answer.
Remember that 'at risk of' and 'succeed in' are always followed by the -ing form of the verb.
After should, must and mustn't, never write 'to'; say 'We should protect', not 'We should to protect'.
In reading questions about a text, look for because, so and as a result, because they show the cause and the effect.
In a poster or a letter, begin with the animal, explain the problem in two or three sentences and finish with a clear call to action.
Check the plural forms: one area is a habitat, but two or more areas are habitats, and the verb changes with them.