Grammar, Vocabulary, and Writing Practice

English Language Practice Exercises

Why the Leopard Got Its Spots

Grammar Practice

1. They don't pay scientists much.
2. She can't have chosen that dress.
3. Ann is getting more and more scared.
4. I wish I had called him yesterday.

Vocabulary

• Noun from "goal": aim
• Word from the same root as "survive": survivor

Writing Task: Wildlife Protection

Would you like to have a job related to wildlife protection?

Work related to terrestrial life would help preserve it. Nowadays, we should care for it and not end up destroying it. Many people think that nature takes care of itself, but they are wrong, and this attitude will bring consequences in the future.

Firstly, I want to say that this problem should be given much more importance than it currently receives. Caring for species to avoid extinction is part of everyone's responsibility, not just those who work in conservation. Secondly, nature is something worth fighting for because our human lives depend on it. If it weren't for nature and animals, we would do little to survive.

In my opinion, we could do something to prevent animal extinction. If we don't do anything, we will endure the consequences, which I believe will not be good.

Can Africa Be Saved?

Grammar Practice

1. I will not lend money unless you give it back to me.
2. The journalist asked if Africa could be saved.
3. Billions of dollars have been provided by the richest countries in aid.
4. We want to help people in Africa; therefore, we give money to charity.

Writing Task: Global Poverty

Africa is the continent with the most poverty in the world. We should do something to remedy that. In my opinion, Africa has been exploited by rich countries that sought only minerals to enrich their economies without considering the widespread poverty on the continent.

Many people in the world think selfishly without realizing that the hungry are people like us. Unlike them, we eat every day, and we can educate our children. It would be an example of humanity if each person contributed something to help.

In my opinion, helping costs nothing. In fact, if each person in the world contributed just one euro, that would amount to four or six billion euros, which could create hospitals, colleges, and even jobs for teachers, doctors, etc.

In conclusion, they are human beings like us. If we can live well, why can't they?

A Doctor's Vision of Future Medicine

Grammar Practice

1. A new instrument has been invented by Spanish engineers.
2. Sarah was ill, although she went to the wedding reception.
3. The nurse will not let me leave the hospital.