Dear students,
I know you’re on a break, but here goes something to keep you busy: a word-formation exercise! See if you can change the words and complete the text correctly. You’ll find a link to the answers at the end of this post.
“The mosaic floors of Manchester’s imposing town hall are decorated with bees that represent the city’s once 1.RIVAL ________________ industrial might. But its history as the world’s first manufacturing powerhouse also makes it 2. ARGUE _______________ the cradle of global warming, so it is fitting that Alfred Waterhouse’s neo-gothic masterpiece is this weekend hosting a search for the most 3. INNOVATION _______________ solutions to the problem of climate change.
Under a vaulted ceiling decorated with the arms of the countries and cities with which Manchester once traded, now 4. LIGHT _______________ by low-energy chandeliers, a panel of experts heard pitches for ideas ranging from a fleet of remote-controlled sailing ships that would spray seawater into the air to make whiter clouds to livestock farming methods modelled on the great migrations of the Serengeti.
Today it will hear a 5. PROPOSE _______________ to increase the carbon absorbing capacity of the ocean by adding limestone to it, a plan for generating energy from a ‘big underwater stomach’ digesting algae, and new ideas about harnessing 6. TIDE _______________ energy.”
Do the exercise and then check your answers clicking here.
Best,
Rick
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