Hi guys,

Below are the answers to the reading lesson based on matching headings about The Greenhouse Effect.

If you have not completed this reading lesson, please do it before look at the answers. Click here: Matching Headings Reading Practice

Below you will find the headings options and the answers.

Matching Headings Options

• i  Changing temperatures
• ii. The Greenhouse
• iii. Creating Global Warming
• iv. Use of a Greenhouse
• v. Our Choices
• vi. How the greenhouse effect works
• vii. Earth’s Atmosphere
• viii. Reversing the Damage
• ix. Effects of Carbon Dioxide

Paragraph A = ii

• The answer can’t be iv. The paragraph did contain information about how the greenhouse was used, such as growing vegetables. But that information was not the main aim of the paragraph, it was additional information. 
• The paragraph actually talked about what it was made of, what it was used for and how it works. The best title would be “The greenhouse” because it gave a clear overview of it.
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Paragraph B = vi

• The answer isn’t i because the paragraph actually explains that this natural effect keeps the temperature of Earth stable.
• The answer is vi which explains how Earth’s atmosphere works to keep our planet at a stable temperature.

Paragraph C = iii

• The answer isn’t viii because the paragraph isn’t not aimed at explaining carbon dioxide and in fact only mentions it along side other greenhouse gases.
• The answer isn’t ix because although climates are affected around the world, the whole paragraph aim isn’t to discuss climates in different countries.

Paragraph D = v

• The answer isn’t vii because the paragraph doesn’t actually discuss his research, but rather his opinion’s about what options we have to deal with our changing climate.

I hope you found this useful 🙂 From Liz. 

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I’ve just made a new Matching Headings Reading Lesson for you.

Click here: Matching Headings Reading Lesson

I think this reading practice lesson gives you a challenge and will help you understand how to avoid difficulties with this type of question. I hope you find it useful 🙂

All the best

Liz

Below are the answers for the practice lesson on uncountable nouns. If you have not completed this lesson, please do it before looking at the answers. To view the lesson, click here: Uncountable Noun Practice Lesson

I’ve also put a link to a list of Uncountable Nouns under the answer key below.

Answers

1. Luck plays
   1. The word “lucky” is an adjective, not a noun. The word luck is uncountable and is never plural. With uncountable nouns the verb is always third person singular, which means you need an “s” (play =plays)
2. advice
   1. This is uncountable.
3. courage
   1. This is uncountable.
4. Economics plays
   1. The noun is “economics”. The “s” is part of the noun and does not create a plural noun. “Economics” is a singular, uncountable noun but it is irregular because it contains an “s”. The other noun form is “economy” and that is countable. The word “economic” is an adjective. The other adjective is “economical”. As you see, this word can take different forms.
5. wisdom
   1. This is uncountable.
6. employment
   1. This is uncountable.
7. equipment
   1. This is uncountable.
8. News is
   1. This is another irregular uncountable noun because it contains an “s” in the singular form.
9. pollution
   1. This is uncountable.
10. hairs
    1. This word is both countable and uncountable.  In most cases, it is not possible to count how many hairs a person has on their head. This means it would be uncountable when referring to hair on people’s head. However, in this example, the person was almost bald. This means it was actually possible to count each individual hair. This made the noun countable. You could also see that the sentence contained the quantifier “a few” and this can only be used with countable nouns. It was a tricky question and don’t worry if you didn’t get it right. If you did get it right – well done 😊

Uncountable Word List

If you would like to learn more about uncountable nouns. See my comprehensive list, click here: Uncountable Noun List

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