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Level 15 Quiz V1

I Grammar

Fill in the correct form of the verb in the passage below. You should use future perfect or future progressive. 20 Points

1. If countries currently focus more on conservation of plants and animals, in the future they will have saved_ (save) many species.
2. The town is putting in a new solar powered electrical plant. By 2017, we _will be using_ (use) only solar-powered electricity.
3. By 2050, it is predicted that many important species, including polar bears, _will have became_ (become) extinct.
4. “Are you busy tomorrow?” “Yes, there are really good deals at mall—I will be shopping_ (shop) all day.
5. My plan is to volunteer on environmentally-friendly farm. Hopefully, I _will be serving_ (support) a community while also protecting the environment.

II Grammar and Structure

Write a sentence for each indefinite pronoun. 24 Points

1. Everything:

_Everyone – Everybody – Everywhere_

2. Nobody:

_No one – Nothing - Nowhere_

3. Anywhere:

_Anyone – Anybody - Anything_

4. Someplace:

_Something – Somebody - Someone_

III Vocabulary

Fill in the blanks using the following vocabulary words. 18 Points

slogan, predator, target, adapt, solar, renewable, oil, afford, motto, contaminate, smog, wildlife, conservation, carbon footprint, retail, sale, endangered, deal

1. Companies like to come up with a catchy _motto_ so that people remember their brand.
2. National parks are good places to go to see protected plants and _wildlife_.
3. Walmart is considered to be one of the largest _retail_ store in North America.
4. A tiger is a powerful _predator_, with cunning hunting skills.
5. Unfortunately, because of hunting, habitat loss, and climate change, many animals are _endangered_.
6.  Reducing their _carbon footprint_ can save a company money, help slow climate change, and looks good to customers.
7.  When an animal’s environment changes and they are unable to _adapt_, they may become extinct.
8. These shoes were only $30—I got a great _deal_.
9. Many individual homes now use sun energy, or _solar_ power, as energy.
10. Solar, hydro, wood, and wind power are types of _renewable_ energy.
11. Many industrial cities have a heavy _smog_ that hangs over them, affecting the environment and people´s health that live in the city.
12. We use refined _oil_ to run our cars.
13. A company may use a _slogan_ to inform people of their mission and values.
14. Mining often results in waste that can _contaminate_ bodies of water, with disastrous results for the species living there.
15. Gas prices will probably continue to rise until people can no longer _afford_ them.
16. Species _conservation_ is an important part of environment protection.
17. In malls, the _target_ consumer group is often young people.
18. In November and December, a lot of stores will have a large _sale_, where many items are discounted.

IV Writing

Imagine you own a retail store. You want to increase your amount of customers, but you also want to make your business more environmentally friendly. Write an essay that describes the changes you will make to rejuvenate your business. Discuss advertising, alternative energy, and the future results (using future perfect and future progressive). (150 words). 38 Points

_First, I will be analyzing or checking which are my main contaminants in my store and I will also be looking at why not many people come to the store. Then I will have painted the entire store and remodeled it with darker colors so that people think they are in a slightly more expensive store but that it would actually be the same and put more items that are rare or that are foreign items so that more people are there. interested, apart from the store will have been remodeled so that people of any type of physical condition can enter, the store will also have several air conditioners so that people feel comfortable inside and do not feel too hot, the store will also have several speakers with music and my employees would be between 20 and 30 years of age where they will have higher than average salaries, so that they can spend it either on their university or higher education, or for whatever they find interesting at their age.

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