Litter is a problem in our cities

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               Litter is a problem in our cities

Glossary  litter                                 litterbug  garbage                            fence garbage can                     disease ugly                                   punish spoil                                  jail

   Litter is garbage   - like food, paper and cans- on the ground or in the street. Where many people live together, litter is a problem. People don’t put their garbage in the garbage can. It’s easier to drop a paper than to find a garbage can for it.  But litter is ugly. It makes the city look dirty, and it spoils the view.

    The wind blows papers far away. Often they are difficult to catch. When they blow against a fence, they stay there. This fence is a wall of garbage.

    Litter is a health problem, too. Food and garbage bring animals, which sometimes carry disease.

    Some people want to control litter. They never throw litter  themselves and sometimes they work together in groups to clean up the city. In most places litter is against the law. The law punishes people who throw garbage on the streets. They usually pay a fine, and occasionally they go to jail.

    Two famous sayings in the United States are: “Don’t be a litterbug!” and “Every litter bit hurts!”  

I. Ask and answer the questions.

First student: Change each sentence into a question.

Second student: Answer each question with a short answer.

•         Litter is a problem in our cities.

First student: Is litter a problem in our cities?

Second student: Yes, it is.

•         Litter is ugly.

•         Papers are difficult to catch.

•         This fence is a wall of garbage.

•         Litter is against the law.

•         People don’t put their garbage in the garbage can.

•         Litter makes the city look dirty.

•         The wind blows papers far away.

•         Litter spoils the view.

10.Food and garbage bring animals.

     11. Animals sometimes carry disease.

     12.   Some people want to control litter.

     13. They never throw litter themselves. (Don’t they ever…)

     14. The law punishes litterbugs.

     15. They usually pay a fine.

II. Make a sentence with each frequency adverb below.

1. (not ) always

2. often

3. sometimes

4. usually

5. occasionally

6. never

III. Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right. Then make complete sentence definitions, using the Present Simple (see table below).

IV. Give short answers to the following questions. Use adverbs of frequency(always, often, sometimes, occasionally, ever, seldom, rarely, hardly) in your answers.

•         Do you ever throw litter on the ground?

     No, I never do.

    Yes, I sometimes do.

    2.Do you always  throw garbage into the garbage can?

    3. Do you usually help clean up the litter?

    4. Do litterbugs sometimes go to jail?

    5. Does your friend usually throw litter on the ground? Etc.

Table

•         litter •         fence •         jail •         garbage can •         view •         fine •         litterbug •         disease •         control 10.group

a) garbage on the ground or in the street garbage b)a special can for garbage c) everything that a person can see d) a wall that separates two places e) sickness f) to manage or to stop g) a number of people h) money pay as punishment j) a place people stay as punishment