Put each verb in brackets into an approriate form :
Every ten minutes, one species of animal, plant, or insect (1)(die) out for ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today (2)(become) extinct twenty years from now.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund (3) _____________________ (found) - a small group of people who (4)_________ (want) to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It (5) (raise) over 35 million pounds for conservation projects, and has given support to National Parks in six continents. It (6)(help) 30 mammals and birds - including the tiger - to survive. Perhaps this is not much, but It is a start.
If more people (7) _____ ____ (give) more money - and if more
governments wake up to what (8) (happen) - perhaps the World Wildlife Fund (9)(be) able to help US avoid the disaster that ………….. ( threaten) the natural world, and all of US with it
Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out. for ever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become extinct twenty years from now.
The seas are in danger They are being filled with poison: industrial and nuclear waste., chemical fertilisers and pesides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead; the North Sea is following. If nothing done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the origin of half the earth’s living things( including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have nearly disappeared in twenty years. The effect on the world’s climate – and on our agriculture and food supplies – will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was founded - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction. Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organisation. It has raised over 35 million pounds for conservation projects, and has created or given support five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds – including the tiger – to survive Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money – and if more governments wake up to what is happening – perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help us to avoid the disaster that threatens the natural world, and all of us with it.