Coral Reefs

Where is the biggest coral reef? Test your knowledge about coral reefs by
choosing True or False and find out.
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A

2. Read the sentences below. What does Mrs. Kingsley say we must and mustn’t do to protect the reefs? Tick (V) the sentences.
a) We must keep the reefs clean. [ ]
b) We must grow more plants on the coral reefs. [ ]
c) We must stop putting rubbish in the sea. [ ]
d) We mustn’t visit coral reefs. [ ]
e) We mustn’t disturb the water around the reefs. [ ]
f) We mustn’t photograph the reefs. [ ]
V
V
V
Jamaican coral reef scene
Kurumba Island, Maldives

3. Look at the example from the listening. Use the verbs in the box to complete the other sentences.
disappear cut down think get become damage
a) Coral reefs .. are disappearing … .
b) Our cities …………….. ………. more polluted.
c) People …………………………. forests.
d) People ………………………..the countryside.
e) People …………………… ..more about the environment.
f) Fuel ……………………… more expensive.
are cutting down
are getting
are damaging
are thinking
is becoming
Linfen, China
The most polluted city in the world
Rainforest view

4. In groups, discuss the sentences in exercise 3. Which of these things are good? Which are bad? What do you think we should be doing?

5. Find Jamaica, the Great Barrier Reef and the Maldives (the Maldive
Islands) on the map.