Module 3: Health and Environment
Summary: Let Every Day Be an Earth Day
Key points
- Earth Day (22 April) reminds us to protect the planet every day.
- Actions: recycling in coloured bins, campaigns, protecting endangered species, organic farming.
- Healthy eating: fruit, vegetables, legumes; avoid too many fatty, sugary and salty foods.
- Food adjectives in -y: fatty, sugary, salty, crunchy.
Rules to remember
noun + noun
The first noun describes the second: water bottle, flower pot, school garden, lunch box.
noun + -er noun
A person or a thing that does an action: taxi driver, bird watcher, lawn mower, tin opener.
Other compounds
-ing + noun (recycling bin), noun + -ing (bird watching).
Form and stress
The first noun is singular (a bottle bank) and usually stressed (WAter bottle).
How to do it
- Find the main thing or person: it comes last.
- Put the describing noun before it, in the singular.
- For a person or tool doing an action, add -er to the verb: drive ➡️ driver.
Example
The bus driver put his water bottle in the recycling bin.
Common mistakes
- ❌ a bottles bank ➡️ ✅ a bottle bank
- ❌ a driver taxi ➡️ ✅ a taxi driver
- ❌ The salad is crunch. ➡️ ✅ The salad is crunchy.
Key words
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