Question

II. Circle the most suitable words.

1. Experts expect/hope/consider temperatures to rise by at least three degree.
2. The floods have effected/ affected/damaged an area of three hundred square kilometres.
3. The effect/affect/influence of the rise in temperature is still unknown.
4. The earthquake affectively/totally/effectively wiped out the town so that only a few districts were left standing.
5. The government is presently/currently/actually sending aid to the disaster area and has so far sent 300 tons of food and medicine.
6. It was thought that numbers would go down but presently/currently/actually they have gone up.
7. The Prime Minister will presently/ currently/actually visit the area affected by the floods.
8. The population is growing at the speed/ rate/number of 10,000 people every hour.
9. There are several species in danger/threat/risk of extinction, such as the gorilla.

Answer 1

1. Experts expect temperatures to rise by at least three degree.
2. The floods have affected an area of three hundred square kilometres.
3. The effect of the rise in temperature is still unknown.
4. The earthquake totally wiped out the town so that only a few districts were left standing.
5. The government is currently sending aid to the disaster area and has so far sent 300 tons of food and medicine.
6. It was thought that numbers would go down but actually they have gone up.
7. The Prime Minister will presently visit the area affected by the floods.
8. The population is growing at the rate of 10,000 people every hour.
9. There are several species in danger of extinction, such as the gorilla.