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Energy 4

A. Complete the dialogue with conjunctions. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

Erin I see that there is a meeting in town to discuss the proposed wind farm.
John Yes. A lot of people are worried about it, 1 they are holding the meeting to provide some answers.
Erin Why are they so worried? I thought people would support it 2 it provides a source of clean, local
energy.
John Well, some are worried 3 they think it’ll create noise.
Erin Noise? That’s silly! We have huge lorries passing through the village 4 people are worried about
the noise of a few wind turbines!
John I agree. And the noise won’t be heard 5 the turbines must be built away from any houses. People
are also concerned that the turbines will destroy the view.
Erin A lot of people dislike the appearance of wind turbines, 6 I like them. Personally, when I see wind
turbines, I feel happy that we’re utilising a renewable resource to create local power.
John I think people are worried that 7 we allow one wind farm to be built, new wind farms will pop up
all over the place. Also, wind turbines don’t create much power 8 it’s really windy, 9 the
proposed site isn’t actually very exposed.
Erin Well, I still don’t like how people aren’t supporting this proposal. They are happy to support projects
10 they are built somewhere else, 11 no-one supports them in their own neighbourhood.
They are all nimbies!
John Nimbies?
Erin Yes, N I M B Y. It stands for “Not in my back yard!”

B. In pairs, convert the coordinating clauses into C. Which conjunctions complete the sentences?
subordinating clauses using the conjunction Sometimes more than one word is possible.
provided.
1. (Although, Yet, But) we looked everywhere, we
1. Alice is good at English, but she is terrible at couldn’t find the watch.
maths. Although 2. We looked everywhere, (although, yet, but) we
. couldn’t find the watch.
2. We can go to a restaurant or eat at home. If 3. We couldn’t find the watch, (although, yet, but) we
you don’t want looked everywhere.
.
4. (So, Since, As) everyone is here, we can discuss the
3. I didn’t want to stay at home on my own, so plan for next week.
I went to the gym. Because 5. Everyone is here, (so, since, as) we can discuss the
.
plan for next week.
4. Let’s not go on a bike ride, for it looks windy 6. We can discuss the plan for next week, (so, since,
outside. Since as) everyone is here.
.
5. Lots of people dislike Jennifer, yet she has D. Answer the questions in pairs.
always been kind to me. Even
. 1. Can you list seven coordinating and seven
subordinating conjunctions?
6. Emma listened to the lecturer and Katie
played on her phone. While 2. What is the difference between coordinating and
. subordinating conjunctions?
3. How are they used differently in a sentence?

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