1 | Look at the online forum and choose the correct answers. 1 How many threads (or topics) are there in the text?
• one | • three | • four
2 How many answers does the main post have?
• one | • three | • four
3 Who wrote the main post?
• KatofromUganda | • Noor | • WorriedTeen
4 What is the topic of the conversation?
• recycling | • cutting down trees | • the weather

2 |  |  | 8.05 Read the online forum and listen. Then match the teenagers (1-3) with what they are worried about (a-c).
1 Sonia 2 Noor 3 KatofromUganda | a the animals b the people c the water cycle
|  | WORDS IN CONTEXT
3 | Match the words in bold (1-4) with their opposites (a-d).
1 cut down trees ... 2 less rain ... 3 animals die ... 4 we don’t want to lose more ... | a live b more c find d plant

4 | Write T (true) or F (false) and explain your choices. Then compare with a partner. 1 WorriedTeen writes about why people cut down trees in Mexico. T There is deforestation in Mexico because people want to make fields for meat production. 2 Sonia and Noor are from the same continent. 3 There is more water in the soil after deforestation. 4 Orangutans lose their homes when the forest is destroyed. 5 Some medicines are from plants.

5 | Answer the questions. 1 Write the correct options.
a Opinions are ... • what a person thinks. • what you can prove1. | b Facts are ... • what a person thinks. • what you can prove.
2 Write the fact and opinion in the sentences below in your notebook. Orangutans are so interesting! However, they need the forests to live. 3 Read the online forum again and write two other facts in your notebook.

1To show that something is true

2The natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives

Write an answer to the post about deforestation in your country. Include your opinion and a fact in your answer. | 1 How are animals' habitats2 similar to our homes? 2 Which two sea animals are in the video?