1 | Read the text quickly. Then complete the information about the text with the words below. • a problem • Ben • ideas • help • the prime minister The text is a letter to 1the prime minister. The author of the text is 2.... The goals of the text are to describe 3... , give some 4... and ask for 5... .

2 |  |  | 8.02 Read the text and listen. Choose the correct options. 1 In the past, there were birds / sheep in the fields. 2 Ben's grandparents think the fields are the same / different now. 3 Ben's parents liked to play in the ocean / in the lake when they were children. 4 There are a lot of / not many fish near Ben's village now. 5 Ben and his friends recycle / don't recycle materials at school. 6 Ben has / doesn't have bags and gloves to clean up the lake.

3 | Complete the table using the words below.
• birds in the fields • plastic in the water | • fish in the lake • recycling at school | • lake clean-up • rubbish in the fields
Past | Present | Future
birds in the fields | ? | ?
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Is it important to know what your home town or village looked like in the past? Why / Why not? | WORKBOOK p.47