1.

Look at this water word web and think of water related

words to add to this web:

current

precipitation

water cycle

WATER

canal

water pollution

drop

condensation

reservoir

fresh water

ice

flood

wave

to waste water

river

pure water

mineral water

ocean

ground water

2.WATER QUIZ!

We drink, wash and cook with it. But how

much do you know about water, one of the
world's most precious resources? Test yourself!

1. What is water made up of?

a)nitrogen b)Carbon and Oxygen
c)Carbon and Monoxide d)Oxygen and
Hydrogen
2. Water is colourless. True or false?
a)true b)false
3. What percentage of the world's water
supply is fresh?
a)2.5% b)7.5% c)10.5%
4. Which is the driest place in the world?
a)Sahara desert b)Gobi desert
c)Atacama desert
5. How much of the water on earth is
available for human use?
a)31% b)13% c)0.3% d)1.3%

6. How much water does the human body

contain?
a)20% b)40% c)55% d)80%
7. How long could you survive without water?
a)three hours b)three days c)three weeks
8. How many people worldwide dont have
access to clean drinking water?
a)500 million b)100 million c)1000 million
9. How much water do you waste by leaving
the tap on while you brush your teeth?
a)1 litre
b)5 litres
c)3 litres
10. How many liters of water must an adult
person drink per day?
a)1 to 2

b)2 to 3

c)3 to 4

d)4 to 5

1. Pre-reading activity.

H2O
1.ice cap
2.essential
3.substance
4. vapor
5.transpiration
6.a solvent
7.aquifer
8.glacier
9.precipitation
10.evaporation

1. Match these words with their definitions:

a)a particular type of matter

b)gas in the form of steam, smoke or other substances
spread about or hanging in the air
c)a layer of rock or soil that can hold or transmit water
d)a mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, moving
slowly dawn a valley
e)the amount of rain, snow, etc. that falls in an area
f)a permanent covering of ice, esp around the North and
South Poles
g)the process by which water is converted from its liquid
form to its vapor form and thus transferred from land and
water masses to the atmosphere
h)the process where water contained in liquid form in
plants is converted to vapor and released to the
atmosphere
i) a liquid, that can dissolve another substance
j)extremely important and necessary
2.Read this article and do some
exercises on page 3.

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms
of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a
solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam; it is one of the very few substances
to be found naturally in all three states on earth. Water takes many different forms on Earth:
water vapor and clouds in the sky; seawater and rarely icebergs in the ocean; glaciers and
rivers in the mountains; and the liquid in aquifers in the ground.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. On Earth, it is found mostly in oceans and other large
water bodies, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor,
clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation.
Saltwater oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land
surface water such as rivers, lakes and ponds 0.6%. A very small amount of the Earth's water is
contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. Other water is trapped in ice
caps, glaciers, aquifers, or in lakes, sometimes providing fresh water for life on land.
Water moves continually through a cycle of evaporation or transpiration
(evapotranspiration), precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea.
Clean, fresh drinking water is essential to human and other life. Access to safe drinking water
has improved steadily and substantially over the last decades in almost every part of the
world. However, some observers have estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world
population will be facing water-based vulnerability, a situation which has been called a water
crisis by the United Nations. Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions
as a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and
transportation. Approximately 70 percent of fresh water is consumed by agriculture.

2 .After-reading activities.

1. Do you remember what

these figures from the
text refer to?

71% 1.6%
0.001% 2025
97%
70%

2.What adjectives are used in the text to describe water?

Add them to this web.

fresh

3.Make your own sentences using the following words and expressions from the text:

a gaseous state
water-based vulnerability
essential surface water
world economy

precipitation
trapped
chemical substances

Did you know that?

1.A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of
water per day.
2. The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million
cubic miles of water.
3. Ninety-seven percent of the earth's water is saltwater in
oceans and seas. Of the 3% that is freshwater, only 1% is
available for drinking - the remaining 2% is frozen in the polar
ice caps.
4. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celsius.
5.Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celsius.

three states

WATER
One liter of water
weighs 1 kg., and
1 gallon of water is
equal to 3.7854118
liters; therefore, 1
gallon weighs
3.7854118 kg,
which is
8.345404487293294
pounds.

6. About 74% of home water usage is in the bathroom, about

21% is for laundry and cleaning, and about 5% is in the
kitchen.
7. A person takes in about 16,000 gallons of water in his or her
lifetime on the average.
8. A water molecule stays in the ocean for 98 years, in ice for
20 months, in lakes and rivers for 2 weeks, and in the
atmosphere for less than 7 days.
9. Where does the water go? About 70% evaporate into the
air, 3.12% is used for industry, 2.46% is used for irrigation,
0.42% is used in cities, and the last 24% are unused
precipitation that returned to the sea.

1.Match the idiom with its definition:

IDIOMS WITH WATER

1. to be in deep waters

2. a drop in the ocean

3. like a fish out of
water
4. to be soaked to the
skin
5. a storm in a teacup
6. water under the
bridge
7. like water off a
duck's back
8. the tip of the iceberg
9.its raining cats and
dogs

DEFINITIONS
a. a quantity too small to make any improvement
b. being unfamiliar with the surroundings
c. be in trouble
d. a lot of fuss about something unimportant
e. be completely soaked.
f. without any effect
g. event that has already occurred and cannot
be altered
h. small but evident part of a much larger
problem
i. its raining very hard

2.Fill in the gaps with some idioms from ex.1

1. When the children came back home after the storm, they were
2. In her new school, she felt like.
3. Come on, forget about that dispute! It's
4. Two new hospitals are being built, but this is just .. for such a big city.
5. Having lost his passport, he is now..
6. Take an umbrella! Its.

ANSWER KEY
Page 1 WATER QUIZ
1-d 2-b 3-a 4-c 5-c 6-d 7-5 8-c 9-b 10-c
Page 2 Water general information
1.Pre-reading activity
1-f 2-j 3-a 4-b 5-h 6-I 7-c 8-d 9-e 10-g
Page 4 Water Idioms
Ex.1

1-c 2-a 3-b 4-e 5-d 6-g 7-f 8-h 9-i

Ex.2

1-4

2-3

3-6

4-2

5-1

6-9