Look and label the items using words from the word box below

Cans, Paper, tap, Plastic Bags, Clock, Batteries.

wooden bench

bags
papers

cans tap
batteries

clock

Last Friday, our school organized a When we arrived, it was a total mess. There was
volunteer day at the local park. too much rubbish everywhere! We saw empty
cans, papers, and plastic bags all over the grass.
We even found a broken clock near the wooden
bench and some batteries.

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The sun was too hot to work outside, but I saw Khaled trying to throw away some batteries
we didn't stop. Sarah collected the papers and bottles, but I stopped him. 'Don't throw
and put them into a big trash bag. those away!' I said. 'We can collect them to
recycle them!'

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We also found a leaky tap by the After three hours, the park looked great! We
playground, so we turned it off to save were tired and very hungry, but luckily, the
water. teacher brought enough food for everyone.
Before we left, our teacher promised to take us
on a special school trip next month!

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i. Reading Comprehension

What is the main idea of this story?

a) A hot day at the local park.

b) Students worked together to clean the park and protect the environment.

c) The teacher promised the students a trip to the beach.

Answer the following questions

1. How did the children find the park when they arrived?
Children found the park in a mess.
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2. Were the students paid for cleaning the park?

No, they were not. They were volunteers.
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Why is it important to recycle batteries and plastic bottles instead of just

throwing them in the trash bag?
It is important to recycle batteries and plastic bottles because they can cause harm to the animals.
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poison the water and soil
ii. Vocabulary

Read the sentences and find the word from our story that means
the same thing.

rubbish
All the dirty things we throw away in a bag. (__________)

Volunteer
Someone who helps out because they want to, not for money. ( __________)

To collect old bottles and cans to make them into something new. (
recycle
__________)

pick up
To use your hands to lift something off the ground. (__________)

enviornment
The nature, trees, and grass all around us. (__________)
Read the sentence and fill in the blanks

volunteer
1. I will take part in the clean-up as a __________ because I want to help for

free.

batteries
2. Do not throw away your old __________ because they have chemicals.

recycle
3. It is important to __________ paper and plastic so they can be made into

new things.

clean
4. We worked hard to __________ our park and keep it beautiful.

enviornment
5. We want to keep the grass and trees clean to help our __________.

iii. Grammar

Choose the word that makes sense for saving the environment.

1. There is (too / enough) much rubbish in the park; we must clean it up!
2. We had (too / enough) bags to carry all the plastic bottles home.
3. The sun was (too / enough) hot to play, so we stayed in the shade.
4. We have (too / enough) water to drink while we work in the park.

One word in each sentence is wrong. Cross it out and write the
correct word.

too
1. The park is enough dirty, so we need to help. (__________)
enough
2. We were strong too to finish cleaning the whole park. (__________)
 too
3. There is enough trash, so we cannot walk on the grass. (__________)

Complete the sentences using too or enough.

1. enough
We didn't have __________ time to pick up all the paper, but we tried.
2. too
The old clock was __________ heavy to carry by myself.
3. enough
Is the bin big __________ to hold all these cans?
4. too
It is __________ noisy in the park with all those cars.

Use "too" or "enough" to make one

full sentence.

1. The bag is heavy. / I cannot lift it.

The bag is too heavy to lift. 1
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2. We are strong. / We can clean the park.

We are strong enough to clean the park.
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3. There is a lot of rubbish/ We cannot finish
today.
There is too much rubbish to finish today
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4. The City Park is clean. / We can sit on the
grass.
The City park is clean enough to sit on the grass.
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iv. Writing

Complete the sentences using words from the Word Bank, too/ too
much/ too many, or enough

Heavy- time- rubbish- big- fast

black bags
1. The City Park was very dirty because there
was _________________
too much rubbish on the grass.
2. The black bags were _________________for
too heavy

the students to pick up by themselves.

3. We did not have _______________
enough time

_______________to pick up every single

piece of plastic before sunset.
4. The recycling bin was not ______________to
big enough

hold all the bottles we found.

5. We worked ______________
fast enough so that we
could finish the job before it started to rain.

Look at the park cleanup items and the time limit. Write a full
sentence for each one using too or enough
Prompt Your Sentence
full/ big
[Black ____________________________
bag]
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[Blue ____________________________
bin]
____________________________

[Green ____________________________
bag]
____________________________

[Finish ____________________________
by 3pm]
____________________________

empty (opposite: full)