Grammar for ielts fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson ■L& 11

Number of birds, butterflies and insects in UK city gardens
m illion s
00 Birds
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B utterflies
|__□ Insects
The graph show the am ount of w ild life in gardens in cities in the UK from the 1980s to 
2010s. Overall, the num ber of birds and insects have increased, whereas the num ber of 
butterflies has decreased. There were four m illion butterflies in UK city gardens in the 
1980s. However, these num ber decreased rapidly from 2000 to 2010 and now butterflies 
is the least populous of the three groups w ith only two m illion in UK city gardens. Both 
birds and insects have increased steadily in quantity over the period. The quantity of birds 
have increased from 2.5 to 3.5 m illion and insects has increased from 2.0 to 4.5 m illion. In 
general it can be said that each decade have seen a rise in bird and insect numbers.
Grammar tip: 
When you have to complete sentences, rem em ber that the words you w rite
in the spaces must fit gramm atically. Check for agreem ent between nouns and verbs.
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Complete the sentences 1 -4 with words from the following text.
The problem with climate change
In general scientists agree that clim ate change is happening. However, the point that they 
disagree on is the speed at which it is happening. For example, Professor Jenkins and Dr 
Brody at Colombia University thin k that we are entering a period of rapid clim ate change, 
whereas some clim atologists from UCLA are of the opinion that the speed of clim ate 
change is likely to peak by 2020 and then slow down fo r the rem ainder of the 21st century 
as em issions from developing nations stabilise. The fact that each group of scientists has 
a different opinion is d iffic u lt fo r people to comprehend and has an effect on the general 
p u blic’s reactions to changes in the law related to clim ate change. Both governm ents and 
scientists have tried to make the inform ation on clim ate change accessible to everyone but 
because of its com plexity this has not been possible.
1 
N either Professor Jenkins nor Dr B rody__________ that clim ate change is slowing down.
2 
__________ have the view that clim ate change w ill speed up over the next few years.
3
Difference of o p in io n __________ fo r the general public to understand.
U
Due to the fact that clim ate change data is complex, t h e __________ have not been able
to make clim ate change data accessible to people.