#2 Sentences and phrases that could be used when you are writing about…(Prepared by Miss Grace, 2015)

Theme: Environment/ DESCRIPTIVE essaysTips: USE the 5 receptor organs you have (sight/hearing/touch/taste/smell), use 5W1H.

Air Pollution

1. Air pollution is the presence of foreign substances in the atmosphere, which can cause damages to living organisms. 2. Man-made sources of air pollution are industrialization, automobiles, agriculture, as well as the establishment of power plants.3. Primarily, the pollutants which are directly emitted from the sources can bring serious health-hazards, besides causing different chemical reactions in the atmosphere. For instance, ash, smoke, dust, fumes, as well as inorganic gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and ammonia are harmful to human bodies. 4. Smoke, fumes and emissions from different vehicles moving on the road 24/7 increases the temperature of the atmosphere drastically.5. As the chemicals react to one another in the air, acid rain is formed. Children nowadays could not even enjoy a carefree run in the rain, as parents are afraid that their skins and respiratory system could be harmed.***6. While governments must take prime responsibility for reducing climate change/global warming, individuals too can play a part. Political leaders across the globe need to cooperate so that research into renewable forms of energy such as wind and solar power is properly funded. Use of coal and gas in power stations should be phased out. Regulations against illegal logging must be properly enforced. Consumers of energy can help by insulating their homes properly and using solar panels where possible so that less energy is required and wasted.7. Global warming/Air pollution is a serious threat to humanity, and therefore these steps mentioned/ a number of steps should be taken to reduce the effects.

Water pollution

1. Water pollution is the main issue affecting human lives in many ways. We all should know the causes, effects and preventive measures of the water pollution to make our lives better

2. According to research, it has been noted that around 70 per cent of the river water around the globe has been polluted to a great extent. For example, major river systems of the India such as the Ganga river systems have been affected to a great extent. Even the longest river in Sarawak, Rajang River, has a high pollution level.

3. Water pollution is the contamination of drinking water by the poisonous pollutants generated by the human activities. The whole water is getting polluted through many sources such as urban runoff, agricultural, industrial, sedimentary, leeching from landfills, animal wastes, and other human activities. 

4. Human population is increasing day by day and thus their needs and competition lead pollution to the top level.

5. We need to follow some drastic changes in our habits to save the earth water as well as to continue the possibility of life here.

6. It is tough to estimate the possibility of life on the earth in the absence of fresh drinking water. 

7. The ever increasing human population enhances the demand of more water for purposes like drinking, washing, performing industrial processes, irrigating crops, arranging swimming pools and other water-sports centres. 

8. When we drink the polluted water, harmful chemicals and other pollutants goes inside our body and deteriorates all the body organs functioning and puts our lives in danger. Such harmful chemicals also disturb the lives of animals and plants greatly.

9. The degradation of drinking water needs an urgent basis prevention method which is

possible by the proper understanding and support from the end of each and every person living on the earth.

Sound Pollution

1. During the last twenty years there has been increasing concern with the quality of the environment. Along with air and water contaminants, noise pollution has been recognized as a serious pollutant.

2. As noise levels have risen, the effects of noise have become more apparent. 3. Noise is defined as “unwanted sound”. Noise has adverse effects on people and the

environment. Noise causes hearing loss, interferes with human activities at home and work, and is in various ways dangerous to people’s health and well being.

4. Studies show that over forty percent of Americans are disturbed at home or lose sleep because of noise pollution. 

Trip to beach

1. The day was warm and muggy; it was the perfect weather to go to the beach. The water was clear and a rich deep blue in colour. Not a patch of sea weed in sight. The fine white sand is burning your feet as you hear the sound of the waves crashing and the cool sea breeze brushing by. 

2. I dug my feet under the warm, coarse-grained sand and swiveled my toes around it as I sat peacefully near the ocean water.

3. I dove straight through the dumping wave, the cool water rushing down my body. I popped back up to the surface, relived that I was finally out of the warm weather and cooled off by the beautiful seawater.

4. The sun smiled at me as I sat on the moderate, warm sand alongside my friends and looked out at the translucent, sea-green ocean. The dazzling sun sparkled over the water like tiny crystals as the monstrous waves peaked and crashed into one another with loud, swishing sounds. 

5. Around the glamorous beach, people of all ages set themselves out for an incredible afternoon, as they ran around in their swimsuits, danced to fast-beat music, and sunbathed peacefully on the tan-colored sand. 

6. The foams and bubbles from the rumbling waves covered the shore while bits of seaweed and algae were disposed out of its freezing body. Sometimes it even reached out and viciously washed away sand castles that children built playfully along the shoreline. 

7. When the day was slipping away, we decided to settle down for a view of the spectacular sunset. We sat down beside each other and gazed heavily towards the breath-taking scene. Mixtures of pinks, oranges and purples shaded together and reflected over the glistering water as the bright massive star hid under the fluffy cotton-like clouds, slowly disappearing from the face of the earth. I closed my eyes gently while the cool breeze of the summer twilight tingled against my sticky skin and as the night drew closer, I filled my lungs with the salty, rejuvenating air of the ocean’s atmosphere in order to preserve this wondrous, soothing day and plac

Trip to park

1. A couple of months ago I went to the park with my nephew. I remember the day like is was yesterday. The weather was cool and clouds were overhead. I sat by myself and watched him play and watched everything happen arou

2. The children were all playing a game of tag and were out of breath from running around. One of the boys involved in the game fell down and began to cry. His mother broke away from conversations to tend to the need of her son. 

I looked out the window. The sky was tar-black and the large clouds were moving towards me. I heard a tapping on the window and then it became a pitter-patter. People ran for cover outside and umbrellas were opened as the clouds spat out their beads of water. Puddles began plinking as the rainfall became heavier. The roofs of the cars danced with spray and I could hear the murmuring of the rain through the window. It sounded like the buzzing of angry bees.

If beauty is God’s signature, then rain is his final flourish.

The freshly mowed grassland of the park looked like a green ocean. Under my feet, I could almost feel its softness. It was like walking on a blanket. Fresh air tasted like mint went into my nose and filled my lungs.