pollution
/pəˈluʃən/Dirty or harmful things in the air, water or ground.
Example: Pollution in big cities makes many people ill.
A214 words · Elementary
Pollution vocabulary — A2
Words for air and water pollution in everyday life, such as factory, exhaust, plastic bag and rubbish dump, plus polluted, petrol and how people clean up.
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14waste
/weɪst/Things that are left over, that nobody wants or uses.
Example:
We try not to make too much food waste.
traffic jam
Many cars on a road that cannot move forward.
Example:
I was late because of a traffic jam.
factory
/ˈfæktəri/A big building where machines make things.
Example:
My uncle works in a car factory.
exhaust
/ɪɡˈzɔst/The gas that comes out of the back of a car.
Example:
Bad exhaust from old cars makes the air dirty.
recycling bin
A container where you put old paper, glass and plastic so they can be used again.
Example:
Put the empty cans in the recycling bin.
plastic bag
A thin, light sack from a shop for carrying things home. It is not paper or cloth.
Example:
No thanks, I don’t need a plastic bag; I have my own.
rubbish dump
A large place outside a town where people take things they throw away.
Example:
The rubbish dump is about ten kilometres from here.
polluted
/pəˈlutɪd/Not clean because there are harmful things in it.
Example:
The river is too polluted to swim in.
dust
/dʌst/Very small dry bits of dirt that lie on floors and furniture.
Example:
There is a lot of dust on the old books.
oil
/ɔɪl/A thick, dark liquid that comes from under the ground and is used for fuel.
Example:
The country gets a lot of money from oil.
clean up
To take away dirt or rubbish from a place.
Example:
After the party, we had to clean up the garden.
chimney
/ˈtʃɪmni/A tall pipe on a roof or factory that lets smoke go out.
Example:
Grey smoke rose from the old factory chimney.
petrol
/ˈpɛtroʊl/A liquid fuel that you put into a car.
Example:
We stopped to buy some petrol on the way.
