Choose three nouns for each verb. 1. damage the environment nature a disease health 2. cause a disease damage pollution nature 3. threaten health life harm the environment 4. put…

Answers:

1. damage — the environment, nature, health
2. cause — a disease, damage, pollution
3. threaten — health, life, the environment
4. put at risk — the wildlife, health, the environment
5. affect — health, nature, the wildlife

Key idea: choose nouns that form natural word combinations and make sense in meaning.

• We can damage health, but we cannot damage a disease.
• We can cause a disease, cause damage and cause pollution.
• We can threaten life, health and the environment.
• The phrase put ... at risk means “make something unsafe”.
• Affect means “influence”: pollution can affect health, nature and wildlife.