Read the following sentences aloud and underline the words with the consonant blends /kl/, /pl/, /gr/ or /pr/.

1. Avoiding travel by plane can greatly reduce your carbon footprint.

• plane /pleɪn/
• greatly /ˈɡreɪtli/
• footprint /ˈfʊt.prɪnt/

2. Plastic bags can be used as containers for growing plants.

• plastic /ˈplæs.tɪk/
• growing plants /ˈɡrəʊɪŋ plɑːnts/

3. Group 1 is cleaning the playground while group 2 is cutting the grass.

• group /ɡruːp/
• cleaning /ˈkliː.nɪŋ/
• playground /ˈpleɪ.ɡraʊnd/
• grass /ɡrɑːs/

4. More and more people choose to live green as a way to protect our environment.

• green /ɡriːn/
• protect /prəˈtekt/

5. Our Go Green Club will organise a clean-up event this weekend.

• green /ɡriːn/
• club /klʌb/
• clean-up /kliːn/

6. The president of the club is pleased with our project.

• president /ˈprez.ɪ.dənt/
• project /ˈprɒdʒekt/
• pleased /pliːzd/

7. They are planting trees around the playground of the local primary school.

• playground /ˈpleɪ.ɡraʊnd/
• primary /ˈpraɪ.mər.i/
• planting /ˈplɑːn.tɪŋ/

8. More dustbins should be placed in public and private areas.

• place /pleɪs/
• private /ˈpraɪvət/