What does he want to say?

Welcome to ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, activities, etc.
Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions.

ESL Forum:

Techniques and methods in Language Teaching

Games, activities and teaching ideas

Grammar and Linguistics

Teaching material

Concerning worksheets

Concerning powerpoints

Concerning online exercises

Make suggestions, report errors

ESL forum > Ask for help > What does he want to say?

What does he want to say?

EwelinaEwelina

What does he want to say?

Dear All,

One of my students wrote this sentence (this cames from his presenttion on global warming):

Coal burning power plants release enotmous amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. For example, 40%of U.S. CO2.

Do you have any idea what he wants to say ?

Many thanks ,

Have a good day ;-)

1 Dec 2016

Does he mean that the USA emits 40% of the total CO2 emissions? So, 40% of the world �s CO2 emissions come from the USA. I �m not sure if my phrasing is very good, either!

1 Dec 2016

EwelinaEwelina

Thank you,Lynne.All that sounds great.

Have a good day ;-)

1 Dec 2016

yanogator

I think it �s more likely to mean that coal-burning (the hyphen is necessary) power plants emit 40% of the CO2 that is emitted in the US.

Bruce

1 Dec 2016

EwelinaEwelina

Thank you,Bruce.It �svery interesting;-)

I couldn �t figure it out ;-)

1 Dec 2016

Yes, Bruce is right. I �ve got back on as I have been thinking - No, surely America is not that dirty!

1 Dec 2016

Tesoltisha

Coal-burning power plants release enormous amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. Not sure if the word in question was the spelling of enormous, but I would also have to concure with Bruce with regards to the hyphen.

2 Dec 2016