Use of English Task 3

Task 3 

• You are going to read an article about a great invention that provides clean water 

for people living in sub-Saharan Africa. Some words are missing from the text. 

• Your task is to write the missing words on the dotted lines (21-29) after the text. 

• Use only one word in each gap. 

• There is an example (0) at the beginning. 



 PLAYPUMPS TURN WORK INTO PLAY



For kids in many rural parts (0) ______ Africa, the colorful PlayPump is the first playground

equipment they have ever seen. This incredible invention won’t (21) ______ change their

playtime, it changes their lives.

As the merry-go-round spins, it pumps clean water – 1,400 liters an hour – up from deep

underground and stores it in a huge tank. People (22) ______ welcome to come and help

themselves (23) ______ the water. In rural Africa, clean water is a luxury. Most people must

walk long distances – 8 kilometers (24) ______ average – to wells and haul heavy containers

of water back. The exhausting chore of carrying water traditionally falls to women and girls.

It’s such a big job, it sometimes prevents girls from (25) ______ able to attend school. Also,

many of them suffer injuries carrying (26) ______ much weight every day. Thanks to the

PlayPump, getting water is quick and easy – and even boys join in. The pumps have become a

center of social activity where kids and adults gather to meet (27) ______ collecting water.

Two sides of each tank carry educational messages (28) ______ remind people about good

health practices like battling germs through hand-washing. The other two sides carry

advertisements, (29) ______ help pay for the pump's upkeep. So far, more than 800

PlayPumps are operating in schools and communities in four African countries, providing

water for almost two million people.

 (www.nationalgeographic.com)