noun · neutral
carbon
UK/ˈkɑːbən/US/ˈkɑːrbən/CAR·bon
Band 6-7task2speaking
a chemical element often mentioned in environmental contexts to refer to carbon dioxide or carbon compounds
Examples
“Reducing carbon in the atmosphere is essential to slow global warming.”
“Governments set targets to cut carbon by encouraging renewable energy.”
“Cars are a major source of carbon emissions in urban areas.”
Band 8 sentence
“Achieving the Paris targets requires rapid decarbonization of industry and transport, coupled with large-scale afforestation to absorb residual carbon.”
Collocations
- carbon emissions
- carbon footprint
- carbon neutral
Word family
carbon dioxide nouncarbonize verbcarbon-neutral adjective
Common mistakes
carbons→carbon
a carbon→carbon
Say it for a higher band
5smoke→6emissions→7+carbon
Easily confused
coal
“Coal remains a major energy source in some countries despite its carbon intensity.”
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