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Amazon enters UK grocery shopping market (16th November, 2015)

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The online shopping giant Amazon has entered the grocery delivery business in the UK. Its new service is called Amazon Pantry. A traditional pantry is a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food, plates and cutlery. Amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivery service of groceries. It will mean there will be a lot of competition for the UK's traditional supermarkets. Amazon Pantry customers will be able to select from more than 4,000 goods ranging from food and drinks to health and beauty products. Customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables yet. A new service for this called Amazon Fresh is in the planning stage and will be available later.

UK shoppers may not be all rushing to use Amazon's new grocery delivery service. There is a charge. All customers must already be members of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which costs $120 a year. They will also have to pay a delivery charge of $4.50 for the first 20kg of shopping. Amazon Pantry spokeswoman Helene Parthenay said she thought people would like the convenience of the service. She said it would, "take the heavy lifting out of replenishing the basics and store cupboard essentials that people need every day." She added: "We are always looking to innovate on behalf of our customers and find ways to save them time and money."

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Sources

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/science-technology/amazon-launches-next-day-grocery-6827450
http://www.thenewsindependent.com/amazon-poses-threats-to-top-uk-supermarkets/6279/
http://nysepost.com/amazon-launches-grocery-delivery-service-pantry-42053

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. GROCERIES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about groceries. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

online / shopping / giant / traditional / customers / delivery / beauty products / fresh / grocery / members / express / charge / convenience / basics / essentials / save money

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. ONLINE SHOPPING: What are the pros and cons of buying these things online? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote.

	Pros	Cons
Beauty products
Books
Music
Car
Fruit
Airplane tickets

4. ONLINE: Students A strongly believe shopping online is better than going to shops; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. BASICS: Rank these grocery basics with your partner. Put the most important at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• toothpaste

• chocolate

• milk

• bread

• water

• washing powder

• fruit

• coffee

6. DELIVERY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "delivery". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Amazon's new delivery service is called Deliver.	T / F
b.	A pantry is a small room where people keep their food and plates.	T / F
c.	Amazon's new service will offer same-day delivery.	T / F
d.	Customers will be able to order from 4,000 different beauty products.	T / F
e.	The article says UK shoppers will be rushing to use the service.	T / F
f.	It costs $4.50 to have a 20kg box of groceries delivered.	T / F
g.	Amazon's new service will mean people have to do less heavy lifting.	T / F
h.	Amazon said it is always looking for ways to make more money.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	entered	a.	hurrying
2.	traditional	b.	supply
3.	provide	c.	ready for use
4.	select	d.	refilling
5.	available	e.	joined
6.	rushing	f.	fee
7.	charge	g.	ease of use
8.	convenience	h.	customary
9.	replenishing	i.	original
10.	innovative	j.	choose

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	The online shopping	a.	and cutlery
2.	where people put food, plates	b.	time and money
3.	select from	c.	need every day
4.	ranging from food and drinks to health	d.	stage
5.	Amazon Fresh is in the planning	e.	behalf of our customers
6.	Amazon's express	f.	more than 4,000 goods
7.	pay a delivery	g.	and beauty products
8.	essentials that people	h.	charge of $4.50
9.	innovate on	i.	delivery service
10.	find ways to save them	j.	giant Amazon

GAP FILL

The online shopping (1) ____________ Amazon has entered the grocery delivery (2) ____________ in the UK. Its new service is called Amazon Pantry. A traditional pantry is a small room or (3) ____________ in a house where people put food, plates and (4) ____________. Amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivery service of groceries. It will (5) ____________ there will be a lot of competition for the UK's traditional supermarkets. Amazon Pantry customers will be able to select from more than 4,000 goods (6) ____________ from food and drinks to health and beauty (7) ____________. Customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables yet. A new service for this called Amazon Fresh is in the planning (8) ____________ and will be available later.

cutlery
business
mean
products
cupboard
stage
giant
ranging

UK shoppers may not be all (9) ____________ to use Amazon's new grocery delivery service. There is a (10) ____________. All customers must already be members of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which (11) ____________ $120 a year. They will also have to (12) ____________ a delivery charge of $4.50 for the first 20kg of shopping. Amazon Pantry spokeswoman Helene Parthenay said she thought people would like the (13) ____________ of the service. She said it would, "take the heavy lifting out of replenishing the (14) ____________ and store cupboard essentials that people need every day." She added: "We are always looking to (15) ____________ on behalf of our customers and find ways to save them (16) ____________ and money."

convenience
costs
charge
innovate
rushing
pay
time
basics

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	The online shopping giant Amazon has entered the grocery ______
	a. delivering business b. deliveries business c. delivered business d. delivery business
2)	a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food, ______
	a. platelets and arteries b. plates and cutlery c. places and cutlery d. plates and cutting
3)	Amazon Pantry customers will be able to select from more ______
	a. than 4,000 goodness b. than 4,000 foods c. than 4,000 goods d. than 4,000 goads
4)	Customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and ______
	a. vegetables wet b. vegetables bet c. vegetables let d. vegetables yet
5)	A new service for this called Amazon Fresh is in the planning stage and will ______
	a. be available latter b. be available later c. be available late are d. be available lay tar
6)	be members of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which ______
	a. costs $120 a year b. costs $120 per year c. costs $120 each year d. costs $120 the year
7)	They will also have to pay a delivery charge of $4.50 for the first ______
	a. 20kg for shopping b. 20kg off shopping c. 20kg from shopping d. 20kg of shopping
8)	Helene Parthenay said she thought people would like the convenience ______
	a. of the serviced b. of the service c. of the services d. of the sir vice
9)	replenishing the basics and store cupboard essentials that people ______
	a. need every daily b. need every day c. need every days d. needs every day
10)	We are always looking to innovate on ______ customers
	a. the half of our b. behave of our c. beef half of our d. behalf of our

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

The online shopping giant Amazon (1) ___________________ grocery delivery business in the UK. Its new service is called Amazon Pantry. A traditional pantry is a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food, (2) ___________________. Amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivery service of groceries. It will mean there (3) ___________________ competition for the UK's traditional supermarkets. Amazon Pantry customers (4) ___________________ select from more than 4,000 goods ranging from food and drinks to health and beauty products. Customers will not be able to buy (5) ___________________ vegetables yet. A new service for this called Amazon Fresh is in the planning stage and will (6) ___________________.

UK shoppers may not (7) ___________________ to use Amazon's new grocery delivery service. There is a charge. All customers must already be members of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which costs $120 a year. They will also (8) ___________________ delivery charge of $4.50 for the first 20kg of shopping. Amazon Pantry spokeswoman Helene Parthenay said she thought people (9) ___________________ convenience of the service. She said it would, "take the heavy (10) _________________ replenishing the basics and store cupboard essentials that people need every day." She added: "We are always looking (11) ___________________ behalf of our customers and find ways (12) ___________________ time and money."

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What is the name of Amazon's new grocery delivery service?
2.	What do people put in a pantry besides food and plates?
3.	For whom will Amazon provide a lot of competition?
4.	How many goods will Amazon customers be able to choose from?
5.	What will Amazon customers be able to buy later?
6.	What will UK shoppers not be doing regarding Amazon's new service?
7.	What quantity of groceries can you get for a $4.50 delivery charge?
8.	What did a spokeswoman say customers would like about the service?
9.	What kind of lifting would Amazon customers no longer need to do?
10.	What is Amazon trying to save customers?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	What is the name of Amazon's new grocery delivery service?	6.	What will UK shoppers not be doing regarding Amazon's new service?
	a) Delivery b) Cutlery c) Pantry d) Grocery		a) joining b) rushing c) saving d) competing
2.	What do people put in a pantry besides food and plates?	7.	What quantity of groceries can you get for a $4.50 delivery charge?
	a) cutlery b) cutlets c) cuttings d) cuttle		a) 20kg b) 25kg c) 30kg d) 35kg
3.	For whom will Amazon provide a lot of competition?	8.	What did a spokeswoman say customers would like about the service?
	a) UK supermarkets b) eBay c) small grocery shops d) Nestle		a) the quality b) the prices c) the convenience d) the website
4.	How many goods will Amazon customers be able to choose from?	9.	What kind of lifting would Amazon customers no longer need to do?
	a) 3,500 b) 4,000 c) 4,500 d) 5,000		a) manual b) rice and potatoes c) automatic d) heavy
5.	What will Amazon customers be able to buy later?	10.	What is Amazon trying to save customers?
	a) stocks and shares b) dessert c) coffee d) fresh fruit and vegetables		a) time and money b) coupons c) petrol d) calories

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Toothpaste

You think toothpaste is the most important grocery item. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things are unnecessary. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): chocolate, fruit or bread.

Role B – Chocolate

You think chocolate is the most important grocery item. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things are unnecessary. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): toothpaste, fruit or bread.

Role C – Fruit

You think fruit is the most important grocery item. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things are unnecessary. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): chocolate, toothpaste or bread.

Role D – Bread

You think bread is the most important grocery item. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things are unnecessary. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): chocolate, fruit or toothpaste.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'shopping' and 'market'.

shopping

market

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

giant
room
provide
select
fresh
stage

shoppers
members
pay
convenience
heavy
time

GROCERIES SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about groceries in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

GROCERIES DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1)	What did you think when you read the headline?
2)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'groceries'?
3)	What do you think of grocery shopping?
4)	Do you have any grocery shopping habits?
5)	What is your favourite grocery store, and why?
6)	What do you think of shopping online for groceries?
7)	Which is better, going to a grocery store, or shopping online?
8)	Would you use Amazon Pantry?
9)	Would you buy fresh fruit and vegetables from Amazon?
10)	Is Amazon taking over the world of shopping?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12)	What do you think about the online giant Amazon?
13)	What do you think of the charges for Amazon Pantry?
14)	What grocery items might it be better to buy online?
15)	What are the good and bad things about grocery shopping?
16)	How convenient do you think Amazon Pantry might be?
17)	How could real grocery stores be better?
18)	Is grocery shopping too difficult and too heavy?
19)	How could stores save customers more money?
20)	What questions would you like to ask the boss of Amazon?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

The online shopping giant Amazon has (1) ____ the grocery delivery business in the UK. Its new service is called Amazon Pantry. A traditional pantry is a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food, plates and (2) ____. Amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivery service of groceries. It will (3) ____ there will be a lot of competition for the UK's traditional supermarkets. Amazon Pantry customers will be able to select (4) ____ more than 4,000 goods (5) ____ from food and drinks to health and beauty products. Customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables yet. A new service for this called Amazon Fresh is in the (6) ____ stage and will be available later.

UK shoppers may not be (7) ____ rushing to use Amazon's new grocery delivery service. There is a charge. All customers must already be (8) ____ of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which costs $120 a year. They will also have to pay a delivery (9) ____ of $4.50 for the first 20kg of shopping. Amazon Pantry spokeswoman Helene Parthenay said she thought people would like the (10) ____ of the service. She said it would, "take the heavy lifting out of replenishing the (11) ____ and store cupboard essentials that people need every day." She added: "We are always looking to innovate (12) ____ behalf of our customers and find ways to save them time and money."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	entering	(b)	entered	(c)	enters	(d)	enter
2.	(a)	archery	(b)	cutlery	(c)	artery	(d)	fishery
3.	(a)	meanie	(b)	meant	(c)	means	(d)	mean
4.	(a)	of	(b)	from	(c)	by	(d)	at
5.	(a)	arranging	(b)	ranging	(c)	deranging	(d)	damaging
6.	(a)	planting	(b)	planning	(c)	planning	(d)	panning
7.	(a)	every	(b)	whole	(c)	all	(d)	entire
8.	(a)	remembers	(b)	memories	(c)	members	(d)	memorials
9.	(a)	chaste	(b)	change	(c)	chance	(d)	charge
10.	(a)	convenience	(b)	convenient	(c)	conveniently	(d)	conveniences
11.	(a)	basics	(b)	basically	(c)	basic	(d)	basicity
12.	(a)	in	(b)	to	(c)	on	(d)	at

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	The online shopping gatin
2.	food, plates and lryutec
3.	a lot of tocoimtienp
4.	the UK's ilaodtatnri supermarkets
5.	health and yuateb products
6.	aevlaabli later
Paragraph 2
7.	shoppers may not be all sgruinh
8.	speexsr delivery
9.	people would like the nevcecieonn of the service
10.	store cupboard tneassiels
11.	We are always looking to nineoavt
12.	on albehf of our customers

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	to select from more than 4,000 goods ranging from food and drinks to health and beauty
( )	plates and cutlery. Amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivery service of groceries. It will
( )	mean there will be a lot of competition for the UK's traditional supermarkets. Amazon Pantry customers will be able
( )	UK shoppers may not be all rushing to use Amazon's new grocery delivery service. There is a
( )	behalf of our customers and find ways to save them time and money."
( )	service is called Amazon Pantry. A traditional pantry is a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food,
( )	convenience of the service. She said it would, "take the heavy lifting out of replenishing the basics and store
( )	charge. All customers must already be members of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which costs
( )	of shopping. Amazon Pantry spokeswoman Helene Parthenay said she thought people would like the
( )	cupboard essentials that people need every day." She added: "We are always looking to innovate on
( )	$120 a year. They will also have to pay a delivery charge of $4.50 for the first 20kg
( )	products. Customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables yet. A new service for this called
( 1 )	The online shopping giant Amazon has entered the grocery delivery business in the UK. Its new
( )	Amazon Fresh is in the planning stage and will be available later.

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	the UK Amazon has entered the grocery delivery business in .
2.	Provide a day with - service customers next delivery .
3.	mean there will be a lot of competition It will .
4.	select Customers 4,000 to than able goods more be from will , .
5.	and stage planning the in is Fresh later available be will .
6.	service Amazon's new Rushing grocery to delivery use .
7.	pay charge will to delivery They have a also .
8.	would people thought She convenience the like .
9.	every essentials day that people Store need cupboard .
10.	of to our innovate customers on behalf Looking .

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

The online shopping monster / giant Amazon has entered the grocery delivery business in the UK. Its new service is called Amazon Pantry. A traditional / traditionally pantry is a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food, plates and toiletries / cutlery. Amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivered / delivery service of groceries. It will mean / meaning there will be a lot of competition for the UK's traditional supermarkets. Amazon Pantry customers will be able to select / selection from more than 4,000 goods / good ranging from food and drinks to health and beauty production / products. Customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables yet / still. A new service for this called Amazon Fresh is in the planning stage and will be availability / available later.

UK shoppers may not be all rushed / rushing to use Amazon's new grocery delivery service. There is a charge / charges. All customers must already be members / membership of Amazon's express delivery service Amazon Prime, which costs / cost $120 a year. They will also have to pay a delivery charge of $4.50 for the first 20kg for / of shopping. Amazon Pantry spokeswoman Helene Parthenay said she thought people would like the convenient / convenience of the service. She said it would, "take the heavy / heavily lifting out of replenishing the basically / basics and store cupboard essentials that people need every day." She added: "We are always looking to innovate / renovate on behalf of our customers and find / found ways to save them time and money."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

the online shopping giant amazon has entered the grocery delivery business in the uk its new service is called amazon pantry a traditional pantry is a small room or cupboard in a house where people put food plates and cutlery amazon's new product will provide customers with a next-day delivery service of groceries it will mean there will be a lot of competition for the uk's traditional supermarkets amazon pantry customers will be able to select from more than 4000 goods ranging from food and drinks to health and beauty products customers will not be able to buy fresh fruit and vegetables yet a new service for this called amazon fresh is in the planning stage and will be available later

uk shoppers may not be all rushing to use amazon's new grocery delivery service there is a charge all customers must already be members of amazon's express delivery service amazon prime which costs $120 a year they will also have to pay a delivery charge of $450 for the first 20kg of shopping amazon pantry spokeswoman helene parthenay said she thought people would like the convenience of the service she said it would "take the heavy lifting out of replenishing the basics and store cupboard essentials that people need every day" she added "we are always looking to innovate on behalf of our customers and find ways to save them time and money"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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nessintheUK.ItsnewserviceiscalledAmazonPantry.Atraditionalpantr
yisasmallroomorcupboardinahousewherepeopleputfood,platesandc
utlery.Amazon'snewproductwillprovidecustomerswithanext-dayd
eliveryserviceofgroceries.Itwillmeantherewillbealotofcompetitionfo
rtheUK'straditionalsupermarkets.AmazonPantrycustomerswillbeab
letoselectfrommorethan4,000goodsrangingfromfoodanddrinkstohe
althandbeautyproducts.Customerswillnotbeabletobuyfreshfruitand
vegetablesyet.AnewserviceforthiscalledAmazonFreshisintheplanni
ngstageandwillbeavailablelater.UKshoppersmaynotbeallrushingtou
seAmazon'snewgrocerydeliveryservice.Thereisacharge.Allcustome
rsmustalreadybemembersofAmazon'sexpressdeliveryserviceAmaz
onPrime,whichcosts$120ayear.Theywillalsohavetopayadeliverycha
rgeof$4.50forthefirst20kgofshopping.AmazonPantryspokeswoman
HeleneParthenaysaidshethoughtpeoplewouldliketheconvenienceoft
heservice.Shesaiditwould,"taketheheavyliftingoutofreplenishingth
ebasicsandstorecupboardessentialsthatpeopleneedeveryday."Shea
dded:"Wearealwayslookingtoinnovateonbehalfofourcustomersandf
indwaystosavethemtimeandmoney."

FREE WRITING

Write about groceries for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

What are the good and bad things about online shopping? Do you like it? Why?

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Amazon Pantry. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. GROCERY SHOPPING: Make a poster about grocery shopping. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. AMAZON PANTRY: Write a magazine article about Amazon Pantry. Include imaginary interviews with people who think it is better than going to a shop to buy groceries, and with people who think the opposite.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on online shopping. Ask him/her three questions about this. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to make it better. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

F

d

F

e

F

f

T

g

T

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	entered	a.	joined
2	traditional	b.	customary
3.	provide	c.	supply
4.	select	d.	choose
5.	available	e.	ready for use
6.	rushing	f.	hurrying
7.	charge	g.	fee
8.	convenience	h.	ease of use
9.	replenishing	i.	refilling
10.	innovative	j.	original

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Pantry
2.	Cutlery
3.	UK Supermarkets
4.	4,000
5.	Fresh fruit and vegetables
6.	Rushing (to use it)
7.	20kg
8.	The convenience
9.	Heavy lifting
10.	Time and money

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

c

2.

a

3.

a

4.

b

5.

d

6.

b

7.

a

8.

c

9.

d

10.

a

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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