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This document provides definitions for 20 words related to sustainability, food, and shopping. It then presents a passage with information about food variety, local food, a survey on food preferences, and organic food. It asks 7 multiple choice questions about the passage and provides definitions and parts of speech for 20 sentences.

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Activity 3: Answer The Questions Based On The Text!

This document provides definitions for 20 words related to sustainability, food, and shopping. It then presents a passage with information about food variety, local food, a survey on food preferences, and organic food. It asks 7 multiple choice questions about the passage and provides definitions and parts of speech for 20 sentences.

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Activity 2: Find out the meaning of words below!

Research : a careful study of a Sustainable : involving the use of


subject, especially in natural products and
order to discover new energy in a way that does
facts or information about not harm the environment
it1
Percentage : proportion expressed as Grocery : the food that you buy in a
a part of a total that is 100 grocer's shop or
supermarket2
Average : regular, typical Varieties : types, kinds, sorts,
assortments
Survive : continue to stay on the Expanding : enlarging, increasing
market
Convenience : the quality of being Assembly : to be put together
useful, easy or suitable
for somebody3
Sustainability : the use of natural Coast : seashore, land next to the
products and energy in a sea or ocean
way that does not harm
the environment4
Grown : cultivated Myriad : countless, numerous
Produced : grown, cultivated Disease : illness
Purchased : bought Sophistication : the quality of
being complicated or made
with great skill5
Responsibility : a moral duty to do Mainstream : belonging to or
something or to help or characteristic of a
take care of somebody principal, dominant, or
because of your job, widely accepted group,
position, etc. 6 movement, style, etc.7

Activity 3: Answer the questions based on the text!

1. How many varieties and new foods do the customers have to choose every year in US?
About twenty thousand new foods and drinks are introduced yearly on the US markets.

2. What is meant by local food based on the text?


Local food is generally grown or produced close to where it’s purchased, perhaps in the same
state or closer.

1
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/research?q=research
2
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grocery
3
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/convenience?q=comvenience
4
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sustainability?q=sustainability
5
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sophistication?q=Sophistication
6
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/responsibility?q=responsibility
7
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mainstream
3. What does IFIC stand for? What did IFIC find in 2016?
IFIC is the abbreviation for the International Food Information Council Foundation. In 2016,
IFIC conducted a survey which revealed that taste is the most important aspect for the
consumers.

4. What is meant by organic food?


Organic food is produced through farming practices that only use natural substances, without
any GMO, pesticides or hormones.

5. Why do people buy vegetables and fruits in the supermarket rather than in the traditional
market?
People prefer supermarkets because they continuously expand their range of fresh, raw
vegetables and fruits.

6. Can you find the new varieties of vegetables and fruits in your country? Give the examples!
The customers in Romania have already got used to seeing exotic fruits and vegetables in
their supermarkets, as well as finding all year long fruits and vegetables that only grow in a
certain season in Romania, for instance fresh strawberries and plums in winter, avocado, kaki
and mango.

7. From the options above, which one do you prefer? Why?


My entire family grew fond of avocado; it is healthy, nutritious and very tasty.

Activity 4: Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words.

1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful


at something. PRONOUN
2. We left for the mountain just before six in the morning. VERB
3. We first went to the store to buy a few things. PREPOSITION
4. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station. NOUN
5. My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack. ADJECTIVE
6. I helped him carry it. PRONOUN
7. The weather was very cold. ADJECTIVE
8. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!" INTERJECTION
9. We didn't spend the night there. ADVERB
10. We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep
immediately. We were very hungry. CONJUNCTION
11. Steve can play the trumpet. VERB
12. Do you like dogs? VERB
13. They listen to music every day. VERB
14. She is an old lady. ADJECTIVE
15. The group went climbing in the mountains. NOUN
16. This is a fast car. ADJECTIVE
17. He did well in the test. ADVERB
18. My father drives carefully. ADVERB
19. Has your father ever been to Australia? NOUN
20. The play was fantastic. NOUN

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