Food Waste
Exercise 1. Choose the right phrase to fill in the gaps.
1) The British government has said that a third of the food the
world ______
a. produces is waste it
b. produces is wastage
c. produces is wasted
d. produces is waste did
2) It said the high level of food waste in the UK ______
a. it's unacceptably
b. is unaccepted
c. is unacceptable
d. it's unacceptable
3) One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or
______
a. wasted globalise
b. wasted globalised
c. wasted globe ally
d. wasted globally
4) there were many solutions to the problem ______
a. of food waste
b. off food waste
c. from food waste
d. for food waste
5) Perfectly good food is thrown away because ______
a. off these labels
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c. of these labels
d. of these lapel
6) it is a scandal that people are going hungry and ______
a. use in food banks
b. used in food banks
c. using in food banks
d. using food banks
7) resources are wasted in production, only for the food to end up
______
a. rotting landfill
b. rotting in land files
c. rot in land flues
d. rotting in landfills
8) He called on supermarkets to help by ______
a. selling in vegetables
b. sell in vegetables
c. selling vegetable
d. selling vegetables
9) Its ridiculous that perfectly good vegetables are wasted simply
because they're ______
a. a fun knee shape
b. a funny shape
c. a funny shaped
d. a fun knee shape
10) He said these vegetables, "dont cook or ______"
a. tasted any different
b. taste any different
c. tastes any different
d. taster any different
Exercise 2. Order the words in each line.
1. food produces A the world wasted of the is third .
2. tons Over UK wasted of 7 every in food million year
the is .
3. produced One human - consumption third is of lost
for food .
4. waste Schools could raise children's awareness of
food .
5. is food good Perfectly labels these of because away
thrown .
6. , it is a scandal that people are going hungry
Socially .
7. energy are is because resources It disaster and
wasted a .
8. supermarkets called vegetables by to on He selling
help .
9. wasted are vegetables good perfectly that ridiculous
It's .
10. Wasted a simply funny because shape they're .
Exercise 3. Choose the right word to complete the sentences.
The British government has said that a thirdly / third of
the food the world produces is wasted. It said the
high / height level of food waste in the UK is
"unacceptable". Over 7 million tons of food is wasted
on / in the UK every year. A British politics / politician,
Neil Parish, said: "One-third of food produced for
human consumption / contraption is lost or wasted
globally." The government said there were many
solution / solutions to the problem of food waste. First,
schools could raise / rise children's awareness of food
waste from a young age / old. Secondly, supermarkets
could sell vegetables that are thrown away because
they are the "wrong" shaped / shape. Finally, "sell-by"
dates, "use-by" dates and "best before" labels need to
change. Perfectly good food is throwing / thrown away
because of these labels.
Neil Parish said the fact that so much / many food is
thrown away is both socially and environmentally
unacceptable. He said: "Social / Socially, it is a scandal
that people are going / gone hungry and using food
banks when so much produce / products is being
wasted." He added that: "Environmentally, it is a
disaster, because energetic / energy and resources are
wasted in production, only for the food to end down /
up rotting in landfills where it produces methane - a
potent / important climate-changing gas." He called on
supermarkets to help by / on selling vegetables that
have a funny shape. He said: "Its ridiculous that
perfect / perfectly good vegetables are wasted simply
because they're a funny shape." He said these
vegetables, "dont cook or taste / tasty any different".
