Cover of the textbook English File Intermediate Plus - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4A - Don't throw it away! for the textbook English File Intermediate Plus - Workbook with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Match the words from the list to definitions 1-5.
  2. Complete the text with the words from the list.
  3. Complete the words.
  4. How are the following products usually sold? Write a word from c. More than one answer may be possible.
  5. Rewrite the bold phrases using a verb from the list.
  6. Match the bold phrasal verbs in questions 1-4 to definitions a-d.

Answer

a)

  1. go to waste
  2. surplus
  3. supply chain
  4. food waste
  5. supply

b)

  1. rubbish
  2. waste
  3. waste-paper basket
  4. bin bags
  5. bins
  6. refuse collectors
  7. landfill site

c)

  1. lid
  2. pot
  3. tin
  4. can
  5. jar
  6. tub
  7. pouch
  8. carton
  9. bottle
  10. packet
  11. wrapper
  12. plastic bag
  13. cardboard box
  14. polystyrene tray
  15. sell-by date

d)

  1. pouch
  2. pot, tub
  3. cardboard box
  4. jar
  5. bottle
  6. packet
  7. tin, bottle
  8. pot, tub

e)

  1. reheat
  2. reuse
  3. reapply
  4. recycle
  5. replay
  6. rethink

f)

  1. c
  2. d
  3. b
  4. a