Reading Explorer 3e L1 U11B Five Tips for Using Less Plastic

In a business context, who is a "customer"?

• Someone who provides goods or services

• An employee working in a store

• A person who buys goods or services

• The owner of a company

What does the verb "quit" indicate?

• To start doing something new

• To continue doing something despite difficulties

• To give up or stop doing something

• To join a group or organization

What does the word "avoid" mean?

• To increase the chance of something happening

• To keep away from or stop oneself from doing something

• To welcome an event or situation

• To make something compulsory

What is a "container"?

• A small device used to play music

• An object used to hold, store, or transport items

• A type of dance popular in the 1920s

• A unit of measurement for liquid

What is a "tax"?

• A financial gift given by the government

• An amount of money that individuals and businesses pay to the government based on their income or purchases

• A free service provided by the state

• An unauthorized deduction from a bank account

Which action is described by the verb "ban"?

• To officially or legally prohibit something

• To celebrate an event publicly

• To encourage the use of a product

• To introduce something new

The act of making land, water, or air impure is called:

• Purify

• Pollute

• Protect

• Plant

What does it mean when something is done "globally"?

• Only within one's own country

• Involving or affecting the entire world

• Restricted to a small local area

• Limited to a specific group of people

When you get your money back after returning a purchase, you receive a:

• Bonus

• Fine

• Refund

• Salary

To "reduce" means:

• To make something bigger or increase its amount

• To decrease the size, amount, or degree of something

• To maintain the same level without any change

• To completely eliminate