The Reading / Listening - Breakfast Tea - Level 1

British people love tea. They drink it for different reasons – for breakfast, to give to guests, for tea breaks at work, and even when talking about their problems. New research shows that herbal, fruit and other teas are more popular than English breakfast tea. A survey of over 2,000 tea lovers showed less than half of people said they preferred traditional tea. Over a fifth of people said green tea was their favourite.

Sales of traditional tea have fallen. The research shows this will continue. The researchers found many other things about tea-drinking in the UK. The biggest reason for drinking tea was to relax. A quarter of people drink up to 10 cups a day. British people love milky and sugary tea. Nearly 45 per cent of them sweeten their tea with sugar. People with a sweet tooth put three teaspoons of sugar in their tea.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Breakfast Tea - Level 0 Breakfast Tea - Level 2   or  Breakfast Tea - Level 3

Sources
  • https://yougov.co.uk/topics/consumer/articles-reports/2020/11/24/how-do-british-tea-drinking-habits-compare
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/herbal-tea-english-breakfast-brew-b2324130.html
  • https://retailtimes.co.uk/over-half-of-brits-move-away-from-traditional-english-breakfast-tea-as-their-preferred-blend-research-finds/


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. They drink it for
  2. tea
  3. even when talking
  4. fruit and other teas
  5. A survey of over
  6. people said they preferred
  7. Over a fifth
  8. green tea was
  1. traditional tea
  2. about their problems
  3. their favourite
  4. different reasons
  5. of people
  6. breaks at work
  7. are more popular
  8. 2,000 tea lovers

Paragraph 2

  1. Sales of traditional tea
  2. research shows this
  3. people drink up
  4. British people love milky
  5. Nearly 45 per cent of
  6. sweeten their
  7. People with
  8. three teaspoons
  1. a sweet tooth
  2. them
  3. of sugar
  4. to 10 cups a day
  5. have fallen
  6. will continue
  7. tea with sugar
  8. and sugary tea

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

British (1) ___________________. They drink it for different reasons - for breakfast, to (2) ___________________, for tea breaks at work, and even when talking about their problems. New research shows that herbal, (3) ___________________ teas are more popular than English breakfast tea. A (4) ___________________ 2,000 tea lovers showed less than half of people (5) ___________________ traditional tea. Over (6) ___________________ people said green tea was their favourite.

Sales of traditional (7) ___________________. The research shows (8) ___________________. The researchers found many other things about tea-drinking in the UK. The biggest reason for drinking tea (9) ___________________. A quarter of people drink up to 10 cups a day. British people love (10) ___________________ tea. Nearly 45 per cent of them (11) ___________________ with sugar. People with (12) ___________________ put three teaspoons of sugar in their tea.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Britishpeoplelovetea.Theydrinkitfordifferentreasons-forbreakfast,t
ogivetoguests,forteabreaksatwork,andevenwhentalkingabouttheir
problems.Newresearchshowsthatherbal,fruitandotherteasaremore
popularthanEnglishbreakfasttea.Asurveyofover2,000tealoverssho
wedlessthanhalfofpeoplesaidtheypreferredtraditionaltea.Overafifthofpe
oplesaidgreenteawastheirfavourite.Salesoftraditionalteahavefallen.The
researchshowsthiswillcontinue.Theresearchersfoundmanyotherthingsabouttea-drinkingintheUK.Thebiggestreasonfordrin
kingteawastorelax.Aquarterofpeopledrinkupto10cupsaday.Britishp
eoplelovemilkyandsugarytea.Nearly45percentofthemsweetentheirt
eawithsugar.Peoplewithasweettoothputthreeteaspoonsofsugarinth
eirtea.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic 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.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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

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

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Free writing

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Answers

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