The Reading / Listening - Printer Ink - Level 0

Champagne is expensive. However, printer ink can be more expensive. A consumer group said ink from printer companies can be 286% more expensive than ink from companies that do not make printers. Printer company ink can cost $846 a litre. An expert said printer ink shouldn't cost more than champagne.

Non-branded ink can be better than ink from printer makers. The expert said non-branded ink is also cheaper than branded ink. It could save people $398 a year. The printer maker Epson said: "As non-genuine inks are not designed or tested by Epson, we cannot guarantee these inks will not damage the printer."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Printer Ink - Level 1,  Printer Ink - Level 2   or  Printer Ink - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57941625
  • https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/which-consumer-printer-ink-costs-more-than-high-end-champagne-bottle-chanel-no5-230157556.html
  • https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/07/the-cheap-ink-that-printer-firms-dont-want-you-to-use/ - Which?


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Champagne
  2. printer ink can
  3. A consumer
  4. ink from printer
  5. 286%
  6. companies that do not
  7. Printer company ink can cost
  8. cost more
  1. companies
  2. $846 a litre
  3. be more expensive
  4. than champagne
  5. make printers
  6. is expensive
  7. group
  8. more expensive

Paragraph 2

  1. Non-branded ink can
  2. ink from printer
  3. non-branded ink is also
  4. It could save people
  5. The printer maker
  6. non-genuine
  7. not designed or
  8. we cannot
  1. Epson
  2. cheaper
  3. guarantee these inks
  4. be better
  5. tested by Epson
  6. makers
  7. inks
  8. $398 a year

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Champagne is expensive. However, printer (1) _______________ more expensive. A consumer group said (2) __________________ companies can be 286% (3) ___________________ ink from companies that (4) ___________________ printers. Printer company ink can cost (5) ___________________ litre. An expert said printer ink shouldn't cost (6) ___________________.

Non-branded ink (7) ___________________ than ink from printer makers. (8) ___________________ non-branded ink (9) ___________________ than branded ink. It (10) ___________________ $398 a year. The printer maker Epson said: "As non-(11) ___________________ not designed or tested by Epson, we cannot guarantee these inks will (12) ___________________ printer."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

eexpensive.Aconsumergroupsaidinkfromprintercompaniescanbe28
6%moreexpensivethaninkfromcompaniesthatdonotmakeprinters.P
rintercompanyinkcancost$846alitre.Anexpertsaidprinterinkshouldn
'tcostmorethanchampagne.Non-brandedinkcanbebetterthaninkfro
mprintermakers.Theexpertsaidnon-brandedinkisalsocheaperthanb
randedink.Itcouldsavepeople$398ayear.TheprintermakerEpsonsai
d:"Asnon-genuineinksarenotdesignedortestedbyEpson,wecannotg
uaranteetheseinkswillnotdamagetheprinter."

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)

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

(k) ________________

(l) ________________

(m) ________________

(n) ________________

(o) ________________

(p) ________________

Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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