The Reading / Listening - Breakfast Tea - Level 0

British people love tea – for many reasons. They drink it for breakfast, for tea breaks at work, and when talking about their problems. However, herbal, fruit and other teas are now more popular than English breakfast tea. Over a fifth of people in Britain say green tea is their favourite.

Sales of traditional tea are falling. This will continue. The researchers found many other things about tea-drinking in the UK. Most people drink tea to relax. A quarter of people drink 10 cups a day. British people love milky and sugary tea. People with a sweet tooth put three teaspoons of sugar in their tea.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Breakfast Tea - Level 1 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/


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. British people
  2. for many
  3. tea breaks
  4. herbal, fruit and
  5. now more
  6. Over a
  7. people in
  8. green tea is their
  1. favourite
  2. at work
  3. popular
  4. fifth
  5. love tea
  6. Britain
  7. reasons
  8. other teas

Paragraph 2

  1. Sales of traditional tea
  2. The researchers found many
  3. tea-drinking
  4. Most people drink tea
  5. people drink 10 cups
  6. British people love milky
  7. People with a
  8. three teaspoons
  1. of sugar
  2. in the UK
  3. to relax
  4. and sugary tea
  5. are falling
  6. sweet tooth
  7. a day
  8. other things

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

British (1) ___________________ - for many reasons. They drink it for breakfast, for (2) ___________________ work, and when talking (3) ___________________. However, herbal, fruit (4) ___________________ are now more popular than English breakfast tea. Over (5) ___________________ people in Britain say green (6) ___________________ favourite.

Sales of traditional (7) ___________________. This will continue. The researchers found (8) ___________________ about tea-drinking in the UK. Most people drink (9) ___________________. A quarter of people drink 10 (10) ___________________. British people love (11) ___________________ tea. People with a sweet tooth put three teaspoons (12) ___________________ their tea.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Britishpeoplelovetea-formanyreasons.Theydrinkitforbreakfast,fort
eabreaksatwork,andwhentalkingabouttheirproblems.However,her
bal,fruitandotherteasarenowmorepopularthanEnglishbreakfasttea.
OverafifthofpeopleinBritainsaygreenteaistheirfavourite.Salesoftrad
itionalteaarefalling.Thiswillcontinue.Theresearchersfoundmanyoth
erthingsabouttea-drinkingintheUK.Mostpeopledrinkteatorelax.Aqu
arterofpeopledrink10cupsaday.Britishpeoplelovemilkyandsugaryte
a.Peoplewithasweettoothputthreeteaspoonsofsugarintheirtea.

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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