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6c Coffee facts
Speaking Reading
1 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 Read a short fact sheet about coffee.
Tick () any information that surprises
Is your country a coffee-producing country? If yes, where does it grow?
you.
If not, do you know where the coffee in your country comes from?
Is coffee a popular drink in your country? Where and when do people
usually drink it?
Do you like coffee? If yes, how do you take it?
Do you prefer fresh or instant? Why?
Coffee
consumed in the world every day. Different
countries have different preferences and tastes,
but it is generally accepted that the best coffee
comes from the blue mountains of Jamaica.
Glossary
commodity n something that can be bought or sold, especially a basic
food product or fuel
foreign currency n money from other countries, eg dollars, euros, pounds
daily wage n the money that workers are paid for a days work
per capita adv for each person
Coffee facts 6c
3 Look again at the fact sheet and check your 4 (big) donut in the world was made in 2007.
It was
answers to exercise 2.
a) 3m b) 6m c) 10m in diameter.
4 Find words in the text that mean
5 (long) hot dog in the world was made in
1 someone who buys or uses something. Japan. It measured
2 a country that grows and sells a product. a) 8m b) 25m c) 600m.
3
4
the world.
an amount that is typical for a group of things or
6 (popular) fast food in Britain is
people. a) hamburgers b) pizzas c) sandwiches.
7 (heavy) tomato in the world weighed
a) 3.5 kg b) 5 kg c) 8 kg.
Grammar: superlatives
8 Scientists think that (old) soup in the world
We use the superlative form to compare more was made from
than two things or people. a) crocodiles b) dinosaurs c) hippopotamuses.
We make the superlative of short adjectives with
the+adjective+-est.
cheap the cheapest
4 Work in pairs. Think of places you know where you
can drink coffee or tea (cafs, bars, hotels, etc). Make
large the largest
sentences about these places, using superlatives. You
hot the hottest
can use adjectives from the box or think of your own.
happy the happiest
Brazil is the biggest coffee producer in the world.
badbigcheapexpensivefashionable
We make the superlative of longer adjectives friendlygoodnear to the schooltraditional
with the+most+adjective.
the most interesting, the most traditional
Coffee is the most popular drink in the world.
Did you know?
There are two very common irregular
superlatives. 1 Read the information about Starbucks and discuss the
good the best bad the worst questions.
The best coffee comes from Jamaica.
Starbucks started as a small coffee shop in Seattle. In
See Language Reference page 64 the 1990s, the company grew and it now serves coffee
to more than 11 million customers around the world
1 Find six examples of superlatives in the fact sheet every week. With more than 17,000 stores in about 50
about coffee.
countries around the world, Starbucks has become
2 Complete the sentences in the quiz Amazing the most famous coffee shop in the world.
Food Facts. Put the adjectives in brackets into the
superlative form.
How many of the following can you find near where you
3 Work in pairs. Choose the correct answers in the live?
quiz.
Burger KingDominos PizzaHagen Dazs
Kentucky Fried ChickenMcDonaldsStarbucks