Reducing Waste at a Local Festival

Study the questions and tasks

Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

Practice level

B2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice, Multiple choice, Fill in the blank (text), Fill in the blank (dropdown), Cloze (text), Cloze (dropdown), Matching, Error correction, Sentence transformation, Sentence reordering

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion. Visitors are encouraged … reusable cups back to the collection point.

   1. to bring
   2. brought
   3. bring
   4. bringing
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   to bring

   The passive encourage pattern is be encouraged to do something.

2. Question 2 · Multiple choice

   Choose all the correct answers.

   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. Reusable cups reduced waste, but the amount of water used for washing increased.

   1. Both waste and washing-water use decreased.
   2. The cups reduced waste at the cost of using more washing water.
   3. Waste fell, whereas water use for washing rose.
   4. Water use fell even though waste increased.
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   The cups reduced waste at the cost of using more washing water.; Waste fell, whereas water use for washing rose.

   Whereas and at the cost of preserve the trade-off rather than reversing either trend.

3. Question 3 · Fill in the blank (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Use the adjective from environment. The organisers want to limit the festival's ___ impact.

   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   environmental

   Environmental is the adjective modifying impact.

4. Question 4 · Fill in the blank (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   Food stalls must ___ with the new waste-sorting rules.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. agree
   2. comply
   3. accept
   4. approve
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   comply

   Comply with means obey a rule or requirement.

5. Question 5 · Cloze (text)

   Complete each blank with the missing word or phrase.

   Form a word from each capitalised word. The 1___ (INTRODUCE) of refill stations was welcomed. Their 2___ (POPULAR) increased during the day, but better signs are 3___ (NECESSITY).

   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   introduction

   Blank 2

   popularity

   Blank 3

   necessary

   Introduction and popularity are nouns; necessary is an adjective after are.

6. Question 6 · Cloze (dropdown)

   Choose the correct option for each blank.

   The scheme aims 1___ cutting single-use packaging. Extra bins have been provided 2___ that sorting is easier. The organisers are responsible 3___ checking how waste is collected.

   Choices for blank 1

   1. to
   2. of
   3. on
   4. at

   Choices for blank 2

   1. such
   2. so
   3. to
   4. for

   Choices for blank 3

   1. with
   2. to
   3. of
   4. for
   Check answers and explanations

   Blank 1

   at

   Blank 2

   so

   Blank 3

   for

   Aim at takes an ing-form, so that introduces purpose, and responsible for takes a noun or ing-form.

7. Question 7 · Matching

   Match each item to the correct choice.

   Match each beginning to its only suitable ending. Waste-reduction expressions.

   Answer choices

   • track of how many reusable cups they receive.
   • out disposable cutlery over two years.
   • of damaged cups safely.

   Items

   • The organisers will phase
   • All stallholders must keep
   • The washing team must dispose
   Check answers and explanations

   1. The organisers will phase

   out disposable cutlery over two years.

   2. All stallholders must keep

   track of how many reusable cups they receive.

   3. The washing team must dispose

   of damaged cups safely.

   Phase out, keep track of and dispose of are the fixed combinations.

8. Question 8 · Error correction

   Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.

   Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The organisers succeeded to reduce the number of plastic bottles.

   Check answers and explanations

   Accepted answers

   The organisers succeeded in reducing the number of plastic bottles.

   Succeed in is followed by an ing-form.

9. Question 9 · Sentence transformation

   Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.

   Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. Stallholders are not permitted to give out plastic straws. Stallholders must ___ plastic straws.

   Check answers and explanations

   Accepted answers

   not give out

   Must not expresses the same prohibition.

10. Question 10 · Sentence reordering

    Arrange these parts into the correct sentence.

    Put the chunks in order to make one complete sentence. Keep the capitalised opening first and the punctuated ending last.

    Sentence parts

    • By providing clear signs,
    • hope to encourage
    • the organisers
    • visitors to separate their waste.
    Check answers and explanations

    Correct order

    By providing clear signs, the organisers hope to encourage visitors to separate their waste.

    The opening by-phrase expresses method; encourage takes an object and to-infinitive.

11. Question 11 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    Choose the best completion. The survey was too small to support … conclusions about next year's festival.

    1. firm
    2. firmness
    3. firmer than
    4. firmly
    Check answers and explanations

    Answer

    firm

    The adjective firm modifies conclusions; the other forms do not fit this noun phrase.

12. Question 12 · Sentence transformation

    Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.

    Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. The council will only support the scheme if the washing water is reused. The council will not support the scheme ___ the washing water is reused.

    Check answers and explanations

    Accepted answers

    unless

    Not support unless preserves the necessary condition stated by only if.

What to review next

Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.

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