How are British Stores Fighting Climate Change? – Grammar Quiz

Learn about the changes that UK retailers are making to tackle climate change. There are also some comments from consumers (in “  ”) among the factual statements.

1. Check you know the key vocabulary below, before beginning the quiz:

recycle / recycled / recycling (v.)    recyclable (adj.)    recycler (n.)

single-use    carrier bag    clothing bank    packaging    renewable

electric vehicle (EV)    recharge    home delivery    vegan    cruelty-free

zero-carbon    low-carbon    energy-efficient    consumption

environment    donate    charity shops    consumer    reuse

2. Take our exclusive online quiz abut how British stores are fighting climate change! All the questions are multiple choice, so just select the answer which you think is correct. There are twenty questions and the pass mark is 85%, which means you need 17 correct answers to pass.

How are British Stores Fighting Climate Change? – Grammar Quiz

3. Discuss the issues raised in the quiz. What are retailers doing in your country to meet the challenge of climate change? What would you like them to do? How can you be part of the process of change?

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#1. Tesco promises that all packaging materials will __________ fully recyclable by 2025.

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been

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#2. Currys beat their target to cut their UK energy consumption __________ 35% by 2020.

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#3. McDonald’s has created and built __________ playground made from recycled Happy Meal toys.

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#4. Since 2021 Happy Meals have offered books and soft toys, __________ plastic items.

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#5. Superdrug sells a completely vegan and cruelty-free range __________ beauty products.

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#6. “We have to put fruit and veg in paper bags __________ single-use plastic ones.”

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#7. In Glasgow, __________ the vehicles in the Tesco home delivery fleet are now EVs (electric vehicles).

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#8. Currys offers customers more low-carbon __________ energy-efficient products, cutting energy costs.

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#9. New Look encourages customers to donate “pre-loved” clothes __________ charity shops.

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#10. “We need to bring __________ shopping bags from home, or pay fifty pence for a plastic carrier bag.”

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#11. Eighty-three percent of UK consumers want companies to design products that __________ can reuse or recycle.

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#12. Tesco says that they will get 100% of their electricity __________ renewable sources by 2030.

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#13. Currys has removed more than half a million pieces of plastic packaging __________ 2020.

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#14. Superdrug uses 100% __________ cardboard in packaging for online deliveries.

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#15. “We drive our electric vehicle (EV) to the supermarket and recharge __________ in the car park.”

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#16. Currys is the number one recycler in the UK, recycling __________ from gadgets to appliances.

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#17. John Lewis and Waitrose have brought __________ their zero-carbon target by 15 years to 2035.

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#18. Sainsbury’s claims that they now use one billion litres __________ water each year than in 2005.

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#19. “We can take old clothes to the clothing bank at Sainsbury’s, and they __________ recycle them.”

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#20. In a __________ survey, 35% of older teens (aged 16-18) stated the environment is their main concern.

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References:

https://www.about.sainsburys.co.uk/sustainability/better-for-the-planet

https://www.tescoplc.com/sustainability/taking-action/environment/packaging/

https://www.superdrug.com/dgfs/packaging

https://www.johnlewis.com/content/sustainability

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/corporate-responsibility-1778-commercial.html

https://people-places.net/greening-high-streets/

https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/family-hub/environment-recycled-playground.html

https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/newsroom/article/News.rmhc_playground.html

https://brc.org.uk/climate-roadmap/section-1-context/15-the-uk-retail-industry-and-climate-change/

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