Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

b
•
Because it rots and can leak into the water system 
c
•
Because it cannot be recycled. 
 
Vocabulary: Find the Word
 
 
Find: 
1
•
A verb which means the opposite of ‘increase’. 
2
•
A noun which mean the air, water, land, animals and plants around us. 
3
•
A verb which means ‘to use again’. 
4
•
A verb which mean
s ‘to divide people or things’. 
5
•
An adjective which means the opposite of ‘safe’. 
6
•
A noun which means that there are not enough jobs for people who want to work. 
3 
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A big clean-up 
Level 1 |
Elementary 
 
Vocabulary: Word Building
 
 
Complete the table 
VERB
NOUN 
1
•
treat
___________ 
2
•
produce
___________ 
3
•
reduce
___________ 
4
•
introduce
___________ 
5
•
employ
___________ 
6
•
support
___________ (person) 
 
Vocabulary: Puzzle
 
Rearrange the letters to make key words from the text: 
1
•
EZRO STEWA 
2
•
CLERICYNG 
3
•
CIGARNO 
4
•
VEINNORMENT 
5
•
NORATEINCINI 
6
•
BIBRUSH 
4 
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A big clean-up 
Level 1 |
Elementary 
 Key 
1 
Key Verbs 
4 Find the Word 
1 incineration 
1 reduce 
2 waste 
2 environment 
3 recycling 
3 re-use 
4 bury 
4 separate 
5 bin 
5 dangerous 
6 rotten 
6 unemployment 
7 leak 
8 pollution 
5 Word Building 
2 
Find the Info 
1 treatment 
2 production 
1 Incineration, landfilling and recycling 
3 reduction 
2 More than 20m tonnes. 
4 introduction 
3 More than 40m tonnes. 
5 employment (unemployment) 
4 Because of a new law from the 
6 supporter 
European Union. 
5 45%. 
6 11%. 
6 Puzzle 
7 Bottles and plastics. 
8 15 
– 20%. 
1 zero waste 
2 recycling 
3 organic 
3 
Comprehension Check 
4 environment 
5 incineration 
1 c; 2 a; 3 c; 4 a; 5 b; 6 b 
6 rubbish 
5 
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Fill the gaps using these key words and phrases from the text: 
worth 
fizzy 
stock market 
quarter 
rival 
profit 
brand 
snack 
consumer 
concentrate 
A ____________ drink has gas bubbles in it. Another word for this is 
‘carbonated’ drink. 
The ____________ is the place where you can buy and sell shares in 
companies. 
A ____________ is 3 months of the year. January to March is the first 
____________. 
A ____________ is a small amount of food you eat between meals. 
If you say how much something is ____________, you state its value in 
money. 
A ____________ in business is another company selling the same 
products. 
A ____________ is someone who buys and uses goods or services. 
____________ is money that you make by selling something. 
If you ____________ on something, you give all your attention to that 
thing. 
A ____________ is a product that has its own name. Coca-Cola is an 
example of a ____________ . 
Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible: 
Which company is now worth more 
– Coca-Cola or PepsiCo? 
How much was PepsiCo worth on December 12 2005? 
What was the market value of Coca-Cola in 2000? 
When did PepsiCo buy the fruit juice business Tropicana? 
What percentage of its profits does Coca-Cola get from fizzy drinks? 
How much were Coca-
Cola’s profits in the third quarter of last year? 
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Pepsi and Coca Cola are probably the most famous soft drinks in the world. 
For years Coca-Cola has been number one. Its sales have always been much 
higher than sales of Pepsi Cola. However, on December 12 2005 something 
changed. For the first time ever the Pepsi Cola company was worth more on 
the stock market than Coca-
Cola. Pepsi Cola’s market value was $98.4bn on 
December 12 while Coca-Cola was worth $97.9bn. The "real thing" was 
suddenly number two not number one. 
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been great business rivals for many years. 
Marketing students always study these two companies because they are 
examples of how to create a powerful brand from something very simple - 
both drinks are made of brown carbonated water mixed with caffeine and 
vegetable extracts. Now marketing students study them for another reason: 
PepsiCo because it can change its business when people’s tastes change; 
Coca-Cola
because
it
often
cannot
do
this. 
At the beginning of 2000 Coca-Cola's market value was about $128bn, almost 
three times more than PepsiCo, whose market value was $44bn. In 
developed markets like the US and Europe sales of fizzy drinks are not 
increasing. The main difference between the two companies now is that 
PepsiCo is moving away from sugary carbonated drinks because it realises 
that consumers are worrying more and more about their health. 
In 1998 PepsiCo bought the fruit juice business Tropicana. Three years later it 
bought the energy drink Gatorade. Coca- Cola had the opportunity to buy 
Gatorade but its directors said the price was too high. That was a bad 
decision. Today PepsiCo has about 81% of the fast-growing sports drink 
market in the US. It has the number one fruit juice brand in Tropicana and the 
number one bottled water brand in the US, Aquafina. In last quarter of last 
year, sales of PepsiCo's non-carbonated drinks increased by 24%. 
PepsiCo gets about 23% of its worldwide profits from the fizzy drinks sector 
while Coca-Cola gets 85% of its profits from fizzy drinks. PepsiCo also owns 
snack foods including Walkers Crisps and Doritos, and these different 
products
help
it
to
sell
to
supermarket
chains. 
Now Coca-Cola is trying to do the same. In June it started to sell Minute Maid 
fruit juice in Britain. It has also introduced the Dasani bottled water brand and 
the Powerade energy drink. Powerade is about one-fifth as big as Gatorade in 
the US. Dasani was not a success in Britain because it was made of ordinary 
tap water and consumers did not buy it. 
Coca-Cola's problems probably started when its chief executive Roberto 
Goizueta died in 1997. Many people then lost their jobs and there were a lot 
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of changes in the management of the company. In May 2004 the Irishman 
Neville Isdell became chief executive. 
Mr Isdell was open about Coca-Cola's mistakes. He said there were no easy 
answers. He said that Coca-Cola had missed consumer trends and that its 
advertising was not effective. He promised an extra $400m for marketing and 
promised to sell more in growing markets such as China and India. The 
company is now spending more money on developing new products. 
Now it seems that Mr Isdell is making some progress. Coca-
Cola’s profits 
have increased over the past year. In the third quarter of last year profits 
increased by 37% to $1.28bn, with very good sales in developing markets 
such as China, Russia and Latin America. In the meantime PepsiCo is 
continuing to do well. It is concentrating on healthier products including 
Tropicana fruit bars and a carbonated version of Tropicana fruit juices.