This reading lesson is about the invention of certain foods which are currently popular in Britain and the USA. With the exception of sandwiches, they're all types of junk food!
Exercise 1 1. f 2. d 3. g 4. e (Several other people started making ice cream cones around the same time in various countries, but the cone certainly became popular after the 1904 World’s Fair, and this is the usual story of its invention.) 5. c (It was first called the ‘Epsicle’ – a mixture of Epperson and icicle – and later became the ‘Popsicle’.) 6. a (John Montagu was the fourth Earl of Sandwich – that’s why a sandwich is called a ‘sandwich’ and not a ‘montagu’!) 7. h (These days, gelatin is used rather than marshmallow root to make marshmallows soft and squishy.) 8. b
Exercise 2 (Students’ own answers.)
Exercise 3 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. T 11. F 12. F 13. T 14. F 15. T
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1. f
2. d
3. g
4. e (Several other people started making ice cream cones around the same time in various countries, but the cone certainly became popular after the 1904 World’s Fair, and this is the usual story of its invention.)
5. c (It was first called the ‘Epsicle’ – a mixture of Epperson and icicle – and later became the ‘Popsicle’.)
6. a (John Montagu was the fourth Earl of Sandwich – that’s why a sandwich is called a ‘sandwich’ and not a ‘montagu’!)
7. h (These days, gelatin is used rather than marshmallow root to make marshmallows soft and squishy.)
8. b
Exercise 2
(Students’ own answers.)
Exercise 3
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T
9. F 10. T 11. F 12. F 13. T 14. F 15. T