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The British Pub b) False

Activity 2
Exercises Select the correct answers for the following
Answers are at the end of this support questions.
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pack.
1. Where does the name ‘pub’ come
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from?
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a) public house
Decide which of the following statements
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are true or false. b) public bar

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1. Pubs have become very popular in c) People United Brewery

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recent years. 2. How many pubs are there in the

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a) True UK?
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b) False a) around 5,000

2. Pubs are places that people meet b) around 15,000

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each other to gossip. c) around 50,000

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a) True
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3. How are pubs different from cafés?

b) False a) They are bigger.
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3. People can eat and drink in pubs. b) They serve alcohol.

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a) True c) They are more expensive.

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b) False 4. Why did people drink beer instead

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4. All pubs are the same in terms of of water?

refreshment and entertainment. a) It was cheaper.
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a) True b) It had fewer germs than the

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b) False water.
c) It was colder than the water.
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5. Everyone in the UK drinks a lot of

alcohol. 5. What is darts?
a) True a) A game where small arrows are
b) False thrown at a round target on the
wall
6. There aren’t any alcohol-related
problems in the UK. b) A running game where one
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c) A card game where the winner the people who live in your local
ends up with the highest-scoring area?
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• Where do people in your community
6. In pubs you can buy _________. go to meet up?
a) alcoholic drinks • Do you have a place you can go to
b) soft drinks socialise, play games, eat and
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drink?
c) both alcoholic and soft drinks
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Discuss these questions with another

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Discussion student or post a comment on the

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Answers

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1. b) False
2. a) True
3. a) True
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4. b) False
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5. b) False
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6. b) False
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1. a) public house
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2. c) around 50,000
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3. b) They serve alcohol.

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4. b) It had fewer germs than the water.

5. a) A game where small arrows are thrown at a round target on a wall.
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6. c) both alcoholic and soft drinks

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