Prime Time 7/8, Writing, Arbeitsheft

39 9.2 Focus on content Text comprehension Answer the following questions and add the line numbers where you have found the answers. 1. How did the author of the text get the idea to refrain from shopping for a whole year? 2. What was the effect when the author gave up shopping for a short period of time? 3. What were the first problems? 4. How did the author modify her plan? 5. What did she realise when she stopped buying things? 6. How did her attitude towards poor people change? 9.3 Focus on vocabulary and style Lexical field “problem” a) Study the nouns and verbs below and make sure you know what they mean. b) Then choose six combinations and use them as search items in your internet search engine. Write down one sample sentence for each combination. Useful language: Lexical field “problem” Verbs Nouns have, prevent, suffer be, pose cope with, solve, suffer under discuss, have, survive avoid, be, pose cause, combat, fight, show, suffer be, have be faced with, be in, create, discuss, escape from, present be, see be bring … to, cause, inflict … on, suffer address, avoid, discuss, identify be, cause, discuss, have, identify answer, address, discuss address, avoid, identify be in, cause, get into, get out of, look for, run into breakdown challenge conflict crisis danger deficiency difficulty dilemma downside drawback hardship issue problem question shortcoming trouble 1  2  Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv