Welcome to UK’s poshest veg shop
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
1. Local shopkeepers think Prince Charles’s new shop is good for the town because…
2. Charles’s organic vegetables are more expensive…
3. People are excited about the vegetables because…
4. The shopkeepers don’t want to criticize Prince Charles because…
5. Any profits from the shop…
6. The vase marking the prince’s 60th birthday…
a. … people in Tetbury like the royal family.
b. … is very expensive.
c. … than the vegetables in the supermarket opposite.
d. … will go to the prince’s Charities Foundation.
e. … there is no greengrocer in the town.
f. ... it will bring more visitors to the town.
Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
shop. “It’s
got some lovely things,” she said. The
prince was busy looking at another shop, the
Chef’s Table. “I hear it’s good,” he said to one of
the local people. “It’s
not as good as your shop,”
she replied. In places like Tetbury, it is best to
have a good relationship
with members of the
royal family.
© Guardian News & Media 2008
First published in
The Guardian, 18/03/08
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