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A2 Reading • 12 Mins Unit: Neighbours & Community

The Big Lunch

Read about a special day when neighbours in the UK eat together and meet their community.

📌 How to use this lesson

For the teacher:

Give learners 12 minutes to read the short article and answer the 8 questions in pairs or on their own.

Check the answers together using the short evidence boxes to see where each fact appears in the text.

For the learner:

First, read the community article carefully and look at the meaning of any new words below it.

Next, answer each question and read the explanation box to check your work.

Community Noticeboard 🔊 Listen to article

Sharing Food with Neighbours

The Big Lunch is a special day when neighbours in the UK sit down and share a meal together. A group called the Eden Project started it in 2009 with a simple idea. On one day a year, people come together with their neighbours and eat good food.

It takes place every year on the first weekend in June. Some Big Lunches are very big and some are quite small, and they can be inside or outside. Some have games and other fun activities. The organisers say that about 6 million people around the world take part each year.

💡 Helpful words in the text

share a meal to eat food together with other people at one table or place

Eden Project an educational charity in the UK that created this lunch idea

take part to join an event and do the activity with others

organisers the people who plan and prepare an event

1 True or False

The Big Lunch is an event where neighbours in the UK sit down and eat a meal together.

____ True ____ False

2 True or False

The Eden Project started The Big Lunch in the year 2015.

____ True ____ False

3 Multiple Choice

When does The Big Lunch take place each year?

____ a. On the last day of December ____ b. On the first weekend in June ____ c. Every weekend during the summer

4 Multiple Choice

Where can people organise a Big Lunch?

____ a. Only inside someone's kitchen ____ b. Only outside in a public park ____ c. Inside or outside

5 Matching

Match each part of the event to what happens:

Part of event

Eat food

Play games

Plan the event

1. At the lunch table

____ Eat food ____ Play games ____ Plan the event

2. For extra fun

____ Eat food ____ Play games ____ Plan the event

3. The organisers

____ Eat food ____ Play games ____ Plan the event

6 Multiple Choice

According to the organisers, how many people around the world join The Big Lunch each year?

____ a. About 6,000 people ____ b. About 60,000 people ____ c. About 6 million people

7 Short Answer

Which group started The Big Lunch in 2009?

Write the name of the group:

____

8 Short Answer

Complete the sentence with one word from the article:

Besides food, some Big Lunches also have ____ and other fun activities.

Reading: The Big Lunch

The Big Lunch

📌 How to use this lesson

Sharing Food with Neighbours

💡 Helpful words in the text

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