Dinner in a Box

C1 Advanced · Word Formation · Cambridge Ready original exercise

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

POPULAR

INCLINE

CERTAIN

APPRECIATE

INTIMIDATE

EXCESS

INDIVIDUAL

PREDICT

Meal kits, delivered to the door with every ingredient (0) ___ measured and a recipe card to follow, have grown steadily in (1) ___ . For people who lack the time or the (2) ___ to plan a week of meals, they remove much of the (3) ___ from cooking, and many customers say they have become (4) ___ more adventurous in the kitchen, trying dishes they would once have found far too (5) ___ . Some even say that cooking, once a dull daily chore, has become the most relaxing part of their evening. Critics, however, point to the (6) ___ amount of packaging involved, with every onion and spoonful of spice wrapped (7) ___ . Then there is the price, which is considerably higher than that of buying the same ingredients at a supermarket. Many customers, (8) ___ , cancel once the introductory discounts run out and go back to cooking with whatever happens to be in the fridge. For all their convenience, it seems, meal kits suit some households far better than others.

Dinner in a Box

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