Match problems with their solutions
Key notes:
Writers sometimes organise their texts to focus on problems and solutions. As you read, pay attention to what the problems and solutions are. This can help you better understand the topic and the writer’s opinion.
Writers often use signal words to introduce problems and solutions. They can be words like question, answer, stop, fix, solve, should, must and make sure.
People should pile sandbags around the pond to make sure it doesn’t overflow.
Problem: The pond might overflow.
Solution: People should pile sandbags around the pond.
Learn with an example
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Colour blindness is a visual impairment that affects how people see one or more colours. Colour blindness can make some everyday tasks a bit challenging, such as distinguishing between traffic lights or reading a website. Fortunately, assistive technology offers some great workarounds. Drivers who are colour-blind might consider EnChroma glasses, which help people tell the difference between red and green more easily. What about web designers who want to ensure that their work is colour-blind friendly? They can enhance their computer monitors with a colour filter to see how their websites appear to colour-blind people and make improvements using that knowledge.
đŸ”¥Match the problems with their solutions.
| They can use a colour filter. | They can use EnChroma glasses. |
| problems | solutions |
| Drivers who are colour-blind need to tell traffic lights apart. | |
| Designers need to design colour- blind-friendly websites. |
Look at the signal words in bold.
Colour blindness is a visual impairment that affects how people see one or more colours. Colour blindness can make some everyday tasks a bit challenging, such as distinguishing between traffic lights or reading a website. Fortunately, assistive technology offers some great workarounds. Drivers who are colour-blind might consider EnChroma glasses, which help people tell the difference between red and green more easily. What about web designers who want to ensure that their work is colour-blind friendly? They can enhance their computer monitors with a colour filter to see how their websites appear to colour-blind people and make improvements using that knowledge.
These signal words help you find the problems and solutions.
| problems | solutions |
| Drivers who are colour-blind need to tell traffic lights apart. | They can use EnChroma glasses. |
| Designers need to design colour- blind-friendly websites. | They can use a colour filter. |
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Some ingredients long used by perfumers to create fragrances have been restricted or banned. Why? It’s often because these ingredients can cause allergic reactions. Oakmoss, for example, has been used in perfumes for more than one hundred years. When it was discovered that oakmoss is an allergen and its use was restricted, perfumers were in trouble. The French company Mane responded by creating a substitute from other materials. Hydroxycitronellal, an ingredient often used to add a floral note to perfumes, was also restricted. Andy Tauer, a Swiss perfumer, blended different combinations of chemicals together to make up for this restriction.
đŸ”¥Match the problems with their solutions.
| The French company Mane created a replacement. | Swiss perfumer Andy Tauer blended substitutes. |
| problems | solutions |
| The use of oakmoss was restricted. | |
| The use of hydroxycitronellal was restricted. |
Look at the signal words in bold.
Some ingredients long used by perfumers to create fragrances have been restricted or banned. Why? It’s often because these ingredients can cause allergic reactions. Oakmoss, for example, has been used in perfumes for more than one hundred years. When it was discovered that oakmoss is an allergen and its use was restricted, perfumers were in trouble. The French company Mane responded by creating a substitute from other materials. Hydroxycitronellal, an ingredient often used to add a floral note to perfumes, was also restricted. Andy Tauer, a Swiss perfumer, blended different combinations of chemicals together to make up for this restriction.
These signal words help you find the problems and solutions.
| problems | solutions |
| The use of oakmoss was restricted. | The French company Mane created a replacement. |
| The use of hydroxycitronellal was restricted. | Swiss perfumer Andy Tauer blended substitutes. |
đŸ”¥Read the text.
DNA testing is an important tool for identifying and tracking endangered species. For instance, scientists can use DNA to check that fish served in restaurants is correctly labelled. Sometimes, restaurants mistakenly serve endangered fish—periodic DNA tests can help prevent this. But what if the animal in question is still alive? The answer may be eDNA, or environmental DNA, which can be taken from the soil or water in which an animal lives without disturbing the animal itself. Gathering eDNA is less stressful to animals than taking DNA samples, since scientists can simply take samples of water from the animals’ environment.
đŸ”¥Match the problems with their solutions.
| Restaurants sometimes serve endangered animals. | Scientists need to study a living animal without causing stress. |
| problems | solutions |
| Scientists can test DNA samples. | |
| Scientists can test eDNA samples. |
Look at the signal words in bold.
DNA testing is an important tool for identifying and tracking endangered species. For instance, scientists can use DNA to check that fish served in restaurants is correctly labelled. Sometimes, restaurants mistakenly serve endangered fish—periodic DNA tests can help prevent this. But what if the animal in question is still alive? The answer may be eDNA, or environmental DNA, which can be taken from the soil or water in which an animal lives without disturbing the animal itself. Gathering eDNA is less stressful to animals than taking DNA samples, since scientists can simply take samples of water from the animals’ environment.
These signal words help you find the problems and solutions.
| problems | solutions |
| Restaurants sometimes serve endangered animals. | Scientists can test DNA samples. |
| Scientists need to study a living animal without causing stress. | Scientists can test eDNA samples. |
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