news bulletins – answers

Swapping rice for potatoes

correct the sentences

1. There are 114 million people in Bangladesh. 140 million
2. They eat potatoes every day. they don’t often eat them
3. Th traditional stable is rice. staple
4. The potato harvest this year was disappointing. it was very good – ‘a bumper crop’
5. Spuds are another vegetable similar to potatoes. it is another word for potatoes
6. The potatoes are stored well. no, they are beginning to rot and need to be eaten
7. The Bangladeshis produce lots of potatoes every year. they are not used to so many
8. Each capital consumes 24 kgs of potatoes. each person (per capita)
9. People are surprised at how few potato dishes there are. how many
10. People have been replacing rice with potatoes. the government hopes that they will do this