People want beer that doesn’t make them drunk, so companies are making new kinds of beer without alcohol. Some companies stop the beer from making alcohol by taking out the yeast or using less barley. A company named Firebrand Brewing makes their beer taste like regular beer by changing the sugars and stuff they put in it. Another company, Impossibrew, freezes the beer-making process and adds special herbs to make people feel relaxed like regular beer does.

Big beer companies like Heineken take the alcohol out of beer but keep the taste by boiling the beer at a lower temperature. They put the flavors back into the beer after taking out the alcohol. They also keep the beer’s smell during this process. Some companies use special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol. All these companies are using old and new ways to make beer without alcohol that still tastes good.

As more people want non-alcoholic beer, companies might start adding healthy things to the beer, like vitamins or stuff that helps you relax. They might also add things that are good for you after you exercise. There are many ways to make non-alcoholic beer better and tastier, and companies big and small are trying to find them.

Original news source: The brewing secrets behind tastier no-alcohol beer (BBC)

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Group or Classroom Activities

Warm-up Activities:

– Charades
Instructions: Divide the class into small groups. Give each group a word related to the article (e.g. beer, alcohol, taste, yeast, company). Without speaking, one student from each group must act out the word while their group members try to guess what it is.

– News Summary
Instructions: Have the students read the article individually, then pair them up. Each pair must take turns summarizing the main points of the article to their partner in their own words. Encourage them to include key details and use appropriate vocabulary.

– Opinion Poll
Instructions: Create a list of statements related to the article (e.g. Non-alcoholic beer is a good alternative for people who don’t want to get drunk, Adding vitamins to non-alcoholic beer is a healthy choice). Have the students circulate around the classroom and ask their classmates for their opinion on each statement. They should record the responses and be prepared to share the results with the class.

– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write a list of vocabulary words from the article on the board (e.g. beer, alcohol, yeast, taste, process). Divide the class into small groups. One student from each group must choose a word and draw a picture representing it, while their group members try to guess the word.

– Pros and Cons
Instructions: Divide the class into pairs or small groups. Have them discuss the pros and cons of non-alcoholic beer based on the information in the article. They should consider factors such as taste, health benefits, and social acceptance. After their discussion, each group should share their conclusions with the class.

🤔 Comprehension Questions:

1. Why are companies making beer without alcohol?
2. How does Firebrand Brewing make their beer taste like regular beer?
3. What does Impossibrew do to make people feel relaxed like regular beer does?
4. How does Heineken keep the taste of the beer after taking out the alcohol?
5. What are some ways that companies make beer without alcohol that still tastes good?
6. What might companies start adding to non-alcoholic beer in the future?
7. What are companies big and small trying to do with non-alcoholic beer?
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🎧✍️ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:

People want beer that doesn’t (1)______ them drunk, so companies are making new kinds of beer without alcohol. Some companies stop the beer from making alcohol by taking out the yeast or using less barley. A company named (2)______ Brewing makes their beer taste like regular beer by (3)______ the sugars and stuff they put in it. Another company, Impossibrew, freezes the beer-making process and adds special herbs to make people feel relaxed like regular beer (4)______.

Big beer companies like Heineken (5)______ the (6)______ out of beer but keep the taste by boiling the beer at a lower temperature. They put the flavors back into the beer after (7)______ out the alcohol. They also keep the beer’s smell during this process. Some companies use special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol. All these companies are using old and new ways to make beer without alcohol that still (8)______ good.

As more (9)______ want non-alcoholic beer, companies might start adding healthy (10)______ to the beer, like vitamins or stuff that helps you relax. They might also add things that are good for you after you exercise. There are many ways to make non-alcoholic beer better and (11)______, and companies big and small are (12)______ to find them.
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💬 Discussion Questions:

Students can ask a partner these questions, or discuss them as a group.

1. What is non-alcoholic beer?
2. How would you feel if you drank beer that didn’t make you drunk?
3. Do you like the idea of non-alcoholic beer? Why or why not?
4. What do you think about companies adding special herbs to make non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer?
5. How do big beer companies like Heineken make non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer?
6. Do you think it’s important for non-alcoholic beer to still smell like regular beer? Why or why not?
7. What are some ways companies are making non-alcoholic beer without alcohol?
8. How do you think non-alcoholic beer could be made healthier?
9. Do you think it’s a good idea to add vitamins to non-alcoholic beer? Why or why not?
10. What do you think about companies adding things that are good for you after you exercise to non-alcoholic beer?
11. Why do you think companies are trying to make non-alcoholic beer better and tastier?
12. Would you like to try non-alcoholic beer? Why or why not?

Individual Activities

📖💭 Vocabulary Meanings:

Match each word to its meaning.

Words:
1. alcohol
2. yeast
3. barley
4. sugars
5. herbs
6. boiling
7. flavors
8. vitamins
9. relax
10. exercise
11. non-alcoholic
12. companies

Meanings:
(A) A thing in drinks that can make you feel dizzy or silly
(B) A tiny living thing used to make bread rise or drinks like beer
(C) Tastes that make food or drinks yummy
(D) Plants used to add taste to food or to make you feel better
(E) Heating liquid until it starts making bubbles and turns into steam
(F) Special things in food that help you stay healthy
(G) Moving your body to stay healthy or for fun
(H) Sweet stuff that makes food taste good
(I) Groups of people who work together to make or sell things
(J) A type of grain used to make food like bread and drinks like beer
(K) Drinks that don’t have the dizzy-making thing in them
(L) To feel calm and not worried
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🔡 Multiple Choice Questions:

1. How are companies making beer without alcohol?
(a) By taking out the yeast or using less barley
(b) By adding more yeast and barley
(c) By using special herbs and spices
(d) By freezing the beer-making process

2. How does Firebrand Brewing make their non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer?
(a) By adding more yeast and barley
(b) By boiling the beer at a lower temperature
(c) By changing the sugars and ingredients they use
(d) By freezing the beer-making process

3. What do big beer companies like Heineken do to make non-alcoholic beer?
(a) They add more alcohol to the beer
(b) They use special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol
(c) They boil the beer at a lower temperature to remove the alcohol
(d) They freeze the beer-making process and add special herbs

4. What do companies do to keep the taste and smell of beer when making it non-alcoholic?
(a) They freeze the beer-making process and add special herbs
(b) They put the flavors back into the beer after removing the alcohol
(c) They use special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol
(d) They change the sugars and ingredients they use

5. Why might companies start adding healthy things to non-alcoholic beer?
(a) Because they want to make the beer taste better
(b) Because they want to make the beer more expensive
(c) Because they want to make the beer stronger
(d) Because more people want non-alcoholic beer

6. What are some examples of healthy things that companies might add to non-alcoholic beer?
(a) More yeast and barley
(b) Vitamins or things that help you relax
(c) Special herbs and spices
(d) Alcohol and sugar

7. What are companies trying to do to make non-alcoholic beer better and tastier?
(a) Add more alcohol to the beer
(b) Use special yeast that makes more alcohol
(c) Freeze the beer-making process and add special herbs
(d) Find new ways to make it taste like regular beer

8. Who is trying to make non-alcoholic beer?
(a) Both big and small companies
(b) Only big companies
(c) Only small companies
(d) No companies

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🕵️ True or False Questions:

1. Improbabrew accelerates the beer-making process and adds unique spices to make people feel energized, unlike regular beer.
2. Companies are using both old and new methods to make non-alcoholic beer taste good.
3. In the future, companies might add healthy things like vitamins or ingredients that help you relax to non-alcoholic beer.
4. Firebrand Brewing changes the sugars and other ingredients in their beer to make it taste like regular beer without alcohol.
5. Some companies use special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol when making non-alcoholic beer.
6. Neither big nor small companies are interested in improving the taste of non-alcoholic beer.
7. Heineken is a small beer company that removes the alcohol from beer and alters the taste by boiling it at a higher temperature.
8. Few companies are producing beer without alcohol as people prefer beer that has intoxicating effects.
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📝 Write a Summary:

Write a summary of this news article in two sentences.

Writing Questions:

Answer the following questions. Write as much as you can for each answer.

1. What are some ways that companies make beer without alcohol?
2. How does Firebrand Brewing make their beer taste like regular beer?
3. How does Impossibrew make people feel relaxed with their beer?
4. How do big beer companies like Heineken remove the alcohol from beer but keep the taste?
5. What are some things that companies might add to non-alcoholic beer in the future to make it healthier or tastier?

✅ Answers

🤔✅ Comprehension Question Answers:

1. Why are companies making beer without alcohol?
Companies are making beer without alcohol because there are people who want to drink beer but don’t want to get drunk.

2. How does Firebrand Brewing make their beer taste like regular beer?
Firebrand Brewing makes their beer taste like regular beer by changing the sugars and other ingredients they put in it.

3. What does Impossibrew do to make people feel relaxed like regular beer does?
Impossibrew freezes the beer-making process and adds special herbs to make people feel relaxed like regular beer does.

4. How does Heineken keep the taste of the beer after taking out the alcohol?
Heineken keeps the taste of the beer by boiling it at a lower temperature and then putting the flavors back in after taking out the alcohol.

5. What are some ways that companies make beer without alcohol that still tastes good?
Some ways that companies make beer without alcohol that still tastes good are by taking out the yeast, using less barley, or using special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol.

6. What might companies start adding to non-alcoholic beer in the future?
Companies might start adding healthy things like vitamins or things that help you relax to non-alcoholic beer in the future.

7. What are companies big and small trying to do with non-alcoholic beer?
Companies big and small are trying to make non-alcoholic beer better and tastier by finding new ways to make it and adding different ingredients.
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🎧✍️✅ Listen and Fill in the Gaps Answers:

(1) make
(2) Firebrand
(3) changing
(4) does
(5) take
(6) alcohol
(7) taking
(8) tastes
(9) people
(10) things
(11) tastier
(12) trying
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📖💭✅ Vocabulary Meanings Answers:

1. alcohol
Answer: (A) A thing in drinks that can make you feel dizzy or silly

2. yeast
Answer: (B) A tiny living thing used to make bread rise or drinks like beer

3. barley
Answer: (J) A type of grain used to make food like bread and drinks like beer

4. sugars
Answer: (H) Sweet stuff that makes food taste good

5. herbs
Answer: (D) Plants used to add taste to food or to make you feel better

6. boiling
Answer: (E) Heating liquid until it starts making bubbles and turns into steam

7. flavors
Answer: (C) Tastes that make food or drinks yummy

8. vitamins
Answer: (F) Special things in food that help you stay healthy

9. relax
Answer: (L) To feel calm and not worried

10. exercise
Answer: (G) Moving your body to stay healthy or for fun

11. non-alcoholic
Answer: (K) Drinks that don’t have the dizzy-making thing in them

12. companies
Answer: (I) Groups of people who work together to make or sell things
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🔡✅ Multiple Choice Answers:

1. How are companies making beer without alcohol?
Answer: (a) By taking out the yeast or using less barley

2. How does Firebrand Brewing make their non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer?
Answer: (c) By changing the sugars and ingredients they use

3. What do big beer companies like Heineken do to make non-alcoholic beer?
Answer: (c) They boil the beer at a lower temperature to remove the alcohol

4. What do companies do to keep the taste and smell of beer when making it non-alcoholic?
Answer: (b) They put the flavors back into the beer after removing the alcohol

5. Why might companies start adding healthy things to non-alcoholic beer?
Answer: (d) Because more people want non-alcoholic beer

6. What are some examples of healthy things that companies might add to non-alcoholic beer?
Answer: (b) Vitamins or things that help you relax

7. What are companies trying to do to make non-alcoholic beer better and tastier?
Answer: (d) Find new ways to make it taste like regular beer

8. Who is trying to make non-alcoholic beer?
Answer: (a) Both big and small companies
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🕵️✅ True or False Answers:

1. Improbabrew accelerates the beer-making process and adds unique spices to make people feel energized, unlike regular beer. (Answer: False)
2. Companies are using both old and new methods to make non-alcoholic beer taste good. (Answer: True)
3. In the future, companies might add healthy things like vitamins or ingredients that help you relax to non-alcoholic beer. (Answer: True)
4. Firebrand Brewing changes the sugars and other ingredients in their beer to make it taste like regular beer without alcohol. (Answer: True)
5. Some companies use special yeast that doesn’t make much alcohol when making non-alcoholic beer. (Answer: True)
6. Neither big nor small companies are interested in improving the taste of non-alcoholic beer. (Answer: False)
7. Heineken is a small beer company that removes the alcohol from beer and alters the taste by boiling it at a higher temperature. (Answer: False)
8. Few companies are producing beer without alcohol as people prefer beer that has intoxicating effects. (Answer: False)
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