Reading: Renewable Energy The Future
Renewable energy the future is a B1 reading text in the energy-transition genre. The text covers the main renewable energy sources (solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass), their advantages, current limitations (cost, intermittency, storage), and the path to a renewable-energy future. Learners read for technology comparison, advantage-disadvantage analysis, and forward-looking projection.
This worksheet builds B1 reading comprehension through an energy-transition text.
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What’s inside:
- A B1 reading text (~450 words) on renewable energy
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with energy-source and infrastructure terms
- Comprehension items: technology comparison, advantage identification, future-projection
- Vocabulary-in-context: energy and sustainability lexis
- Writing follow-up: write about renewable energy in your country
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Technology-comparison language is the central reading skill — more efficient than, comparable to, the most cost-effective, the leading source of. Future-projection vocabulary: by 2030, projections suggest, is expected to, will likely. Energy vocabulary: grid, supply, demand, capacity, output, fossil fuel, low-carbon, zero-emission.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1, in intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Reading and B2 First (FCE) preparation. Part of the Environment & Climate Readings collection — the natural next step is Climate Change: Causes and Effects, which builds on the energy-transition reading.
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