Exercise 1: Advantages and disadvantages

Someone has suggested that a coffee machine should be installed in your classroom.

Put the following words in the right place in the sentences below:

advantage, benefit, disadvantage, good idea, drawback, problem, the downside, the upside

Which ones of these words are positive and which ones negative?

1. I think it’s a ……… . I like coffee.

2. But one ….. is the cost. Coffee machines are expensive, aren’t they?

3. And think about, with paper cups everywhere. That might be a ………

4. But coffee wakes you up. So being able to get a coffee when you are tired is a big ……….

5. And another …… is that it will make the classroom feel more sociable.

6. I think the main …………. is that it would encourage people to drink too much coffee. That isn’t good for you.