Sterling to go plastic

KEY

Question 1

            a) TRUE “the Bank's notes division has been considering plastic money for several years.”

            b) TRUE “Bank officials have been touring shopping centres and business groups around the country with prototype notes”

            c) FALSE “The Bank has promoted its polymer notes, featuring a see-through window and other new security features as tougher to counterfeit“

            d) TRUE “The notes will continue to feature the Queen and retain their current colouring.“

Question 2

            a) Plastic money is considered to be environmentally friendly because people will be able to use it longer. This long lasting money will also save money although it will be more expensive to manufacture.

            b) People with sight problems are against plastic money. They usually fold notes to identify the different types, which they will no longer be able to do with plastic money.

Question 3

a)       switching / (to) switch

b)       launched / (to) launch

c)       due

            d)   concedes / (to) concede

            e)   current

Question 4

a)       Although the Bank concedes no note is counterfeit-proof, it says the polymer notes will be slower and more expensive to copy.

b)       Its polymer notes have been promoted by the Bank.

c)       The Bank claimed that the durability would also compensate for the higher production costs and save an estimated £100m.