Lost... and Found
The results of a survey on the things we can’t stop losing!
Do you often lose things? Why? Which objects do you lose most frequently? What was the last thing you lost and then found? What’s the most valuable thing you’ve ever lost? How did it happen? How do you decide where to put things?
1 Pre-reading Look at this list of objects. Which ones have you lost? Which ones do you lose frequently?
2 Reading I Which objects from the Pre-reading task are the most frequently lost? Think. Then, read the article once to compare your ideas.
3 Reading II Read the article again. Then, write T (true) or F (false) next to each statement.
1. Organisers of the study spoke to 3,000 people.
2. Coats and diaries were the most frequently lost items.