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Multiple choice question

Compensation means something that comes instead of another thing which is usually negative.

For example:

When I went to London, the airline company lost my bag. They gave me $400 as compensation, but this was not enough to replace everything in my bag.

My neighbor gave me $1000 as compensation for accidentally killing my cat, but I did not want his money. Nothing could ever compensate me for losing the cat I loved.


	a free gift that you get when you buy a lot of things
	something that makes you feel better after you have a bad experience
	payment for damage, loss or an unpleasant experience
	something that replaces something you lost

Which answers are closest in meaning to compensation? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	a free gift that you get when you buy a lot of things
	Feedback: Compensation means replacing something bad that happens to you with something good. A free gift is a prize for buying things. It does not repay a loss, or compensate you.
	something that replaces something you lost
	payment for damage, loss or an unpleasant experience
	something that makes you feel better after you have a bad experience

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Multiple choice question

The examples below illustrate the meaning of compensation.


	Workers who have lost their jobs receive a month's salary after they stop working.
	A company sends a new TV to replace one that broke the first time it was switched on.
	The bank robbers were sent to jail for 5 years.
	A restaurant gives a free meal to a customer who found a fly in his soup.

Which examples show compensation for something bad that has happened? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	The bank robbers were sent to jail for 5 years.
	Workers who have lost their jobs receive a month's salary after they stop working.
	A restaurant gives a free meal to a customer who found a fly in his soup.
	A company sends a new TV to replace one that broke the first time it was switched on.

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Multiple choice question


	pay the original owner for it.
	replace it with something of equal or greater value.
	add to it to improve what it looks like.
	make someone feel better about a mistake.

Which answers below best complete this sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

When you compensate for something, you may...

Response:

	pay the original owner for it.
	add to it to improve what it looks like.
	Feedback: The purpose of compensating is to fix a problem or a mistake, not just to improve something. All the correct choices are reactions to something not good that occurred previously.
	make someone feel better about a mistake.
	replace it with something of equal or greater value.