Pensioner Pays £300 a Month for Energy but Still Feels Cold
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A pensioner in the UK is worried about winter. She pays £300 every month for her energy bills. But she still feels cold at home.
The woman says energy costs are going up. She thinks this winter will be very hard. She used the word 'horrific' to describe it.
Many older people have less money. They worry about paying for heating. Energy prices are high in the UK right now.
The pensioner is not alone. Other people also find it hard to pay energy bills this winter. Rising costs make life harder for many families.
People want energy prices to go down. They hope the government can help. For now, many homes stay cold because heating costs so much money.
Vocabulary15 words
- pensioner
- an older person who gets money from the government after they stop working
- energy
- power used for heat and light, like gas or electricity
- costs
- the money you pay for something
- bills
- papers that show how much money you must pay
- horrific
- very bad or scary
- heating
- making a place warm
- winter
- the coldest season of the year
- rising
- going up
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- worried
- feeling scared about something bad
- money
- what people use to buy things
- prices
- how much something costs
- families
- groups of people who are related
- home
- the place where you live
- pay
- to give money for something
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1. £300 2. Cold 3. False
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A _____ in the UK is worried about winter. She pays £300 every month for her _____ bills. But she still feels _____ at home.
The woman says energy _____ are going up. She thinks this winter will be very hard. She used the word '_____' to describe it.
Many older people have less _____. They worry about paying for _____. Energy _____ are high in the UK right now.
People want energy _____ to go down. They hope the _____ can help. For now, many homes stay cold because _____ costs so much money.
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