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Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Distinguish an attributed preliminary concern from a confirmed violation.
PayPal Assessment Separates a Concern From a Finding
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
Who says the rule could impede competing providers?
Correct answer: C — The Bundeskartellamt
Why: The first paragraph attributes the possible effect to the Bundeskartellamt.
Clue in the story: The Bundeskartellamt issued a preliminary assessment of PayPal’s restriction on merchants charging customers separately for its payment service. It says the rule could impede competing providers.
Why is a confirmed violation not established?
Correct answer: B — The assessment is preliminary and PayPal can respond
Why: The second paragraph explains the response opportunity and limits of a preliminary concern.
Clue in the story: PayPal has an opportunity to respond before a final decision. A preliminary concern does not establish a confirmed competition-law violation.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Summarise the assessment without presenting an allegation as a final finding.
One possible answer: The Bundeskartellamt says PayPal’s restriction could impede competing providers. Its assessment is preliminary, and PayPal can respond before a final decision; a confirmed violation has not been established.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.
Grammar to discuss
An opportunity before a decision
before a final decision
Before locates PayPal’s response opportunity ahead of the final outcome.