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Outback Challenge
A short description of the UAV Outback Challenge and what is required for the Medical Rescue part of it.
Some questions to test comprehension.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 17
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The Peregrine Falcon
A short reading about one of the world�s fastest birds with comprehension questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 12
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Elder Park library reopens after restoration
A historic library in Glasgow has reopened following a �4m restoration. A worksheet based on a BBC news article about this.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 6
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More Masks than Jellyfish?!
This worksheet has two vocabulary exercises and two comprehension exercises, based around a CNN article �Conservationists warn Covid waste may result in �more masks than jellyfish� in the sea�. And not just the boring, out-of-the-way beaches.. the famous ones of the Cote d�Azur! Not cool.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 9
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Volvo Might Give Out One Million Dollars Worth of Cars
I have taken a short article about a Volvo commercial and provided a word/meaning matching activity and 3 True/False questions, to test comprehension. The answers are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type:
Downloads: 16
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The Simpsons - An Interview with John Swartzelder
Reclusive Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder has given his first interview since leaving the show 18 years ago. I�ve provided vocabulary and comprehension exercises to accompany the article.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12
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Homeless encampment grows on Apple property in Silicon Valley
A large homeless encampment is growing on the site Apple earmarked for its North San Jose campus in Silicon Valley. I�ve created an exercise to accompany this recent news article, to test vocabulary and comprehension. Answers are included!
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type:
Downloads: 15
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Rio Tinto 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
This recent article tells the sad story of a sacred and important Aboriginal site being blasted by a mining company in Australia, after they were given government permission to do so. There are some questions to test comprehension and knowledge of vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 13
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The incredible journey of the Bogong moth
Bogong moths migrate up to a thousand kilometres to find a cool summer home in Australia�s southern alps, where they are a crucial source of food for the local wildlife. Why they outnumber most moths is not known.
Lund University has a short video about some research they�ve done about the moth. This worksheet is written to accompany the vid...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 10
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Restoration of Edinburgh�s London Road clock
This reading is based on an article about the recently restored pillar clock in Edinburgh. There�s a vocabulary and a comprehension exercise, with answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 14
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