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A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old
A chess-playing robot broke a boy�s finger during a match in Russia last week. This is an article about that, and the laws about robots that Australia currently has. There�s an exercise in finding words matching definitions and some questions to check comprehension.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
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Downloads: 16
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Toy Pianos
I�ve made a worksheet to accompany an extract from a recent article "How toy pianos went from child�s play into classical concert halls".
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
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Downloads: 8
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One Rule for the Rich
While most of the Australian state remains on lockdown, a handful of millionaires are escaping Victoria. A short recent article about a millionaire and his family who almost got away with it..
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
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Downloads: 13
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The Thredbo Landslide
The Thredbo disaster is known as one of the deadliest landslides in Australia�s history. Students watch the video about it and then answer some questions, testing their comprehension and knowledge of vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
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Downloads: 13
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Can We Break the Plastic Wave?
Things are not looking so great. The amount of plastic ending up in the ocean is going up not down. This worksheet has a vocabulary exercise and a comprehension exercise centred around an article summarising the recent study by the University of Oxford, the University of Leeds, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Common Seas.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type:
Downloads: 31
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Eagle vs Drone
A recent news article about a bald eagle which destroyed a government drone recently. The authorities couldn�t find the remains of the drone. I�m pretty sure the eagle won!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 17
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Mago Pop
An article about the illusionist Mago Pop with questions to check vocabulary and comprehension.
Level: advanced
Age: 17-100
Type:
Downloads: 2
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The Story of Holden - Part 2
The story continues with this worksheet covering the period from 1960 to 1970. There are two short exercises to test reading comprehension. Again, I used one of the worksheet templates kindly provided by PhilipR; thank you Philip!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 18
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Dealing with Ocean Plastic in South America
A startup is recycling tonnes of discarded fishing nets throughout Chile. Is this a template for tackling the global plastic waste problem?
This is an article titled "Ocean plastic was choking Chile�s shores. Now it�s in Patagonia�s hats" from The Guardian last month.
There are some questions to test vocabulary and reading comprehensions. An...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type:
Downloads: 31
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WebQuest: Rob Roy
Your students can use the Web to find the answers to these questions, and learn about the Scottish folk hero Rob Roy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 11
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