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Bike (A Chinese boy�s father sells enough rice to buy a bike for his son)
A boy�s father carries two big bags of rice to a distant market every day to sell to pay of debts. Then he puts six bags on a cart and pulls it to market, not using the family�s water buffalo because it would make the animal too tired. In the end, the boy�s father buys his son a new red bike, which he learns to ride.
Suggestions for teacher: ask...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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THE ONE THOUSAND DOZEN EGGS (Oxford Progressive Reader Level 1)
Questions that I made for this story from Book 1 of Oxford Progressive Readers.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 5
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BROWN EYES - comprehensin questions
Comprehension questions for students learning the elementary graded reader BROWN EYES.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
Downloads: 5
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PENGUIN LEVEL 2 GRADED READER: The Mummy Returns
PENGUIN LEVEL 2 GRADED READER: The Mummy Returns
These questions are based on the graded reader. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the students and tell them to ask and answer the questions. When the students have finished, ask them to look at the book and answer the questions they were unable to ...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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CHINA�S TULOU �EARTH BUILDINGS� IN FUJIAN: TIMED READING
This is a timed reading at the upper elementary level with one comprehension exercise featuring 10 multiple choice sentences. It is particularly appropriate when teaching in China.
The Fujian Tulou �earth building� is a special type of home in the countryside. They were made by special groups of Han people called Hakka and Minnan. They live in ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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ACHY, BREAKY CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENT HEARTS
This worked well with my second year college English majors. Ask students to prepare before class; pick up the text in class at the beginning of class; pair students and give them 10 minutes to retell/ repeat the contents of the passage; pair students with a new partner and give them the questions--one person gets the odd questions and one person g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Mr. Bean at the Laundry (Launderette)_Penguin Reader Level 2 (two)
Mr. Bean at the Laundry (Launderette)_Penguin Reader Level 2 (two.
Download the video at http://tinyurl.com/nkndun6
I changed /launderette/ to /laundry/. Easier to pronounce.
These comprehension questions can be used
for dictation
for students to write answers to
and especially to divide the questions into two parts - even and add. S...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 25
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Electricity Comes to a Village in China--Power Changes
An intermediate level reading particularly appropriate for Chinese learners of English. Ask students to read the text, then put the students in pairs, and give them the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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QINGMING FESTIVAL, gap fill
Explain the words that have been deleted from the first text below. Then give the students the paper with blanks and ask them to fill in the missing words. After a few minutes, ask the students to discuss their answers in groups. Finally, call on individual students to read the sentences, including the missing words.
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
Type:
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Penguin Reader, Level 2, questions
These are questions about Penguin Graded Reader ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll, a Level 2 story. For classwork, students are told to read the story and watch a film version of the story. In class, questions can be selected and dictated to the students. Students can also be given the questions before class and told to write answers. In class,...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
Downloads: 6
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