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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 ART GAME: Level 1 Penguin Reader (short story)
THE ART GAME: Level 1 Penguin Reader (short story)
Comprehension questions for students to ask and answer each other and to write answers for.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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RUN FOR YOUR LIFE Penguin Reader Level 1 - 100+ questions
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE Penguin Reader Level 1
Good teacher�s notes here
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/teachers-notes/9781405869706.pdf
Here�s the official Penguin description:
Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. Th...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Marcel and the White Star -- PENGUIN LEVEL 1 -- 50 comprehension questions
50 questions over this story - MARCEL AND THE WHITE STAR. Divide the students in pairs. Give one student the even questions and the other student the odd questions. They should ask and answer. Good supplemental exercise to the downloadable activity worksheets available here https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uac...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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CHINA�S DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
The Dragon Boat Festival is important in China. The teacher first dictates the words at the bottom of the exercise. Students write these words. The teacher then gives the students the paper with the words they just read and asks them what words they do not understand after ensuring they can pronounce them correctly. Next, the teacher gives the stud...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
Type:
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TITANIC! Penguin Reader 4.
TITANIC! Penguin Reader 4. Assign TITANIC! to the students to read. Also, assign the movie. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions equally among students in each pair/group. Students will ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of the class, the teacher will call on individual students to answer the ques...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-100
Type:
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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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PYRAMID SCHEMES IN CHINA
I took a text from Wikipedia and short texts from the Chinese media. I edited them all and then wrote questions. The topic is �pyramid schemes�. I became interested in this topic after several of my former students got hoodwinked into joining such schemes.
Students should read the texts outside class. In class, the students should ask and answe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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THE BIG BAG MISTAKE comprehension questions
Questions for pair work for THE BIG BAG MISTAKE Penguin. Elementary level.
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
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Exercises on SKY BURIAL by Xinran
Xinran�s novel SKY BURIAL should be assigned. These are mostly comprehension questions about the novel, although some exercises are also included. The questions can be used for a variety of activities, e.g., dictation, students ask and answer the questions in pairs, students write answers to the questions, and so on.
See http://en.wikipedia.org...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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