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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
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Downloads: 15
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"It keeps on going": driving the world�s first production-ready solar car
A reading activity around an article in The Guardian about the Dutch company Lightyear�s new solar car.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
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Downloads: 10
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Right to Repair Laws
There�s debate going on in several countries about laws to allow consumers and repair shops to be able to fix devices and not only the manufacturer. Here�s an excerpt from a recent article about this, with some vocabulary and comprehension questions.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
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Indonesian activist asks Australia to stop sending their waste to Indonesia
An excerpt from a recent Australian news article.
Some definitions are provided for more difficult words.
There are questions to test reading comprehension.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 11
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Inca Kola
This is an article about the soft drink "Inca Kola", which was invented by an English migrant living in Peru. There�s a worksheet to test comprehension and vocabulary.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 13
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Mindfulness with the Roulettes
The Roulettes are the Royal Australian Air Force�s aerobatic display team. This worksheet is to accompany a YouTube video about how mindfulness can help the pilots, with 4 questions to test their understanding and some definitions to help them.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 9
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Coronavirus risks a return of the throwaway culture
Is it okay that we all turn into slobs again and fill the streets and oceans with plastic, if it�ll help us survive the pandemic? Does using more plastic even help? An excerpt from an interesting and recent article, with a few questions to test reading comprehension. Answers are included!
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 22
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The Free Boutique
A short reading, excerpted from a recent news article �It sounds like a little thing but it�s powerful�: the new Sydney boutique where everything is free.
There are multiple choice questions to test comprehension and an exercise for matching words and definitions.
Answers are included!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 21
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I gave it all up... to live off the land
The article is from The Guardian about a woman who gave up life in the city to live off the land with her boyfriend. There are questions to test vocabulary and comprehension. Answers are included.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 21
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A day in the life of Orlando Bloom
This worksheet is based on an article in The Daily Mail about a recent interview in which Orlando Bloom described his daily routine.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 10
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