Clinton and Obama
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
3
Match the sentences with the correct endings.
1. The name of the third place candidate for the Democrats is ...
a) Obama
2. Obama and Clinton are arguing about ...
b)
John Edwards
3. There are approximately 75,000 African-Americans in ...
c) Hillary Clinton
4. The first primary elections were in ...
d) race issues
5. At
the moment, the polls show that the next President could be ...
e) Iowa and New Hampshire
6. In the race row, Edwards supported ...
f) Iowa
1. Write these words into the box according to how they are pronounced.
controversial
demand
democratic
accuse
president
candidates
presidential
defend
teenager
resign
democrat
support
comment
autobiography
official
community
Vocabulary: Pronunciation
4
ooOo
Ooo
oO
democratic
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Clinton and Obama
Level 1
Elementary
Discussion
5
Webquest
5
Obama wrote that he took drugs when he was a teenager.
1. Do you think he can still be a good president?
2. Now complete this sentence:
People who ________________ shouldn’t work as a________________ , but people who________________
can still work as a ________________.
Check out US news websites, for example
www.washingtonpost.com
or
www.CNN.com
to see who has the
most votes at the moment: Clinton, Obama or Edwards.
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Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
percentage
research
sedentary
survey multitask
soap
average
childhood
decrease
own
1. A ____________ is a set of questions that you ask a large number of people.
2. ____________ is the time of a person’s life when they are a child.
3. ____________ is when you study something in detail to discover new facts.
4. If you ____________, you do more than one thing at the same time.
5. ____________
is the opposite of increase.
6. If you do a ____________ activity, you sit down a lot and don’t do much exercise.
7. If you ____________ something, it is yours, usually because you have bought it.
8. A ____________is a television series about the lives of a group of people.
9. A ____________ is an amount that is equal to part of a total you have divided by 100.
10. An ____________ is a usual level or standard.
Life through a lens
Level 1
Elementary
Key words
1
Find the information
2
Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible.
1. How many children have a TV set in their bedroom?
2. What percentage of British children watch TV in bed at night?
3. How many children read books in their own time each day?
4. How many children did the survey interview?
5. What percentage of children watch TV during their evening meal?
6. What percentage of children use the Internet?
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