Topical News Lessons

Decide if these sentences are TRUE or FALSE according to the text. 
1. Police stop young men regularly in Clichy-sous-Bois. 
2. The riots began after police fired teargas into a mosque. 
3. The French government has apologized to the Muslim community. 
4. Unemployment is very high in Clichy-sous-Bois. 
5. The French Prime Minister called the rioters “vermin” and “scum”. 
6. Some young people in France do not feel they are full and equal citizens of the 
republic. 
Match the words in the left-hand column with those in the right-hand column to 
make collocations. Check your answers in the text. 
1. 
tear 
a. 
bomb 
2. 
immigrant 
b. 
gas 
3. 
time 
c. 
rights 
4. 
presidential 
d. 
rate 
5. unemployment 
e. communities 
6. 
human 
f. 
elections 
Complete the table. 
 verb 
 noun 
1. predict 
____________ 
2. employ ____________ 
3. die 
____________ 
4. act ____________ 
5. apologize ____________ 
6. offer 
____________ 
© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
Taken from the 
News 
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com

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Fill the gaps using prepositions. Check your answers in the text. 
1. The police fired teargas _______ a mosque. 
2. There was a badly parked car _______ the mosque. 
3. Four days _______ the deaths, the situation was calming down. 
4. The two men were _______ African origin. 
5. _______ the past few weeks there have been many nights of violence. 
6. The government has not offered any apology _______ the Muslim community. 
© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
Taken from the 
News 
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com

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