The Reading / Listening - Homelessness - Level 1

Prince William wants to end homelessness in the U.K. More than 300,000 people sleep on the streets in Britain. In London, the number of "rough sleepers" increased by 20 per cent in a year. William's mother, Princess Diana, also helped the homeless. She took William to a homeless charity when he was at school. He said he would never forget how sad he felt. William said that in 2023, everyone should have a safe home.

Prince William started a charity called Homewards. He hopes the UK will be like Finland, where there is little homelessness. Homewards has a five-year project. First, it will focus on six areas of the UK. Then, it will help the whole country. William said he wants to give people hope that homelessness can be prevented. He added: "It's a big task, but I firmly believe that by working together, it is possible to [end] homelessness."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Homelessness - Level 0 Homelessness - Level 2   or  Homelessness - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-of-wales-william-homelessness-charity-b2364090.html
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65997714
  • https://people.com/prince-william-mission-end-homelessness-inspired-mom-princess-diana-7552673


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Prince William wants to
  2. More than 300,000 people
  3. the number of rough
  4. increased by 20 per cent
  5. when he
  6. he would never forget
  7. William said that
  8. everyone should
  1. in 2023
  2. in a year
  3. how sad he felt
  4. end homelessness
  5. have a safe home
  6. sleep on the streets
  7. was at school
  8. sleepers

Paragraph 2

  1. He hopes the UK will be like
  2. Homewards has a five-
  3. it will focus on six
  4. it will help the whole
  5. William said he wants to give
  6. I firmly believe
  7. by working
  8. it is possible to end
  1. that
  2. country
  3. homelessness
  4. people hope
  5. year project
  6. together
  7. Finland
  8. areas of the UK

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Prince William (1) ___________________ homelessness in the U.K. More than 300,000 people (2) ___________________ streets in Britain. In London, the number (3) ___________________ increased by 20 per cent in a year. William's mother, Princess Diana, also (4) ___________________. She took William to a homeless charity when he was at school. He said he would never forget how (5) ___________________. William said that in 2023, everyone should have (6) ___________________.

Prince William (7) ___________________ called Homewards. He hopes the UK will be like Finland, where (8) __________________ homelessness. Homewards has a five-year project. First, it will (9) ___________________ areas of the UK. Then, it will (10) ___________________ country. William said he wants to give people hope that homelessness can be prevented. He added: "It's (11) ___________________, but I firmly believe that by working together, it (12) ___________________ [end] homelessness."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

PrinceWilliamwantstoendhomelessnessintheU.K.Morethan300,000
peoplesleeponthestreetsinBritain.InLondon,thenumberof"roughsle
epers"increasedby20percentinayear.William'smother,PrincessDian
a,alsohelpedthehomeless.ShetookWilliamtoahomelesscharitywhen
hewasatschool.Hesaidhewouldneverforgethowsadhefelt.Williamsai
dthatin2023,everyoneshouldhaveasafehome.PrinceWilliamstarted
acharitycalledHomewards.HehopestheUKwillbelikeFinland,whereth
ereislittlehomelessness.Homewardshasafive-yearproject.First,itw
illfocusonsixareasoftheUK.Then,itwillhelpthewholecountry.Williams
aidhewantstogivepeoplehopethathomelessnesscanbeprevented.He
added:"It'sabigtask,butIfirmlybelievethatbyworkingtogether,itispo
ssibleto[end]homelessness."

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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