My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book

Breaking News English

HOME  |  HELP MY SITE  |  000s MORE FREE LESSONS
 
My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book
 

HOW TO PLAY:
 1. Click this link to listen.

 2. Listen and choose the correct word in the grey box with the "up / down" arrows.

 3. Check your answers.

 4. Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.

Good Luck.
Police in the Maldives arrested a coconut. It had Arabic on it. It was a "sura" (a from the Koran). They said it was of black magic to change the of an election. Police took the " fruit" to a local police station. People worried about it. They thought it might affect the in Saturday's national election. People on the island of Guraidhoo believe black magic can people voting, or make them vote for someone . The police spoke to a "ruqyah" (a good magician), who said the coconut was and contained no black magic.

A police official said it was a . He said people would understand the and not do it again. The Huffington Post website said black magic affects on the Maldives. In July, a school didn't let a box into the building. Teachers it would make students . In 2012, a religious leader asked the government to make black magic . He said it was a to do black magic. He said it caused a lot of for many families and that it was time to do something about it. He said black magic was a social issue in his country.

 
 

NEXT ACTIVITY
(A matching activity.)

Back to the lesson page



MORE ACTIVITIES:
QUIZZES MORE QUIZZES PRINT SEAN'S OTHER SITES

Text Jumble

No Spaces

No letters

Gap-Fill

Consonants

Missing Letters

Initals Only

Text Jumble - 15

Text Jumble - 24

Vowels

Handout

Two-Page Mini-Lesson

SPEED READING

3 different speeds

LISTEN

MP3

 



Copyright © 2004-2023 by Sean Banville | Links | About | Privacy Policy

 
 
SHARE THIS LESSON: E-Mail RSS