The Reading / Listening - Ye (formerly Kanye West) - Level 0

Kanye West has changed his name to Ye. Kanye Omari West is the name on his birth certificate. He has no middle name or surname. Three years ago, he said he was, "the being formerly known as Kanye West". He has had the nickname Ye for a long time. It is the name of his eighth album.

People in California who change their name must publish it in a newspaper. Ye did this four times. Three years ago, he chatted to a radio host about the name Ye. He said it was from the Bible. He added: "I believe "ye" is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible, it means "you". So, I'm you, I'm us, it's us."

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Sources
  • https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kanye-west-name-change-ye-194657972.html
  • https://news.sky.com/story/kanye-west-officially-changes-his-name-to-ye-12437924
  • https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9646949/kanye-west-changed-name-ye/


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. changed
  2. birth
  3. middle name
  4. Three
  5. formerly known
  6. He has had the nickname
  7. for a long
  8. the name of
  1. certificate
  2. time
  3. his name
  4. his eighth album
  5. years ago
  6. or surname
  7. Ye
  8. as Kanye West

Paragraph 2

  1. People
  2. change their
  3. publish it in
  4. Ye did
  5. he chatted
  6. He said it was from the
  7. the most commonly
  8. in the Bible, it
  1. Bible
  2. to a radio host
  3. means "you"
  4. in California
  5. a newspaper
  6. used word
  7. this four times
  8. name

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Kanye West (1) ___________________ name to Ye. Kanye Omari West is the name (2) ___________________ certificate. He has no (3) ___________________ surname. Three years ago, he said he was, "(4) ___________________ known as Kanye West". He (5) ___________________ nickname Ye for a long time. It is the (6) ___________________ eighth album.

People in California (7) ___________________ name must (8) ___________________ a newspaper. Ye did this four times. Three years ago, (9) ___________________ a radio host about the name Ye. He said (10) ___________________ the Bible. He added: "I believe "ye" (11) ___________________ commonly used word in the Bible, (12) ___________________ Bible, it means "you". So, I'm you, I'm us, it's us."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

KanyeWesthaschangedhisnametoYe.KanyeOmariWestisthenameo
nhisbirthcertificate.Hehasnomiddlenameorsurname.Threeyearsag
o,hesaidhewas,"thebeingformerlyknownasKanyeWest".Hehashadt
henicknameYeforalongtime.Itisthenameofhiseighthalbum.Peoplein
Californiawhochangetheirnamemustpublishitinanewspaper.Yedidth
isfourtimes.Threeyearsago,hechattedtoaradiohostaboutthenameY
e.HesaiditwasfromtheBible.Headded:"Ibelieve"ye"isthemostcomm
onlyusedwordintheBible,andintheBible,itmeans"you".So,I'myou,I'
mus,it'sus."

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

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Free writing

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Answers

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