The Reading / Listening - Squid Game - Level 1

People are trying to buy clothes worn in the very popular South Korean TV series "Squid Game". Many people want the green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits from the show to wear as Halloween costumes. Clothes factories in Korea are trying to make enough clothes to meet demand. One factory owner said: "October is usually a slow month for the sewing industry, but thanks to Squid Game and Halloween, we are scrambling to sew enough clothes."

Squid Game is another example of South Korean culture becoming popular worldwide. Netflix broadcast it on September 17. It is now Netflix's most watched series ever. Around 142 million people watched Squid Game in the 28 days after its release. The series is a survival contest between 456 players who are in debt. They play children's games to try to win $40 million to get out of debt. However, the games could kill them.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Squid Game - Level 0 Squid Game - Level 2   or  Squid Game - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/high-demand-squid-game-tracksuits-cheers-skoreas-struggling-garment-sector-2021-10-22/
  • https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/squid-game-costumes-at-top-of-childrens-wish-lists-40984336.html
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game


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. People are trying
  2. the very popular South Korean
  3. Many people want the green
  4. Halloween
  5. trying to make enough
  6. meet
  7. October is usually a
  8. the sewing
  1. demand
  2. costumes
  3. TV series
  4. industry
  5. tracksuits
  6. slow month
  7. clothes
  8. to buy clothes

Paragraph 2

  1. another example of
  2. becoming popular
  3. Netflix's most watched
  4. in the 28 days
  5. a survival
  6. players who are
  7. get out
  8. the games could
  1. contest
  2. of debt
  3. in debt
  4. kill them
  5. series ever
  6. after its release
  7. South Korean culture
  8. worldwide

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

People (1) ___________________ buy clothes worn in the very popular South Korean TV series "Squid Game". Many people want the green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits (2) __________________ to wear as Halloween costumes. (3) ___________________ Korea are trying to make enough clothes (4) ___________________. One factory owner said: "October is (5) ___________________ month for the sewing industry, but thanks to Squid Game and Halloween, we are scrambling to (6) ___________________."

Squid Game (7) ___________________ of South Korean culture becoming popular worldwide. Netflix (8) ___________________ September 17. It is now Netflix's (9) ___________________ ever. Around 142 (10) ___________________ Squid Game in the 28 days after its release. The series is a survival contest between 456 players who (11) ___________________. They play children's games to try to win $40 million to get out of debt. However, the (12) ___________________ them.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

PeoplearetryingtobuyclotheswornintheverypopularSouthKoreanTV
series"SquidGame".Manypeoplewantthegreentracksuitsandpinkju
mpsuitsfromtheshowtowearasHalloweencostumes.Clothesfactories
inKoreaaretryingtomakeenoughclothestomeetdemand.Onefactory
ownersaid:"Octoberisusuallyaslowmonthforthesewingindustry,butt
hankstoSquidGameandHalloween,wearescramblingtosewenoughcl
othes."SquidGameisanotherexampleofSouthKoreanculturebecomi
ngpopularworldwide.NetflixbroadcastitonSeptember17.ItisnowNetf
lix'smostwatchedseriesever.Around142millionpeoplewatchedSquid
Gameinthe28daysafteritsrelease.Theseriesisasurvivalcontestbetwe
en456playerswhoareindebt.Theyplaychildren'sgamestotrytowin$4
0milliontogetoutofdebt.However,thegamescouldkillthem.

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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