The Reading / Listening - Squid Game - Level 2

People are trying to buy clothes worn by characters in the hugely popular South Korean TV series "Squid Game". Many people want the "Made in Korea" green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits from the show to wear as a Halloween costume. Internet stores have had many orders. Clothes factories in Korea are trying to make enough of the clothes to meet demand. One factory owner from Seoul 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 a survival drama series. It is another example of South Korean culture becoming popular around the world. It was first broadcast on Netflix on September 17. It is now a global hit and Netflix's most watched series ever. It reached number one in 90 countries. Netflix believes that over 142 million people watched Squid Game in the 28 days after its release. The series is about a 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 1   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. green
  3. wear as a Halloween
  4. make enough of the clothes
  5. One factory
  6. October is usually
  7. the sewing
  8. we are scrambling to sew
  1. a slow month
  2. costume
  3. enough clothes
  4. tracksuits
  5. to meet demand
  6. industry
  7. owner from Seoul
  8. to buy clothes

Paragraph 2

  1. Squid Game is a survival
  2. another example of South Korean
  3. becoming popular
  4. It was first broadcast on
  5. Netflix's most watched
  6. in the 28 days after
  7. players who are in
  8. the games could
  1. around the world
  2. debt
  3. kill them
  4. its release
  5. drama series
  6. Netflix
  7. culture
  8. series ever

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

People are (1) ___________________ clothes worn by characters in (2) ___________________ South Korean TV series "Squid Game". Many people want the "Made in Korea" green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits from the (3) ___________________ as a Halloween costume. Internet stores have (4) ___________________. Clothes factories in Korea are trying to make enough of the clothes to meet demand. One (5) ___________________ Seoul said: "October is usually a slow month for the sewing industry, but thanks to Squid Game and Halloween, we (6) ___________________ sew enough clothes."

Squid Game is (7) ___________________ series. It is another example of South Korean culture (8) ___________________ the world. It was first broadcast on Netflix on September 17. It is now a global hit and Netflix's most (9) ___________________. It reached number one in 90 countries. Netflix believes that over 142 million people watched Squid Game in the 28 days (10) ___________________. The series is about a contest between 456 players who (11) ___________________. They play children's games to try to win $40 million to get out of debt. However, the games (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Peoplearetryingtobuyclotheswornbycharactersinthehugelypopular
SouthKoreanTVseries"SquidGame".Manypeoplewantthe"MadeinKo
rea"greentracksuitsandpinkjumpsuitsfromtheshowtowearasaHallo
weencostume.Internetstoreshavehadmanyorders.Clothesfactoriesi
nKoreaaretryingtomakeenoughoftheclothestomeetdemand.Onefac
toryownerfromSeoulsaid:"Octoberisusuallyaslowmonthforthesewin
gindustry,butthankstoSquidGameandHalloween,wearescramblingt
osewenoughclothes."SquidGameisasurvivaldramaseries.Itisanothe
rexampleofSouthKoreanculturebecomingpopulararoundtheworld.It
wasfirstbroadcastonNetflixonSeptember17.ItisnowaglobalhitandN
etflix'smostwatchedseriesever.Itreachednumberonein90countries.
Netflixbelievesthatover142millionpeoplewatchedSquidGameinthe2
8daysafteritsrelease.Theseriesisaboutacontestbetween456players
whoareindebt.Theyplaychildren'sgamestotrytowin$40milliontogeto
utofdebt.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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