The Reading / Listening - COP26 - Level 4

Leaders from 200 nations are in the city of Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference – COP26. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 18, has been omitted from the invitation list. She is not sure if she can attend any of the meetings. Speaking to the BBC, she said: "I think that many people might be scared that if they invite too many radical young people, then that might make them look bad."

U.S. President Joe Biden is at the event. He was in Rome on Friday meeting the Pope. Climate activists criticised his 95-car motorcade just two days ahead of a climate conference. Ms Thunberg criticised the conference for its lack of delegates from developing countries. The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hosting the conference. He said: "COP26 must mark the beginning of the end of climate change." He added: "Too many countries are still doing too little."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    COP26 - Level 5 or  COP26 - Level 6

Sources
  • https://news.yahoo.com/greta-thunberg-london-protests-cop26-122906794.html
  • https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/thunberg-joins-london-finance-protest-before-climate-summit-2021-10-29/
  • https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19683416.climate-activist-greta-thunberg-says-cop26-invite-unclear/


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. Leaders from
  2. omitted from the
  3. She
  4. she can attend any
  5. Speaking
  6. people might
  7. too many radical
  8. make them look
  1. young people
  2. to the BBC
  3. be scared
  4. invitation
  5. bad
  6. of the meetings
  7. 200 nations
  8. is not sure

Paragraph 2

  1. Joe Biden is
  2. Climate
  3. his 95-car
  4. a climate
  5. lack
  6. developing
  7. the beginning
  8. countries are still doing
  1. conference
  2. too little
  3. countries
  4. at the event
  5. of the end
  6. motorcade
  7. of delegates
  8. activists

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Leaders (1) ___________________ are in the city of Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference - COP26. (2) ___________________ Greta Thunberg, 18, has (3) ___________________ the invitation list. She is not sure if she can attend any (4) ___________________. Speaking to the BBC, she said: "I think that many people might be scared that if they invite (5) ___________________ young people, then that (6) ___________________ look bad."

U.S. President Joe Biden is (7) ___________________. He was in Rome on Friday meeting the Pope. Climate activists criticised his (8) ___________________ just two days (9) ___________________ climate conference. Ms Thunberg criticised the conference (10) ___________________ of delegates from developing countries. The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is (11) ___________________. He said: "COP26 must mark the beginning (12) ___________________ of climate change." He added: "Too many countries are still doing too little."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Leadersfrom200nationsareinthecityofGlasgow,Scotlandforthe26th
UNClimateChangeConference-COP26.SwedishclimateactivistGre
taThunberg,18,hasbeenomittedfromtheinvitationlist.Sheisnotsurei
fshecanattendanyofthemeetings.SpeakingtotheBBC,shesaid:"Ithin
kthatmanypeoplemightbescaredthatiftheyinvitetoomanyradicalyou
ngpeople,thenthatmightmakethemlookbad."U.S.PresidentJoeBide
nisattheevent.HewasinRomeonFridaymeetingthePope.Climateactiv
istscriticisedhis95-carmotorcadejusttwodaysaheadofaclimateco
nference.MsThunbergcriticisedtheconferenceforitslackofdelegatesf
romdevelopingcountries.TheUK'sPrimeMinisterBorisJohnsonishosti
ngtheconference.Hesaid:"COP26mustmarkthebeginningoftheendof
climatechange."Headded:"Toomanycountriesarestilldoingtoolittle."

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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