The Reading / Listening - Scorpions - Level 0

Scorpions stung 500 people in Egypt. Heavy rain brought hundreds of scorpions into people's homes. Many people went to hospital. Doctors gave them injections. Some people were in a lot of pain and had fever. A weather expert asked farmers to be careful in their fields. He also asked people to be careful of snakes.

The scorpions are Arabian fat-tailed scorpions. Their nickname is "man-killer". They can kill a human in an hour. They live in the mountains. The weather expert asked people to wear shoes. He said scorpion numbers would go down after the rain dried up. Less than one per cent of the world's scorpions are deadly.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Scorpions - Level 1 Scorpions - Level 2   or  Scorpions - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/more-than-500-stung-by-scorpions-flushed-out-by-storms-in-egypt
  • https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-warns-aswan-residents-of-scorpions-and-snakes/
  • https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/deadly-scorpions-kill-three-injure-25465378


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. Scorpions stung
  2. heavy
  3. hundreds
  4. into people's
  5. Many people went
  6. Doctors gave them
  7. Some people were in a
  8. a weather
  1. lot of pain
  2. of scorpions
  3. to hospital
  4. rain
  5. expert
  6. homes
  7. injections
  8. 500 people

Paragraph 2

  1. The scorpions are Arabian
  2. Their nickname
  3. They can
  4. in an
  5. They live in
  6. weather
  7. scorpion numbers
  8. after the rain
  1. would go down
  2. kill a human
  3. the mountains
  4. expert
  5. dried up
  6. fat-tailed scorpions
  7. hour
  8. is "man-killer"

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Scorpions (1) ___________________ in Egypt. Heavy rain (2) ___________________ scorpions into people's homes. Many people (3) ___________________. Doctors gave them injections. Some people were (4) ___________________ of pain and had fever. (5) ___________________ asked farmers to be careful in their fields. He also asked people to (6) ___________________ snakes.

The scorpions are Arabian (7) ___________________. Their nickname (8) ___________________. They can kill a human (9) ___________________. They live in the mountains. The weather expert (10) ___________________ wear shoes. He said scorpion numbers would (11) ___________________ the rain dried up. Less than one per cent (12) ___________________ scorpions are deadly.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Scorpionsstung500peopleinEgypt.Heavyrainbroughthundredsofsco
rpionsintopeople'shomes.Manypeoplewenttohospital.Doctorsgavet
heminjections.Somepeoplewereinalotofpainandhadfever.Aweather
expertaskedfarmerstobecarefulintheirfields.Healsoaskedpeopletob
ecarefulofsnakes.ThescorpionsareArabianfat-tailedscorpions.Their
nicknameis"man-killer".Theycankillahumaninanhour.Theyliveinth
emountains.Theweatherexpertaskedpeopletowearshoes.Hesaidsco
rpionnumberswouldgodownaftertheraindriedup.Lessthanoneperce
ntoftheworld'sscorpionsaredeadly.

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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