The Reading / Listening - Wordle - Level 0

The New York Times bought Wordle. The paper has many games. Wordle is a new game. It was uploaded in October. It is now a worldwide craze. Social media is full of posts from people playing it and sharing their score. The price the New York Times paid was "in the low seven figures". The newspaper called it a "magical game".

Wordle's maker made Wordle for his partner to play. He said: "The game has got bigger than I ever imagined." Ninety people played it on the day of its release. Millions now play it every day. Players have to guess a five-letter word. They get feedback if the letters they have used are correct or not. The game will be free for now.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Wordle - Level 1 Wordle - Level 2   or  Wordle - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22911274/wordle-new-york-times-free-word-game-acquisition
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/business/media/new-york-times-wordle.html
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/31/22911274/wordle-new-york-times-free-word-game-acquisition


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. The paper
  2. It was uploaded
  3. It is now a worldwide
  4. Social media is full
  5. sharing their
  6. The price the New York Times
  7. in the low seven
  8. The newspaper called it a
  1. score
  2. craze
  3. figures
  4. in October
  5. "magical game"
  6. of posts
  7. has many games
  8. paid

Paragraph 2

  1. bigger than I ever
  2. on the day
  3. Millions now
  4. Players have to guess a five-
  5. They get
  6. the letters they
  7. correct
  8. The game will be
  1. letter word
  2. or not
  3. feedback
  4. of its release
  5. free for now
  6. imagined
  7. have used
  8. play it every day

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The New York Times bought Wordle. The (1) _________________ games. Wordle is a new game. It (2) ___________________ October. It is now (3) ___________________. Social media is full of posts from people playing it and (4) ___________________. The price the New York Times paid was "in the (5) ___________________". The newspaper called it (6) ___________________.

Wordle's maker made Wordle (7) ___________________ to play. He said: "The game (8) ___________________ than I ever imagined." Ninety (9) ___________________ on the day of its release. Millions now (10) ___________________ day. Players have to guess a (11) ___________________. They get feedback if the letters they have used are correct or not. The game will be (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheNewYorkTimesboughtWordle.Thepaperhasmanygames.Wordlei
sanewgame.ItwasuploadedinOctober.Itisnowaworldwidecraze.Soci
almediaisfullofpostsfrompeopleplayingitandsharingtheirscore.Thep
ricetheNewYorkTimespaidwas"inthelowsevenfigures".Thenewspap
ercalledita"magicalgame".Wordle'smakermadeWordleforhispartne
rtoplay.Hesaid:"ThegamehasgotbiggerthanIeverimagined."Ninety
peopleplayeditonthedayofitsrelease.Millionsnowplayiteveryday.Pla
yershavetoguessafive-letterword.Theygetfeedbackifthelettersth
eyhaveusedarecorrectornot.Thegamewillbefreefornow.

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)

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

(k) ________________

(l) ________________

(m) ________________

(n) ________________

(o) ________________

(p) ________________

Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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