The Reading / Listening - Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Level 4

The UK Queen has celebrated her platinum jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II, 95, became Queen on February the 6th 1952 after the death of her father King George VI. She marked her 70-year anniversary at her country home. A person who attended a party there said the Queen was in "sparkling" form. She added: "Seventy years on the throne shows the Queen has been a moving example to absolutely everyone in all walks of life."

The Queen was on safari in Kenya 70 years ago when news came of her father's death. She was 25. She is Britain's longest serving monarch. Queen Victoria was Queen for 63 years. Elizabeth has been a part of UK life for a century. She has seen 14 UK Prime Ministers come and go. She has also owned more than 30 corgis. Fox News said the Queen has had "an unprecedented reign…as the United Kingdom navigated an age of uncertainty".

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Level 5 or  Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Level 6

Sources
  • https://www.royal.uk/platinumjubilee
  • https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/queen-elizabeth-marks-70-years-throne
  • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10462325/Everything-need-know-Queen-Elizabeth-IIs-Platinum-Jubilee.html


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. her father
  2. She marked her 70-
  3. at her country
  4. A person who attended
  5. the Queen was in "sparkling"
  6. Seventy years on
  7. a moving example to
  8. everyone in all
  1. a party
  2. absolutely everyone
  3. year anniversary
  4. walks of life
  5. King George VI
  6. form
  7. the throne
  8. home

Paragraph 2

  1. The Queen was on
  2. news came
  3. Britain's longest serving
  4. a part of UK life
  5. She has seen 14 UK Prime Ministers
  6. She has also owned
  7. the Queen has had an
  8. an age of
  1. unprecedented reign
  2. monarch
  3. of her father's death
  4. uncertainty
  5. for a century
  6. come and go
  7. safari in Kenya
  8. more than 30 corgis

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The UK Queen (1) ___________________ platinum jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II, 95, became Queen on February the 6th 1952 (2) ___________________ of her father King George VI. She marked her 70-year anniversary at (3) ___________________. A person who (4) ___________________ there said the Queen was in "sparkling" form. She added: "Seventy years (5) ___________________ shows the Queen has been a moving example to absolutely everyone in all (6) ___________________."

The Queen (7) ___________________ in Kenya 70 years ago when news came of (8) ___________________. She was 25. She is Britain's longest serving monarch. Queen Victoria (9) ___________________ 63 years. Elizabeth has been a part of UK life (10) ___________________. She has seen 14 UK Prime Ministers (11) ___________________. She has also owned more than 30 corgis. Fox News said the Queen has had "an unprecedented reign...as the United Kingdom (12) ___________________ of uncertainty".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheUKQueenhascelebratedherplatinumjubilee.QueenElizabethII,9
5,becameQueenonFebruarythe6th1952afterthedeathofherfatherKi
ngGeorgeVI.Shemarkedher70-yearanniversaryathercountryhom
e.ApersonwhoattendedapartytheresaidtheQueenwasin"sparkling"f
orm.Sheadded:"SeventyyearsonthethroneshowstheQueenhasbeen
amovingexampletoabsolutelyeveryoneinallwalksoflife."TheQueenw
asonsafariinKenya70yearsagowhennewscameofherfather'sdeath.S
hewas25.SheisBritain'slongestservingmonarch.QueenVictoriawasQ
ueenfor63years.ElizabethhasbeenapartofUKlifeforacentury.Shehas
seen14UKPrimeMinisterscomeandgo.Shehasalsoownedmorethan3
0corgis.FoxNewssaidtheQueenhashad"anunprecedentedreign...ast
heUnitedKingdomnavigatedanageofuncertainty".

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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