The Reading / Listening - Cruise Ship - Level 0

The largest cruise ship ever sailed last week from Florida. It is 362 metres long and has room for 6,988 guests. It is called the "Wonder of the Seas". Its passengers are enjoying a cruise of the Caribbean. The company said the Wonder of the Seas had world-class features. It wanted to "create something truly awe-inspiring".

It took three years to build the ship. It weighs 237,000 tons. It is 306 metres* longer than the Titanic, but the Titanic was 1.8kph faster. The ship has eight different "neighbourhoods" that will give guests different experiences. It also has 20 restaurants, four swimming pools, a water park, and a 1400-seat theatre.

* Error: This should be 93 meters.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Cruise Ship - Level 1,  Cruise Ship - Level 2   or  Cruise Ship - Level 3

Sources
  • https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-largest-ship-wonder-of-the-seas-delivered/index.html
  • https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2022/02/22/wonder-of-the-seas-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-to-sail-with-passengers-for-first-time/
  • https://www.cruisehive.com/the-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-arrives-in-the-us-for-the-first-time/66343


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 largest cruise ship
  2. It is 362 metres
  3. room for 6,988
  4. It is called the
  5. Its passengers are
  6. a cruise
  7. world-class
  8. create something truly
  1. guests
  2. features
  3. of the Caribbean
  4. enjoying a cruise
  5. awe-inspiring
  6. long
  7. ever
  8. "Wonder of the Seas"

Paragraph 2

  1. It took three years
  2. It weighs
  3. It is 306 metres longer
  4. the Titanic was 1.8kph
  5. give guests different
  6. It also has 20
  7. a water
  8. a 1400-seat
  1. 237,000 tons
  2. park
  3. experiences
  4. than the Titanic
  5. theatre
  6. faster
  7. to build the ship
  8. restaurants

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The largest (1) ___________________ sailed last week from Florida. It (2) ___________________ long and has room for 6,988 guests. It (3) ___________________ "Wonder of the Seas". Its passengers (4) ___________________ cruise of the Caribbean. The company said the Wonder of the Seas (5) ___________________ features. It wanted to "create something (6) ___________________".

It took three years (7) ___________________ ship. It weighs 237,000 tons. It (8) ___________________ longer than the Titanic, but the Titanic (9) ___________________. The ship has eight different "neighbourhoods" (10) ___________________ guests different experiences. It (11) ___________________ restaurants, four swimming pools, (12) ___________________, and a 1400-seat theatre.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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ongandhasroomfor6,988guests.Itiscalledthe"WonderoftheSeas".It
spassengersareenjoyingacruiseoftheCaribbean.Thecompanysaidth
eWonderoftheSeashadworld-classfeatures.Itwantedto"createsom
ethingtrulyawe-inspiring".Ittookthreeyearstobuildtheship.Itweigh
s237,000tons.Itis306metreslongerthantheTitanic,buttheTitanicwa
s1.8kphfaster.Theshiphaseightdifferent"neighbourhoods"thatwillgi
veguestsdifferentexperiences.Italsohas20restaurants,fourswimmi
ngpools,awaterpark,anda1400-seattheatre.

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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Free writing

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