The Reading / Listening - Mosquito Bites - Level 1

Why do mosquitoes bite some people but not others? A website has found some answers. Medical News Today.com looked at why mosquitoes like us. They found some interesting things. A professor of public health gave his thoughts. He said mosquitoes liked pregnant women, people with a high body temperature, people who sweat, and those with darker skin. Blood type could be another reason. Mosquitoes prefer people with blood group O.

There are over 3,500 species of mosquitoes. Only some of these bite. The females bite because they need blood so their eggs get protein. Mosquito bites are annoying. They itch and can swell up. Millions of people have died from the diseases that mosquitoes spread. These include malaria and many others. To avoid getting bitten, it is best to cover your skin and use insect spray. Sleeping under a mosquito net also reduces the chances of being bitten.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Mosquito Bites - Level 0 Mosquito Bites - Level 2   or  Mosquito Bites - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/why-do-mosquitoes-always-bite-me#Avoiding-the-bites
  • https://www.cnet.com/health/are-some-people-more-prone-to-mosquito-bites-than-others/
  • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mosquito-bite-avoidance-for-travellers/mosquito-bite-avoidance-advice-for-travellers--2


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. mosquitoes bite some people
  2. A professor of public
  3. pregnant
  4. people with a high body
  5. people who
  6. those with darker
  7. Blood type could be another
  8. people with blood
  1. sweat
  2. reason
  3. health
  4. group O
  5. but not others
  6. temperature
  7. skin
  8. women

Paragraph 2

  1. over 3,500 species
  2. Mosquito bites are
  3. Only some
  4. avoid getting
  5. it is best to cover
  6. use insect
  7. Sleeping under a mosquito
  8. reduces the chances of
  1. spray
  2. of these bite
  3. being bitten
  4. of mosquitoes
  5. net
  6. bitten
  7. your skin
  8. annoying

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Why do mosquitoes (1) ___________________ but not others? A website has found some answers. Medical News Today.com (2) ___________________ mosquitoes like us. They found some interesting things. A professor of public health (3) ___________________. He said mosquitoes liked pregnant women, people with a (4) ___________________, people who sweat, and (5) ___________________ skin. Blood type could be another reason. Mosquitoes (6) ___________________ blood group O.

There are over (7) ___________________ mosquitoes. Only some of these bite. The females bite because (8) ___________________ so their eggs get protein. Mosquito bites are annoying. They itch and (9) ___________________. Millions of people have died from the diseases that mosquitoes spread. These include malaria and many others. To (10) ___________________, it is best to cover your skin and (11) ___________________. Sleeping under a mosquito net also reduces the chances (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Whydomosquitoesbitesomepeoplebutnotothers?Awebsitehasfound
someanswers.MedicalNewsToday.comlookedatwhymosquitoeslike
us.Theyfoundsomeinterestingthings.Aprofessorofpublichealthgave
histhoughts.Hesaidmosquitoeslikedpregnantwomen,peoplewithahi
ghbodytemperature,peoplewhosweat,andthosewithdarkerskin.Blo
odtypecouldbeanotherreason.Mosquitoespreferpeoplewithbloodgro
upO.Thereareover3,500speciesofmosquitoes.Onlysomeofthesebite
.Thefemalesbitebecausetheyneedbloodsotheireggsgetprotein.Mos
quitobitesareannoying.Theyitchandcanswellup.Millionsofpeoplehav
ediedfromthediseasesthatmosquitoesspread.Theseincludemalariaa
ndmanyothers.Toavoidgettingbitten,itisbesttocoveryourskinandus
einsectspray.Sleepingunderamosquitonetalsoreducesthechancesof
beingbitten.

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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