The Reading / Listening - Prince Harry - Spare - Level 1

Prince Harry has written a book about his life, his mother's death, his relationship with newspapers, and being a royal. It is called "Spare". The word "spare" means something that is only there in case another thing is lost or broken. "Spare" points to the fact that Harry would become king only if his father and brother died. The 410-page memoir has been printed in 16 languages. It is the fastest selling non-fiction book ever written.

A member of Britain's Royal Family has never spoken so honestly before. Many stories in "Spare" are shocking. Harry writes about why he moved to the USA, how he fell out with his family, and why he stopped being a royal. He said UK newspapers have written many bad things about his wife Meghan. He said his brother Prince William attacked him. He also wrote about how many Taliban fighters he killed in Afghanistan.

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Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64213852
  • https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-harrys-spare-sinks-royals-popularity-expert-timing-ghastly
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/09/europe/prince-harry-spare-book-takeaways-intl/index.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. Harry has written a book
  2. his mother's
  3. his relationship
  4. being a
  5. Harry would become
  6. The 410-
  7. printed in
  8. the fastest selling non-
  1. 16 languages
  2. royal
  3. fiction book ever
  4. about his life
  5. page memoir
  6. death
  7. king
  8. with newspapers

Paragraph 2

  1. A member of Britain's
  2. spoken so
  3. Many stories in "Spare"
  4. why he moved
  5. he fell
  6. why he stopped being
  7. newspapers have written
  8. how many Taliban
  1. fighters he killed
  2. to the USA
  3. honestly
  4. out with his family
  5. many bad things
  6. Royal Family
  7. a royal
  8. are shocking

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Prince Harry has written (1) ___________________ his life, his mother's death, his relationship with newspapers, (2) ___________________ royal. It is called "Spare". The word "spare" means something that is only (3) ___________________ another thing is (4) ___________________. "Spare" points to the fact that Harry would become king (5) ___________________ father and brother died. The 410-page memoir has been printed in 16 languages. It is (6) ___________________ non-fiction book ever written.

A member of Britain's Royal Family has never (7) ___________________ before. Many stories in "Spare" are shocking. Harry writes about (8) ___________________ to the USA, how he (9) ___________________ his family, and why he stopped being a royal. He said UK newspapers have written many (10) ___________________ his wife Meghan. He said his brother Prince William attacked him. (11) ___________________ about how many Taliban fighters (12) ___________________ Afghanistan.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

PrinceHarryhaswrittenabookabouthislife,hismother'sdeath,hisrelati
onshipwithnewspapers,andbeingaroyal.Itiscalled"Spare".Theword"
spare"meanssomethingthatisonlythereincaseanotherthingislostorb
roken."Spare"pointstothefactthatHarrywouldbecomekingonlyifhisf
atherandbrotherdied.The410-pagememoirhasbeenprintedin16la
nguages.Itisthefastestsellingnon-fictionbookeverwritten.Amembe
rofBritain'sRoyalFamilyhasneverspokensohonestlybefore.Manystor
iesin"Spare"areshocking.HarrywritesaboutwhyhemovedtotheUSA,
howhefelloutwithhisfamily,andwhyhestoppedbeingaroyal.HesaidU
KnewspapershavewrittenmanybadthingsabouthiswifeMeghan.Hesa
idhisbrotherPrinceWilliamattackedhim.Healsowroteabouthowmany
TalibanfightershekilledinAfghanistan.

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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