The Reading / Listening - Car License Plates - Level 0

Some car license plates are valuable. One just sold for a record $15 million in Dubai. It had the letter and number P7 on it. The previous record of $14.3 million was also set in Dubai. It was for the number "one" plate. No one knows who broke the new record, but Dubai's drivers will be looking for the P7 plate.

The money from the sale will go to the One Billion Meals charity. This was started by Dubai's ruler. It helps to feed hungry people. The auction house was happy with and proud of the new world record. It said: "We are thrilled that the [money] will establish the largest Ramadan sustainable food aid fund."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Car License Plates - Level 1 Car License Plates - Level 2   or  Car License Plates - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-expensive-license-plate-in-the-world-sold-at-auction-for-15-million-dubai/
  • https://www.thedrive.com/news/worlds-most-expensive-license-plate-brings-15m-at-dubai-auction
  • https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/license-plate-just-sold-world-170000871.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. Some car license plates
  2. One just sold
  3. It had the letter and
  4. The previous
  5. No one
  6. who broke
  7. Dubai's
  8. looking
  1. the new record
  2. record
  3. for the P7 plate
  4. number P7 on it
  5. drivers
  6. are valuable
  7. for a record
  8. knows

Paragraph 2

  1. The money from the
  2. the One Billion Meals
  3. This was started
  4. It helps to feed
  5. auction
  6. proud of the new world
  7. We are
  8. largest Ramadan sustainable
  1. record
  2. hungry people
  3. food aid fund
  4. by Dubai's ruler
  5. charity
  6. sale
  7. thrilled
  8. house

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Some car license plates are valuable. One (1) ________________ a record $15 million in Dubai. It had the (2) __________________ P7 on it. The (3) ___________________ $14.3 million was also set in Dubai. (4) ___________________ the number "one" plate. (5) ___________________ who broke the new record, but Dubai's drivers will be (6) ___________________ P7 plate.

The money (7) ___________________ will go to the One Billion Meals charity. This (8) ___________________ Dubai's ruler. It (9) ___________________ hungry people. The auction house was (10) ___________________ proud of the new world record. It said: "We (11) ___________________ the [money] will establish the largest Ramadan sustainable (12) ___________________."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Somecarlicenseplatesarevaluable.Onejustsoldforarecord$15million
inDubai.IthadtheletterandnumberP7onit.Thepreviousrecordof$14.
3millionwasalsosetinDubai.Itwasforthenumber"one"plate.Noonekn
owswhobrokethenewrecord,butDubai'sdriverswillbelookingfortheP
7plate.ThemoneyfromthesalewillgototheOneBillionMealscharity.Thi
swasstartedbyDubai'sruler.Ithelpstofeedhungrypeople.Theauction
housewashappywithandproudofthenewworldrecord.Itsaid:"Wearet
hrilledthatthe[money]willestablishthelargestRamadansustainablef
oodaidfund."

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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(l) ________________

(m) ________________

(n) ________________

(o) ________________

(p) ________________

Free writing

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Answers

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