The Reading / Listening - Esports - Level 0

The Esports World Cup has ended after eight weeks. Thirty teams competed in 22 games. The winner was Team Falcons. They won a $7 million prize. Team Falcons won two major games in Saudi and were runners-up in two. They came top in Call of Duty. However, they lost 2-1 to the Brazilian soccer star Neymar's team.

Esports are very popular. They need great skill, quick reactions, and focus. Gamers play a variety of games. These include multiplayer online battle arena games, and first-person shooter games. Esports gamers are not yet famous. They may become global superstars. The first Olympic Esports Games take place in 2025.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Esports - Level 1 Esports - Level 2   or  Esports - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.esportsworldcup.com/en
  • https://www.arabnews.jp/en/features/article_128938/
  • https://liquipedia.net/esports/Esports_World_Cup/2024


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. ended after
  2. Thirty teams competed
  3. The winner was
  4. They won a $7 million
  5. Team Falcons won two
  6. runners-
  7. They came top
  8. the Brazilian soccer
  1. major games
  2. prize
  3. in Call of Duty
  4. in 22 games
  5. star
  6. Team Falcons
  7. up
  8. eight weeks

Paragraph 2

  1. Esports are very
  2. They need great
  3. quick
  4. play a variety
  5. multiplayer online battle arena
  6. first-person
  7. Esports gamers are not yet
  8. They may become global
  1. superstars
  2. of games
  3. shooter games
  4. skill
  5. famous
  6. popular
  7. games
  8. reactions

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The Esports World Cup (1) ___________________ eight weeks. Thirty (2) ___________________ 22 games. The winner was Team Falcons. (3) ___________________ $7 million prize. Team Falcons won (4) ___________________ in Saudi and were            (5) ___________________ two. They came top in Call of Duty. However, they (6) ___________________ to the Brazilian soccer star Neymar's team.

Esports (7) ___________________. They need great skill, quick   (8) ___________________. Gamers play a variety of games. These include multiplayer (9) ___________________ games, and (10) ___________________ games. Esports gamers are not yet famous. (11) ___________________ global superstars. The first Olympic Esports Games (12) ___________________ 2025.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheEsportsWorldCuphasendedaftereightweeks.Thirtyteamscompet
edin22games.ThewinnerwasTeamFalcons.Theywona$7millionprize
.TeamFalconswontwomajorgamesinSaudiandwererunners-upintw
o.TheycametopinCallofDuty.However,theylost2-1totheBrazilianso
ccerstarNeymar'steam.Esportsareverypopular.Theyneedgreatskill,
quickreactions,andfocus.Gamersplayavarietyofgames.Theseinclud
emultiplayeronlinebattlearenagames,andfirst-personshootergame
s.Esportsgamersarenotyetfamous.Theymaybecomeglobalsupersta
rs.ThefirstOlympicEsportsGamestakeplacein2025.

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.

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