The Reading / Listening - Remote Island - Level 4

Indian police arrested a tourist for travelling to a remote island. The tourist wanted to visit the world's most isolated tribe. The island, North Sentinel, is around 1,200 km east of India. It is 60 square kilometres in size. It is home to the Sentinelese people, an indigenous tribe who fiercely defend their isolation from the outside world. The tourist did not make contact with the islanders. He could face up to five years in prison.

India's government bans outsiders from visiting North Sentinel. The ban is to shield the people from modern illnesses. A non-profit group that protects isolated tribes said: "Uncontacted peoples have no immunity to common outside diseases like flu or measles, which could completely wipe them out." The islanders have killed several people who attempted to visit the island. The recently arrested tourist, who called himself a thrill seeker, was luckier.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Remote Island - Level 5 or  Remote Island - Level 6

Sources
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/04/travel/north-sentinel-island-us-tourist-arrested-intl-hnk/index.html
  • https://www.yahoo.com/news/pictured-tintin-danger-tourist-left-182937805.html
  • https://www.dw.com/en/us-tourist-arrested-for-entering-forbidden-indian-island/a-72147167


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. travelling to
  2. visit the world's most
  3. It is home to the
  4. around 1,200 km east
  5. 60 square
  6. defend their isolation from
  7. make contact
  8. He could face up to
  1. the outside world
  2. five years in prison
  3. kilometres
  4. isolated tribe
  5. of India
  6. a remote island
  7. Sentinelese people
  8. with the islanders

Paragraph 2

  1. India's government bans
  2. The ban is to shield
  3. modern
  4. immunity to common outside
  5. flu or
  6. completely wipe
  7. The islanders have killed
  8. called himself a thrill
  1. the people
  2. them out
  3. several people
  4. illnesses
  5. diseases
  6. seeker
  7. measles
  8. outsiders

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Indian (1) ________________________________________________ tourist for travelling to a remote island. The tourist wanted to visit the world's (2) ________________________________________________. The island, North Sentinel, is around 1,200 km east of India. It is 60 square kilometres in size. It is home to the Sentinelese people, (3) ________________________________________________ who fiercely (4) ________________________________________________ from the outside world. The tourist did not (5) ________________________________________________ the islanders. He could (6) ________________________________________________ five years in prison.

India's government (7) ________________________________________________ visiting North Sentinel. The ban (8) ________________________________________________ the people from modern illnesses. A non-profit group that protects isolated tribes said: "Uncontacted peoples have (9) ________________________________________________ common outside diseases like flu or measles, which could completely (10) ________________________________________________." The islanders have killed (11) ________________________________________________ attempted to visit the island. The recently arrested tourist, who called himself (12) ________________________________________________, was luckier.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Indianpolicearrestedatouristfortravellingtoaremoteisland.Thetouris
twantedtovisittheworld'smostisolatedtribe.Theisland,NorthSentinel
,isaround1,200kmeastofIndia.Itis60squarekilometresinsize.Itisho
metotheSentinelesepeople,anindigenoustribewhofiercelydefendthe
irisolationfromtheoutsideworld.Thetouristdidnotmakecontactwitht
heislanders.Hecouldfaceuptofiveyearsinprison.India'sgovernmentb
ansoutsidersfromvisitingNorthSentinel.Thebanistoshieldthepeoplef
rommodernillnesses.Anon-profitgroupthatprotectsisolatedtribessa
id:"Uncontactedpeopleshavenoimmunitytocommonoutsidedisease
slikefluormeasles,whichcouldcompletelywipethemout."Theislander
shavekilledseveralpeoplewhoattemptedtovisittheisland.Therecentl
yarrestedtourist,whocalledhimselfathrillseeker,wasluckier.

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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