The Reading / Listening - Oblique Seville - Level 0

Jamaica's Oblique Seville won 100-metre gold at the World Athletics Championships. Usain Bolt was the last Jamaican man to win a sprint gold, in 2016. Bolt is the 100-metre record holder, with a time of 9.58 seconds. Seville won in a time of 9.77 seconds. It was a good night for Jamaica, which also won silver in the 100 metres.

Seville said: "I feel really…excited that the gold is coming home to Jamaica." He added: "I have proved that I am a true competitor." He said: "I knew…the others would not catch me." He was happy to win in front of Bolt. Jamaica's one-two finish means a golden era for Jamaican sprinting is coming.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Oblique Seville - Level 1 Oblique Seville - Level 2   or  Oblique Seville - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-championships-2025-mens-100m-oblique-seville-shock-victory
  • https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/ckgy1j0z5e9o
  • https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-mens-100m


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. Seville won 100-metre
  2. at the World Athletics
  3. the last Jamaican man to
  4. Bolt is the 100-metre record
  5. with a
  6. in a time
  7. It was a good night
  8. won silver in the
  1. for Jamaica
  2. of 9.77 seconds
  3. time of 9.58 seconds
  4. Championships
  5. win a sprint gold
  6. 100 metres
  7. holder
  8. gold

Paragraph 2

  1. I feel really
  2. the gold is coming
  3. I have proved
  4. I am a true
  5. I knew the others would
  6. He was happy
  7. Jamaica's one-
  8. a golden era for
  1. two finish
  2. excited
  3. Jamaican sprinting
  4. not catch me
  5. home to Jamaica
  6. that
  7. to win
  8. competitor

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Jamaica's Oblique Seville won 100-metre (1) _________________________________________________ World Athletics Championships. Usain Bolt (2) _________________________________________________ Jamaican man (3) _________________________________________________ sprint gold, in 2016. Bolt is the 100-metre record holder, (4) _________________________________________________ of 9.58 seconds. Seville won in a time of 9.77 seconds. It was a (5) _________________________________________________ Jamaica, which also (6) _________________________________________________ the 100 metres.

Seville said: "I (7) _____________________________________________ that the gold is (8) _________________________________________________ Jamaica." He added: "I have proved that I (9) ________________________________________________ competitor." He said: "I knew...the others would (10) _________________________________________________." He was happy to (11) _________________________________________________ of Bolt. Jamaica's one-two finish means a (12) _________________________________________________ Jamaican sprinting is coming.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Jamaica'sObliqueSevillewon100-metregoldattheWorldAthleticsC
hampionships.UsainBoltwasthelastJamaicanmantowinasprintgold,i
n2016.Boltisthe100-metrerecordholder,withatimeof9.58seconds.S
evillewoninatimeof9.77seconds.ItwasagoodnightforJamaica,which
alsowonsilverinthe100metres.Sevillesaid:"Ifeelreally...excitedthatt
hegoldiscominghometoJamaica."Headded:"IhaveprovedthatIamat
ruecompetitor."Hesaid:"Iknew...theotherswouldnotcatchme."Hew
ashappytowininfrontofBolt.Jamaica'sone-twofinishmeansagoldene
raforJamaicansprintingiscoming.

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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