The Reading / Listening - Risky Behaviour - Level 0

Teenagers do crazy things. They take more risks. Some cause injuries. A study of chimpanzees may explain risky behaviour in children. Researchers studied 100 chimpanzees in Uganda. The researchers looked at how the chimps moved through trees. The youngest chimps did more dangerous things.

Children and young chimpanzees take risks. However, parents stop children from doing risky things. Teenagers have more freedom. They want to try risky things. Researchers want children to play more in parks. This will help children to develop motor skills. It will also make them stronger.

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Sources
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/chimps-reveal-why-teenagers-are-notorious-for-risky-behaviors
  • https://www.earth.com/news/young-chimpanzees-take-more-risks-similar-to-human-behavior/
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chimpanzees-thrill-seeking-toddlerd


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. Teenagers do
  2. They take more
  3. Some cause
  4. A study
  5. explain risky behaviour
  6. Researchers studied
  7. how the chimps moved
  8. The youngest chimps
  1. through trees
  2. injuries
  3. in children
  4. crazy things
  5. did more
  6. risks
  7. 100 chimpanzees
  8. of chimpanzees

Paragraph 2

  1. Children and young
  2. parents stop
  3. Teenagers have more
  4. They want to try risky
  5. Researchers want children to
  6. This will help children
  7. motor
  8. It will also make them
  1. to develop
  2. freedom
  3. chimpanzees
  4. play more
  5. skills
  6. children
  7. stronger
  8. things

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Teenagers (1) _________________________________________________. They take more risks. (2) _________________________________________________. A study of chimpanzees may (3) _________________________________________________ in children. Researchers studied 100 chimpanzees in Uganda. The researchers (4) _________________________________________________ the chimps (5) _________________________________________________. The youngest chimps did (6) _________________________________________________.

(7) _________________________________________________ chimpanzees take risks. However, (8) _________________________________________________ from doing risky things. Teenagers (9) _________________________________________________. They want to (10) _________________________________________________. Researchers want children to play (11) _________________________________________________. This will help children to develop motor skills. It will also (12) _________________________________________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Teenagersdocrazythings.Theytakemorerisks.Somecauseinjuries.A
studyofchimpanzeesmayexplainriskybehaviourinchildren.Research
ersstudied100chimpanzeesinUganda.Theresearcherslookedathowt
hechimpsmovedthroughtrees.Theyoungestchimpsdidmoredangero
usthings.Childrenandyoungchimpanzeestakerisks.However,parent
sstopchildrenfromdoingriskythings.Teenagershavemorefreedom.T
heywanttotryriskythings.Researcherswantchildrentoplaymoreinpar
ks.Thiswillhelpchildrentodevelopmotorskills.Itwillalsomakethemstr
onger.

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

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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