The Reading / Listening - Toys - Level 0

Toys R Us will open 120 new stores in America. This will increase its number of stores from 40 to 160. The company wants people to have more places to buy toys. It will sell popular brands such as LEGO and Barbie. Some stores will have candy shops and family-friendly cafes. The new stores will also be in malls and airports.

The new stores are part of the company's comeback in America. Toys R Us closed its last U.S. stores in 2018. It started opening them again in 2022. The company says toys are becoming popular with adults. A market research company agreed. It said toys are becoming hobbies and "social experiences" for adults.

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Sources
  • https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/toys-us-planning-major-comeback-ahead-holiday-season/story
  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2026/09/19/toys-r-us-expands-with-120-new-stores-across-the-us/91850087007/
  • https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/toys-r-us-opening-120-new-stores-rcna598543


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. Toys R Us will
  2. increase its number
  3. have more places
  4. It will sell popular
  5. LEGO
  6. Some stores will
  7. family-
  8. malls and
  1. have candy shops
  2. friendly cafes
  3. and Barbie
  4. airports
  5. open 120 new stores
  6. brands
  7. of stores
  8. to buy toys

Paragraph 2

  1. the new
  2. the company's comeback in
  3. Toys R Us closed its last
  4. It started opening them again
  5. becoming popular with
  6. a market
  7. toys are becoming
  8. "social experiences"
  1. research company
  2. U.S. stores in 2018
  3. in 2022
  4. for adults
  5. stores
  6. hobbies
  7. adults
  8. America

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Toys R Us (1) _________________________________________________ new stores in America. This (2) _________________________________________________ number of stores from 40 to 160. The company wants (3) _________________________________________________ more places to buy toys. It will sell (4) _________________________________________________ as LEGO and Barbie. Some (5) _________________________________________________ candy shops and family-friendly cafes. The new stores will also be in (6) _________________________________________________.

The new stores (7) _________________________________________________ the company's comeback in America. Toys R Us (8) _________________________________________________ U.S. stores in 2018. (9) _________________________________________________ them again in 2022. The company says toys (10) _________________________________________________ with adults. A (11) _________________________________________________ agreed. It said toys are becoming hobbies and "social (12) ________________________________________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ToysRUswillopen120newstoresinAmerica.Thiswillincreaseitsnumbe
rofstoresfrom40to160.Thecompanywantspeopletohavemoreplaces
tobuytoys.ItwillsellpopularbrandssuchasLEGOandBarbie.Somestor
eswillhavecandyshopsandfamily-friendlycafes.Thenewstoreswillal
sobeinmallsandairports.Thenewstoresarepartofthecompany'scome
backinAmerica.ToysRUscloseditslastU.S.storesin2018.Itstartedope
ningthemagainin2022.Thecompanysaystoysarebecomingpopularwi
thadults.Amarketresearchcompanyagreed.Itsaidtoysarebecoming
hobbiesand"socialexperiences"foradults.

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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