May 7 news

Click here to read about a hang gliding accident.

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• Hang-gliding memory card recovered from pilot (theprovince.com)
• B.C. hang-gliding pilot granted bail, memory card recovered (theprovince.com)
• Pilot charged after fatal hang gliding incident (ctv.ca)
• Pilot involved in fatal hang-gliding accident swallowed key evidence (vancouversun.com)
• Woman dies in hang-gliding accident near Agassiz, B.C. (ctv.ca)

The Grey Cup

Listen and practice reading the story about how the B.C. Lions won the Grey Cup.

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The Grey Cup (ESL), posted with vodpod

Reading, Vocabulary and Listening Practice

Reading Practice – Workers Protest –  Click on this link, read and listen to the story. Then answer the questions.

Reading cards – Click on this link and try Reading Cards #21 – 30. If they’re are too easy, go on to the next set.

Vocabulary Practice

Listen to this clip about giving  false praise

Reading Quizzes

1. Click here do a informational reading quiz called “Computer and Girls”.

You can watch the video as you read the story.  On the left-hand side of the screen, you can test your vocabulary and comprehension. 

You know you have the correct answer when you see this symbol –  😉.  If you see an “X”, you have the wrong answer.

2. Click here do a informational reading quiz called “Children in Russia Spend Summers in California.

You can listen to the story, practice vocabulary and do other exercises.

 

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