Newswise wk 45 B1: Sunak New MP

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• Middelbare school
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Sunak New MP

This past year, the UK has been faced with restless times within its government. 

Now, the country has a new Prime Minister: Rishi Sunak. 

What does he stand for and how will he restore faith in a country that is clearly having a hard time?

www.bbc.co.uk

key words
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Goal

I can use clarifying strategies to understand the meaning of words.

I can find and understand specific information in simple, everyday materials.

Strategies to clarify

1	read part of the text again
2	look at the picture
3	look at the word itself
4	use a dictionary

Do ex. 3 - select 7 words

MP 

to restore 

profound 

immediate 

PM 

to resign 

to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving

felt or experienced strongly; extreme

to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position

happening or done without delay or very soon after something else

prime minister, the leader of the government in the UK

a member of Parliament 

1. In the introduction, you find some signal words for time order or sequence. Write down these signal words.

2. Which signal word can replace the signal word However in line 12?

1. but
2. maybe
3. so
4. therefor

In lines 28-29 it says: The economic crisis is the result of several issues. Which conjunctions in this paragraph signal these (four) issues?

Which signal word signals a contrast in the second paragraph Challenges ahead?

signalwords time order/sequence

first

yet

for example

later on

before

at that time