Reading Practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What you are going to do...

This assignment has two parts.

Part 1: 

A quick test (about 10 min) to check your language level.

Part 2: 

Reading text and exercises available on two different levels. You choose your own level based on results from part 1. Duration: about 25 minutes.

Part 1: Before you start

Drag and drop the words to the correct sentence.

1. A ________ is someone who is between 13 and 19 years old.

2. When you _________ a meal, you make hot food.

4. A _________ is something you learn how to do, like using a computer.

6. The instructions you follow to make a meal are called a _________.

recipe

cook

teenager

skill

Part 1: What's your level?

Read the text and answer the questions. 

There are 14 questions. 

Keep count of how many you answer correctly!

Click on the image on the question slide to read the text.

1. Tom does one thing that teenagers don't normally do.

1. True
2. False

2. Tom is the only person who eats the food he cooks.

1. True
2. False

3. Tom's mum was happier when he didn't cook.

1. True
2. False

4. Tom's mum thinks learning to cook is good for teenagers.

1. True
2. False

5. Tom learned some recipes from his grandmother.

1. True
2. False

6. Tom's vegetable soup was not good.

1. True
2. False

7. Tom says he is a good cook.

1. True
2. False

8. Tom's friends like cooking too now.

1. True
2. False

Questions 9-14

Choose the meaning of the words in CAPITAL letters.

9. Today things are different and SHE is very happy.

1. Tom's mom
2. Tom's sister

10. Maths and English are important, of course, but THEY need other skills too to help THEM in today’s world.

1. Maths and English
2. teenagers

11. Yesterday he made vegetable soup. IT was very good!

1. Tom
2. the soup

12. He started using recipes in MY cookery books.

1. Tom's mum's
2. Tom's

13. I love cooking and I think I'm really good at IT.

1. cooking
2. being a teenager

14. IT isn't difficult and IT's great fun!

1. cooking
2. doing homework

Results

9 questions or less correct 

10 questions or more correct 

9 or less questions correct

A1

10 or more questions correct

A2

RESULTS

Part 2: How it works

A1 students do the assignments on 

the slides marked with the yellow dot.

(starts on the next slide)

A2 student do the assignments on 

the slides marked with the purple dot.

(starts after 9 slides, slide 31)

A1 text: Before you start

Answer the question and review the words 

on the next two slides

You are going to read a text called No Time To Die. Look at the title, the headings and the picture and predict what the text is about.

Now, read the text. Use the ‘Words to help you’. 

the spy = de spion

exciting = spannend

moody = somber

sad = verdrietig

to delay = uitstellen

to release = uitbrengen

it is a wrap = het is klaar

to exist = bestaan, zijn

extra

Did you see more difficult words? Write them down and look them up!

Read lines 1-8. Why is it better to delay the James Bond film No time to Die?

1. because of the exciting trailer of the film
2. because of the illness of Daniel Craig
3. because of the spread of the coronavirus

Read lines 9-13. When can people watch the film in the Netherlands?

1. in April 2020
2. on November 12th
3. on November 25th

Read lines 14-22. What is not true about the making of the film?

1. The actor who played James Bond had to be replaced.
2. The first director stopped and a new director had to start.
3. The storyline had to be written again.

Read lines 23-28. Why did Billie Eilish say that she is in shock?

1. She is in shock because of the spread of the coronavirus.
2. She is in shock because she was asked for the theme song.
3. She is in shock because the release of her song is delayed.

WORD WEB

Make a word web on the next slide. Fill in as many things as you can, but at least the things mentioned in this picture

No Time
To Die

A2 text: Before you start

Answer the question and review the words 

on the next two slides

What do you think the text is about?
What do you already know about the subject?

Click here for instructions

Read the text

Use the image bellow with words to help. Write down other words you don't know and look them up!

Write down at least one question you might have for the paragraph 'Delayed'

Write down at least one question you might have for the paragraph 'Final of five'

Write down at least one question you might have for the paragraph 'Production'

Write down at least one question you might have for the paragraph 'Promotion'

What are the ingredients of a 007 storyline? Name three ingredients:

Look at the paragraph Delayed.
What does the word to delay mean (line 6)?

1. to finish doing something that you were doing of making
2. to make something happen at a later time than originally planned
3. to start to do something or to think about what you are going to do

Why is the film delayed?

1. Europe and North America don’t want to have the film in cinemas in April.
2. People cannot go to the cinema in large numbers now, because of the coronavirus.
3. There are not enough enthusiastic Bond fans right now, who want to see the film.

Look at the paragraph 'Final of five'. Why is it a 'final' film? Choose one of the two correct answers.

1. Because it is the last Bond film.
2. Because it is the last film Daniel Craig stars in.
3. Because it is the last film in a series.
4. Because it the last film with this director.

Look at the paragraph 'Production'. The making of the film was difficult. There were three problems. What were the three problems:

Name the people who caused the three problems.

Look at the paragraph "Promotion". Why is Billie Eilish still in shock?

1. Because she is a big fan of the Bond films.
2. Because she’s the youngest person to record a Bond theme song.
3. Because the theme song was released in February.

Op welk niveau heb je de vragen gemaakt?

A1

A2

Hoe lastig vond je de vragen?

Easy-peasy!

Goed te doen

Wel okee, soms wat lastig

Toch wel best lastig

Lastly: 007 theme songs

Every Bond film has a theme song. You are going to listen to five theme songs on the next slide and then rank them in a top 5.

You Know My Name – Chris Cornell 

(film: Casino Royale) 

Another Way To Die – Alicia Keys & Jack White (film: Quantum of Solace)

Skyfall – Adele 

(film: Skyfall) 

Writing’s On The Wall – Sam Smith 

(film: Spectre)

No Time To Die – Billie Eilish (film: No Time To Die)

You Know My Name - ________

Another Way To Die - ________

Skyfall - ________

Writing's On The Wall - ________

No Time To Die - ________

Finished!