My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book

Breaking News English

HOME  |  HELP THIS SITE  |  000s MORE FREE LESSONS
 
My 1,000
Ideas
e-Book
 
 

HOW TO PLAY:

 1. Click this link to listen.

 2. Listen and choose the correct word in the grey box with the "up / down" arrows.

 3. Check your answers.

 4. Press the "refresh" button on your browser to play again.

   because      celebrities      clients      cousin      documents      embarrassed      famous      financial      firm      first      former      honesty      law      leaks      letters      name      part      shocked      them      wealth  
The prime minister of Iceland quit on Tuesday of a new global scandal. Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson resigned because his was in secret leaked from a Panama law . Journalists reported on the 11.5 million leaked e-mails and over the weekend. They contain information about how the world's richest and most people avoid paying tax. Thousands of the world's most powerful people appear in the documents. Iceland's leader is the to resign because of the scandal. The Panama Papers name over 215,000 companies and 14,153 of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, including many current and world leaders.

Many governments and around the world are now trying to keep the scandal from hitting . British prime minister David Cameron could be because his father was one of the firm's clients. Sports figures identified in the include Lionel Messi and the new FIFA president Gianni Infantino. He is that people are questioning his . Mossack Fonseca could also be in trouble. Journalists say it worked with 33 people or companies that were the of international sanctions, including a of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and companies in North Korea. A British tax expert said there is up to $32 trillion in untaxed financial around the world.

The Panama Papers lesson


E-mail this lesson to someone who would like to use it in classroom or study with it. 000's more free lessons.
MORE ACTIVITIES:
QUIZZES MORE QUIZZES PRINT READING SEAN'S OTHER SITES

Sentence Jumble

No letters

Gap-Fill

Word Order

Word Pairs

Grammar Gap-Fill

Articles Gap-Fill

Prepositions Gap-Fill

Consonants

Vowels

Missing Letters

Initals Only

Text Jumble - 15

Text Jumble - 24

No Spaces

 

26-Page Handout

Two-Page Mini-Lesson

 

LISTEN

MP3

Discussion Questions

 

DICTATION

10 Sentences

Spelling (12 Words)

Speed Reading
Activities

 

650+ Discussions (13,000+ Qs)

One-Minute Listening Lessons

Famous People Lessons

Holiday & Anniversary Lessons

Sean Banville on Twitter

My Blog

Free ESL Materials

Business English Materials

Lessons On All American Presidents

Lessons On Movies - Classic & New



 
 


 
 

Copyright © 2004-2019 by Sean Banville | Links | About | Privacy Policy