The Reading / Listening - World Food Programme - Level 0

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) won the Nobel Peace Prize. The judges said it won, "for its efforts to combat hunger" and "for...bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas". The WFP also helped to stop the use of hunger as a weapon. The WFP said it tries to end hunger every day in over 80 countries.

The WFP is the world's biggest humanitarian organization. Last year, it helped 97 million people. Its workers work in dangerous conditions, including in war zones where people are three times more likely to be hungry. COVID-19 will add to global hunger. The UN said the WFP is "the world's first responder" for world hunger.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    World Food Programme - Level 1,  World Food Programme - Level 2   or  World Food Programme - Level 3

Sources
  • https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1075012
  • https://thehill.com/opinion/international/520344-world-food-programmes-nobel-why-the-un-nato-and-alliances-matter-in
  • https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-stefan-lofven-health-nobel-prizes-united-nations-fe4ac26b1ccec0f2153487855f66ba02
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQgfHVtNCoA&feature=youtu.be


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. The judges
  2. efforts to combat
  3. bettering conditions
  4. in conflict-
  5. the use of hunger as
  6. The WFP said
  7. end hunger
  8. in over 80
  1. it tries
  2. affected areas
  3. countries
  4. said it won
  5. every day
  6. for peace
  7. a weapon
  8. hunger

Paragraph 2

  1. the world's biggest humanitarian
  2. it helped 97
  3. Its workers work
  4. war
  5. three times more
  6. COVID-19 will
  7. the world's first
  8. world
  1. add to global hunger
  2. zones
  3. hunger
  4. million people
  5. responder
  6. organization
  7. likely to be hungry
  8. in dangerous conditions

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) (1) ___________________ Peace Prize. The judges (2) ___________________, "for its efforts to combat hunger" and "for... (3) ___________________ peace in conflict-affected areas". The WFP (4) ___________________ stop the use of hunger (5) ___________________. The WFP said it tries to end hunger every day in (6) ___________________.

The WFP is (7) ___________________ humanitarian organization. Last year, it (8) ___________________ people. Its workers work in dangerous conditions, including (9) ___________________ where people are three times (10) ___________________ be hungry. COVID-19 will (11) ___________________ hunger. The UN said the WFP is "the (12) ___________________ " for world hunger.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheUNWorldFoodProgramme(WFP)wontheNobelPeacePrize.Thejud
gessaiditwon,"foritseffortstocombathunger"and"for...betteringcon
ditionsforpeaceinconflict-affectedareas".TheWFPalsohelpedtosto
ptheuseofhungerasaweapon.TheWFPsaidittriestoendhungereveryd
ayinover80countries.TheWFPistheworld'sbiggesthumanitarianorga
nization.Lastyear,ithelped97millionpeople.Itsworkersworkindanger
ousconditions,includinginwarzoneswherepeoplearethreetimesmore
likelytobehungry.COVID-19willaddtoglobalhunger.TheUNsaidtheW
FPis"theworld'sfirstresponder"forworldhunger.

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

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Free writing

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