The Reading / Listening - Babies - Level 0

The world's smallest baby left hospital after 13 months. Yu Xuan weighed 212 grams when she was born at around 25 weeks. Doctors gave her a "limited chance of survival". They helped her to live. They said they were happy and proud. They wished her well and said she "beat the odds every day".

Yu Xuan's mother was grateful to the doctors and nurses. She called them wonderful. Yu Xuan still has problems. She has a lung disease. She has a special machine at home to help her breathe. Her doctors said she would get better. They said she never gave up. They called her "extraordinary" and "a ray of hope".

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Sources
  • https://www.newsweek.com/smallest-baby-ever-weigh-apple-hospital-singapore-1617455
  • https://www.foxnews.com/health/worlds-smallest-infant-discharged-hospital-13-months
  • https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/09/smallest-ever-newborn-is-allowed-home-after-13-months-in-hospital-15061335/


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 world's
  2. Yu Xuan weighed
  3. she was born at around
  4. Doctors gave her a limited
  5. They helped her
  6. They said they were happy
  7. They wished her
  8. she beat the
  1. chance of survival
  2. well
  3. and proud
  4. 25 weeks
  5. odds every day
  6. smallest baby
  7. 212 grams
  8. to live

Paragraph 2

  1. Yu Xuan's mother was grateful
  2. She has a lung
  3. She has a special machine at
  4. to help
  5. doctors said she would
  6. They said she never
  7. They called her
  8. a ray
  1. her breathe
  2. extraordinary
  3. disease
  4. of hope
  5. to the doctors
  6. get better
  7. gave up
  8. home

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The world's smallest (1) ___________________ after 13 months. Yu Xuan (2) ___________________ when she was born at around 25 weeks. Doctors (3) ___________________ "limited chance of survival". (4) ___________________ to live. They said they were (5) ___________________. They wished her well and said she "beat the (6) ___________________".

Yu Xuan's mother (7) ___________________ the doctors and nurses. She (8) ___________________. Yu Xuan still has problems. She (9) ___________________ disease. She has a (10) ___________________ home to help her breathe. Her doctors said she (11) ___________________. They said she never gave up. They called her "extraordinary" and "a (12) ___________________".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Theworld'ssmallestbabylefthospitalafter13months.YuXuanweighed
212gramswhenshewasbornataround25weeks.Doctorsgavehera"li
mitedchanceofsurvival".Theyhelpedhertolive.Theysaidtheywereha
ppyandproud.Theywishedherwellandsaidshe"beattheoddseveryday
".YuXuan'smotherwasgratefultothedoctorsandnurses.Shecalledthe
mwonderful.YuXuanstillhasproblems.Shehasalungdisease.Shehasa
specialmachineathometohelpherbreathe.Herdoctorssaidshewouldg
etbetter.Theysaidshenevergaveup.Theycalledher"extraordinary"an
d"arayofhope".

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

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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