The Reading / Listening - Elon Musk - Level 0

TIME magazine said its Person of the Year for 2021 is Elon Musk. TIME said few people have influenced life on Earth and off Earth more than Mr Musk. He is the richest person in the world. He has brought great changes in society. He is helping to save the world and our future. He wants to explore space and get to Mars.

This year has been amazing for Elon Musk. He went into space. His company SpaceX might take us to Mars. His car company Tesla has two-thirds of the electric car market. Musk is also an inventor. He started the e-payments company PayPal. He also has companies in robotics, solar technology and artificial intelligence. TIME called him a genius.

* ERROR: Elon Musk has never been into space.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Elon Musk - Level 1,  Elon Musk - Level 2   or  Elon Musk - Level 3

Sources
  • https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk/
  • https://www.npr.org/2021/12/13/1063792887/elon-musk-time-person-of-the-year
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/13/media/slug-time-person-year-elon-musk/index.html


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. TIME
  2. few people have
  3. life on
  4. He is the richest person
  5. He has brought great changes
  6. He is helping to
  7. He wants to explore
  8. get
  1. to Mars
  2. in the world
  3. space
  4. influenced life
  5. Earth
  6. magazine
  7. save the world
  8. in society

Paragraph 2

  1. This year has been amazing
  2. He went
  3. Tesla has two-
  4. Musk is also an
  5. He started the e-payments
  6. He also has companies
  7. artificial
  8. TIME called
  1. in robotics
  2. intelligence
  3. company
  4. him a genius
  5. inventor
  6. for Elon Musk
  7. thirds
  8. into space

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

TIME (1) ___________________ Person of the Year for 2021 is Elon Musk. TIME (2) ___________________ have influenced life on Earth (3) ___________________ more than Mr Musk. He is the richest (4) ___________________ world. He has brought great (5) ___________________. He is helping to save the world and our future. He wants to explore (6) ___________________ to Mars.

This year (7) ___________________ for Elon Musk. He went into space. His company SpaceX (8) ___________________ to Mars. His car company Tesla has (9) ___________________ the electric car market. Musk is (10) ___________________. He started the e-payments company PayPal. (11) ________________ companies in robotics, solar technology and artificial intelligence. TIME called (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TIMEmagazinesaiditsPersonoftheYearfor2021isElonMusk.TIMEsaid
fewpeoplehaveinfluencedlifeonEarthandoffEarthmoreth
anMrMusk.Heistherichestpersonintheworld.Hehasbroughtgreatcha
ngesinsociety.Heishelpingtosavetheworldandourfuture.Hewantsto
explorespaceandgettoMars.ThisyearhasbeenamazingforElonMusk.
Hewentintospace.HiscompanySpaceXmighttakeustoMars.Hiscarco
mpanyTeslahastwo-thirdsoftheelectriccarmarket.Muskisalsoanin
ventor.Hestartedthee-paymentscompanyPayPal.Healsohascompan
iesinrobotics,solartechnologyandartificialintelligence.TIMEcalledhi
magenius.

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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Free writing

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Answers

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