The Reading / Listening - Dog Tears - Level 0

People say dogs are man's best friends. Dogs and humans have always been close. Scientists think the bond is very deep. They said dogs cry with joy when they see their owner after being away for a long time. The scientists said when dogs see their owner, they cry. When they see other people they know, they don't cry.

The researchers said when dogs see their owners after five hours of being apart, they cry. A researcher said he had never heard of animals crying tears of joy. He thinks dogs' tears make humans love their dogs more. He said: "It's possible that dogs who show tears…during human interaction would be cared for more."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Dog Tears - Level 1 Dog Tears - Level 2   or  Dog Tears - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62645859
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/22/dogs-produce-tears-when-reunited-with-owners-study-finds
  • https://www.salon.com/2022/08/24/dog-tears-joy/


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. dogs are man's
  2. Dogs and humans have
  3. the bond is very
  4. dogs cry with
  5. after being away
  6. when dogs see their
  7. When they see other
  8. they don't
  1. owner
  2. deep
  3. people they know
  4. for a long time
  5. cry
  6. always been close
  7. best friends
  8. joy

Paragraph 2

  1. when dogs see
  2. five hours of being
  3. he had never heard of animals
  4. tears of
  5. dogs' tears make humans love
  6. dogs who
  7. during human
  8. be cared
  1. crying
  2. interaction
  3. their dogs more
  4. for more
  5. their owners
  6. joy
  7. apart
  8. show tears

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

People say dogs are (1) ___________________. Dogs and humans have (2) ___________________. Scientists think (3) ___________________ very deep. They said dogs cry with joy when they see their owner (4) ___________________ for a long time. The scientists said when dogs (5) ___________________, they cry. When they see other (6) ___________________, they don't cry.

The researchers (7) ___________________ see their owners (8) ___________________ of being apart, they cry. A researcher said he had never (9) ___________________ crying tears of joy. He thinks (10) ___________________ humans love their dogs more. He said: "It's possible that dogs (11) ___________________...during human interaction would be (12) ___________________."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Peoplesaydogsareman'sbestfriends.Dogsandhumanshavealwaysbe
enclose.Scientiststhinkthebondisverydeep.Theysaiddogscrywithjoy
whentheyseetheirownerafterbeingawayforalongtime.Thescientists
saidwhendogsseetheirowner,theycry.Whentheyseeotherpeoplethe
yknow,theydon'tcry.Theresearcherssaidwhendogsseetheirownersa
fterfivehoursofbeingapart,theycry.Aresearchersaidhehadneverhea
rdofanimalscryingtearsofjoy.Hethinksdogs'tearsmakehumanslovet
heirdogsmore.Hesaid:"It'spossiblethatdogswhoshowtears...during
humaninteractionwouldbecaredformore."

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

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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