The Reading / Listening - Prince Harry - Spare - Level 0

Prince Harry has written a book about his life, his mother's death, and his relationship with newspapers. It is called "Spare". This word means something that is only there in case another thing is lost or broken. The 410-page book is in 16 languages. It is the fastest selling non-fiction book ever written.

A member of Britain's Royal Family has never spoken so honestly before. Harry writes about why he moved to the USA, family arguments, and why he stopped being a royal. He said UK newspapers have written many bad things about his wife Meghan. He also wrote about killing Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

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Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64213852
  • https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/prince-harrys-spare-sinks-royals-popularity-expert-timing-ghastly
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/09/europe/prince-harry-spare-book-takeaways-intl/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. Prince Harry has
  2. his mother's
  3. his relationship with
  4. It is called
  5. something that
  6. lost or
  7. The 410-page book is
  8. the fastest selling non-
  1. is only there
  2. "Spare"
  3. in 16 languages
  4. newspapers
  5. fiction book
  6. death
  7. written a book
  8. broken

Paragraph 2

  1. A member of Britain's
  2. spoken so
  3. why he moved
  4. family
  5. why he stopped
  6. newspapers have written
  7. He also wrote about
  8. Taliban fighters
  1. in Afghanistan
  2. to the USA
  3. being a royal
  4. killing
  5. honestly
  6. Royal Family
  7. many bad things
  8. arguments

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Prince Harry (1) ___________________ book about his life, (2) ___________________, and his relationship with newspapers. It is called "Spare". (3) ___________________ something that is only there (4) ___________________ thing is lost or broken. The 410-page (5) ___________________ 16 languages. It is the fastest selling non-fiction (6) ___________________.

(1) ___________________ Britain's Royal Family (2) ___________________ so honestly before. Harry (3) ___________________ he moved to the USA, family arguments, (4) ___________________ stopped being a royal. He said UK newspapers (5) ___________________ bad things (6) ___________________ Meghan. He also wrote about killing Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

PrinceHarryhaswrittenabookabouthislife,hismother'sdeath,andhisr
elationshipwithnewspapers.Itiscalled"Spare".Thiswordmeanssome
thingthatisonlythereincaseanotherthingislostorbroken.The410-pag
ebookisin16languages.Itisthefastestsellingnon-fictionbookeverwri
tten.AmemberofBritain'sRoyalFamilyhasneverspokensohonestlybe
fore.HarrywritesaboutwhyhemovedtotheUSA,familyarguments,an
dwhyhestoppedbeingaroyal.HesaidUKnewspapershavewrittenman
ybadthingsabouthiswifeMeghan.HealsowroteaboutkillingTalibanfig
htersinAfghanistan.

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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