The Reading / Listening - Secret Service - Level 0

The US Secret Service must answer questions about how Donald Trump was shot. A shooter climbed on top of a building just 130 metres from Mr Trump. People told police they saw a man with a rifle. The Secret Service said the shooting "was unacceptable". Its job was to protect the former President.

Mr Trump was speaking to supporters at a rally. The 20-year-old gunman shot Trump in the ear. One man died and two people were badly injured. A sniper killed the gunman. Secret Service officers protected Trump. They rushed him to safety to a nearby car. Trump thanked God for "preventing the unthinkable".

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Secret Service - Level 1 Secret Service - Level 2   or  Secret Service - Level 3

Sources
  • https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/15/politics/secret-service-director-interview/index.html
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/us/politics/secret-service-security-roof-trump-shooting.html
  • https://www.foxnews.com/media/secret-service-director-ripped-unacceptable-response-trump-assassination-attempt-mind-boggling


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. Secret Service must answer
  2. how Donald Trump was
  3. A shooter climbed on top
  4. just 130 metres
  5. People told
  6. they saw a man
  7. the shooting was
  8. Its job was to protect the former
  1. police
  2. of a building
  3. unacceptable
  4. with a rifle
  5. from Mr Trump
  6. questions
  7. President
  8. shot

Paragraph 2

  1. Mr Trump was speaking
  2. at a
  3. The 20-year-old
  4. two people were badly
  5. Secret Service officers
  6. They rushed him to safety
  7. Trump thanked
  8. preventing
  1. to a nearby car
  2. injured
  3. God
  4. gunman
  5. the unthinkable
  6. rally
  7. protected Trump
  8. to supporters

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The US Secret Service (1) ___________________ about how Donald Trump was shot. A shooter (2) ___________________ of a building just 130 metres from Mr Trump. People (3) ___________________ saw a man (4) ___________________. The Secret Service (5) ___________________ "was unacceptable". Its job was to (6) ___________________ President.

Mr Trump (7) ___________________ supporters (8) ___________________. The 20-year-old gunman shot Trump in the ear. One man died and two people (9) ___________________. A sniper (10) ___________________. Secret Service officers protected Trump. They rushed (11) ___________________ to a nearby car. Trump (12) ___________________ "preventing the unthinkable".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheUSSecretServicemustanswerquestionsabouthowDonaldTrump
wasshot.Ashooterclimbedontopofabuildingjust130metresfromMrTr
ump.Peopletoldpolicetheysawamanwitharifle.TheSecretServicesaid
theshooting"wasunacceptable".ItsjobwastoprotecttheformerPresid
ent.MrTrumpwasspeakingtosupportersatarally.The20-year-oldgun
manshotTrumpintheear.Onemandiedandtwopeoplewerebadlyinju
red.Asniperkilledthegunman.SecretServiceofficersprotectedTrump
.Theyrushedhimtosafetytoanearbycar.TrumpthankedGodfor"preve
ntingtheunthinkable".

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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(o) ________________

(p) ________________

Free writing

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

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Answers

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