A.Delvan and His Family Had to Leave Their Home in 2012.( )

Reading

1Read this extract of a news article about the struggle of a Syrian refugee family to get to Europe. Then check () the statements that are correct about it.

a.Delvan and his family had to leave their home in 2012.( )

b.Delvan’s daughters could study in Afrin.( )

c.Delvan’s sisters had good jobs in Turkey.( )

d.Delvan is worried about his children’s future.( )

e.Delvan’s wife and children had tried to get to Europe.( )

f.Delvan’s wife and children were sent to prison.( )

g.Delvan and his family will try to get to Europe by bus.( )

h.Delvan is anxious to get to Europe.( )

2Read the extract again. Then match the columns.

a.Aleppo( ) A city in Turkey where Delvan’s family lived for some time.

b.Afrin( ) She’s Delvan’s oldest daughter.

c.Belgium( ) The city in Syria where Delvan’s family used to live, and which they escaped in

2012.

d.Istanbul( ) She’s Delvan’s wife and Roliana’s mother.

e.Izmir( ) A village in a valley in Syria where Delvan and his family lived for some time.

f.Rokan( ) The first place in Europe Delvan’s wife and her children tried to get to.

g.Roliana( ) The country in Europe where Delvan would like to live in with his family.

h.Greece( ) The person Delvan paid to take him and his family illegally to Europe.

i.Abu Salah( ) The port in Turkey refugees depart from to get to Europe.

Vocabulary

3Complete the sentences with the adjective or the noun.

a.There are many chemicals that are ______to workers in that factory.

( ) hazard( ) hazardous

b.Are Delvan’s children ______about their journey to Europe?

( ) fear( ) frightened

c.The war in Syria has caused irreparable ______to the country and its people.

( ) harm( ) harmful

d.There is a lot of ______between the refugees and the UN soldiers in the camp.

( ) tension( ) tense

e.Crossing the Mediterranean on a boat is very ______.

( ) danger( ) dangerous

f.Delvan was living in ______in Izmir.

( ) despair( ) desperate

g.The workers in that factory are highly ______.

( ) production( ) productive

4Match the words with their definitions.

a.child labor

b.human rights

c.pocket money

d.dangerous jobs

e.work activities

( )The rights that everyone should have in a society, including the right to express opinions about the government or to have protection from harm.

( )Money that parents regularly give to their children.

( )The employment of children, especially children who are legally too young to work.

( )Labor activities that involve some kind of harm or risk.

( )Tasks people carry out at their work.

Grammar

5Match the sentences with the functions of the verb tenses. Then write down the verb tenses.

a.A permanent situation or a state.

b.A situation that began in the past and continues up to the present time.

c.An action or event in a definite time in the past.

d.A universal truth or fact.

e.An action or event that is part of someone’s routine.

f.An action or event in an indefinite time in the past.

( ) I have already taken the test. ______

( ) Brazil has the largest population of Latin America. ______

( ) We live in a big house. ______

( ) I always get up at 7 o’clock. ______

( ) The Taylors moved to Alaska last year. ______

( ) The refugees have lived in the camp for two months. ______

6Complete the sentences with the simple past or the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets. Pay attention to the time expressions.

a.Aidan and Kevin ______(write) a report about the refugee crisis yesterday.

b.______youever ______(meet) a person from another country?

c.I ______(see – neg.) that movie yet.

d.The refugees ______(cross – neg.) the Mediterranean last night.

e.My mother ______(fight) for human rights for ten years.

f.Child labor ______(be) a serious problem in that region since the 1980s.

g.What ______you ______(do) last weekend?

h.The students ______(discuss – neg.) Anne Frank’s book last class.

7Use the prompts to write conversations. Pay attention to the time expressions.

a.Nicole: you / do / your homework / yet / ?______

Jaden: Yes. / I / do / yesterday.______

b.Noah: how often / read / the newspaper / ?______

Justin: I / read / every day.______

c.Rob: watch / documentary about Syria / last night / ?______

Kevin: No. / be / good / ?______

d.Chloe: how long / you / have / a part-time job / ?______

Mia: for / three months. / I / work / at the mall______

e.Kayla: your parents / usually / give / you / pocket money / ?

______

Jane: No. / but / my grandma / give / some money / last year

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