Barack Obama Photocopiable

Barack Obama Photocopiable

LEVEL 2 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme Barack Obama Photocopiable While reading e What job did Obama’s grandmother do? EASYSTARTS Chapters 1–2 ……………………………………………… 1 Put the underlined letters in the right place to f What things did Obama remember from his make a word. first day in Jakarta? a Obama’s letoecni ……………… changed the ……………………………………………… LEVEL 2 future of the United States. g What did Obama write when his teacher b Martin Luther King wanted trbete asked him about his plans for the future? ……………… homes and jobs for black ……………………………………………… LEVEL 3 people. h Where did Obama live when he went back c American election apgamcsni ……………… to the United States? cost a lot of money. ……………………………………………… LEVEL 4 Obama, Sr. got a free place in mnoceosic d 4 Are these sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)? ……………… classes at Harvard. a There is a new American president every e Obama, Sr. got a good job in the Kenyan four years. c LEVEL 5 mevontgnre ……………… . b After the war between the North and the f Lolo Soetoro went to New Guinea to gihtf South, black people could get good jobs. c ……………… in the war there. c Obama had more money to fight the LEVEL 6 g Ann wanted Barry to have a good atunoicde campaign than the Clintons. c ……………… . d In 1961, it wasn’t normal for a black h Barry loved playing basketball behind his person to marry a white person in the grandparents’ trapematn ……………… . United States. c 2 Put a word on the left with a word on the e Ann didn’t talk about Obama, Sr. after right. her married life with him ended. c better quietly f When Ann was a child, she loved reading sick future about people from other countries. c past cheap g First Obama went to a Catholic school, rich worse and then a Muslim school in Jakarta. c win bored h Obama was very happy when his father started well went to stay with him at Christmas in excited stupid 1971. c sold poor Chapters 3–4 loudly forget 5 Find the right words in Chapters 3–4. smart lose a A place where you can get money. (p. 9) remember bought ………………… expensive finished b The sister of your mother or father. (p. 10) 3 Answer the questions. ………………… a What happened when the war between the c When you do something badly, you make North and the South ended? these. (p. 10) ………………… ……………………………………………… d You have these when you talk with other b How many Democratic presidential people. (p. 11) ………………… candidates were there in the beginning? e Something you can read. (p. 13) ……………………………………………… ………………… c Why did Obama, Sr. first go to the United f This person lives in the house next to your States? house. (p. 14) ………………… ……………………………………………… g The way a person puts words on paper. d How many children did Kezia have when (p. 15) ………………… Obama, Sr. married Ruth? h When many animals are free, they are this. ……………………………………………… (p. 16) ………………… pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2016 Barack Obama - Activity worksheets 1 of 2 LEVEL 2 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme Barack Obama Photocopiable 6 Underline the wrong words and put the right b a his Obama money book get lot could of EASYSTARTS ones. from a Obama wanted people to use his American ……………………………………………. name in Harlem. ……………… c stopped the White drivers road policemen b Obama helped black people in South more black on LEVEL 2 Chicago make changes for better hospitals. ……………………………………………. ……………… d weather city Orleans Very bad hit the of c When the government took Obama, Sr.’s New LEVEL 3 job away, he started working in bars. ……………………………………………. ……………… e his didn’t problems Obama life have he liked d Michelle wanted her older brother to play and money LEVEL 4 football with Obama. ……………… ……………………………………………. e Obama visited South America on his way to f to people phone across voters Young country Kenya. ……………… made the calls LEVEL 5 f One of Ruth’s two daughters died in a car ……………………………………………. accident. ……………… g was important country The problem g When Onyango had a lot of money, he economy the in most the LEVEL 6 bought a restaurant in Kendu. ……………… ……………………………………………. h Barack and Michelle married in Kenya in h spoke a party the After for Obama family big 1992. ……………… left ……………………………………………. 7 Finish the sentences with the right words. hoped powerful called different 9 Answer the questions. stranger newspapers disciplined freely a What was the name of Obama’s first book? a When Barry was a college, he was a ……………………………………………… ……………… student. b How many daughters did Barack and Michelle b Obama tried to work with the churches, but Obama have? the ……………… men didn’t want his help. ……………………………………………… c Obama sent Michelle flowers and notes, and c What did Michelle and the girls do when he ……………… her on the phone. Obama moved to Washington? d Some important ……………… wrote about ……………………………………………… Obama and it opened a door to his future. d Why were many Americans angry about e Obama felt like a ……………… when he New Orleans? visited London, Paris, and Barcelona. ……………………………………………… f Onyango ……………… to learn English e What did Michelle live for? from the white people. ……………………………………………… g Obama’s visit to Kenya opened his eyes to a f What did Obama have on the wall of his ……………… world. Senate office? h The South African government didn’t want ……………………………………………… black people to live ……………… with g What did Hillary Clinton vote on the war in white people. Iraq? ……………………………………………… Chapters 5–6 What did McCain do when the American 8 Put the words in the right place to make a h banks had problems? sentence. ……………………………………………… a wanted for Obama law Many them to offices work ……………………………………………. pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2016 Barack Obama - Activity worksheets 2 of 2 LEVEL 2 Progress test Teacher Support Programme Barack Obama Photocopiable 1 What’s first? Number the sentences 1–10. h ………………… worked in a white man’s house EASYSTARTS a c Barack goes back to law school and is elected in Nairobi. president of the Harvard law magazine. i ………………… fought in New Guinea and then b c Barack becomes a Senator and then fights moved back to Jakarta. against Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic j ………………… took Barack to their LEVEL 2 candidate for the presidency. grandfather’s farm in Kogelo. c c Obama, Sr. moves to the United States and 3 Are these sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)? meets Ann. They marry and have a son called LEVEL 3 a Obama, Sr. had two American wives and one Barack. African wife. c d c Barry, now Barack again, lives in a black b Ann’s parents were from Kenya. c community in Harlem, New York, and looks c When Ann left Lolo, she went back to LEVEL 4 for a job as a community organizer. Honolulu with Maya. c e c Barack takes Michelle to Kenya to meet his d The powerful men in the churches of Chicago family and then they go back to the United didn’t want Obama’s help. c LEVEL 5 States to get married. e Michelle’s brother didn’t like Obama after f c Barack, now a law student, gets a summer job he played basketball with him. c in Chicago and meets a beautiful, black lawyer f Sarah told Obama about his grandfather in called Michelle. LEVEL 6 English. c g c Barack, now called Barry, learns Indonesian and g When Obama married Michelle, he didn’t goes to school in Jakarta. invite his family. c h c The Obama family walk hand-in-hand in front h Obama didn’t vote for a war in Iraq. c of more than 200,000 people. Obama is the i When Obama moved to Washington, his first African-American President. wife and daughters stayed in Chicago. c i c Barack’s first book starts selling very well but a j Obama didn’t say bad things about Hillary short time later his mother, Ann, dies. Clinton and the Republicans. c j c Barry goes back to the United States to live with his grandparents and study at an expensive 4 Circle the right words. school called Punahou. a Obama, Sr. went to the United States to work / study / marry. 2 Write the names to finish the sentences. b Barry was very angry / sad / excited when they Barack Obama Michelle Obama, Sr. moved to Jakarta. Martin Luther King John McCain Ann c Obama had an angry conversation with his Lolo Soetoro Auma Onyango Malia father / sister / mother at Christmas in 1971. a ………………… taught her children to be good d Obama went to Harvard to study Economics / and kind and about the problems of African- English / Law. Americans. e The first time they went out, Obama took Michelle b ………………… lost his job with the government, to a church / party / basketball game in Chicago. started drinking, and then died in a car accident. f Obama stayed with Obama, Sr. / his grandmother / c ………………… didn’t like politics but loved her Auma when he went to Kenya. community. g Michelle cried when she saw the poor animals / d ………………… spoke in 1963 about a better children / government in Kenya. world for African-Americans. h Obama finished writing his first book in Chicago / e ………………… became a community organizer Kenya / Bali. because he wanted to help poor people. i Obama and his campaign people were richer / f ………………… discussed important things with younger / cleverer than Clinton and her people. Obama on TV. j Barack Hussein Obama is the 34th / 44th / 54th g ………………… was born in 1999 and has a president of the United States. sister called Natasha. pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2016 Barack Obama - Progress test 1 of 1.

View Full Text

Details

  • File Type
    pdf
  • Upload Time
    -
  • Content Languages
    English
  • Upload User
    Anonymous/Not logged-in
  • File Pages
    3 Page
  • File Size
    -

Download

Channel Download Status
Express Download Enable

Copyright

We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all users. All uploaded documents are either original works of the uploader or authorized works of the rightful owners.

  • Not to be reproduced or distributed without explicit permission.
  • Not used for commercial purposes outside of approved use cases.
  • Not used to infringe on the rights of the original creators.
  • If you believe any content infringes your copyright, please contact us immediately.

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us