Topical News Lessons

Match the beginnings with the endings. 
1.
The NPD has many supporters …
2. NPD
MPs
…
3.
Many people vote for the NPD …
4.
German newspapers say the NPD’s success ….
5.
Almost 20% of the people of Koenigstein …
6.
The mayor of Koenigstein …
a. … because they do not like the red-green government in Berlin.
b. … does not think the Nazi period will happen again.
c. … do not look like skinheads.
d. … voted for the NPD at the last election.
e. … among young people.
f. … is because of high unemployment.
1.
Find two water sports in the text.
2.
In the first paragraph, find a word that means ‘well-known’.
3.
In the third paragraph, find an adjective and two nouns beginning with
‘s’.
4.
In the fourth paragraph, find a word meaning the number of people
living in a town.
5.
In the fifth paragraph, find a word for a meal cooked outside.
6.
In the sixth paragraph, find an adjective that is the opposite of ‘rude’.

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005

Taken from the news section in
www.onestopenglish.com
Reorder the letters to make words from the text: 
1. ssseccu
2. tciimsv
3. eeyluompnd
4. desurrpsi
5. ltnoceei
Look at this example: 
There are 12 NPD MPs in the Saxon parliament. 
Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’: 
1.
Last September there ___________ federal elections in Saxony.
2.
There ___________ a lot of unemployment in Germany.
3.
There ___________ many hills and rivers in Saxon Switzerland.
4.
There ___________ many NPD supporters in Koenigstein.
5.
There ___________ 35,000 victims of the 1945 attack on Dresden.
6.
There ___________ a lot of unemployed people in Saxony.