Editorials
Reading · C1 · 10 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 45 minEditorial: the case for a four-day working weekA newspaper editorial on the four-day week, with inference, key phrases and statements about the writer's attitude.Free
- Sheet 2 · 45 minEditorial: museums should share what they holdAn editorial on returning cultural objects to their places of origin, with inference, key phrases and the writer's attitude.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 45 minEditorial: libraries are the last free indoor spaceAn editorial defending public libraries as civic spaces, with inference, phrases in context and the writer's attitude.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 20 minEditorials: identifying the main argumentRead a newspaper editorial opposing library closures and identify its position, structure and supporting points.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minEditorials: persuasive techniquesRecognize common persuasive techniques and emotive word choices in editorials, then use them in your own sentences.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minEditorials: fact, opinion and loaded languageRead an editorial in favor of a tourist tax, interpret its loaded vocabulary and check what it claims.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minEditorials: spotting weak reasoningIdentify common flaws in argument such as straw man and false dilemma, then reply to a weak argument.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minEditorials: reading a reply and a rebuttalRead a principal's letter responding to an editorial on school start times and practice the language of rebuttal.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 20 minEditorials: plan your own editorialReview the conventions of editorials and plan a persuasive editorial on an issue in your community.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 40 minOpinion: put down the step counterAn opinion piece questioning the ten-thousand-step target, with gist, detail, inference and vocabulary-in-context tasks.Premium