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Level 3 - 12th October, 2020

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Contents
The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15
Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16
Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17
Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18
Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19
Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20
Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21
Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22
Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23
Role Play 11 Free Writing 24
After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25
Student Survey 13 Homework 26
Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27
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THE ARTICLE
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2010/201012-world-food-programme.html
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the winner of the
2020 Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded the prize by the Nobel
Committee in Norway on Friday. The Nobel judges spoke about why they
gave the award to the WFP. They said the WFP got the award, "for its
efforts to combat hunger" and "for its contribution to bettering conditions
for peace in conflict-affected areas". They said another reason was that
the WFP acted, "as a driving force to prevent the use of hunger as a
weapon of war and conflict". The WFP tweeted: "We are deeply humbled
to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This is an incredible recognition of the
dedication of the WFP family, working to end hunger every day in 80-plus
countries."
The World Food Programme is the largest humanitarian organization in

the world. Last year, it gave help to more than 97 million people in 88
countries. Its workers and volunteers often work in extremely dangerous
conditions. These can be in remote, hard-to-access areas of the world.
Over two-thirds of its work is in conflict-affected countries. People in war
zones are three times more likely to be undernourished than those in
countries without conflict. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to global
food insecurity. The WFP said: "There will likely be 265 million starving
people within a year." The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,
called the WFP "the world's first responder on the frontlines of food
insecurity".
Sources: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1075012
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/520344-world-food-programmes-nobel-why-the-un-nato-
and-alliances-matter-in
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-stefan-lofven-health-nobel-prizes-united-nations-
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WARM-UPS
1. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: Students walk around the class and talk to
other students about World Food Programme. Change partners often and share your
findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will
the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
United Nations / food / programme / award / combat / peace / hunger / weapon /

humanitarian / organization / volunteers / remote / undernourished / insecurity
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. PAY: Students A strongly believe everyone should pay something to the WFP;
Students B strongly believe this is wrong. Change partners again and talk about your
conversations.
4. UNITED NATIONS: What do you know about these UN agencies? What would
you like to know? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and
share what you wrote.
What I Know What I Want To Know
WFP
UNESCO
ICC
UNICEF
IMF
WHO
5. PEACE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with
the word "peace". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together,
put the words into different categories.
6. HUMANITARIAN: Rank these with your partner. Put the most important causes
at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• Food • Mine clearing

• Clean water • Shelter
• Toilets • Vaccines
• Education • Small loans
VOCABULARY MATCHING
Paragraph 1
1. awarded a. Fighting between armed forces.
2. judge b. Gave something to someone as an official

payment, compensation, or prize.
3. combat c. A big lack of food.
4. hunger d. The part played by a person or thing in

bringing about a result or helping something
to advance.
5. contribution e. A person who decides the results of a

competition.
6. weapon f. The act or quality of giving 100% effort to

job, project, relationship, etc.
7. dedication g. A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily

harm or physical damage.
Paragraph 2
8. humanitarian h. A person who freely offers to take part in

something or to do a job or task.
9. volunteer i. A long fight between armies or fighters;

war.
10. extremely j. Concerned with or working to look after

people and their welfare.
11. remote k. Very, very, very.
12. conflict l. Suffering or die from not having enough

food.
13. starving m. Far from the main centers of population;

distant.
14. insecurity n. Being open to danger or threat; lack of

protection.
BEFORE READING / LISTENING
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. The Nobel Committee in Sweden awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. T/F
b. The Nobel judges did not comment on why the WFP got the award. T/F
c. The WFP got the award for encouraging peace in conflict areas. T/F
d. The WFP tries to end hunger daily in over 80 countries. T/F
e. The WFP helped 88 million people last year. T/F
f. More than two-thirds of the WFP's work is in war zones. T/F
g. People in war zones are twice as likely to be undernourished. T/F
h. The WFP said 265 million people will be starving in the next year. T/F
2. SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.)
1. prize a. hungry
2. combat b. greatly
3. prevent c. great
4. deeply d. fight
5. incredible e. faraway
6. organization f. inside
7. remote g. award
8. undernourished h. probably
9. likely i. stop
10. within j. group
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
1. its efforts to combat a. to be undernourished

2. a driving b. the WFP family
3. We are deeply c. organization in the world
4. recognition of the dedication of d. volunteers
5. working to end hunger every day e. force
6. the largest humanitarian f. humbled
7. Its workers and g. areas of the world
8. remote, hard-to-access h. in 80-plus countries
9. three times more likely i. the frontlines
10. the world's first responder on j. hunger
GAP FILL
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the efforts

(1) _____________________ of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. It was
prevent
(2) _____________________ the prize by the Nobel Committee in
plus
Norway on Friday. The Nobel judges spoke about why they gave
the award to the WFP. They said the WFP got the award, "for its winner
(3) _____________________ to combat hunger" and "for its contribution areas

to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected
incredible
(4) _____________________". They said another reason was that the
awarded
WFP acted, "as a driving force to (5) _____________________ the use of
hunger as a weapon of war and conflict". The WFP tweeted: "We deeply
are (6) _____________________ humbled to receive the Nobel Peace

Prize. This is an (7) _____________________ recognition of the
dedication of the WFP family, working to end hunger every day in
80-(8) _____________________ countries."
The World Food Programme is the (9) _____________________ access

humanitarian organization in the world. Last year, it gave help to
pandemic
more than 97 million people in 88 countries. Its workers and
largest
(10) _____________________ often work in extremely dangerous
(11) _____________________. These can be in remote, hard-to- conditions
(12) _____________________ areas of the world. Over two-thirds of its affected

work is in conflict-(13) _____________________ countries. People in war
insecurity
zones are three times more likely to be undernourished than those
volunteers
in countries without conflict. The COVID-19
(14) _____________________ has added to global food insecurity. The starving
WFP said: "There will likely be 265 million (15) _____________________

people within a year." The UN Secretary-General, Antonio
Guterres, called the WFP "the world's first responder on the
frontlines of food (16) _____________________".
LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check.
1) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) _____

a. is the winter
b. is the winner
c. is the wiener
d. is the whiner
2) They said the WFP got the award, "for its efforts ______"
a. to combat hunger
b. to con bat hunger
c. to comb bat hunger
d. took on bat hunger
3) as a driving force to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of ______
a. war end conflict
b. war and conflict
c. war rand conflict
d. war and conflicted
4) This is an incredible recognition of the dedication of ______
a. there WFP family
b. that WFP family
c. the WFP familiar
d. the WFP family
5) working to end hunger every day in ______
a. 80-plussed countries
b. 80-pleased countries
c. 80-puss countries
d. 80-plus countries
6) Its workers and volunteers often work in ______
a. extreme dangerous conditions
b. extremely dangerously conditions
c. extremely dangerous condition
d. extremely dangerous conditions
7) likely to be undernourished than those in ______
a. countries wither conflict
b. countries within conflict
c. countries with out conflict
d. countries without conflict
8) The COVID-19 pandemic has added to ______
a. globe all food insecurity
b. global food insecurity
c. glow ball food insecurity
d. grow ball food insecurity
9) There will likely be 265 million starving people ______
a. within as year
b. within at year
c. within are year
d. within a year
10) the world's first responder on the frontlines ______
a. off food insecurity
b. of feed insecurity
c. off food in security
d. of food insecurity
LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is
(1) ____________________ the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded the
prize by the Nobel Committee in Norway on Friday. The Nobel
(2) ____________________ why they gave the award to the WFP. They said
the WFP got the award, "for its (3) ____________________ hunger" and "for
its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas".
They said (4) ____________________ that the WFP acted, "as a driving
force to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict". The
WFP tweeted: "We are (5) ____________________ receive the Nobel Peace
Prize. This is an incredible recognition of the dedication of the WFP family,
working to end hunger every day in (6) ____________________."
The World Food Programme is (7) ____________________ organization in
the world. Last year, it gave help to more than 97 million people in 88
countries. Its (8) ____________________ often work in extremely
dangerous conditions. These can be in remote, hard-to-access areas of the
world. (9) ____________________ of its work is in conflict-affected
countries. People in war zones are three times more likely to be
undernourished than those in countries without conflict. The COVID-19
pandemic has (10) ____________________ food insecurity. The WFP said:
"There will likely be 265 million (11) ____________________ a year." The
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called the WFP "the world's first
responder on the frontlines (12) ____________________".
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. On what day of the week was the Nobel Prize winner announced?
2. Where was the WFP bettering conditions for peace?
3. What did the WFP stop hunger from being a weapon of?
4. How did the WFP feel about winning the prize?
5. What is the WFP working hard to do every day?
6. How many people did the WFP help last year?
7. How much of the WFP's work is in conflict areas?
8. What did the article say will add to global food insecurity?
9. How many people will be starving in the next year?
10. What did the UN Secretary-General call the WFP?
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
1) On what day of the week was the 6) How many people did the WFP
Nobel Prize winner announced? help last year?
a) a Monday a) exactly 97 million
b) a Sunday b) over 97 million
c) a Friday c) just under 97 million
d) a Saturday d) around 97 million
2) Where was the WFP bettering 7) How much of the WFP's work is in
conditions for peace? conflict areas?
a) conflict-affected areas a) over two-thirds
b) Africa b) over two-fifths
c) Asia c) over three-quarters
d) Europe d) over seven-eighths
3) What did the WFP stop hunger 8) What did the article say will add to
from being a weapon of? global food insecurity?
a) war and conflict a) war
b) kidnapping b) global warming
c) hunger c) COVID-19
d) disease d) the Internet
4) How did the WFP feel about 9) How many people will be starving
winning the prize? in the next year?
a) happy a) 256 million
b) humbled b) 526 million
c) it didn't comment c) 625 million
d) great d) 265 million
5) What is the WFP working hard to 10) What did the UN Secretary-
do every day? General call the WFP?
a) achieve peace a) the world's first responder
b) get volunteers b) amazing
c) survive c) the world's food store
d) end hunger d) the world's kitchen
ROLE PLAY
Role A – Food
You think food is the most important humanitarian cause. Tell
the others three reasons why. Tell them why their causes
aren't as important. Also, tell the others which is the least
important of these (and why): clean water, education or
vaccines.
Role B – Clean Water

You think clean water is the most important humanitarian
cause. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their
causes aren't as important. Also, tell the others which is the
least important of these (and why): food, education or
vaccines.
Role C – Education
You think education is the most important humanitarian cause.
Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their causes
important of these (and why): clean water, food or vaccines.
Role D – Vaccines
You think vaccines are the most important humanitarian cause.
Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their causes
important of these (and why): clean water, education or food.
AFTER READING / LISTENING
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates,

other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'food' and 'prize'.
food prize
• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down

some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise.

Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new,
interesting, worth learning…?
4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups,

pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try
to recall how they were used in the text:
• Friday • largest
• spoke • 88
• efforts • access
• reason • three
• use • 265
• end • first
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about World Food Programme 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.
STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3
_____________ _____________ _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DISCUSSION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. What did you think when you read the headline?

2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'food'?
3. What do you know about the Nobel Peace Prize?
4. How do you feel about the WFP getting the Nobel Peace Prize?
5. Do you think all Nobel Prize winners deserve the prize?
6. How can we reduce world hunger?
7. How much good does the United Nations do?
8. Should we all give money to the World Food Programme?
9. Would you like to work for the World Food Programme?
10. What advice do you have for the World Food Programme?
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WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DISCUSSION
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
11. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

12. What do you think of when you hear the word 'prize'?
13. What do you think about what you read?
14. What do you know about the World Food Programme?
15. What would it be like to work for the World Food Programme?
16. Why are there so many hungry people in the world?
17. Why are there so many conflict zones in the world?
18. How will COVID-19 affect world hunger?
19. What would it be like to have no food?
20. What questions would you like to ask the World Food Programme?
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
LANGUAGE - CLOZE
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the (1) ____ of the 2020 Nobel
Peace Prize. It was (2) ____ the prize by the Nobel Committee in Norway on Friday.
The Nobel judges spoke about (3) ____ they gave the award to the WFP. They said
the WFP got the award, "for its efforts to combat hunger" and "for its contribution
to bettering conditions for peace (4) ____ conflict-affected areas". They said another
reason was that the WFP acted, "as a (5) ____ force to prevent the use of hunger as
a weapon of war and conflict". The WFP tweeted: "We are deeply humbled to
receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This is an incredible recognition of the dedication of
the WFP family, working to end (6) ____ every day in 80-plus countries."
The World Food Programme is the (7) ____ humanitarian organization in the world.
Last year, it gave help to more than 97 million people in 88 countries. Its workers
and volunteers often work in (8) ____ dangerous conditions. These can be in remote,
hard-to-access areas of the world. Over two-thirds of its work is in conflict-affected
countries. People in war (9) ____ are three times more likely to be undernourished
than those in countries (10) ____ conflict. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to
global food insecurity. The WFP said: "There will (11) ____ be 265 million starving
people within a year." The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called the WFP
"the world's first responder (12) ____ the frontlines of food insecurity".
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. (a) win (b) wins (c) winning (d) winner
2. (a) won (b) confirmed (c) graded (d) awarded
3. (a) what (b) why (c) which (d) that
4. (a) at (b) by (c) in (d) as
5. (a) cycling (b) sailing (c) driving (d) flying
6. (a) hunger (b) hungry (c) hungrily (d) hungriest
7. (a) sized (b) largest (c) amounted (d) foodie
8. (a) extremely (b) opposing (c) situation (d) safely
9. (a) cones (b) zones (c) hones (d) bones
10. (a) wither (b) within (c) without (d) withdraw
11. (a) liked (b) likelihood (c) likely (d) liking
12. (a) up (b) if (c) as (d) on
SPELLING
Paragraph 1
1. It was aarwded the prize
2. The Nobel dsjgeu spoke about why
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
( ) "There will likely be 265 million starving people within a year." The
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,
( ) "for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-

affected areas". They said another
( ) gave the award to the WFP. They said the WFP got the award, "for
its efforts to combat hunger" and
( ) and conflict". The WFP tweeted: "We are deeply humbled to receive
the Nobel Peace Prize. This is an incredible
( ) reason was that the WFP acted, "as a driving force to prevent the
use of hunger as a weapon of war
( ) The World Food Programme is the largest humanitarian

organization in the world. Last year, it gave help to more
( ) than 97 million people in 88 countries. Its workers and volunteers

often work in extremely dangerous
( ) without conflict. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to global food

insecurity. The WFP said:
( 1 ) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the winner of

the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. It was
( ) called the WFP "the world's first responder on the frontlines of food
insecurity".
( ) awarded the prize by the Nobel Committee in Norway on Friday.

The Nobel judges spoke about why they
( ) affected countries. People in war zones are three times more likely
to be undernourished than those in countries
( ) conditions. These can be in remote, hard-to-access areas of the

world. Over two-thirds of its work is in conflict-
( ) recognition of the dedication of the WFP family, working to end

hunger every day in 80-plus countries."
PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
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3. receive are deeply the We to humbled prize .
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5. in 80-plus every day countries . End hunger
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9. to has food added pandemic global The insecurity .
10. called It WFP the the first responder . world's
CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the win / winner of the
2020 Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded / award the prize by the Nobel
Committee in Norway on Friday. The Nobel judges spoken / spoke about
why they gave the award at / to the WFP. They said the WFP got the award,
"for its effects / efforts to combat hunger" and "for its contribution to
bettering conditions for piece / peace in conflict-affected areas". They said
another reason was that the WFP acted, "as a driving / cycling force to
prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of / by war and conflict". The WFP
tweeted: "We are deep / deeply humbled to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is an incredibly / incredible recognition of the dedication of the WFP
family, working to end hunger every day in 80-plus countries."
The World Food Programme is the largest humanitarian organization in the
world. Last year, it gave help to / for more than 97 million people in 88
countries. Its workers and volunteers often working / work in extremely
dangerous conditions. These can be in remote / control, hard-to-access
areas of the world. Over two-thirds off / of its work is in conflict-affected
countries. People in war cones / zones are three times more likely / liked to
be undernourished than them / those in countries without conflict. The
COVID-19 pandemic has subtracted / added to global food insecurity. The
WFP said: "There will likely be 265 million starving people without / within a
year." The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called the WFP "the
world's first responder on the headlines / frontlines of food insecurity".
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and
why the correct word is correct.
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS
the united nations world food programme wfp is the winner of the 2020
nobel peace prize it was awarded the prize by the nobel committee in
norway on friday the nobel judges spoke about why they gave the award to
the wfp they said the wfp got the award for its efforts to combat hunger and
for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflictaffected areas
they said another reason was that the wfp acted as a driving force to
prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict the wfp tweeted
we are deeply humbled to receive the nobel peace prize this is an incredible
recognition of the dedication of the wfp family working to end hunger every
day in 80plus countries
the world food programme is the largest humanitarian organization in the
world last year it gave help to more than 97 million people in 88 countries its
workers and volunteers often work in extremely dangerous conditions these
can be in remote hardtoaccess areas of the world over twothirds of its work
is in conflictaffected countries people in war zones are three times more
likely to be undernourished than those in countries without conflict the
covid19 pandemic has added to global food insecurity the wfp said there will
likely be 265 million starving people within a year the un secretarygeneral
antonio guterres called the wfp the worlds first responder on the frontlines of
food insecurity.
PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
TheUnitedNationsWorldFoodProgramme(WFP)isthewinnerofthe202
0NobelPeacePrize.ItwasawardedtheprizebytheNobelCommitteeinN
orwayonFriday.TheNobeljudgesspokeaboutwhytheygavetheawardt
otheWFP.TheysaidtheWFPgottheaward,"foritseffortstocombathung
er"and"foritscontributiontobetteringconditionsforpeaceinconflict-
affectedareas".TheysaidanotherreasonwasthattheWFPacted,"asadr
ivingforcetopreventtheuseofhungerasaweaponofwarandconflict".T
heWFPtweeted:"WearedeeplyhumbledtoreceivetheNobelPeacePriz
e.ThisisanincrediblerecognitionofthededicationoftheWFPfamily,wor
kingtoendhungereverydayin80-pluscountries."TheWorldFoodProgr
ammeisthelargesthumanitarianorganizationintheworld.Lastyear,it
gavehelptomorethan97millionpeoplein88countries.Itsworkersandv
olunteersoftenworkinextremelydangerousconditions.Thesecanbein
remote,hard-to-accessareasoftheworld.Overtwo-thirdsofitsworkisi
nconflict-affectedcountries.Peopleinwarzonesarethreetimesmor
elikelytobeundernourishedthanthoseincountrieswithoutconflict.The
COVID-19pandemichasaddedtoglobalfoodinsecurity.TheWFPsai
d:"Therewilllikelybe265millionstarvingpeoplewithinayear."TheUNS
ecretary-General,AntonioGuterres,calledtheWFP"theworld'sfirstr
esponderonthefrontlinesoffoodinsecurity".
FREE WRITING
Write about World Food Programme for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s
paper.
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ACADEMIC WRITING
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the

text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to
build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news
story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: Make a poster about World Food

Programme. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you
all have similar things?
4. MORE FUNDING: Write a magazine article about everyone on Earth

giving money to the World Food Programme. Include imaginary interviews
with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any
new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next

stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the
next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on World Food Programme. Ask

him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas to reduce
world hunger. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your
partner(s) will answer your questions.
ANSWERS
VOCABULARY (p.4)
1. b 2. e 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. g 7. f
8. j 9. h 10. k 11. m 12. i 13. l 14. n
TRUE / FALSE (p.5)

a F b F c T d T e F f T g F h T
SYNONYM MATCH (p.5)
1. g 2. d 3. i 4. b 5. c
6. j 7. e 8. a 9. h 10. f
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.9) WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER (p.20)
1. A Friday 1. It was awarded the prize by the committee.

2. In conflict-affected areas 2. Bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected
areas.
3. War and conflict 3. We are deeply humbled to receive the prize.
4. Humbled 4. This is an incredible recognition of the dedication.
5. End hunger 5. End hunger every day in 80-plus countries.
6. Over 97 million 6. It gave help to more than 97 million people.
7. Over two-thirds 7. Two-thirds of its work is in conflict-affected
countries.
8. COVID-19 8. Three times more likely to be undernourished.
9. 265 million 9. The pandemic has added to global food
insecurity.
10. The world's first responder 10. It called the WFP the world's first responder.
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.10)

1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. a
ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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“1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES Thousands more free lessons

Level 3 - 12th October, 2020

Please try Levels 0, 1 and 2 (they are easier).

The World Food Programme is the largest humanitarian organization in

United Nations / food / programme / award / combat / peace / hunger / weapon /

What I Know What I Want To Know

• Food • Mine clearing

1. awarded a. Fighting between armed forces.

2. judge b. Gave something to someone as an official

3. combat c. A big lack of food.

4. hunger d. The part played by a person or thing in

5. contribution e. A person who decides the results of a

6. weapon f. The act or quality of giving 100% effort to

7. dedication g. A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily

8. humanitarian h. A person who freely offers to take part in

9. volunteer i. A long fight between armies or fighters;

10. extremely j. Concerned with or working to look after

11. remote k. Very, very, very.

12. conflict l. Suffering or die from not having enough

13. starving m. Far from the main centers of population;

14. insecurity n. Being open to danger or threat; lack of

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. its efforts to combat a. to be undernourished

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the efforts

(3) _____________________ to combat hunger" and "for its contribution areas

are (6) _____________________ humbled to receive the Nobel Peace

The World Food Programme is the (9) _____________________ access

(12) _____________________ areas of the world. Over two-thirds of its affected

WFP said: "There will likely be 265 million (15) _____________________

1) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) _____

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is

prize by the Nobel Committee in Norway on Friday. The Nobel

its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas".

Prize. This is an incredible recognition of the dedication of the WFP family,

working to end hunger every day in (6) ____________________."

The World Food Programme is (7) ____________________ organization in

countries. Its (8) ____________________ often work in extremely

dangerous conditions. These can be in remote, hard-to-access areas of the

world. (9) ____________________ of its work is in conflict-affected

countries. People in war zones are three times more likely to be

undernourished than those in countries without conflict. The COVID-19

pandemic has (10) ____________________ food insecurity. The WFP said:

"There will likely be 265 million (11) ____________________ a year." The

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called the WFP "the world's first

responder on the frontlines (12) ____________________".

2. Where was the WFP bettering conditions for peace?

4. How did the WFP feel about winning the prize?

5. What is the WFP working hard to do every day?

6. How many people did the WFP help last year?

7. How much of the WFP's work is in conflict areas?

9. How many people will be starving in the next year?

10. What did the UN Secretary-General call the WFP?

Role B – Clean Water

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates,

• Share your findings with your partners.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise.

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups,

_______ _ _______