ESL Reading Comprehension I1

​Before you read

Think about your answers to these questions

​How can you tell male and female lions apart?

How many animals does a lion kill for food in one year?

Think of a movie with a lion. Is the lion friendly?​

​Next, look at the vocabulary. Do you know the meanings of these key words?

​Lions

​Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times.

Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.

It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this big difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane, a large collar of hair around the lion's face. Females do not have manes.

Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms.

Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.

It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.

English | Reading

​Read this text and prepare to answer questions.

Multiple Choice

What does the word, 'bite' mean?

• material around the neck

• cut with teeth

• a boy or man

• liked by many people

Multiple Choice

What does the word, 'collar' mean?

• material around the neck

• cut with teeth

• a boy or man

• liked by many people

Multiple Choice

What does the word, 'male' mean?

• material around the neck

• cut with teeth

• a boy or man

• liked by many people

Multiple Choice

What does the word, 'popular' mean?

• material around the neck

• big, or with a lot of power

• a boy or man

• liked by many people

Multiple Choice

What does the word, 'mane' mean?

• material around the neck

• big or with a lot of power

• a boy or man

• hair around an animals neck or its head

Multiple Choice

What does the word, 'strong' mean?

• big, or with a lot of power

• cut with teeth

• a boy or man

• hair around an animals neck or its head

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Come up with 3 English synonyms for the word 'popular'

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Come up with 3 synonyms, in your first language (Vietnamese or Korean), for the word 'popular'

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Come up with 3 English synonyms for the word 'wild'

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Come up with 3 synonyms, in your first language (Vietnamese or Korean), for the word 'wild'

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Come up with 3 English synonyms for the word 'strong'

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Come up with 3 synonyms, in your first language (Vietnamese or Korean) for the word 'strong'

​Lions

​Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times.

Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.

It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this big difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane, a large collar of hair around the lion's face. Females do not have manes.

Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms.

Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.

It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.

English | Reading

​Read this text and prepare to answer questions.

​Lions

​Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times.

Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.

It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this big difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane, a large collar of hair around the lion's face. Females do not have manes.

Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms.

Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.

It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.

English | Reading

​Read this text and prepare to answer questions.

Multiple Choice

This passage is about ...

• The difference between lions and cats

• Lions in movies

• Countries with lots of lions

• Male and female lions

Multiple Choice

How are lions different from other cats?

• Lions are from Africa

• Males and females look very different

• Many zoos keep them

• Lions are one of the most popular animals at the zoo.

Multiple Choice

Male lions ...

• Are larger than females

• Have manes

• Weigh more than most people

• All of these

Multiple Choice

Female lions ...

• Are larger than males

• Have manes

• Can break the back on an animal with one bite

• Need to drink water everyday

Multiple Choice

How many large animals does a lion usually kill for food in one year?

• Less than 10

• Between 10-20

• Over 100

• About 200

​Lions

​Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times.

Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.

It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this big difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane, a large collar of hair around the lion's face. Females do not have manes.

Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms.

Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.

It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.

​Find the 3 idioms in this story: i) go without, ii) without question, iii) tell things apart

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Idiom: to go without or live without something.

E.g. Tom tried to go without chocolate for one day, but he couldn't do it.

Write your own sentence using 'go without'

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Idiom: without question - for sure, certainly

E.g. This pizza, without question, is the best I've ever eaten.

Now, write your own sentence using this idiom correctly.

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Idiom:

tell (things) apart / able to see the difference between two or more things or people

E.G. "Lucy and Emily are twin sisters. Nobody can tell them apart."

Now, write your own sentence using this idiom correctly.

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Open Ended

Re-write the passage about lions in your own words.

Think about how you can re-tell the correct information, but use more of your own words.

Type your responses here.

Audio Response

Here, you can re-tell the information you learned from the text in your first language. Try to recall all the facts and information about lions and use the key words you learned from this lesson.

You have 2 minutes to speak.

Please speak loudly and clearly.

Open Audio Recorder