Listen to News with Tara Benwell - Instructions:
1. Preview the vocabulary and read the gapfill text.
2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
5. Click "show Answers" to see the full text.
6. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.

11 comments

• Mohamed naser says:
  

  Thanks

• Ali says:
  

  Thank u very Good exercise

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this week’s news report.

  Second, I could understand the audio news report without seeing the text and could fill in the blanks all the words except the word “Uruguay” ( I heard it early).

  Third, it was interesting for me that I watched the above game at 12:AM in Iran’s time, and then you published this news report nearly 7 hours later on the website, so you always publish the latest news for your learners very fast.

  Teacher Tara,
  You have said the above audio news clearly and slowly and your speaking’s speed is normal for the learners who are on intermediate and upper-intermediate level (my opinion).

  Fourth, I myself like Croatia to win the World Cup because it’s the smallest country to reach the final since 1950 and would love to create a surprise for the world.

  Best wishes and have a great week in nice Canada,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• milena cardoso braga says:
  

  Thanks!

  A excellent exercice!

• O’Reilly Marie-Danielle says:
  

  Tara, I just hope that Croatia wins tomorrow night. They will be champion of the world.🙏🙏🙏

• Flor says:
  

  The football is popular because is a sport that all people play it since children, besides we enjoy looking the best football players.
  I think that Croatia will be the champion.

• Alberto says:
  

  In my humble opinion football is so popular because it is an easy sport who can be played for almost everybody. You only need a ball and a few friends.

  I think France will win, but I am going to support Croatia. It has never won the Cup and I like Luka Modric a lot!

• Rasheed JImoh says:
  

  France stand out to carrying the final moments by lifting the world cup. But, Croatia is the proverbial five finger leprosy, that can’t milk the cow. But can spills the entire milk

• Mirta Hrga says:
  

  Croatia go on

• mateo sevilla says:
  

  I fan one popular football game and my favorite team is France, go France will win

• Sara says:
  

  Excellent