Octopus Escapes from Aquarium (video)

April 12, 2016. Inky the octopus has successfully escaped an aquarium and re-entered the ocean.

Task 1.
For full screen view click here. To check your answers click here.

Task 2.

Worksheet
Here is a worksheet based on a short BBC video about the escape of an octopus from a New Zealand aquarium. There is a vocabulary matching exercise as a pre-listening activity, a True/False comprehension exercise, a grammar exercise (students are given the transcript and are asked to put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive) and finally there is a trivia quiz about octopuses. Answer key included.  

To download the worksheet click here.

Octopus Trivia Quizzes

The Ultimate Octopus Quiz - HowStuffWorks
Octopus Quiz - Fun Facts you Need to Know!
An Octopus is Amazing Quiz
The Giant Pacific Octopus Trivia Quiz - Fun Trivia Games 

Global executions hit 25-year high (video)

April 06, 2016. Amnesty International says there were more executions worldwide in 2015 than in any year since 1990. Paul Chapman reports. (SOURCE: Reuters)

Here is a worksheet based on the video above. It contains a vocabulary gap-fill exercise as a pre-watching activity and a True/False comprehension exercise.

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History through the eyes of the potato (TED-Ed video)

Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries; at some point in your life you’ve probably eaten a potato. But potatoes have played a much more significant role in our history than just that of the dietary staple we have come to know and love today. Leo Bear-McGuinness shares how without the potato, our modern civilization might not exist at all. (SOURCE: TED-Ed)

Task 1. Pre-watching vocabulary activity

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Task 2. Watch the video (English subtitles available) and decide whether the following statements are True or False.

Here is a worksheet based on the video above. It contains a vocabulary matching exercise, a True/False exercise, a set of comprehension questions and a vocabulary gap-fill exercise.

To download the worksheet click here.