Exercises · Goal 17 · Partnerships
A Huge Problem: exercises
Two short exercises on the book. Do them on screen or print them.
Fill the gaps
Choose the missing word for each gap. The words are in the box.
Words to use
- afford
- Fernando
- Larissa
- materials
- Nations
- partnership
- Portugal
- Secretary-General
Abril comes out of school with her head down. Her class cannot agree where to go on their school trip, and they have even fallen out over it. Her father says he wants to tell her a story. Years ago in , a boy called António had a teacher like no other. Mr Pereira announced that the exam would not be marked at all: the class would pass only if they planned and took a trip to another country. There were two rules: if even one pupil could not it, the whole class would fail, and nobody was allowed to lend anyone money for the trip. All eyes turned to and , two new pupils whose families had sold almost everything to reach Portugal. António refuses to fail. When he learns that the new pupils know how to sew, an idea starts to take shape, but setbacks are waiting. Can a class turn a huge problem into a shared plan? The story is inspired by António Guterres, of the United .
Connect the dots
Join each word to its meaning. Tap a word, then tap its meaning.