ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Global Warming (Intermediate)

A worksheet about global warming to practice reading for intermediate ESL students. (Free download available.)

Global warming

My name is Amy, and today I gave a talk on global warming. I had been wanting to speak about this topic for several years, as it’s something I feel very passionate about. I presented the statistics of various factors such as pollution, rising sea levels etc, and I feel like this helped give credibility to what I was saying. I had butterflies in my stomach as I went in, but as I left the stage I felt invincible! I hope that the presentation made a difference. 

The response was fantastic. Everyone was saying what a good job I did, and some even wanted to do more talks. So, now I have two more talks to give this week and now that I’ve done the first one, it should all be downhill from here (I hope!)

I. Exercise one – Fill in the blanks

1. My name is __________________________________.

            a. Andy

            b. Amish

            c. Alan

            d. Amy

2. I had __________________________________ in my stomach

            a. butterflies

            b. caterpillars

            c. bees

            d. spiders

3 .So, now I have __________________________________ more talks to give this week

            a. one

            b. two

            c. three

            d. four

II. Exercise two – Answer the questions

1. What did Amy speak about?

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2. How long had she wanted to speak about this topic?

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3. What is some of the information she spoke about?

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4. How did she feel when she started the presentation?

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5. How did she feel when she finished the presentation?

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III. Exercise three – Talk about yourself

1. Do you think global warming is real?

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2. What can be done to combat global warming?

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3. Do you do anything to fight global warming?

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