Listen to News

Regular listening practice based on the weekly news, with pre-reading vocabulary, reading, gap-fill exercise, comprehension quiz and answers.

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Each Tuesday EnglishClub publishes a short audio news report in easy English from the previous week. With this resource you can practise your listening, reading, writing and even speaking.

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. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.

Study the news story each week and watch your English skills grow!

Click "show Answers" to view the full text of the story and check the answers.

dateline: 07 February 2012: Cold Snap Hits Europe 

dateline: 31 January 2012: Afghan Family Convicted of Honour Killings in Canada 

dateline: 24 January 2012: Baby Boom Expected For Year Of The Dragon 

dateline: 17 January 2012: Cruise Ship Disaster in Italy 

dateline: 10 January 2012: Bungee Jumper Survives New Year’s Accident 

dateline: 03 January 2012: Syrian Crisis Monitored By Arab League 

dateline: 27 December 2011: Brazil’s Economy Overtakes UK’s 

dateline: 20 December 2011: Final US Troops Leave Iraq 

dateline: 13 December 2011: North Korea Calls Tree Lighting ‘Propaganda’ 

dateline: 06 December 2011: Thousands Evacuated In Germany Due To WWII Bombs 

dateline: 29 November 2011: US Pakistan Relations Worsen 

dateline: 22 November 2011: Cigarette Giant Sues Australian Government 

dateline: 15 November 2011: Mario Monti To Replace Italy’s Prime Minister 

dateline: 08 November 2011: Balloons Replace Grenades In Nairobi 

dateline: 01 November 2011: Occupy Protests Become A Movement 

dateline: 25 October 2011: Mass Killings Discovered After Gaddafi’s Death 

dateline: 18 October 2011: Bystanders Pass By Toddler After Hit And Run 

dateline: 11 October 2011: Apple Fans Mourn The Loss Of Steve Jobs 

dateline: 04 October 2011: Amanda Knox Acquitted 

dateline: 27 September 2011: Last Bullfight In Catalonia