The Reading / Listening - Taylor Swift - Level 0

Taylor Swift is the first singer to win best album at the Grammys four times. Ms Swift made history with her album "Midnights". In her speech, she said: "I would love to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song or rehearse." She said music makes her "so happy".

Taylor Swift became a country singer in 2015. Since then, she has experimented with many music styles. She has sold over 200 million records. She is also a big influencer. Forbes magazine called her one of the world's 100 most powerful women. Wikipedia said she supports artists' and women's rights.

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Sources
  • https://www.grammy.com/news/taylor-swift-album-of-the-year-2024-grammys-speech
  • https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2024-recap-taylor-swift-sza-miley-cyrus-1234961256/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. the first singer to win
  2. Ms Swift made
  3. In her
  4. I would love to
  5. the best moment
  6. I feel this
  7. when I finish
  8. music makes her
  1. a song
  2. tell you that
  3. "so happy"
  4. speech
  5. best album
  6. of my life
  7. history
  8. happy

Paragraph 2

  1. Taylor Swift became a country
  2. Since
  3. she has
  4. many music
  5. She has sold over
  6. She is also a big
  7. one of the world's 100 most
  8. women's
  1. powerful women
  2. 200 million records
  3. rights
  4. singer in 2015
  5. influencer
  6. then
  7. experimented
  8. styles

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Taylor Swift (1) ___________________ singer to win best album at the Grammys four times. Ms Swift (2) ___________________ her album "Midnights". (3) ___________________, she said: "I would (4) ___________________ you that this is the best moment of my life, but I (5) ___________________ when I finish a song…or…rehearse." She said (6) ___________________ "so happy".

Taylor Swift (7) ___________________ singer in 2015. Since then, she has experimented with (8) ___________________. She has sold over (9) ___________________. She is also (10) ___________________. Forbes magazine called her one of the world's (11) ___________________ women. Wikipedia said she supports artists' (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TaylorSwiftisthefirstsingertowinbestalbumattheGrammysfourtimes
.MsSwiftmadehistorywithheralbum"Midnights".Inherspeech,shesai
d:"Iwouldlovetotellyouthatthisisthebestmomentofmylife,butIfeelth
ishappywhenIfinishasong…or…rehearse."Shesaidmusicmakesher
"sohappy".TaylorSwiftbecameacountrysingerin2015.Sincethen,she
hasexperimentedwithmanymusicstyles.Shehassoldover200millionr
ecords.Sheisalsoabiginfluencer.Forbesmagazinecalledheroneofthe
world's100mostpowerfulwomen.Wikipediasaidshesupportsartists'and
women'srights.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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