ESL WORKSHEET - British culture: royalty

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

THE ROYALS

LinguaHouse

Apr. 14, 2021

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: British Culture; Celebrities and Historical Figures; Royalty; Family Members; Irregular Verbs; Society and Wealth; Celebrations and Commemorations; Vocabulary and Grammar
Publication date: 04/14/2021

Students define some vocabulary relating to royalty and key life events before listening to a short biography of Princess Diana. The language point is regular and irregular past simple verb forms, including pronunciation of -ed endings. Students activate the grammar and vocabulary in a pair work question and answer activity. There is also an optional extension relating to stories about royal families. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Reader: Diana Spencer was born on July 1, 1961, in Norfolk, England. She had an older brother and sister. Her sister Sarah dated Charles, the Prince of Wales, for a little while, and Diana met the prince for the first time in 1977 when she was just 16.
After finishing her education, Diana took a job at a school in London. She and Prince Charles began dating, and in February 1981, they announced their engagement. They got married in July of that year. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched the wedding on TV.
Charles and Diana had two sons: William, born in 1982, and Harry, born in 1984. During the 80s and early 90s, Diana worked hard as a member of the royal family.
She received lots of attention from journalists for her hair and clothes, and she helped lots of charities. However, she also became very unhappy and realized that there were problems in her marriage.
She didn’t want to stay in the royal family. Diana wanted to tell people how she felt. In 1992, she worked with a writer called Andrew Morton on the book “Diana - Her True Story”.
She also gave a famous television interview in 1995 and spoke honestly about why she was so unhappy. A year later, she and Charles divorced.
After the divorce, Diana continued her work with charities. She was a good mother and took her two sons to see how people lived outside of the palace. Journalists followed her all the time. In August 1997, there was a terrible car accident in a tunnel in Paris.
Diana was killed, along with a friend and her driver. Her family, the country, and people around the world felt very sad about her death.

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