The Reading / Listening - The Golden Age of America - Level 0

President Donald Trump has promised a "golden age" for America. He became the USA's 47th President on Monday. President Trump promised to change the USA. He said America would grow and "be respected again all over the world". He added that he would put America first every day during his presidency.

President Trump says he has a God-given mission. He said: "My life was saved…by God to make America great again." Trump wants US astronauts to put the American flag on Mars. He wants to make the US economy strong. He said the USA has "the largest amount of oil and gas of any country.…And, we are going to use it".

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    The Golden Age of America - Level 1 The Golden Age of America - Level 2   or  The Golden Age of America - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-faces-stiff-challenges-delivering-his-promised-golden-age-2025-01-20/
  • https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025/01/21/donald-trump-executive-orders-inauguration/
  • https://www.ft.com/content/8e507320-d381-41b0-9513-cc97e2e9d4e9


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. Trump has promised
  2. He became the USA's
  3. Trump promised to
  4. He said America
  5. be respected
  6. all over
  7. put America first
  8. during his
  1. change the USA
  2. the world
  3. presidency
  4. again
  5. a "golden age"
  6. every day
  7. would grow
  8. 47th President

Paragraph 2

  1. he has a God-
  2. My life was saved
  3. make America
  4. US
  5. put the American flag
  6. make the US economy
  7. the largest amount of
  8. we are going
  1. on Mars
  2. oil and gas
  3. astronauts
  4. to use it
  5. given mission
  6. great again
  7. strong
  8. by God

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

President Donald Trump (1) ________________________________________________ "golden age" for America. (2) ________________________________________________ USA's 47th President on Monday. President Trump (3) ________________________________________________ the USA. He said America would grow and "(4) ________________________________________________ all over the world". He (5) ________________________________________________ would put America first every (6) ________________________________________________ presidency.

President Trump says he has a (7) ________________________________________________. He said: "My (8) ________________________________________________…by God to make America great again." Trump wants US (9) ________________________________________________ the American flag on Mars. He wants to make (10) ________________________________________________ strong. He said the USA has "the largest amount of (11) ________________________________________________ of any country…And, we are going (12) ________________________________________________".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

PresidentDonaldTrumphaspromiseda"goldenage"forAmerica.Hebe
cametheUSA's47thPresidentonMonday.PresidentTrumppromisedto
changetheUSA.HesaidAmericawouldgrowand"berespectedagainall
overtheworld".HeaddedthathewouldputAmericafirsteverydaydurin
ghispresidency.PresidentTrumpsayshehasaGod-givenmission.Hes
aid:"Mylifewassaved…byGodtomakeAmericagreatagain."Trumpwa
ntsUSastronautstoputtheAmericanflagonMars.Hewantstomakethe
USeconomystrong.HesaidtheUSAhas"thelargestamountofoilandgas
ofanycountry…And,wearegoingtouseit".

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

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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