1. Look at the title of the text and the four warning signs (A-D). What is the connection? What do you think the text will be about?
Answer:
The text is about something related to pain.
2. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the text quickly to get a general idea of the meaning. Were your ideas in exercise 1 correct?
Answer:
The text is about a girl who can not feel pain.
3. Read the text again. Match the questions below with paragraphs A-E of the text.
Answer:
1 B 2 E 3 A 4 C 5 D
4. Complete the questions using the question words below. Then take turns to ask and answer the questions in pairs.
Answer:
2 Why 3 Who 4 When 5 What
2 She didn't cry because she couldn't feel any pain.
3 A teacher watched her.
4 It appeared when Ashlyn was five.
5 It is a genetic disorder. Pain signals do not reach the brain.
5. Find words in the text to do with accidents and injuries. Then complete gaps 1-7 below.
Answer:
1 injure 2 trip 3 break 4 blood
5 a bruise 6 a burn 7 an injury
6. Work in groups. Tell your classmates about a time when you hurt or injured yourself. Use vocabulary from exercise 5.
Answer:
I was injured by a burn when I cooked dinner.
I was broke my leg when I was in a trip with my friend.