Inside Out Barack Obama

WORKSHEET A

Barack Obama, who is hoping to become president of the United States later this year, is already one of the most famous (1) ____________ in the world. This is partly because he is the first ever black candidate to (2) ____________ one of the United States two main political parties in a presidential election, but also because at the (3) ____________ of forty-seven he is much younger than most previous candidates, and because he is an excellent public (4) ____________ . The son of a Kenyan father and American mother, Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 and lived in Indonesia for four years when he was a child. Partly because of these (5) ____________ influences, many people see him as more of a global citizen than most other American politicians. Obama (8) ____________ politics at Columbia University in New York City, then law at Harvard Law School near Boston. At the age of twenty-three he moved to Chicago, where he became very active in politics. In 2004 he entered the United States Senate (one of the two (9) ____________ of the Congress) as a representative of the state of Illinois. In Novembers (6) ____________ Obama will be representing the Democratic Party, which is also the party of Bill and Hillary Clinton. He will be trying to beat John McCain, the seventy-two-year-old candidate of the Republican Party, which is the party of the (7) ____________ American president George W. Bush. Although it is possible Obama will (10) ____________ the presidential election, he has already made a lot of Americans very enthusiastic about his campaign. He has been able to raise a huge amount of money, quite a lot of which has come from individual people in small donations of less than 200 dollars. Obama is married to Michelle Robinson Obama, who he first (11) ____________ in Chicago in 1989. They have two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha, born in 1998 and 2001. His hobbies include basketball, and he lists smoking is one of his (12) ____________ habits he is trying to give up, and says his wife will be very angry with him if he doesnt succeed.

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Inside Out Barack Obama

Exercise 1 Fill in the gaps in the text on Worksheet A with the correct words from the table. There are four extra words you do not need to use. politician current age lose speak bad foreign studied election made speaker politicians met represent strange parts
WORKSHEET B

Exercise 2 Decide whether the following excerpts from the text on Worksheet A are correct or incorrect. Then bet a minimum of 10 points up to a maximum of 50 on your choice. Correct/ Points Points Points Incorrect bet lost won 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Barack Obama is already one of the most famous politicians in the world. he is much younger most previous candidates Obama born in Hawaii in 1961 He will be trying to win John McCain Obama studied politic at Columbia University at New York City At the age of twenty-three he moved Chicago He has been able to raise a huge amount of money In 2004 he entered the United States Senate he is first ever black candidate to represent one of the United States two mane political parties he has already made a lot of Americans very enthusiastic about his campaign Total points lost and won Final total (subtract total points lost from total points won)

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