This worksheet is designed to prepare students for the Maturita speaking exam on the topic of “Our Planet.” It combines reading, speaking, vocabulary, and critical thinking activities in a structured way. Students begin by working with useful opinion phrases and key vocabulary related to the environment. They then read six different texts, each written as a short speech by a speaker from Canada, the USA, the UK, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, and Australia. Each speaker introduces their hometown and shares their personal opinion on environmental issues such as climate change, nuclear energy, renewable sources, recycling, or the balance between economy and ecology. The readings are 250–300 words each and are followed by comprehension questions for homework, so students can practice scanning for information and summarizing ideas. In class, students also practice picture description with contrasting images of clean and polluted environments, as well as map work where they locate each city mentioned in the texts. The final activity is a ranking discussion in which students decide which environmental actions are most important, using opinion phrases to agree, disagree, and negotiate with their classmates. Czech translations are included for the ranking task to support lower-level learners. The worksheet gives students practice in reading comprehension, speaking fluency, describing visuals, and building topic-specific vocabulary, while also encouraging debate and critical thinking about real-world environmental issues.

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Our planet package: Exam prep

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Let's do English ESL discussion starters, speaking cards. This worksheet is designed to prepare students for the Maturita speaking exam on the topic of “Our Pla…