Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events - Reading Comprehension Text

Extreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now sadly our new normal. In fact, the World Meteorological Organisation has repeatedly warned that due to climate change, extreme weather events are not only here to stay, but they will also become increasingly worse.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the top causes of climate change and why extreme weather events are now the new normal.

This activity is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:

• comprehension questions
• a multiple choice exercise
• a crossword
• a definitions match

This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework or used to for vocabulary building purposes.

Total number of pages: 7
Answer key included