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Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Identify the unfinished agreement section and use “still” for continuing work.
Leaders Renew Pandemic-Preparedness Promises
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
What work was still under negotiation in the report?
Correct answer: B — The pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex
Why: WHO identified continuing negotiations on the PABS annex.
Clue in the story: The same report said a benefit-sharing annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement was still being negotiated.
Which statement preserves “still needed to agree”?
Correct answer: B — Agreement on the details remained to be reached.
Why: The task was unfinished, rather than completed or abandoned.
Clue in the story: The leaders called for long-term work, not just a meeting. Countries still needed to agree on the annex’s details. Those details concerned sharing pathogens and the benefits of research using them.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Write one sentence about what leaders promised and one about work still to do.
One possible answer: Leaders promised to prepare for future pandemics. Negotiations on sharing pathogens and research benefits were still continuing.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.
Grammar to discuss
Still needed to
Countries still needed to agree on the annex’s details.
“Still needed to” says the task remained necessary at that point. Example: “We had booked the room but still needed to send invitations.”