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Teacher guide & answers

In this lesson: Identify the observed pattern and study size.

Study Links Park Visits and Wellbeing

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 worksheet

A 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.

How many children were included?
Correct answer: B — 4,219
Why: The opening paragraph gives the sample as 4,219 children.
Clue in the story: Exeter reported on November 11 that children who visited parks more often tended to have better social and emotional development. The study included 4,219 children.
What does the study not prove?
Correct answer: A — That park visits alone caused the difference
Why: The second paragraph explicitly limits the causal conclusion.
Clue in the story: The researchers used records from a long-running UK study. The link does not prove that park visits alone caused the difference.

The open question: accept different answers

Ask learners: Describe the pattern and one limit.

One possible answer: Children who visited parks more often tended to have better social and emotional development. The study does not prove that park visits alone caused the difference.

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

A pattern rather than every case

tended to have

Tended to describes a general pattern, not a result guaranteed for each child.