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Teacher guide & answers

In this lesson: Connect falling floodwater with an unresolved barrier.

Flooded Chimp Sanctuary Starts Repairs

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.

What does however introduce?
Correct answer: A — A problem that remained despite receding water
Why: The second paragraph contrasts food delivery and recovery with blocked cars.
Clue in the story: Food reached one chimp by drone. However, a sinkhole outside the entrance still blocks staff cars, so lower water has not removed every access problem.
Why did lower water not solve every access problem?
Correct answer: C — A sinkhole still blocked staff cars
Why: The second paragraph explicitly identifies the sinkhole.
Clue in the story: Food reached one chimp by drone. However, a sinkhole outside the entrance still blocks staff cars, so lower water has not removed every access problem.

The open question: accept different answers

Ask learners: Explain how food reached one chimp and why access remained difficult.

One possible answer: A drone delivered food to one chimp. Although water was receding, a sinkhole outside the entrance still blocked staff cars.

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

Cause and conclusion

so lower water has not removed every access problem

So connects the remaining sinkhole with the conclusion. Not every means at least one problem remains.