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Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Identify what negotiators were discussing and interpret a passive future-in-the-past.
Leaders Renew Pandemic Commitments as Annex Negotiations Continue
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: A — The pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex
Why: WHO identified continuing negotiations on the PABS annex.
Clue in the story: The agency also identified ongoing negotiations over the Pandemic Agreement’s pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex.
Which tense relationship does “would be shared” express?
Correct answer: B — An action considered future from the meeting’s viewpoint
Why: It describes the future arrangements being discussed at that past time.
Clue in the story: The meeting paired political commitments with unfinished operational work. Negotiators were still discussing how pathogen access and the benefits of resulting research would be shared under the agreement.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: How can leaders endorse a framework while negotiations on an annex continue?
One possible answer: Endorsement can establish agreement on a broad direction while an annex specifies practical arrangements. The continuing pathogen-access and benefit-sharing negotiations concerned details still to be settled.
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
Would be shared
the benefits of resulting research would be shared
“Would be shared” looks forward from the time of the discussions. The passive focuses on the benefits being shared.