What Causes Wildfires? - Reading Comprehension Text

In recent years, stories of widespread wildfires are impossible to miss in climate change-related news. Unprecedented fires have destroyed millions of hectares of land, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and eliminated entire habitats across the world.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the causes of wildfires and what we can do to prevent them.

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 for vocabulary building purposes.

Total number of pages: 7
Answer key included