Reading comprehension
Read our article about William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson on pages 8-9 of
English Now
No 114. Then drag and drop the words below into the correct spaces to complete the sentences.
shackles
murderous
speaker
related
released
clergyman
buried
devout
leader
sailors
Thomas Clarkson’s father was a
______
.
By 1785, Clarkson was a
______
Christian.
He talked to
______
who worked on slave ships.
He also collected instruments of cruelty, including
______
.
Slavery was an inhumane and
______
practice.
William Wilberforce became an important
______
in the campaign to end slavery.
He is
______
in Westminster Abbey.
Clarkson was a
______
at the Anti-Slavery International’s first conference.
This organisation works exclusively against slavery and
______
abuses.
You can watch a film about Wilberforce called
Amazing grace
, which was
______
in 2007.
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