Educational worksheet about Barack Obama with biographical information and comprehension exercises.

I'll work through each section of this comprehension exercise step by step.

1-FIND THE SYNONYMS FROM THE TEXT:

Let me search the text for synonyms:
- Mother and father = parents (text says "Obama's parents met in 1960")
- Stranger = foreign (text mentions "foreign student on scholarship")
- U.S.A. = United States (text uses both terms)
- Lawyer = attorney (text says "civil rights attorney")
- Rules and system = law (text mentions "constitutional law" and "law degree")
- Focused on = worked as (text says "He worked as a civil rights attorney")
- Decline = died (text says "she died in 2008")

2-FIND THE ANTONYM FROM THE TEXT:

Looking for opposites:
- Died ≠ alive (implied - his mother died, so she's not alive)
- Last/previous ≠ first (text says "first African American to hold the office twice")
- Domestic policy ≠ foreign policy (text mentions both "domestic" and "foreign policy")

3-TRUE OR FALSE JUSTIFY:

1. Obama is originally from Hawaii. - TRUE (text says "Born in Honolulu, Hawaii")

2. His father is originally from Kenya. - TRUE (text says "Barack Obama, Sr., was a Luo from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya")

3. He is the first black president to U.S.A. - TRUE (text says "the first African American to hold the office")

4. His mother is still alive. - FALSE (text says "she died in 2008")

5. He held the office of presidency just once. - FALSE (text says "the first African American to hold the office twice")

6. He was a teacher and lawyer before being a president. - TRUE (text says he "taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004" and "worked as a civil rights attorney")

7. During his presidency, he got military troops out of Iraq to be increased in Afghanistan. - TRUE (text says "ended U.S. military involvement in the Iraq War, increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan")

8. His sister Maya is from both his mother and father. - FALSE (text says Maya is "a half-sister with whom he was raised - Maya, the daughter of his mother and her Indonesian second husband")

4-ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. Has Obama got a nickname? - The text doesn't mention a specific nickname, though it refers to him as "Barack Hussein Obama II"

2. Where is he from? - Honolulu, Hawaii

3. When was he born? - August 4, 1961

4. Who are his parents? - Stanley Ann Dunham (mother) and Barack Obama, Sr. (father)

5. When was his mother's decline? - She died in 2008

6. When did he work as university teacher and an attorney? - He taught at University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004 and worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago

7. Who are his daughters? - Sasha and Malia

8. Is Margaret Thatcher one of his family members? - No, he just mentioned having relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher

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Final Answer:

1-SYNONYMS:
- Mother and father = parents
- Stranger = foreign
- U.S.A. = United States
- Lawyer = attorney
- Rules and system = law
- Focused on = worked as
- Decline = died

2-ANTONYMS:
- Died ≠ alive
- Last/previous ≠ first
- Domestic policy ≠ foreign policy

3-TRUE/FALSE:
1. TRUE - Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
2. TRUE - Father from Kenya
3. TRUE - First African American president
4. FALSE - She died in 2008
5. FALSE - Held office twice
6. TRUE - Taught law and worked as attorney
7. TRUE - Troops out of Iraq, increased in Afghanistan
8. FALSE - Maya is half-sister from mother and Indonesian stepfather

4-QUESTIONS:
1. No specific nickname mentioned
2. Honolulu, Hawaii
3. August 4, 1961
4. Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr.
5. 2008
6. 1992-2004
7. Sasha and Malia
8. No