Serena and Venus Williams: Who Is Richer?
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Serena and Venus Williams are famous tennis sisters. People want to know who is richer.
A new report looks at their money. It says Serena has more money than Venus.
Serena's fortune is about 400 million US dollars. This is six times more than Venus.
Together, the sisters have about 2.6 billion Brazilian reais. This is a very big number.
Serena and Venus both played tennis for many years. They won many big matches.
After tennis, both sisters made money from other things too. This helped their fortunes grow.
The report shows Serena is the richer sister today. Venus still has a lot of money too.
Vocabulary15 words
- fortune
- all the money a person has; very much money
- tennis
- a sport where players hit a ball with a racket
- report
- a piece of writing that gives information
- million
- the number 1,000,000
- billion
- the number 1,000,000,000
- sisters
- two girls or women with the same parents
- famous
- known by many people
- money
- what people use to buy things
- matches
- games played between players or teams
- estimated
- a careful guess of a number
- wealthy
- having a lot of money
- career
- the years someone works at one job
- compare
- to look at two things to see how they are different
- rich
- having a lot of money
- grow
- to become bigger
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1. Serena 2. 400 million dollars 3. True
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Serena and Venus Williams are famous _____ sisters.
A new _____ looks at their money.
It says Serena has more money than _____.
Serena's fortune is about 400 _____ US dollars.
This is _____ times more than Venus.
Together, the sisters have about 2.6 _____ Brazilian reais.
Serena and Venus both played tennis for many _____.
They won many big _____.
After tennis, both sisters made money from other _____ too.
The report shows Serena is the richer _____ today.
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