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T O T H E T E A C H E RT O T H E T E A C H E RW O R K S H E E T 1 : C H A P T E R S 1 - 4

A. Complete the crossword with words from the box.

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1. The Professor, Axel and Hans talked to a kind man in the ....... .

2. Runic is an old ....... .5. Hans was very ....... .6. The volcano isn’t going to ....... . 8. It’s very hot ....... the Earth.

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1. Lava comes out of a ....... .3. Axel was ....... when he saw the vapour.4. Professor Lidenbrock is Axel’s ....... .7. They walked to the ....... of the volcano.

B. Put the sentences from the story in the correct order. Then match the sentences to thepictures.

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r Axel and Uncle Otto meet Hans.

r Uncle Otto, Hans and Axel go into thevolcano.

r Axel reads the code.

r Axel and Uncle Otto get to Reykjavik.

r Axel and Uncle Otto prepare to go toIceland.

r Uncle Otto finds a parchment in an oldbook.

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1. Axel and Uncle Otto live in ....... .a) Germanyb) Icelandc) Denmark

2. When he understands the code, Axel is ...... .a) happyb) scaredc) excited

3. Uncle Otto wants to go to ....... .a) Copenhagenb) the centre of the Earthc) Hamburg

4. Arne Saknussemm’s name is on ....... .a) a columnb) the top of the volcanoc) a bag

5. To go down into the hole, the men use ....... .a) a rockb) a ropec) scientific instruments

6. At the bottom of the hole, there is a ....... .a) ropeb) rock stormc) cave

C. Circle the correct answer.

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T O T H E T E A C H E R

A. Label the illustrations with words from the box. Then complete each sentence from thestory with the correct word from the box.

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1. Hans put his ........................... against the wall.

2. They filled their ........................... with water and drank.

3. Axel hit his ........................... on a rock.

4. When Axel woke up, he was on his ........................... .

5. The fish didn’t have any ........................... .

6. The plesiosaur’s long ........................... came out of the water.

B. Match the beginning of the sentence in column A with the correct ending in column B.

A B1. Uncle Otto made ..... a. a hole in the wall.

2. After three days ..... b. on the other side of the wall.

3. There was water ..... c. under the Earth.

4. Hans worked carefully to make ..... d. two hundred metres from the raft.

5. Uncle Otto didn’t know that there was a sea ..... e. three electric lamps.

6. Two creatures were fighting ..... f. they got to the end of the tunnel.

C. Write T (True) or F (False) next to each sentence.

..... 1. The first tunnel went to a sea under the Earth.

..... 2. At the end of the first tunnel, Axel was tired, hungry and thirsty.

..... 3. Hans heard water through the wall of the second tunnel.

..... 4. Uncle Otto’s lamp fell.

..... 5. Hans hit his head on a rock.

..... 6. The sea and the trees near the beach were grey.

..... 7. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans made a raft from tall mushrooms.

..... 8. Hans caught a fish. The fish was extinct on Earth.

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c. ...........................

d. ...........................

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f. ...........................

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A. Find the words from the box in the puzzle. Then write the correct word under eachpicture.

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W O R K S H E E T 3 : C H A P T E R S 9 – 1 3

B. Use a word from the puzzle in exercise A to complete each sentence.1. Hans and Uncle Otto started to ........................... because Axel thought the geyser was a sea

creature.

2. Suddenly, there was a ........................... with rain, thunder and lightning.

3. Near the beach at the end of the sea, there was a ........................... with very tall trees.

4. Axel found a ........................... on the ground near the cave.

5. “Arne Saknussemm’s initials!” said Uncle Otto. “I think it’s a ........................... . This is thecorrect route.”

6. To start the explosion, Axel used a match to ........................... the end of a rope.

7. Stromboli is a small ........................... near Sicily, in the Mediterranean.

8. Uncle Otto, Axel and Hans wanted to find a ........................... to take them to Germany.

C. Put the words in the correct order to form a sentence.1. for / days / several / storm / The / continued .................................................................... .

2. man / The / more / than / tall / three / metres / was .......................................................... .

3. Otto / to / cave / the / walked / Uncle .............................................................................. .

4. impossible / It / was / continue / to .................................................................................. .

5. difficult / was / It / sit / the / on / raft / to ........................................................................ .

6. continued / to / volcano / The / erupt ................................................................................ .

7. boats / different / The / all / colours / were ...................................................................... .

8. kind / fishermen / were / The / very .................................................................................. .

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C. Complete the book report with the words below.

A. Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. Uncle Otto found a parchment / language in an old Runic book.

2. Axel and Uncle Otto prepared / made for the journey to Iceland.

3. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans used a rope to go down the hole / beach.

4. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans walked next to the water / wires, deep into the Earth.

5. Axel fell / ran over a rock.

6. Axel thought / heard waves.

7. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans caught / sat fish.

8. There was a big storm / thunder when they were on the raft.

9. The sea water took / gave the raft into the tunnel and down the waterfall.

10. Stromboli is a small cave / island in the Mediterranean Sea.

16 points (2 points each)

B. Match the description to the pictures below. Write the letter of the picture after eachsentence.

1. I’m a professor, and an expert in geology. .....

2. I translated the code. .....

3. I’m a guide from Iceland. .....

4. I’ve got blue eyes and long, red hair. .....

5. I didn’t want to go into the volcano. .....

6. I’m continuing to study geology. .....

7. Scientists from many countries come andlisten to me describe our journey. .....

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Uncle Otto and Axel find a parchmentwith a secret 1. ........................... . Thecode says: ‘Go into the volcano SneffelsYokul and you will come to the2. ........................... of the Earth.’ Axeland Uncle Otto find a 3. ...........................called Hans, and they go into the volcano.They have many 4. ........................... .Deep inside the Earth there is anunderground 5. ..........................

and Uncle Otto, Axel and Hanssee two sea creatures fighting. Thecreatures are 6. ........................... onEarth. Later, Uncle Otto, Axel andHans use explosives to7. ........................... a tunnel. The 8. ........................... takes them into avolcano. The volcano erupts, andUncle Otto, Axel and Hans are out ofthe black Earth and in the sun again.

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