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Activity worksheets LEVEL 3
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
While reading
Chapters 12
1 Match the questions with the answers.
a How is Forrest different from other boys? c
b How is Jenny different from other girls? c
c What happened to Forrests father? c
d How does Miss Henderson help Forrest? c
e Why is Forrest allowed to go to high
school? c
f Why does Forrest have to leave town? c
g What does Forrest learn at university? c
h Why cant Bubba play in the game? c
1 Because he can run very fast.
2 How to catch a ball.
3 Because he pulled Jennys dress open by
mistake.
4 She teaches him how to read.
5 He has trouble talking.
6 He was killed in an unusual accident.
7 She is friendly towards Forrest.
8 Because he broke his foot.
2 Work in pairs.
Student A is Forrests mother and Student B is a
friend of hers. Forrests mother should talk about
Forrest and his problems. She should also talk
about her hopes and fears for him. Her friend
should ask Forrests mother questions about
Forrest and give her advice about what she
should do.
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3 Work in pairs.
Student A is Coach Bryant and Student B is
Jenny. Coach Bryant meets Jenny for the first
time. He should tell Jenny why he likes Forrest.
He should also tell her about the big game and
how Forrest played. Jenny should tell Coach
Bryant why she likes Forrest. She should also tell
him about her musical group and Forrests part
in it.
4 Answer these questions.
a Why do the men scream, Youre an idiot! at
Forrest?
b How long does Forrest stay in Fort Benning?

c What are the showers like in Vietnam?

d Who does Forrest meet in the jungle?

e Why did Bubba stop playing football?

f What happened to Jenny?

5 Write a letter.
Pretend that you are Bubba and write a letter to
your father. Describe the war and explain how
you met up with Forrest in the jungle.
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6 Work in groups.
Form a small group and discuss what war is like.
Write down all the words that you can think of
to describe war. Then work together to write a
story about war using seven of the words.
7 Finish these sentences.
a The President is going to give Forrest a medal
because .
b Forrest starts running in the airport because
.
c The pretty girl calls Forrest an ape because
.
d Forrest doesnt listen to the man reading
because .
e Forrest is in the newspapers because
.
f Colonel Gooch pulls Forrest away from the
President because .
8 Work in groups.
In this chapter, you read about people who are
against the Vietnam War. Discuss your opinions
about war in general. Do you think that there are
times when a country must go to war? Or do you
think that war is always a bad thing?
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9 Who says the sentences ah? Who are they
talking to?
a Can I wait?
to
b I didnt leave school.
to
c Where do you live?
to
d Wheres Rudolph?
to
e Whats wrong with her?
to
f She just got out of prison.
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Activity worksheets LEVEL 3
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
g I want you to do something for me.
to
h Youre just the kind of person that theyre
looking for!
to
10 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a Jenny sings with The Broken Eggs. c
b Jenny leaves Forrest because she thinks
he is interested in another girl. c
c Jenny spends two nights in prison. c
d Forrest throws away his medal because
Jenny asks him to. c
e They put Forrest in prison because he
is with Jenny. c
f Forrest doesnt stay in prison for long
because they realise he is a good man. c
g Forrest goes up into space with an ape
and another man. c
h It takes NASA four years to find the
spaceship. c
i The ape is female. c
j Forrest meets Big Sam in the special
hospital. c
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11 Finish these sentences.
a When Forrest meets Jenny again, she is
working in a .
b Forrest makes dollars a week
arm-wrestling.
c Forrest bets that he will a
fight after Mike tells him to lose it.
d Forrest loses all his .
e In Boston, Jenny realises that she
Forrest.
f Jenny leaves Forrest because he does a
thing.
g The bus stops in on the way
to Mobile.
h Forrest is going to start a
business.
i Forrest goes to a big
tournament in Los Angeles.
j Raquel Welch is a film star.
12 Work in pairs. Write the conversation.
Student A is Jenny and Student B is Forrest.
Jenny should tell Forrest that she is leaving him
and explain why she has decided to do this.
Forrest should listen to Jenny and tell her how
he feels about her decision to leave him.
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13 Match the letters with the numbers to
complete the sentences.
a Bayou la Batre is where
b North Carolina is where
c Mobile is where
d Savannah is where
1 Bubbas parents live.
2 Forrest goes to have a holiday.
3 Forrests mother lives.
4 Jenny lives.
14 Discuss these questions with another student.
What do you think? Write the answers.
Why does Forrest decide to give away all his
money?
Who does he give it to?
Do you think that he is right to do this?

Why or why not?
After reading
15 What do you think Winston Groom is trying to
say in the book? Write a paragraph to answer this
question.
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Progress test LEVEL 3
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
Chapters 12
1 Write the right words in the sentences.
cleverer football harmonica inches
milk parties singer tall
a Forrest is than people think.
b Forrest grows six in six months.
c Fellers is a coach.
d The boy throws at Forrest.
e Curtis isnt very .
f Nobody asks Forrest to go to .
g Bubba gives Forrest a .
h Jenny wants to be a .
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2 Are these sentences true (T) or not true (NT)?
a Jenny plays music with other people. c
b Forrest plays in the Apple Bowl. c
c Coach Bryant tells Forrest to run like a wild
animal. c
d Forrests mother wants Forrest to go in the
army. c
e The food at Fort Benning is very good. c
f The enemy soldiers try to blow up Forrest and
the other men. c
g Bubbas foot is bad, so he cant be in the army. c
h Jenny is with a group of people who like the
war. c
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3 Write before or after in these sentences.
a The men move off the hill the planes
come.
b Forrest takes the machine gun from Bones
an enemy soldier shoots Bones.
c Forrest picks up his machine gun he
runs toward some trees.
d Forrest plays a song for Bubba Bubba
dies.
e Forrest goes to the White House the
pretty girl calls him an ape.
f The President gives Forrest the medal
Forrest eats breakfast.
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4 What happens first? What happens next? Write the
numbers 18.
a Forrest goes to Washington. c
b Forrest meets Rudolph. c
c NASA sends Forrest into space. c
d Forrest and Jenny start kissing. c
e Jenny asks Forrest to throw away his medal. c
f Jenny tells Forrest to find another place to live. c
g Forrest waits for Jenny at the club. c
h Jenny hears Forrest playing his harmonica. c
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5 Who are the people in italics?
a I dont know what happened to Jenny.

b She went to Indianapolis.

c What happened to him?
d You can make a lot more money.
e I can teach you.
f Youre just what I need for a film that Im making.

g He has to play chess in a tournament tomorrow.

h He was a big man, with long black hair, and he

didnt want to lose!
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6 Underline the right words.
a Two days / years later, Forrest and Sue go to Bayou
la Batre.
b After a year, Forrest has thirty million / thousand
dollars.
c Forrest is very happy / sad when he finds out that
Jenny is married.
d Forrest and Curtis / Sue go to Savannah.
e Donald is Jennys brother / husband.
f Little Forrest is very clever / stupid.
g Little Forrest wants to be a chess / football player.
h Forrest and Jenny have been friends for ten / thirty
years.