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S inbad t he s a i l o r s p e n d s m a n y y e a rs a t s e a . H e vi si ts strange
c ount r ies ,m e e ts s o me s tra n g e p e o p l e a n d some very
f r ight eningan i ma l s .H e i s s o m e ti me sri c h , someti mespoor . . .
and alway s in d a n g e r.Bu t a l l th e ti m e h e i s l earni ngfrom hi s
adv ent ur es ,un ti l fi n a l l yh e re tu rn sh o m e to B aghdad,an ol der
and wis er m an .

Illustratedby Maya Gavin

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fhis is Sinbad.Wheredoeshe comefrom?

Sinbadmeets many peopleand animalsin different countries.Here are some of

them. Matchthe sentenceswith the pictures and find out their names.

I l l r :r s¿ lr c h m an.
2 l lr c yc at pc ople
5 Ihc yafc l0ng,andc a ne a t b tga n i ma l s .
4 S heis t he beaut i fudl a u g h teor f a k i n g
5 S hcis t he pr is on e or f a m o n s te r.
6 Theyar e v er ybig b i rd s .

'I 'm dying, Sinbad, 'says t hc olt l llllt t l. '\ ir t t t 'ilt t llit vt r
m y m oney, m y son. Bt t l yot t t lt t t sl lr t 't ¡ ¡ lr 'lir l lt r it ll il. '
3 Answer these questions about the people and animals in Activity 2.
' ysSir r lxr t lr r r r lt ir ¡ r ¡ lily.
'Pleasedon't die, l¿r t llcr , sir
a W lr or lr lr : S
s r nb¿lf d
a l l i n l o v ew i th ?
b W lr or lr lc sS r nlt ild
r u n a w a yfro m? ri ch w i th a l ot of money

c Wlt rrl lr lc lrlilnll; r rl

h t:l ¡t?.
 But after a year, Sinbad
has no more money.

Sinbad goesto the market, and he

sells his father's best tablesand
chairs. With the money he buys
somebeautiful carpets.

. . . and expensivethings
to eat from the marhet.

'I can sail to different countries,'

Sinbad thinks. And I can sell
thesecarpetsfbr a lot of money.
Every evening Sinbad'sfriends come t<,r 'l'hen I can give the money back Ncx1, Sir r bir r llint ls ¿r t tolt l
his house.They eat and drink all night. to the shopkeepers.' a vcr y olt l r ': t ¡ r 1: t ir r .

tr gtve money foI somethtng market w herepeopl ego to shopkeepera pers onw ho hasa C a rp e t d l rl l r, ' { , 1 l l ' t I r' rl ' rr. rl s h i p y rrrrr| ; r ; r r; 1 i l ¡rl o É o i l 0 f o s s
buythi ngsi n the street ri rr);isn0p
l1 t h a t y o u p u l o n l i rr l l o r)r' l l t r w i t l rl

B el l to takemoneyfor s omethi ng s a ¡l t 0 É o i r(i r' o : i ll l r{ r w , rl r: r c a p t a i n l l rrr rf 0 s l i rn p o rt a n t p e rs 0 n

oil ir sll [)
 'l 'l rrc t ' t lir . y slir t c r S in b a d i s rc a c l y tc l
Sinbad and the sailors are all very happy. 'What a wonclcrlul
Ir';rvcli; r gllt lir d.I lc l i rl h s c x c i tc d l y to a l l island!' saysSinbad. 'Let's sit down and make a fire.'
I l rt' s¡ ¡ ik r r s on t hc s h i p . ' l w a n t to b ri n g
l r¡rt'l i,
ir lol of ' m oney ,' h e te l l s th e m .

They sit near the fire and

they begin to sing.
Suddenlythe island moves.
'lfhe island is moving!'
'l'he ship sails away from
saysSinbad.
Baghdad and out to sea.
'This isn't an island,'cry
Sinbad beginsto feel ill.
the sailors.'It's a whalel'

Altt'r two daLys at sea,Sinbadis very ill. Sinbad and some of the sailors
lhrt thcn he seesa beautifulisland. land on the island. Sinbad
'l'lt'irscstopl'hesaysto the captain. takes a barrel with him. He
wants to look fbr water. The
captain stayson the ship.
Sinbad quickly getsinto the barrel. llhe whale moves
down into the water. All the sailors are now in thc sea.
'Help!Help!'they cry.

Now il is cl¿rrli,
irrrrlSinbitdis
i¡l stririn t,hc
[lrrrrcl.
'llcllo! Hcllo!'
hc cries.
llut nobody
answers.

i 4ll0 | land lo I r r vr ,lr r ltn ,r shlp 0r fr Om barrel a tal l roundbox;you put fi re thi s i s red andhOtand i t burns w hal e a v efybtgani rnall l tal l l v tl sl n
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l l t ', t I thrngsto dri nki n i t the s eaand l ook sl rk ca frs h
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l#, ( Usethe words from Activity 1 to complete the sentences.
Are these sentencestrue or false? Tick the boxes. frue False a S he' svery... . . . . . . . . . . . andshelivesin a biÉhousein Hollywood.
a Srnbad'fsat heris ill a n dh e d i e s . b Theyl i veon a sm all. . . . . . . . in t he M edit er r anean
Sea.
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b Si n badis c ar ef ulwith h i sfa th e r' sm o n e y . c Wehaven'tgot anymoneys0 we can't . that newTV.
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c fh c s hopk eeperan
s ev e n ya n g ryw rthSi n b a d . d lt's coldtoday.Let'smakea
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d Si nbadbuy st ablesa n dc h a i n sa t th e m a rk e t e Myfatherworksat sea- he'sa . .
f T
e Si nbads ailst o an isl a n di n a n i c en e ws h i p . f l t' s0Kto w alkon t his old . in yourshoes.
tr T
f Th eis landis a whale .
I n g H e' s - a nicef am ilyandan int er est ing
. Hehasever yt hinf job.
S Srn badget sint oa ba rre l . h Thi s¡s a bi g b ookshop.
They. . . lot sof bookseveny
day.
I T
h Th ec apt ainof t he s h i pfi n d sSi n b a di n th e b a rre l . i Welovethe sea Wefo everywheneby andwe
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always. in ¡nteresting
countries
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Find nine more words from Chapter 1 in the wordsquare. 3 Match the words with the pictures.

barrel captain market sail shopkecper whale

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What happens in the next chapter? Iick two boxes.

a [J S i nbadfindst he shipagain. c I A Roct akesSinbadup int ot he sky

b l . l S i nbadl andson a sm allisland d I A snakeeat sSinbad
 The Roc sits on the egg and then it goes
ol llt(.birrrcl.l lc is now alone on a to sleep.Sinbad takes off his turban
snlirllislilltrl.lrirruwny he can seea big and he puts it around the Roc'sleg.
wlrilc slone. 'When the Roc flies away,I can leave
the island too.' he thinks.
In the morning, the Roc flies
away. Sinbad flies uP into the
sky with the bird.

Suclclcnlythe sky becomes black. He begins to run away.

Sinbad feelsvery afraid. 'Now I understand!'hethinks,
'llclpl What's happening?'he cries. 'That bird is a Roc, and that big
I lc looks up at the sky.A very big while stoneis a Roc'sepo '
bird is flying nearer and nearer.

The Roc flieslirr hours and hours. In the end,

it flies down into ¿rvallev and lands there'

nlonn become lo change fr om one
ll) ilr É lo i) ( iiffer entthing
rl0r0
( l r t lr , bir d ;r t illllr r r ;lllhat r ;an fly
llr t r r tillltllr c :;ky
turban somethingthat }/ou around al l the w ayround tw o hi l l s
v al l ey l andbetw een
fl y to movethroughthe ai r
w ear0n yourneao
eE l Éa roundthi ngw i th a young
bi rd i nsi dei t
 Sirrb¡rtl
linrlskrts,ilutii-*,s
'Wllirt ¿rrctllcse?'he thinl<s.,l
r,¡rllt.v.
know!' llc crrics.
"l'hey'rejewels!'
¡\rtl lr. ¡rutssomeof them in his bae.
'Oh, no, the snakeskill
cvcrything here!' he thinks.
llt'got'sbchindone of the dead
;¡nirrrirls irnd hc waits.Suddenly
¡r l(ot'llit.stlowlt ¿rndtakesthe
rk';rrl¡urirrr;¡l
rr¡rirrlot.hesky.
sn a ke a lo n ga n ¡ m aw¡
r lo lr :fis
t,.l,f*
There are three big snakes
behind him. He runs away very
fast. In front of him he seeslots
of dead animals in the vallev.
Sinbad quickly puts his arms around
the dead animal. He flies up into the
sky with the Roc. 'Where am I going
now?'he thinks.
l th ani mal a l i vi ngbei ngthat can
thi nkandmove
The Roc flies out of the valley The men are surprised. 'Nobody goes
and it lands near a village,The into the valley,'they say.'The snahes
men from the village run to see eat everything there.'
it, and the Roc flies away. 'Not me!' laughs Sinbad.
Sinbad comesout from under 'You'revery lucky!'say the men.
the dead animal.
'Who are you?' ask the men.
'I'm Sinbadthe Sailor,'says
Sinbad. 'Would you like to buy
thesejewels from the valley?'
The peoplefrom the village buy
Sinbad'sjewels.He's a rich man now.
and he wants to go back to Baghdad.
'We can find a ship for you,'say the
peoplefrom the village.
In BaghdadSinbadgivesmoneyto the shupl<ccpcrs.
Are you truly Sinbad?'theyask.
'Yes!'he says.And he tellsthem abouthis adventures.
surprised feelingthat s0mething adventure somethingvery
verynewi s suddenlhap
y pen¡nÉ ex c i t¡ng
that happens
to y ou
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Match the two paÉs ofthe sentences.
a S i nbadcan' tf indanyof t he sailor s.He's . . ., .11;.fl{"1

a S inbadlandson 1 the shopkeepens. b S i nbadal w ayswear sa on his head

b T hebiSwhit es t o n ei s . . . 2 the peopl efromthe vi l l age G A R oci s a ver yb¡ g
c T heRoct ak esSi n b a du p i n to. . . 5 an i sl and t he sky
d W henthe R o cf liesoverSinbad, . . black
d T heRoclandsin . . . 4 B aghdad. e Inthe val l eyther ear e a lot of dead. . .
e S inbadr unsaw a yfro m . . . 5 a Roc'segg. f W henS i nbadar r ivesin t he valley,he seess0m esm all. .
f S inbads ellshisj e w e l sro . . . 6 the snakes. Theyare . WhenSinbadunder st ands t his,he put st hemin ht sbaf .
g S inbads ailsbac kto . . . . Sinbadandt heyaskhim quest ions
7 a val l ey. É Inthe vi l l aget he m enst and. . .
h S inbadgiv est he m o n e yb a c kto . . . I the sky. h S i nbadtel l sthe m enaboutt he valleyandt heyar e all ver y

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Find words from Ghapter 2 in the snake. What does Sinbad do in the next chapter? Readthe sentencesand write Yesor No.

a S i nbadstay sat hom ein BaghdadHe b Sinbadneedssom em oney.HebuYs

becomes ver ypoor . som em o[ ecar pet sandhe sailsawaY
in a ship.

c S i nbadgoest 0 an islandA Rocwant s d Sinbadsellsa lot of car pet s.He

to ki l l hi m. r ich.
becom es

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Sinbird'slricnds(,ornc1ovisit
if him at
hi: tatle,r'shouse.But therc is Sinbad explores the
I nothing to
eat or drinlc,and thc housc is island with two of
clirty.Hii
lriends soon go awirv. the sailors.'l'hey find
'I ncedmore moncy,'
lrc lltirrlis.,.l,hcnI lots of icwelsthere.
can haverr bc¿rulilirl lror¡st, irR¿rin.,

Sinbadand the two

sailors ¿rrevery ¿rliaid,so
they climb behinclsome
big stones.When night
comes,they go to slecp.

I r r t llt 'nt or t t ing t hey f ind a

big sr r ir lic¿t r oundt hem . The
sn¿rlicc¿rtsone of the sailors.
s l r ¡ r - n ¡,1l o l o f t,rlll .l|rl v|t y
l r , l r i w r,,l l l trr
expl ore to w al karounda new w a v e a l rn e o l w ¿l l { )rl l l ; l l m0 v 0 s c l i mb to go up or dow nus l ng
i i ountryand l earna bouttt a c ro s s t h e t o D o l t h o s o a y ourhandsandfeet

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 Quickly Sinbad and the
secondsailt.¡rclimb ¿r ln the morning Sinbad wahesup.
tree. They stay there 'Where's the snake?'he thinks.
all
day and all night. 'l'he snakeis sleepingin the sun
near the tree.
'fhen, Sinbad seesa ship out at
*..>
sea.'I know that ship,'he thinhs.
'It's my old ship!'
Sinbadquietlyclimbsottl ol' lltt'
armour, and quiclily puts sotttt'
lewelsin his bag.
'l'hc sll¿tlit'
Then he runs to the se¿t.
wakesup and comesafter Sinb¿rd.
But Sinbad runs faster and gcts to
the seabeforethe snakecan eat him.

Sinbad wakes up in
fzhen
the morning, he,salone.
'Oh nol The seconcl
sailoris
deadtoo,'he thinks.
And I,m
the snake'snext breakfastl,
Just then, Sinbadseessome
wood near the tree.

Sinbad swims to the ship,

'It's Sinbad!'cry the sailors.'You're
a very lucky man! We have all your
beautiful carpetsfrom Baghclad!'
'Thank voul' savsSinbacl.
effi

t,\
Sinbadclimbsdown
tree ¿tndhe makessome
the \L
'l'lr t 'slr i¡ rsir ilsI lor nt '. I l st ops t t t
armour lrom the wood. lot s ol' t lil'll'r t 'r r tcr t uI t t r ics ¿t nd
l'hcn he scesthe snaike. Sinbir r lsr 'llsir ll lt is cit r pet s.When
The sn¿rhcis hungry. llc iu'r ivcs ir r llt r ghdad, he has a
lot ol r t r or t cy.
wake up to stopsjccp¡ng
weanthis'
wood the hard paI1
of a tror) :iil:il n'J You peopre
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2 Usewordsfrom Activity1 to completethe sentences.
Choose the ri¡lht words to finish the sentences.
a Let' si nd som e andm akea b¡ gf ir e
a S lnbadneedsm o remo n e yb e c a u s e b D on' tgo i n th e sea.Thene ar e a lot of bt $ .
b There' a
s stormat seaandS i nbad
ho want st o ha v ea b e a u ti fu. l . old house.l'd liket 0 .
c Thi si s an i n t er est ing . . . . all t he r oom sin 11
feel svery. .
I I hous e. d It'sseveno'clockllt'stime to . . . . nowandhavebr eakf ast '
1 ll afrard.
2 i I t aole e Theskyi s ve r yblackA bad . is com inf ,I t hink
2 Ll ¡l t.
c 0n Z uf ab,S in b a dfi n d sl o tso f. . f Youcan . upthatsmalltree lt'sveryeasy.
d Sl nbadandthe sai l orscl i mba . .
1 I I .tewels. E Inthisoldpicture somegrey
thekin$is weaninf
I f] big stone
2 l l people. 2 ll tree. ü1fr.$ h,,wt+,¡11[
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e T hes nak eeat s. . . f What happens in the next chapter? Tick two boxes.
S i nbadmakes. .
1 lJ t wos ailors .
I L l a house
S i nbad. .
2 ll t hr " ees ai l o r" s . 2 f] somearmour.
g Sinbad nunsawayfrom h Si nbadcomeshomew i th a l ot of .
1 I l tnecaptain
oftheship 1 fl carpets.
2 f l thesnake 2 il money.

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I Findwordsfrom Ghapter6 in the carpets.
a I É oesto seaagainf or m or e b I I sta ys i n Ba fl h d a r l ¡ tttlw t'l l r :si ¡ l l o tl l
adventures. h i s a d ve n ttl r r l s

c w____ d a

wom anand
c f] meetsa beaut if ul d I I Éocsbackt o t he islandof Zuf ab
marri e sher . andget sm or ejewels.

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¡7 Sinbad'sfriends
are vcry happy to ,"" hi^
Sinbadtellsrhem all ¿rboLrl 'l'hcymeet somestrange men on the beach. Suddcnly t lt t ' lllt 'r l t ¡ r lit '
hi. ;;;"r;;;;r.
'llello. Can you help us?'Sinbadasksthem. Sinbad ¿t nclt llt 'sit ilor s lt r
llut the stransemen don't understand. t heir villagc. Sir r bir t lis
now vcry ¿rliaicl.'Oll rro!
They're cannib¿lls,' I rc
thinks.

The cannibals put the sailors and
Sinbad in a cage. They give the
sailors lots of good things to c¿tt.
The s¿rilorsare very hungry. Sinbad
is hungry too, but hc eatsnothing.
Soon the sailors are fat, and the
cannibalsare very hungry.'l'hal
eveningthey takc the fattest,s¿rilor
and e¿rthim.'l'he next claylhcrY
taheone morc s¿tilor.

In the morning the ship

lands near ¿r
beach. Sinbadanclsome
of the sailors go
to flnd help.

beach the fandnextto the

sea
stranlle not usual GaE l ean openboxto P utanrmal s
0r peope rn

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 'I must get out,'
thinks Sinb¿rcl. 'fhe next morning,
Sinbad is very thin Sinbaclarrives
anclhe can get rn a new country ,\ ycirrirllcr I he wedding.
through the cage easily. He seessome
fh,rt*" ' r\yishabecomesill. A lriend
evening,when the cannibals Are they cannibals,too?,
c¿rt leoqle. tirllisto Sinbadquictly.
their dinner,Sinbacl thinksSinbad.
runs ¿rw¿tv. 'l',ccareful! When a woman
Jlut thesepeoplearc
not cannibals. rlicsin this country,theY
'l'hey take Sinbad
to their king.
bury the husband with
lrcr,'he satys.
'What?'criesSinbad.
Ayisha becomesvery ill,
irnd in the end she dies.

Sinbadtellsthe king 'l'heking buriesSinbadwith Ayisha. Sinbadwaits to die.Ilut

about his
wonderlul adventures. When SinbadseesAyisha.s He alsoburieslots of iewelswith them. suddenly he seesan anim¿ll
T.hehing bc¿luliiul[¿rcc.
listenscarefully. hc falls in love Sinbad is now lar under the ground. near him. It's arbig, strangc
'You'rea lucky with her at once. animal. Sinbad puts lots o1'
man,,hc s¿rys. .Vru
c¿rnrn¿rkcus lucliy 1oo. m¿rrries Ayishain trontuf iewelsin his bag ¿rndhe
Vru mu¡-l l:'"?,],J
rn (' K rn ¿
g ln d¿ rllt h cp e o p le .
marry rny dirughlcr, quickly follows the animttl
Ayish¿r.,
through the grouncl.

th¡n not fat

k ¡ng t h e m o s t¡ m p o r t a n t
ln a c o u n t r y
man frii:l;:J:fi s,meone
v.ur fall in love with 1obegrn
16fnv" bury to put a deadpers onunderthe g ro u n d w e w a l k o rl l l 1 t l l
S 0me0ne
ti r0und f o l l o w t o g o a f l c I s o rr] 0 l l rrl i l o r
husband the manth at a w oman s o me 0 0 o y
rnarri es
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 l¡ul llrerc scnlcnces rrlitli ¡¡rii,'tiiii
¡n the correct order.
l{umberthem l-g.
Usethe words in the ship to completethe sentences.

ilr t ) i rrIl )o (j 0 m evse ry a ' W here'the

s near estsuper m ar ket ?'
th i n a n dh e c a ngetthn0ugh
the easrl y . m e.lt 's nearher e. '

b 'lt'sveryhottoday'
' Y es,l et' sÉ odownt o t he seaandsit on t he
i S nl) a dm a rr¡e s
b u t s h edi es

c ' C anI seeyo urnewwat ch?'

' Y es,but pl e asedon't . .......tr.
I T her e' as a n dth e s h i pl a ndsnear
a beach ' Thi si s my . . Hisnam eis lVar k'
' N i ceto mee tyou'

' l s that yourbr ot her ?'

d I i S r nbad
a rri v e si n a n e wc o u n try
a n dh e m eetsthe ' Y es,he' sthe t all, boywit h dar khair'

' C anyouhea rt hat . . . . noise?'

' Y es,my cat is callinfm e. Shewant st o com ein! '
i S r nbadle a v e sB a g h d a d ' Lookat you rwhit ecoat .I t 'son t he
o n a ta l l
' 0h no.l t' sver ydir t ynow

' l l oveS haro n. '

it t relin g O r r ' r r W w i thAy i s h a
' 0h no,not Shar on!
YoualwaYs

i ' Thrsani ma is
l ill andit can'tm ovc
' D on'w
t orry.Let 'sput it in t he

lhc k ingw a n tsS i n b a d

tt¡ h is daughter,
A yi sha *llll!iirll.,il ;i,t'll

What happensin the next chapter?Tick one box.

¿ fl Theki n Sf r ndsSinbadandhe'sver yanf r y.

a n dth e yput hi m i n a cagu. b f l Theki n gf indsSinbadSinbadm ar r iest ho kinf 'sst r t ; ond
dauSht er
c I S rnbadm eet ssom esailor sandhe sailsilway0n a shlp
d [l a$ainTheyput him backin t he ca$e
S rnbadm eet st he cannibals
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When Sinb¿rd contcsorrl lr<¡r.rrundcr The sailors take Sinbad to 'l'lrccgg breaksopen and a big fat young The Rocs begit t lo ¿r ll: lt 'li
the grouncl,Ilc lltcctssolltcsirilors.
'I'm Sinbacl1llt,Si¡ikrr-,' their ship. llrc: c:omesout. It makes a lot of noise. the ship with big slont's.
lrt,lcllslhcm. Are you Sinbad the
The sailorsirrt,sru.¡rristrl. ,sinltad? Srrdclenlyfour angry Rocsfly down. 'We must sail awity ttow!'
But Sailor?'asksthc captain. '1,cl'sgo back to the ship!' saysSinbad. cries the captain.
Sinb¿rcl
is rlt'¿rrl,'
l lrr,"y
siry. 'Yes,'says Sinbad.
' W c ll, I ' llr r lo l
tk ,i rtl n o w !' S i n b a d s a y s .
And 'Then, sail with us and
I wir nl lo r nt' t,l tell
-y o u r r:rrp tz ri n .,
us about your aclventures,'
saysthe captain.

'l'he ship sailsinto a bad storm, and Sinbad lands in the sea.After many
hours in the water, he climbs onto somebig stonesnear a beach.

'l'llc ship sailsfor l'he sailorsfind a vcry big bircl,s

many weeks.One egg.'Don't touch it!'says Sinbad.
nrorrrirrg,,
the captain seesan island. 'It's a Roc'segg!'
Sillbaclirnd someof the sailors Sinbadbeginsto explore.There arc big, bl¿rr'li. slortrrsitll ¿rrounclthc beach, I
land But the s¿rilorsthrow stones I
and bcgirrlo cxplorethe island. at and a big cave with a river in it. Ilc f ill{s wrt:t:l<s
t.llt: 9l' ships
<tlcl arnd
the egg.
hundreds of jewels on the beach.
t hro w l 0 r r r ¡ l . us r r r n r . l lr rrt n o vr :
rTomy o u rh a n dt h r o u É hl h ( ra tr r¡v e r w a t e r t h a t mo v (l s I n ¿ll o n f l l l n 0
attack to befin fifhtin$
cave a bi g hol ei n the g round w re c k a v e ry o l d b ro k c n s h i p

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 'More jewels!'saysSinbad,
and
he puts some of the beautiful
stonesin his bag.
Soon he begins to feel hungry.
'There are lots of jewels here,'
he thinks. 'But there's nothing
to eat. I must look for
something. But where?,
The king finds ¿rbig shi¡rlitr
Sinbad givessomeof the jewels to the
kirrg. He also tells him about the most Sinbadand he givcshim lots
irnportant man in Baghdad, the Caliph. of presents,too. Sinbacls¿lils
'Your Caliph is a very good and wise back to Baghdad.
rn¿rn,'saysthe king. 'Here are some
presents for him.'

On the ship, he thinks about

Sinbad takes wood from the
wrecks and makes a boat from
it. He puts the boat on the river
in the caveand gets on it.
He rows for days through the
dark cave.He feelsmore and
more hungry every day.
his adventure in the cave,
'This time I want to stay at
home in Baghdad,'he thinks.
After six days,he's very ill and tired.
But then he seessome blue sky.He
can also seetwo strangemen.
'Welcometo the country
of Serendib!,
they say.

'Pleasegive me something
to eat!'criesSinbad.The
men give Sinbad lots of When Sinbaclgivcst,hcpresentsto the
different things, and he Caliphof' l aghdacl,the Caliph says:'I have
eatsfor hours. somcbeautilul carpetsfor this wise King of
'You'rea lucky man,'say Serendib.l'lease take them to him.'
the men. 'Comewith us to 'Oh, no!' thinks Sinbad.'Back to seaagain!'
seeour king.'

caliph a very importantman in an present somethingthat you giveto

A rabcountry s 0me0ne

w i se w hena personunders tands

a
¡otaboutmanyth¡ngs
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 KHAffiüffiffiffi##ffi;ffi#ü
Choosethe correct words to
complete the sentences.
d H ecan veryfast
a S inbadis l !e u $
i l f , th e s a i to rsth i n k
b Thesailorsthr"ow wood otonesq
at the Roc.segg.
c TheRocsattack the ship the
island
d WhenSinbadexplor"es the bááchhe soonfeelsrtired,,
ftungry. .
e Sinbadmakesa small ,boat:r.houset
from the wood.
f Sinbadis in the dark cavefor ,,two ,iix e There' the
s of an old shipon a beachnearher e.
Oays.
g S inbadt ellsth e k i n Sa b o u t
th e
-p e o p l e .l a li ph1 of B aghdad.
h T heCaliph¡ s a l i i o e . b a d
ma n ,th e f rn gsays.
i S inbads ail sb a c kto Ba g h d a d
w i th a n i m a l s presents for the
j Sinbadwantsto lliü¿y C al i ph
at tromO_go to sea. again.
f Don't
wd$#tfi$
$süffi${
Usethepicturesto writesentences
withwordsfromGhapter
S.

a I s om et im egsi v e
to m y fri e n ds gl Ourdog peoplewhent heyvisitour house

J-..!gmg*.i!.ne,s
.giyq pre,s.qnts.
1p vn) {rignd.s

b I nt hes u m m e rswweiio
nfrtre.nM #
m
üIfiE$SWnfiffiY
What happens in the next chapter? Tick one box.

S i nbad. . .
a tr goesb ackt o t he count ny andlivest her ef or m anyyear s
of Ser endib
clt'sverydarkinrrrm
b I d¡esa f t ena seam onst erat t ackshim .
ii c n at sea.
hasmor eadvent ur es
d I t he Caliphof Baghdad.
becomes

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 S inbad s ails fro n r l l i rg l rtl i rrlr,v i l l r
the pr es ent slir r l l l c l (i rrg o l ' Sr.rt.l l < l i b .
' l ' l rc l (i rrg of' S crrcrncliisb happy
'l'lrcmonsteris angry.lt eatssome Sinbad lands ot l it n isli¡ r t cl.I lcr
Io scc S i nb¿rdi rgi ri n.
from the shiP.
ol' the s¿rilors leavcshis boat ot l t hc llcr lr t 'll,it t ld
' Sl i ry l rt' rc!' l rc si rysl o S i nbad.
()uickly, Sinbad getsinto a little goes to explore.
And l cl l l n(' ntorc i rbout the
boat ¿rndrows away.
w i se C l ¿rl i ph ol ' l l i rghcl ad.'

'l'm sorry,'saysSinbad.'I must

go back to Baghdad now. I'm
tired of adventures.' Sinbadfinds a cave.He can hear a Later the monster lc¿rvcsto ltlok
noise.'someone'scrying" he thinks. for somethingto cat. Sirlb¿rd
Hc looks into the caveand secsa goesinto the cavc.
young woman. In liont of her, there's 'Who arevou?'aslisthc wolllittl'
¿rmonster.It is sleePing.
'She'sthe monster'sPrisoner,'
thinhs Sinbad. 'I must helP her"

Sinbad beginsto go home.

One day,a seamonster
attacks the ship.
'l'r r Sir r bit dlllc Sailor , 'he says.
'Help!'criesSinbad.'Not
'l t 'ir n I t clp yt lu. '
more adventures!'
"l'lr iulli you, ' she saYs, 'I 'm
Yir sr t t it t . '

mons t e r a n a n i m a l t h a rl s vcly lr ;r r l
t o looka t pri soner a P ersonw ho rs nol hec

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 Sinbadt¿rkcs Y¿rsntin lo lllc lroi¡l Si l l b i rrli ul tl Y i rsnl i rlrovr,:¡l l ni ght. In 'l'he piratestake Sinbadand
on the beach. l l rt' rrror-rri rrg S i nl ri rrlst' cshi s shi p. Yirsminto a new countrY, ¿rndsell
'C-'an
you row?'silrll;rtlr¡slislrcr.
tllcm to a man at the market.
'Of coursc.I cirn,'slrt.sirys.
'You must hunt elePhants everY
'Wcll,hcrt"slnv l)()¿rl.
l,t.t'srow.' rlav for their ivorY,' saYSthe man.

Sinbad ¿uldYasmin
climb up to the ship.
'Sinbad!'thesailors
cry. 'You'realivel'
'Of course,'suys Sinbad and Yasmin are very
Sinbad.And this is good at hunting elePhzrnts.
my friend,Yasmin.'

.lustthen, pirates ¿rttachthc ship.,l'hepirates
make Sinbacland y¿rsminlhcir ¡rrisoners.
One day, l ot s of elephanls lir llow Silr I r ir t l¡ ilr t l \ '¡ t st t t ir l.Y¿t st llin
i s afrai cl ,' Why ar e ¡ ¡ , r ot sg[ cr ¡ r lt ir llls
lir llovt 'ir lgt t si' sllt : ¿t sks.
,lt's
all riglrt,' says Sinbacl. 'l,lli:plrtrrrlsiil'(. \'('r'v trt,isc,you [<now.
P erhaps they want t o t ell us sot t lt 'llt it lg. '

p i r a t e a p e fso l t o l l l ;l rr¡rwlr r rlr K*;

i v ory l h,s l s w hi te¿rd hd' d and
t h r n g s f[o m Oth rtrsl tr¡rs hunt to l ookl or ard k rl lan' nal s
c omesfrom the l ongtus k son an
el ephant'fac s e

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 l l l f l l c' r' i n¡cS i nb¿rcl and y¿l smi n Sinbad t aliesYir st llill t o lr is lt ot ¡ st '.
Sinbad ¿lndY¿rsnilnsail back ttl
l i nrl l ol s ol dcr¿rcl cl cphernts. llaghdad. Yasrnil-lis verY Y¿rsminis surprisctl. '\irtt't't' t't't-\r
' l ,ook ¡¡l i rl l
l l l cscrcl cacl cxcited.'I rvant to mcet all your r ich! ' she says.
t' k' ¡rl ri rrrl s,'s¡¡vsS i nbi rcl .
liiends,' shc says.

'13utm oncy isn't t . hct nt lst ir ll¡ lt t r lit t t t

t hing, ' says Sinbad. 'Wc t lt r sl I r t 'l¡ r
pcople, t oo. '

Sinbacltakesthe huntcr to Lhecleacl 'You can go now' says

thc
elephants.'l'hc hunter is very happy.
hunlcr, and hc givesSinbaclancl
'T'hanliyor-r,Sinbacl,'
he says.,Novr, Yasrnina lot ol'rnoncy.
r,tcdon't nced to kill any clcphants.
We have lots ol ir¡oryherc.'

ol
S i nbaclthcn goes in10 llr t 'st lt 'r 'ls ol li; r lilr t llr t lir r ld he givcs som e
hi s money t o t he pco¡ llt 't llt 'r 't 'u illl lt o lt ot lt t 's'
" l ' hanl i vou, Sinbit t l! ' t lr t 'v t r '\ '.'\ ir t l't 't 'ir t r t t ly wisc and good m an. '
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fi]ifl',{fii ; II I i,,i"
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2 Use the words from Activity 1 to complete the sentences'
Correctsix more mistakes.
a S i nbadbecom es t he cannibals , but he r unsawayf r omt hcm
. l i ve s tn th tl
b l ' m afrai dto r ow on t he r iver ;a biÉ$r eenandblacK
sinbadt ak . s s ' r n r rrc o k sto th e Ki n go f s e r-e n d iA
b fterthat watefl
S i nbadsai rst0 B aghdad
c C anyouse et hat t o eat in his m out hwit h
? He'sput t infsom et hing
but a llor ;at t ac ksh i s s h i p s i n b a dra n d so n a n i s ra nd hi s l on$no se
andhe fi ndsan ordw oman.
d . is whit eandI t 'sver yexpenslve
H c nnam eis Y as m i ns.i n b a da n dy a s m i nn o wi n s . .
e There' a . behindt hatt r ee Hewant st o killt he anim alsovert her e
a b oattosi nbad,s
shi p.somepi rates
f Inthe stonyof Pet erPan,Capt ain Hookis a he want st o kill

at t ac kt he s hipan dSi n b a da n dy a s mi nb e c o m e P eterP an.

th ei r fri endsThepi ratessei lsi nbad

andY as m in
t o a hu n te ra n dth e ym u s th u n ts n a k e severyday
si nbadandyasmrnfi nd

a lot of. lewels

andth e yte i lth e h u n te r.T h eh u n te rgrvesthemmoney
andtheygo back

to B aghdadS inba dg i v e ss o m eo f h i s c a rp e tsto p o orpe0pl e. dlU,,l [t r$'f

il$i{'1d14r

What happensto Sinbadafter the end of the story?

lrti;l$rifli+itb',ftf,{{'i Ghoosefrom these ideas or add your own'
fhese words don't match the pictures. Gorrect
them. Sinbad
aLl m a r r ie s Ya sm i n .Th tl yh a vr ll t l r r l o f t;l ttl tl tr
t lt
PIRATE
bll staysinB aghdadH c ' s v tl ry tl t:l l ;ttl tl l tc l l v rr:;ttt;tl tti ' i l l ttttl ;tr

cL- prl tl r' ¡tt:rr¡rl rrl l i ' l l v l r; l rr rt rrttt,rl ll l trtl l ;tr ttl l l i l Ihdad
$i V eS al l hi S mOney tO
l l tc rl l ry l l rl l t:i l v tl s and
dI S tayS i n B aghC l adfOr S Omrl l l ttttr w l l l rY ,¡:;tttttt l l trl
goesb ackt o sea
el l eaves on a biSsf t lll llr :illcr rt t r¡ t r ; lr rttt t
Ba$hdad
HUt{IER fLl foes backt ot hecount r yt ) lst lt . r lt lr lt ll||t lI lt lt ; t lt t lt lskr r l! 't her e.
s[]
h []

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 look at the pictures.Arethesethin$sluckyor unluckyin your country?
Itrcky or unlucky? 0r do they haveno specialmeanin{?Tickthe boxif it is the samein your Gountry'
1 In the story$inbadis a veryruckyman.
whatis ruckyor unruckyin Engrand? Do
you know?Gomprete the posterwith the wordsfrom the box.use
dictionary a I i n Kor eadon'twasht heinhair bef or ean exam
P eopl e
to helpyou. four
becausyou e washawayyourm em or y, t oo,t heysay!

b f J Tuesda13t in SPain
y his unluckY

In England. . . cI A Turkishblueeyeam uletkeepsbadluckaway

a 4. . .. . islucky
b ThrowinS
money in a . . . rslucky in JaPan
dT Thenum ber4 is unluckY
rs ru c K y
d F inding
a litfl e . is lucky
e T henum be r . . . is unlucky. e tr alwaysputt he sugarin t he cup
P eopl ein Br "azil
f W alk ingund e ra beforethe cof f eeThism akesyout "ich,t heyt hink
rs u n l u c ky
g B r eak ing
a. . . is unlucky
h . i s a n u n l u c k yd a y .
t I ln ftalyblackcatsareunluckY

5 What's lucky and unlucky in your country? Complotethe table'

4 Makea posteraboutluckyand unluckythinÉlsin your country'

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-..

Readthe advertisementabout a course for a dan$erous activity.

l) ung¡erous a(:tiv iti as Gompletethe table.

I Matchthe activitieswith the pictures. use your dictionaryto herpyou.

a s nowboir rrl i n f c j j f,a n g g ti Oi n g e j umprng

b r ; lim bint '
d [ ]s c u b a d i v i n g
bungee
t I ] whrtewaterr-afting
Woulcl yoLr like to go s('tlf )(t (lirzillg?
A r tc w s c ubac l i v i ngc oLl l 's ios s ( 'tt( i tt¡ i'tt
the Ol y m pi aSpor tsC 'c tlr('( or ' )
4th M ar c l r .It'sa s i x w t't'k( () tl l\( '
and i ti sfc r r hc 'gi nnc r sI l l ( 'r ( '\
a two hour le'sstlltcv('l'\/
'l - hur s c l ay fi otl6p111
[o l i l r l tt
'$'r
¡{
'l tr cl o th c co tl r sc v( ) 1 1 l r r r l sl

2 What activities are they talking about?

t'dt¡r¿io go (a) . l'mvary

W
goodat rowing.l'm in ih¿ rowingalubai s¿hool and
vrego rowingevaryiaiurdal. Éut tha rivar ien'tvery
ex¿iting.
I'd lk¿ to do somathing
morodangeroua.

mt
W,¡
1d t;Ke*o go (b)
l\-, no* afroicl of rr;gnpia¿esond i iikebe,ng
in lhe rnor¡n*ains A* schooi we prac*ise on 6r
wc¡li The waii isn'* high, so i,i's verrr eas.;¡ i'ci
irKe 1o do sornethrng rnore diiiir:ql+

5 Whichactivitywould you like to do? Explainwhy.

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