Intermediate Level

Worksheet

Slumdog Millionaire AFGHANISTAN

JAMMU &
KASHMIR CHINA

Vikas Swarup HIMACHAL

PRADESH

PUNJAB
PAKISTAN UTTARANCHAL
HARYANA

A Before Reading RAJASTHAN

NEPAL

UTTAR PRADESH
BIHAR

1 What do you know about India? Think about the following: MADHYA PRADESH
JHARKHAND
WEST
GUJARAT BENGAL

• cities INDIA CHHATTISGARH

ORISSA
MAHARASHTRA

• weather
• religion ANDHRA
PRADESH

GOA

• sport KARNATAKA

• history TAMIL NADU

KERALA
2 a Look at the map of India. Mark these cities on the map:
Mumbai, Delhi and Agra.
Check your answers on page 8.
b Have you ever been to India or anywhere else in Asia? Where
did you go? What was it like? If you haven’t, is there anywhere you would really like to visit? Why
do you want to go there?

B While Reading
3 Ram answered all his questions on the quiz show correctly. He knew the answers from his experiences.
As you read, write down how he knew the answers. The first one is an example.

Subject of the question How did Ram know the answer?

INRI He saw it on the crucifix in Father Timothy’s church.

Surdas

Best Actress award

War awards

Planets

Government diplomats

The revolver

Shakespeare

Cricket

Papua New Guinea

Beethoven

How many of the answers did you know?

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4 Here are some pictures of some of the events in Ram’s story. As you read, identify the people in the
pictures. Where are they and what is happening in each picture?

1 2 3 4

C After Reading
5 Write a newspaper report about the first and last winner of Who Will Win A Billion? Include brief
details about:
• Ram’s background
• a brief summary of what happened on the show
• the feeling in the audience during the show
• Ram’s time in prison
• what Ram will do with his money

6 a What quiz shows are on TV in your country? Which ones do you watch? Have you, or has anyone
you know, taken part in a quiz show?
b Which of the following subjects do you know most about, and which do you know nothing about?

literature music history geography science

popular culture sport religion art

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7 Make a Who Will Win a Billion? quiz for your classmates. Write questions on five different subjects and
give one true and two false answers for each.

1 Who Will Win a Billion?

Question:

Answer A:

Answer B:

Answer C:

2 Who Will Win a Billion?

Question:

Answer A:

Answer B:

Answer C:

3 Who Will Win a Billion?

Question:

Answer A:

Answer B:

Answer C:

4 Who Will Win a Billion?

Question:

Answer A:

Answer B:

Answer C:

5 Who Will Win a Billion?

Question:

Answer A:

Answer B:

Answer C:

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8 Here is a crossword puzzle. Work in pairs: Student A and Student B. You and your partner have half the
words each. All of the words are from the story. Read your instructions and try to fill in the gaps. Don’t
show each other your crosswords!
Student A
Complete the crossword by asking your partner questions (Example: What’s 4 across?). At the same
time, explain the words in your crossword to your partner, without saying the actual words.

1 2
B U L L E T S
3
D
4
I
5
P M
6
L O R P H A N

O N
7
M S

A O
8
T A I L S O

Student B
Complete the crossword by asking your partner questions (Example: What’s 3 down?). At the same
time, explain the words in your crossword to your partner, without saying the actual words.

1 2
T
3
A
4
R E V E N G E
5
U K
6
P P

U E
7
G A N G S T E R

I
8
S

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