Literature

ROBINSON CRUSOE
Worksheet Name: ......................................

SEE STUDENT’S BOOK, PAGE 94.

1 Complete. Use the words below.

lonely • survive • island • breakfast • storm • calendar • built • frightened
1. Last summer we had a great holiday on an ..................... in the Aegean Sea.
2. Please look at the ..................... on the kitchen wall and tell me what day it is.
3. I’ve got a lot of friends, so I’m never ..................... .
4. There was a terrible ..................... yesterday with strong winds and a lot of rain.
5. My friends and I ..................... a tree house in a tree in my garden.
6. I heard a strange noise in the dark. It ..................... me.
7. A camel does not need a lot of water to ..................... in the desert.
8. In England people eat a big ..................... every morning.

2 Match an answer to each question.

1. What happened to the other sailors?
2. Where did Robinson wake up the next morning?
3. Why was he able to survive on the island?
4. What was most difficult for him?
5. How did he know there were cannibals on the island?
6. Did Robinson change his life after he understood there were cannibals on the island?
7. How long was he on the island before Friday arrived?
8. Why was Robinson happy at the end of the story?

...... a. He saw human bones next to a fire on the beach.

...... b. He was terribly lonely.
1 c. They drowned in the storm.
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...... d. Yes, he stayed near his cave.
...... e. There was a lot of good food to eat and water to drink on the island.
...... f. He was happy because he had a friend to talk to.
...... g. He woke up on the beach of an island.
...... h. He was there for twenty-two years.

3 Complete the summary of the story. You can use sentences from Exercise 2 to help.
During a terrible storm at sea, the other sailors on Robinson Crusoe’s ship drowned. Only
Robinson survived. The next morning . . .
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