Stage 1

YOUNG ADULT ELI READERS A1

Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe

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1 pirate 2 savage 3 island 4 sand 5 wave 6 raft 7 gun 8 hill 9 cave 10 hammock 11 sail
12 goat 13 turtle 14 basket 15 umbrella 16 grain 17 grapes

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Listening
2 Listen and choose the right answer, A, B or C about Chapter One.
1A 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 B 6 A 7 C

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AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES
Stop & Check
1A 2A 3B 4B 5A 6B

Grammar
2 Make the sentences negative
1 His parents haven’t got a nice house in London.
2 Robinson can’t speak Spanish.
3 His father isn’t very rich.
4 Robinson and Xury aren’t catching fish now.
5 Robinson wasn’t happy in Africa.
6 Robinson didn’t go to Portugal.
7 Robinson won’t live in Africa.

Vocabulary
3 Finish the sentences with a word from the box.
1 business 2 home 3 family 4 world 5 money 6 fish

Speaking
4 At the end of Chapter One, Robinson Crusoe is on an island. Answer these questions with a
friend. Then, read Chapter Two, and see how many of your answers are right.
Personal answers

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AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES
Stop & Check
1A 2B 3C 4B 5C 6A 7B
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Writing
2 1 On Tuesday, I ate (some) bread and drank (some) water.
2 On Wednesday, I took the/my dog to the beach.
3 On Thursday, I caught a/some fish for dinner.
4 On Friday, I stayed at home all day.
5 On Saturday, I woke up late.
6 On Sunday, I had meat for lunch.

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AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES
Stop & Check
1 Answer the questions about Chapter Three.
1 one of the ship’s sails. 2 to watch for ships. 3 his cave. 4 it rained. 5 to teach it to
speak. 6 to stop the birds eating his grain. 7 because he couldn’t put it in the water.

Grammar
2 Choose the right word in each sentence.
1 doesn’t 2 teaches 3 is having 4 is 5 wants 6 is working 7 likes

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Speaking
3 Work in pairs and answer the questions. Personal answers

PRE-READING ACTIVITY
Vocabulary
4 These are all words in Chapter Four. Read the sentences and write the words.
1 clothes 2 shoes 3 milk 4 grass 5 foot 6 friend 7 money

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AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES
Stop & Check
1 Put the sentences about Chapter Four in the right order (A to G)
Right order is: 3 (A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 7 (E) 5 (F) 1 (G)

Grammar
2 Write the sentences in Exercise 1 in the past simple.
1 Robinson found a friend.
2 Robinson saw a footprint in the sand.
3 Robinson went to sea in a small boat.
4 The goats gave Robinson milk.
5 A Spanish ship had problems in a storm near the island.
6 Poll spoke to Robinson.
7 Savages came to the island on five boats.

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PRE-READING ACTIVITY
Listening
4 Listen to the start of Chapter Five and choose the right answer, A, B or C.
1A 2C 3B 4B 5C 6A 7A

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AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES
Stop & Check
1B 2A 3B 4B 5A 6B 7A

Writing
2 You are Robinson. Write a letter to the Spanish man’s friends. In your letter, talk about your
life on the island: personal answer
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Vocabulary
3 Find the words in the word search to finish the sentences
1 old 2 sails 3 coat 4 English 5 boat 6 beards 7 hill

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AFTER-READING ACTIVITIES
Stop & Check
1 Complete these questions about Chapter Six with a word or expression from the box. Then,
match the questions to the right answers.
1 what time (g) 2 how many (e) 3 where (a) 4 when (c) 5 how much (h)
6 how (b) 7 why (f)

Writing
2 You’re Robinson. Write about what you do after visiting the Spanish men on your island
Personal answers.

Grammar
3 Read about Robinson Crusoe. Choose the right word from A, B or C for each space.
1B 2C 3B 4C 5C 6A 7B 8C 9B 10A 11B 12B

Speaking
4 Work in pairs. Talk about these questions personal answers.

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1 English 2 London 3 1719 4 10 5 Mary Tuffley 6 Robinson Crusoe and Mall Flanders
7 April 1731

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Internet: personal answers

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Task
Complete this table. Write the things that are the same and different from Defoe’s book.

Same Different

Robinson Crusoe Desert island. Robinson is Scottish.

(1997) Friday dies.
Robinson goes back to wife, Mary.
Cast Away Desert island Plane comes down in sea.
Things in box aren’t good.
Talks to a ball called ‘Wilson’.
Robinson Sucroe island Pirates on island.
Friend is called ‘Wednesday’
Wednesday writes good stories

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Test Yourself
1B 2C 3C 4A 5B 6C 7C 8C 9A 10 C