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Johann David Wyss (1743-1818) was born and lived in Berne,

Switzerland. He loved nature, and often took his four sons for
long walks in the Swiss countryside when they were young. He
enjoyed reading the story Robinson Crusoe, and so he wrote a
sim ilar adventure story to read aloud to his children . The four
boys in the book are based on his four sons. Years later, Johann
David's son Johann Rudolf ed ited his father's 800 handwritten
pages, and pub li shed the story for the first time in 1812 as
The Swiss Family Robinson. Th e first English translation
appeared two years later. Since then, it has remained popular
with both children and adults. There have been severa l film and
TV versions of the story.

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 BEFORE READING
1 In The Swiss Fa mi/y Robinson, a family lives on an island like the famous eharacter
Robinson Crusoe. Complete the sentenees about them with the words in the box.
Use a dictionary to help you.

barrel cloth rope seeds tools wood

The Swiss family were on a

ship in the Pacific.
'Can we explore downstairs?'
asked little Franz.
'OK, ' said Mother.

Franz's older brothers Hans and Ernst

went with him. In the dark rooms unde'r
the deck, they saw dogs, horses, and a
lot of boxes and barreis.
Mother, Father, Fritz, Hans, At the same time,
a Mother has some .. . ..... .... . ..... . Ernst, and Franz on the island. Suddenly the sky went
their oldest brother,
b There's a ......... ... . .... . under Father's foot. darle. Father stopped
Fritz, spoke to sorne
e There are some ..... ...... .... .. . in Fritz's hands. writing his journal.
children on the deck.
d Hans has some . ..... over one arm. 'There's going to be a
'We're going to live
e Ernst has got some ... ...... .. . .. .. . .
storm,' he told Fritz.
in Australia,' said a
'Find your brothers and
f Franz is looki ng at some . ....... .. . .. Scottish girl, Jenny
bring them to our room.'
Montrose, excitedly.
2 What do you think? Answer these questions about the family's time on the island.
explore to walk around a new place barrel a tall round box; you put things storm a lot of ra in and very bad
a What do they eat?
and learn about it to drink in it weather
b What things do they make? deck where you walk on a ship journal a book where you write
e Where do they sleep? about what happens every day
In bed that night, the Swiss family When they went to their room, Mother Father and the older
listened to the storm. Big waves hit cried, 'The ship's going down. I can feel it!' boys went downstairs for
the ship noisily. 'I saw sorne barreis downstairs,' Fritz said. the barreis. When Ernst
~re we going to be all right?' Ernst 'Let's make a raft with them. Then we opened a door to one room,
asked his father. can leave the ship on that.' two dogs ran out. Fritz
and Father found barreis,
tools, and rope, but they
couidn't make the raft in
the storm. So they waited

Up on the deck, the ship's men were

tired. They couidn't see in the rain.
'Oh, no! Rocl{s!' one of them cried.
Just then, there was a terrible
noise at the front of the ship.

carne back, his face was white.

'Everybody's getting into the ship's But when the family arrived on the
boats,' he said. 'Be quick!' deck, there was no boat for them.

terrible very bad raft a little boat made from wood ro pe a very thick,
tool this helps you to make or fix
strong stri ng
boat a little ship
things
 When they moved away from the ship, Franz
said, 'Look! The dogs are in the water behind
us.' Ernst quickly pulled them on to the raft.
'Rocks! ' Father cried suddenly. 'Go left!'
Big waves hit them, and water went over the
raft. But slowly the island carne nearer.

The older boys

brought the barreis
Mother was very happy when they arrived
up from downstairs.
at the beach. The boys wanted to explore
Father brought sorne
the cliffs and tall trees near them.
tools and made the
barreis into a raft

That afternoon, the raft was

ready. Father and the boys
put it into the sea. Then the
family took their things, and
they got on it. But the waves After that, Mother began looking for
were big and their raft was wood. But just then, she heard Hans.
very little. Could it carry He was in the water near sorne rocks.
them all to the island? 'Ouch!' he cried. 'Something's got my leg!'

island a country in the sea

pull to move something qu ickly
wood the hard part of a tree nearer you
beach the land next to the sea
cliff a wal l of rack
READING CHECK
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

beach leg boats raft rocks ~ storm

a ·1 y are on a ..... shin

The fam1 .. .. .,. ..... . ·1n th e Pac1
·f·1c.
b One night, there is a terrible ..... .. .. ..... . .. . .
e Suddenly, they hit so me .. . .. . ... ..... .. .. .
e wave f journal
d People get into ........ . .... .. .. and leave the Swiss fam ily behind.
e The next day, Father and the boys make a . ............. .
f They arrive on a. . . . . . . ... , and begin to explore.
GUESS WHAT
g Somethi ng in the water has got Hans's . .. .. . .. .. . .. .... .
What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes.
WORDWORK
a The first day on the island, Father makes.
The words don't match the pictures. Correct them. 1 a boat. D
2 a'house'for the night. D
b Father and Fritz explore the island. They see .
1 people from their ship. D
2 nobody. D
e Fritz fi nds .
1 someone from a different ship. D
2 a nice little an imal. D
a ~ b island
d Father says, 'We must ... '
... .. .j.G\-ICY'\0 1. 1 go back to the ship. D
2 leave the island. D
e They take.
1 animals from the ship. D
2 meat from the island to the ship. D
f They see a dangerous animal when they are ...
1 on the raft. D
2 under some trees. D
e boat d cliff
 Next morning, Father said, 'We must find
food, and look for people from the ship.'
Father and Fritz left the beach for the
forest. Juno and Bello ran after them. They
found a river, and drank sorne water. Near
the river, there were tall coconut trees, but
how could they bring the coconuts down ?

Suddenly, the monkeys in the trees began

throwing coconuts at them!
'They're angry with us,' Fritz laughed. Then
he and Father began hitting the trees, and
the monkeys threw more coconuts down.

Mother ran to Hans. She put her hands under the water, and quickly pulled
a big blue lobster off his leg.
'Here's our dinner! ' she cried happily. After Mother cooked the lobster, the
family ate it hungrily. They gave lobster and bread to the dogs, too. Franz
thought of names for the two dogs. He called the white dog 'Bello' , and the
darker dog 'Juno'.

In the evening, Father put up rapes Nobody slept much that

between three trees. He put cloth night. They could hear the
from the ship over them. cries of different island
from a tree.
'Here's a tent for us,' he said. animals in the dark!
'Catch it, Fritz!' Father cried.
lobster an animal with ten legs and cook to make hot things for people tent a house made of cloth that you
two big claws that lives near rocks in to eat food you eat this monkey this anima l with a long tai l fall (post fell) to go down suddenly
can take with you when you move
the sea lives in trees
cloth you make clothes from this coconut a hard white frui t with milk catch (post caught) to take quickly
in it anda brown outside throw (post threw) to make in your hands
something move quickly th rough the
8 air with your hands
 Fritz caught the little monkey. Then he and Father walked up 'We're the only people on the island,'
a big hill. Fritz carried the monkey in his arms. 'Let's caii him Father said that night. ~nd we need
Knips, ' he said. From the hill, they could see most of the island. more things from the ship.'
They Iooked for boats or smoke, but saw nothing. 'Please don't go baclc,' Mother cried.
'So we 're the only people from the ship here,' Father thought. 'It's dangerous.'
'We must, ' he answered.
The next day, Father, Fritz, and Hans
took the raft to the ship.
They found seeds and guns. And
the animals were alive, too.

Father tied barreis to the

animals. Then he tied rapes
from these to the raft.
'Now they can swim easily
behind us,' he said.

Then they found sorne fruit trees. 'Mmm.

Fruit!' cried Fritz hungrily.
'Wait. Don't eat it,' said Father. 'Is it safe?'
'Father, Knips is eating it. So we can eat it,
too, I think,' said Fritz.
Later, they caught two birds for dinner.
After that, they walked home.
They moved slowly through the water. Then, suddenly,
something dark went under the raft. It was a big shark!
Fritz took a gun and stood up.
'Careful!' Father cried. 'Don't faii!'

safe not bad or dangerous; in no dangerous able to kili you gun a person can fight with this shark a big fish with teeth that eats
fruit you get this sweet th ing from danger of dying
seed fiowers and trees come smaller fish and someti mes people
tie to keep something in one place
trees and can eat it; bananas and apples bird an animal that can fiy; you can from these with rope
are different fruits eat some birds

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 READING CHECK 2 find seven more new words in chapter 2 to match the definitions.
Correct eight more mistakes in the chapter summary. a to make hot things for people to eat Q Q Q ~
lobster b you can take this cloth house with you ___ _
Mother pulled a b i g ~off Hans's leg, and she cooked it for dinner. Later that night, Father e you eatthis ___ _
put wood between two trees, and made a tent for them. They slept very well that night d not safe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
e this big fish with teeth sometimes eats people ____ _
beca use they cou ld hear the cries of different island anima ls.
f you can kil i things from far away with this __ _
In the morning, Father and Fritz wanted to look for food and people from their plane. They g to keep something in one place with a rope __ _
found some trees, and monkeys threw apples at them. One monkey fell from the trees, and
GUESS WHAT
Father caught it. Later, they wa lked up a cliff and looked around, but they didn't see
What do you think happens in the next chapter? Read the sentences and
any people. write Yes or No.

The next day, Father, Fritz, and Hans went back to the ship. They took animals from the

ship, and tied them to boxes. Slowly they moved through the water on their raft, and the

animals swam behind them. Suddenly, they saw something dark under the raft. lt was a very

big rock!

WORDWORK
1 Find six words from chapter 2 in the coconuts. Then use the words to complete
the sentences.
a Da ngerous island anima ls come near b Father and Fritz find more people from the
the family's tent. .... the sh ip. ...... . ..

a A .. . IQP..S.t~r. ... has ten legs, and it lives in the sea.

b You can make a tent with ropes and .......... . ...... . .
e Help! Those ..... .. . ... .... . .. are throwing coconuts at us.
d There are a lot of .. . ........... ... . trees on the island.
e Loo k at that . ....... .. . ...... . in the sky! e Father and the boys make a tree house. d The family all work hard, and make a
f Trees and flowers come from ...... .. .. .... .. .. . garden ... .. .. .. .
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 'The island animals can easily
attack our tent, ' Father said next
morning. 'We need a better house.'
Sorne days later, they found sorne
big trees on a hill.
on the beach.
Father threw a rape over a branch,
'We've gota horse
and went up into the biggest tree.
now,' Father said.
'Here's our new house!' he said.
'More importantly
- you're alivel'
Mother answered.
minute, Fritz shot it.
'Wow! You hit it, Fritz!' Hans cried.
After that, they watched the water carefully, but the
shark didn't come baclc

That night, the family heard a noise, and looked out

of the tent. Yellow eyes watched them in the darle
'Jaclmlsl' Ernst cried.
Hans saw a little jackal. 'It can be my pet,' he
thought. So he caught it with a rape.
Just then, Bello and Juno attacked, and all of the
bigger jackals ran away.

When the tree house was ready, Hans asked, 'What can we call it?'
Fritz saw a falcon in the sky. 'How about Falconwood?' he said.

pet an animal that lives with you branch part of a tree floor the place in a room where you falcon a day bird that fiies up in the
attack to start biting or hitting stand and walk sky and kills sma ll animals by suddenly
piece some, but not all, of something
something or someone coming down on them

One day, Hans wanted to teach his
pet jackal, Fangs, to hunt. So he
and Fritz took it into the forest.
Suddenly, they heard a terrible
noise from the trees in front of
them. Minutes later, hundreds of
buffaloes began running out of
the forest at them!
'Quid:,' Fritz cried. 'Let's go behind
those rocks! '
Hans took Fangs in his arms. Then
the boys went behind the rocks.
forest a place with lots of trees
Fritz caught a young buffalo with a
rope when all the bigger buffaloes
ran past them.
'Father's going to be very happy
when we take this little buffalo
home with us,' he said.
buffalo a big anima l like a cow
for their animals under
the tree house. Then
he put his tools in the
beach tent because
there was no room for
them in the house.
When the winter carne, the family
stayed in their tree house. And their
animals stayed in their home at the
foot of the tree. It rained for weeks.
'We haven't got much food,' Father
wrote in his journal one day. 'Are our
animals going to live? Are our seeds
going to grow?'
g row (post grew) to get bigger
 READING CHECK 2 Complete the dialogues with these words from chapter 3.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. attack fioor ~ pet pieces shoot
a A shark attacks thei r boat, but Fritz catches 19 t.
b Hans 1 Franz catches a baby jacka l with a rope.
e They find some big rocks 1 trees on a hill, and make a house there.
d Hans and Fritz are wa lking in the forest 1 on the beach when they hea r a terrible noise
in front of them.
e In the autu mn, Mother makes clothes 1 a garden.
f Father leaves anima!s 1 tools in their tent on the beach.

WORDWORK
1 Use the clues to complete the puzzle with new words from chapter 3.
What is the mystery word in the blue squares?

a There are a lot of trees in a .

b A ... is a big an ima l. lt can run fast. Mother Why did you catch a baby a . . .. j0PK<A1... .. , Hans?
e Hans has gota pet .. .. Hans 1wanted to have a b . .... . .
d Father and the boys make a house in the . . . of a big tree.
e Seeds .. . into fi owers and trees. Ernst There are some big e. .. . . . ..... of wood on the beach, father!
f Father and the boys often . .. birds for food. Father Wonderfu l! We can make the d . . .... of the tree house with them .

af o r e Hans That shark is going to e ........ o • • • • • •••• the boat!

b
Fritz Give me the gun. 1can f . .. . . .. . it.

d GUESS WHAT
What happens in the next chapter? Tick three sentences.

a O Knips find s something interesting.

b O The boys catch a lot of fish.
e O Mother leaves the island.
Mystery word: .. ...
d O Father and the boys make a new house.
o •• o • • • ••••• • • o • • • • •

e O Hans gets into danger, but a pet helps him.

f O Fritz shoots a very dangerous animal.
g O The boys see a ship.
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After winter, spring
arrived. All their animals
were alive, and little green
plants grew in the garden.
'Very good! ' Father said.
~nd now let's go to the
beach for my tools. I need
themhere.'
He went into a hole in the cliffs.
'Where is he?' thought Ernst.
plant a small thing with leaves and
sometimes with Aowers
When they arrived,
they couldn't see the
ship any more, but
they found pieces of
wood by the sea. Their
tent was in pieces -
with Father's tools,
cloth, and barreis all
He looked into the hole. 'Hey,
everyone!' he called. 'There's a
big cave behind this cliff! What a
good new home for us! Let's make
a door into it.'
hole an opening in something that cave a big hale in the side of a cliff
you can loo k th rough or go th rough or hill
After hours of work, the
door was ready. They
went into the cave.
'You were right, Ernst, it
is big!' Father said. 'This
can be our winter house.'
swamp a place with low wet land
near the sea ora river
to cut more reeds. He went
further into the swamp.
Suddenly, he began sinking
into the water there.
'Help!' he cried, but nobody
heard him.
reed a tall thin plant that lives near sin k (post san k) to go down in the
or in water water
21
Hans cut sorne reeds, and made a raft from them. '
He pulled his body up on the raft, but how could
he get out of the swamp?
Just then, his pet jackal arrived. 'Fangs, come
here!' he called. Fangs ran to him. Hans too k the
jackal's tail in his hand. When Fangs ran away,
he pulled Hans out of the swamp.

They stayed in the cave all day. Father

and the boys stood at the windows
with guns, but the snake didn't come.
'Perhaps it went away,' Father said that
evening. Tm going to look.'
When he opened the door, their horse
ran out into the swamp. Fritz went
after it befare Father could stop him.
'What happened to you?'
Mother asked when Hans
arrived back home later.
Tve got sorne reeds for the cave
floor,' Hans said. 'I nearly died
in that swamp. But Fangs carne
and pulled me out in time.'

snake a long animal with no legs horse. But the snake waited
out in the swamp. And now
it saw Fritz. It moved nearer.
 READING CHECK
Are the sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.
True False
a A lot of the animals died in the winter. D ~
b The tent on the beach is in pieces. D D
e Fangs finds a cave in the cliffs. D D
d Father and the boys cut a door into the cave. D D
e Mother finds sorne reeds in a swamp. D D
e ----- f
f Father pulls Hans out of the swamp. D D
9 They see a shark when they are near the river. D D
h Their horse runs into the swamp. D D
WORDWORK
Find new words in chapter 4 to match the pictures.

9 ----

GUESS WHAT
What happens in the next chapter? Tick two boxes to complete ea eh sentence.

a Father ... b Mother .. .

a b Q 1 ª b -----
1
2
O find s sorne new fruit.
O makes cloth from animal hair.
1
2
O makes clothes for everyone.
O thinks a lot about Fritz.
3 O makes a boat with Fritz. 3 O finds a new pet.

e Fritz . . d Hans . . .
1 O explores the island in a boat. O shoots an animal in the swamp.
2 O can't come back to his family. 2 O goes swimming in the river.
3 O finds a message. 3 O comes home with a red fa ce.

e ---- d -----

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 Over many years, the Little Franz was twelve now,
family changed their and he liked to explore
garden into a little New Switzerland with his
farm. They grew food older brothers. They often
on the farm, and had went away for days.
lots of animals - and 'I worry about them,'
lots of pets, too! Mother said.
'I worry sometimes, too,'
Father answered, 'but they
must learn to be men.'
'Don't move!' they cried. Then he heard
their guns, and when he looked down, the 'This winter, we can be safe
snake was dead at his feet. from storms and snakes
'Hooray! We killed it!' Hans cried excitedly. in the cave house!' Father
said. That autumn, the
family made the cave ready
for the winter months.

When the rains carne,

Father made sorne cloth
from plants and animal
hair. Mother made new
clothes from this for
everyone. One night,
Mother said, 'Our island
home hasn't got a name.
What can we call it?' 'What happened to your
'"New Switzerland"!' Ernst face, Hans? It's all red!'
cried. 'And we're the Swiss Mother said when the boys
Family Robinson Crusoes!' carne home one day.
Everyone laughed at that, 'We found sorne honey
but they liked Ernst's name in a tree,' Hans laughed,
for the island. 'with lots of bees!'

farm a place in the country where
clothes people wear these
people keep animals and grow plants
worry to be unhappy about
something and to think about it
all the time
honey this is sweet and good to eat;
bees make it after visiting fiowers
bee a little black and yellow animal
that can fiy and make honey

skin the outside of an an imal's body
bay some sea with land in a half-ci rcle
rou nd it
When the boat was ready, Fritz
wanted to take it out to sea,
and to explore the island in it.
'All right,' Father told him.
When Fritz took his boat out across the hay,
Mother and Father watched from the beach.
'Is he going to be OK?' Mother asked,
'Elizabeth, he's twenty-one,' Father answered. 'I
was twenty-one when I met you- remember?'
Mother smiled at that, but she didn't feel better
about Fritz.
For many days, Fritz explored
the island by boat. He swam in
the sea, and he hunted in the
forest. At night, he made a tent
from cloth and branches on the
beach. He slept in it.
One afternoon, Fritz caught lots of fish.
Suddenly lots of birds carne down from
the sky, and they began to take all the
fish from his boat.
Fritz caught one of these birds. Just
then, he saw a piece of cloth on its leg.
'It's a message!' he thought excitedly.
He quickly took the piece of cloth off
the bird's leg, and opened it.
message you write this to someone
 •

READING CHECK e Father and Fritz need an imal

Match the parts of the sentences.

a Father and Hans shoot ... - - - - 1 plants and animal hair.

b The next winter, they are safe from storms . 2 he wants to explore the island.
e Father makes cloth from ... 3 worry about the boys. f Fritz goes across the
d They ca ll their island ... 4 a snake in the swamp.
e Mother and Father .. 5 a new boat.
f Father and Fritz make ... 6 in the cave house.
g Fritz leaves in his boat because . . 7 'New Switze rl and~

g He finds a
WORDWORK
Write out the sentences with new words from chapter 5 in the correct form.
Use the pictures to help yo u.

a Mother makes new ..M9t.D.~r . m.0.k~.$' .

. . V:..~'X' . G\9+0~~. · .. .... ... .. . .
GUESS WHAT
How does the story finish? Tick one picture for each question.

a Who does Fritz find on a beach?

b The fam ily have a El]

e Who do Fritz and Father meet7 d Who leaves the island?

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He remembered the Scottish girl
from the ship. 'Her name was
Jenny. I must find her,' he thought.
captain the most importan! person
on a ship
around all the way round; to all
the places
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In Jenny's cave home, they talked
about their last night on the ship ...
'I got into a boat, but it sank near
the cliffs,' Jenny said. 'So I swam
into the cave, and found this bay.'
Fritz looked for Jenny for two days.
In the end, he found a sea cave,
and he took his boat far into it.
After sorne time, he carne out of
the cave into a little bay. There
were tall cliffs all around it. He
from our hills,' Fritz
saw a girl in animal skins on the
toldJenny.
beach near these cliffs.
1\nd I couldn't climb
the cliffs, ' Jenny
answered. 'So I wrote
messages.'
'But why did you run
away from me?' Fritz
asked her.
'Pirates carne here
saw Fritz in his last year,' Jenny said.
boat, she began 'I ran away from
running away. them. When I saw
'Wait! ' he you, I thought, "More
called. 'Jenny pirates are here!" .'
Montrose!'
She stopped at
pirate someone on a ship who takes
this, and waited th ings without asking Jenny had sorne books with her.
for him. 'They're from the ship,' she said.
 The next day, Ernst
ran to the cave house.
'This is an important
'Fritz is coming. And
day,' Father said one
there's somebody
morning. 'We arrived on
with him!' he told
this island seven years
ago - so no work today.'
At once Jenny and the
boys ran up the hill and
shot their guns over
their heads excitedly.

Fritz's brothers were excited when they met Suddenly, they heard the
Jenny. They asked her lots of questions, and took noise of a ship's gun.
her around the farm. 'Somebody heard us, and
Father made a room for Jenny in the cave. She they're answering!' Fritz said.
was happy. Tve got a family again,' she thought. 'Pirates!' Jenny cried. They
ran to the cave house, but no
When the winter pirates carne.
carne, the boys read
books for the first time
in years.
'Fritz's English is very
good now,' Father said
one day. 'Jenny's books
are helping him.'
Mother laughed. 'It's
not the books,' she

The next morning, Father and Fritz took

the boat out. When they left the bay, they
suddenly saw a ship in front of them. They
quickly moved their boat behind sorne rocks.
34 35
 A week later, Fritz told
Mother and Father,
'Jenny's leaving for
England tomorrow.
And I want to marry
her, and go with her.'
'Then let's tell Captain
from behind the rocks,
Montrose, ' Father
and said, 'They aren't
said. And they did.
pirates. They're British! '
So they went to the ship.

The next day, the captain married Jenny and

Fritz. When they said goodbye to the family,
Father gave a box to them. 'Open it la ter,' he said.

Jenny and Fritz stood on the ship, and looked back

at their island home. Soon they could see it no more.
Then they opened the box. In it, they found Father's
journal: the story of 'The Swiss Family Robinson'!

captain met them.

Tm James Montrose,' he
told them.
'Captain Montrose! ' Father
cried. 'Your daughter
Jenny's with us.'
'That's wonderful!' the
captain said. 'I waited in That afternoon, the captain visited the
Australia for her, but her island. Jenny took him in her arms happily.
ship never carne. I looked
for her for years, but found
nothing. Then four months
ago, we caught sorne
marry to make someone you r
pirates. They told us about husband or wife; to make two people
a girl on this island.' husband and wife

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 READING CHECK WORDWORK
Match the words with who says or writes them. Write new words from chapter 6 to match the pictures.

b p ____ _

e m ___ _ d e __ ___ _

WHAT NEXT?
. . ........ . What happens after the story finishes? Tick sorne of these ideas, and write ideas
"---~ ~,-~~~?~\: ~ --- •·· ofyourown.

a Pirates attack Captain Montrose's ship. O

1 Ernst says this to Mother and Father. D
2 Captain Montrose says this to Father and Fritz.
3 Fritz says this to Mother and Father. D
4 Jenny says this to Fritz. D d Fa lconwood is a big town in the end.
5 Jenny writes this in a message. ~
6 Father says this to Mother. D
7 Fritz cries this when he sees Jenny. D
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D b Fritz and Jenny stay in England for some years, then come back to New Switzerland. O
e A lot of English people move to New Switzerland. O ·-
O
e Mother and Father leave the island. O
f Franz is a famous ship's capta in when he's older. O
g .. .. ........ . .. . ........ .. .... . . .. .. . .. ................. . ... .. .
h ....... .. ... ... .. ... .... ... ............ ..... .... ... .. .. . ... ...... . . .. ... .. . ···· · ······ ... . .
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 2 Read the notes about another survivor and complete the text.
Project A Real-life survivors
Name and nationality Juliane Koepcke, from Peru.
1 Read the text about a real-life survivor and complete the notes. Where? The Amazon rainforest.
The real Robinson Crusoe When? December 1972
Robinson Crusoe is a character in a book by the British _ What happened? Her plane broke into pieces in a storm.
writer Daniel Defoe. Defoe knew about the story of Juliane fell 3 ki lometres to the forest.
a real-life island survivor, Alexander Selkirk, when he How did she survive? She ate a bag of sweets, and dran k dirty river water.
wrote it. Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor. In She followed a river and looked for a village.
September 1704, when he was 28 years old, a sh ip's What problems did she She was hurt and alone in the rainforest.
capta in left him on Más a Tierra lsland, in the Pacific have? There were dangerous animals in the river.

Ocean. Nobody lived on the island, but Selkirk soon How did she survive? 10 days
learnt to survive there. He hunted animals for food, What happened in the end? She saw a canoe, and found an empty hou se.
and he made clothes from their skins. He ate island
plants and fruit, too. Selkirk built a little house, and The girl who fell from the sky
he made tools from pieces of an old barrel. On 24th December 1971, Juliane Koepcke, from Peru, was in a a) . . . p. ) 0Y)~ ... over
Selkirk lived well on the island, but it wasn't easy to live alone. Once, the Amazon rainforest. The plane fiew into a terrible b) ..... . ........... , and it broke into
he fell off a cliff, and he couldn't move for a day beca use there was nobody to help him. pieces. 17-year-old Jul iane fell 3 kilometres to the e) . ... .. . ... . .. .. .. below, but amazingly
There was nobody to talk to, so he found animals and made them into pets. Selkirk stayed she didn't die! She was d) .... . . . . .. ... . .. . in the forest, and she was hurt. What's more,
on the island for four years. In February 1709, some English pirates arrived there. They she didn't have any food with her- only a little bag of e ) ................ . .
found Selkirk, and they took him home to Britain. Juliane needed to find a f ) .. .. .... . ....... , so she wa lked along a river for ten days.
There were g) .......... ...... . an imals in the river, and the water was h) . . . . ............. ,
Na me and nationality Alexander Selkirk, from ..SGQf.I.Q•.'0Q . but she needed to drink it. On the tenth day, she saw a i) . ............. . .. , and then she
Where? an . .. . . . . .. ... . . . in the Pacific Ocean found an empty house. The next day, people visited the house and found her.

When? from ... ..... ... . .. to ................

What happened?
How did he survive?
What problem did he have?
How long did he survive?
What happened in the end?
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3 Research these different real-life survivor stories. Choose one story. Write a text
A .. ........ ... ... left him on the island.
He ........ . ... . .. animals and ate .. ... .. ... .. . ... and
fruit, too.
He made a ...... . .. . ... . .. , clothes, and tools.
lt wasn't easy to be ........ . .... . . on the island .
............ .. .. . years
English ..... .... . ....... visited the island and found him.
about it like the texts in activities 1 and 2.
- T{obertson family- on raft for ~8 ~ays
- William LaFever- in ~esert for ~ weeks
- $ophie the ~og - on islan~ for 4- months
- $alamon Vi~es- in jungle for ~2 years
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 4Qi.]t§41:. Newspaper interviews 3 Complete the interview with Captain Montrose with the reporter's questions.

So how did you find it? Was she alone? Did it take long to find the su rvivors?
1 Look at the newspaper headline, and answer the questions. Did you like the island? How ge )~U tFeT? Did any islanders live there with them?
a Which tense do we often use for newspaper headlines? Well, thank you for ta lking to us. How did they get th ere7 Where did you find her7
Scottish captain Present Simple 1 Past Simple
finds daughter on b Which words are missing in the newspaper headlin e? Captain talks
island in Pacific about finding
Nouns and verbs 1 Articles and possessive adjectives
.
surv1vors
2 Loo k at the sentences below and rewrite them to make newspaper headlines.

An English sh ip caught some pirates in the Pacific Ocean. When Captain Montrose
arrived in London, a Daily
News reporter spoke to him.
This is his interview.

A family from Switzerland spent ten years on an island after their ship san k.
Reporter: . J:tGY!.. 09. .~.94 ..f ~~W .....
b ............ ... .. ........................ .. .... .. ........ . . Capta in: Very happy. llooked for my daughter for yea rs, and now she's with me again.
Reporter: . ..... . .. .. .. ............................... .. .

The Swiss family changed an island into a sma ll country.
e .. ....
The su rvivors from New Switzerland are going to arri ve in London on Saturday.
d .............. ... ............ ........ . ........ .... ..... ..
The Swiss fami ly's journal beca me a very famous book.
e ..... . .... ... .... . .. . .. . ........ .... .. . .. ....... .. . ..
Jenny Montrose and her husband, Fritz, met the Queen of England.
Capta in: We found her on a little island in the Pacific.
Reporter: ..... . . . ... .......... . .. . ..... . .... ... .... ........... ... . .... . ... . ....... ..... . . .
Capta in: No, she wasn't. She was with the Zermatts, a Swiss family.
Reporter: ....... . ...... . ... . ...... .
Capta in: They were on a ship to Austral ia, but it san k near the island.
Reporter: ................... .. ... . . ... ... ....... .. ..... ................ .... .. .. . .. .. . . . .
Capta in: No, they didn't. And the island wasn't on any maps.
Reporter: ............... .. . .. . .. ......... . ........ .. .. .. .. .... ....... .. ... .. ... . . ........ .
Captain: Some month s ago, we ca ught some pirates. They told me about a European girl
on an island, so we went there.
Reporter: . ..... .... . ..... ..
Capta in: No, it didn't, beca use they found us. They heard our guns, and they ca me across
the bay in a boat.

f ... .... ... .... .. .... ... .. .. ..... ...... ....... ... ........ .. ... ...... . .. . Reporter: ...... ..... .............................. . ........ . ............. .. . . ... ..... .
Captain: Yes, 1did. They ca ll it New Switzerland, and it's beautiful.
Reporter: .... . ... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ....... . .. .... ... .. .. ......... ... . . ... ... .. . . ......... .

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 4 Read the notes, then complete the newspaper interview with Jenny's words. GRAMMAR CHECK
Jenny Montrose Plural nouns
• Sai li ng to Australia to meet her father when her sh ip hits rocks in a storm. We usua lly add - s to nouns to make them plural.
• Gets into a boat but the boat sinks near cliffs Swims to the island. birds, trees
• Lives in a cave near the beach. Eats fish and cocon uts. When a noun ends in - o or - eh, we add - es.
• Wri tes messages and ties them to birds. buffa/o- buffaloes, watch - watches
• Fritz Zermatt catches a bird and finds her message. Later he finds her. When a no un ends in consonant +y, we change the 'y' to 'i' and add - es.
• Jenny and Fritz marry on the island. country - countries
When a noun ends in - fe, it usua lly changes to - ves.
Survivor's story wife- wives
The Daily News talks to Jenny Montrose. Some nouns have irregu lar plura ls:
fish - fish, man - men, person - people
Reporter: Why we re you in the Pacific?
Jenny: . ..l . yiJM.. 9V) . Y\ ...?hip. .:t9 . A.~$f.~Y\ .Ii0 , . 1 Write the plural form of these nouns. Use a dictionary if necessary.
Reporter: Was you r father on the boat with you7
a buffa lo . pqff01.Q~$ ... .. b seed ... .. .. . ... .... . ..
Jenny: ...... . .. . .. ..... .
e family .. .... ... .. . .. ... . ... .. . . d ch ild ..
Reporter: What happened to your ship7
e knife ... . ... . f foot .. .
Jenny:
g ba rrel h monkey
Reporter: How did you get to the island 7
branch ... fish.
Jenny:
k beach .
Reporter: Where did you live on the island ?
Jenny: .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. ...... . .. . ... .... . ....... . 2 Complete the sentences with the plural forms of the nouns in activity 1.
Reporter: What did you eat?
Jenny:
a There were a lot of young . . Glli \deen .. on the sh ip to Austra lia.
b We can put things in these old water .. .
Reporter: You sent messages. How did you do that?
Jenny: ..... . .. .. .. . . ..... . .. . .
e They loved the yellow . . ...... and blue sea around the island.
d No more .. ... . . ... from the ship ca me with them to the island.
Reporter: So how did Fritz Zermatt find you7
Jenny: . .. .. ..... . .
e From the trees, . . .. ... . . . .... . threw coconuts at Father and Fritz.
f Hundreds of big ..... .. .. .. .. ..... ran through the forest.
Reporter: Now, you and Fritz did somethi ng importa nt befare you left the island - right?
g Fath er and th e boys made a house in the. . . . of a tall tree.
Jenny: Yes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ... . . .. .. .
Reporter: Wonderful! Well, thanks for talking to us.
h Moth er took the. . .. .. ... .. and made a garden with them.
Father and the boys caught .. . .. .. ... ..... ... in the sea for dinner.

5 A reporter visits New Switzerland and interviews the people there. Choose a j When Hans was in the swamp, he couldn't move his . . ... .. ..... . .. .. . .
different story character and write an interview with him or her. k Fathertook guns and long .... .. .. . .... .. ... from the ship.
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 GRAMMAR CHECK GRAMMAR CHECK
Going to future: affirmative and negative lmperatives
We use going to total k about plans and make predictions about the future. We use imperatives to tell people what todo orto give strong advice.
We make t he go,:ng to future with the correct form of the verb be + going to + th e We make the affirmative imperative with the infinitive without to.
infinitive. Be carefu/1
Father is going to be happy when we take the buffa/o home. We make the negative imperative with don't + th e infinitive without to.
We aren't going to leave this island. Oon'tmove!

3 Complete Father's words with the eorreet form of going to . S Complete the sentenees with the affirmative or negative imperative of the verbs
in braekets.
a The wea ther 1·s ehang ·1ng. w·1nter ..is. . ·v
aoiY\a
... ..0 . ..to coMe
. .. .. .. . . . . . . (come ) soon.

b Things ... .. .. .......... . .. . ... ... . . (not be) easy in a tree house all winter. a Fi nd you r brothers and .... .b.r.i.Y\S .... (bring) them to ou r room.
e (ma ke) a room for the an imals under the tree.
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . b Qu ick. . (catch) itl
d The boys . .. .. .. .. . .. .. ...... . ... .. ... (find) vegeta bies for the winter. e Wait! . ... (eat) it! ls it safe7
e Mother .. . (finish) the garden before the rain comes. d Please . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go) back to the shi p. lt's dangerous.
f We .. . .. . .... .. . .. (not put) all ou r thi ngs in the tree house beca use there isn't room. e Carefu l - ... . . .. ... . . .. .. . (fal l)l
g We . .. .... . .. . .. . . .. . ... . .. ..... (not have) have mueh food. You ca n't hunt in the rain. f Fangs, . . . (come) here!
h l .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . .... .. .. .. (leave) a lot of tools in the tent over the wi nter. g . ..... (move), Fritz!
h My name's Jenny. Please .. (find) me!
4 Complete the pages from Father's journal. Use the eorrect going to form of the verbs Hey, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (wa it) l Jenny Montrose!
in braekets - affirmative or negative.
. ... .. .... .. .. (open) it later.

Thursda!f 15th
6 Who says or writes the things in exercise S? Write the letters.

Winter is here. The rain ..i~'0) .g9i.Y\S .t9.. $:1:-Qp. . {stop) for 1 Father and Hans tell Fritz this when they see a snake. [ill
weeks now. Mother and the ho!JS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (sta!J) 2 Jenny writes this in a message. D
in toda!} hecause the weather is f:errih/e, hut 1 mustgo out. 1 3 Father says this to Fritz when a monkey falls from a tree.

. .. . .. .. . .. .. . . ... (look) for some food hecause we haven't 4 Mother says this to Father. D
got much in our barreis. We .. .. .. .. . . .... . ......... . .. . ..... (he} ve'!! S Fritz says this when he sees Jen ny on a beach. D
hungf!j soon! 6 Father says thi s to Jenny and Fritz when he gives them a box. O
So me ofthe animals are di. Ma!Jhe the.!f ................. . 7 Hans says thi s to his pet when he's in the swa mp. D
(/ive) through the winter. Water is comii1!J into our tree house, and 8 Father says this to Fritz when they fin d sorne fruit. O
we are cold al/ the time. Ne;d!Jear, we .. . ... .... ... ................. .. . 9 Father says this to Fritz on the ship before the storm. O
(make) a hetter house- we can't sta!f in the tree house ne;d winter. 1O Father says this to Fritz on the raft. D
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 GRAMMAR CHECK GRAMMAR CHECK
Countable and uncountable nouns Reference words
Countable nouns have a plura l form and un cou nta ble nouns don't. We use reference words when we don't wa nt to repeat t he sa me wo rd aga in in a text.

We use a/an with sin gular countable nouns. Fritz saw a fa/con. ~
Father ron upstairs. When he ca me back, his face was white.
We use sorne, any, lots of, and a lot of wit h un countable nouns and plural co unta ble noun s.
We usually use any in questions and negative sentences.
They saw so me barreis, made a raft with them, and left on that.
1found some honey. Did you find any bees7
We use much with uncountable noun s and many with plural countable noun s. We usually 9 Write reference words to complete the sentences.
use mueh in qu estions and negative se ntences. 1/ooked for Jenny for many years.
a Mother ra n to Hans . .. . .. S.Y\.e..... (Mother) pu lled a lobster off. . ..... . ...... (Hans's) leg .
7 Read the sentences. Are the underlined words countable or uncountable? Write C or U. b The boys gave food to the dogs, and . . . . . . . . (the boys) gave narnes to
. ... .. .. .. (the dogs), too.
a The shi p hit a big rack in the storm . ... C..
e The island was bea utiful. . . ... . .... .. . .... (The island) had forests, and .. .. . . . . .. .... . .. (the
b A lot of water ca me into the ship. . .
forests) had lots of fruit trees in . . . . . .. .. .. (the forests).
e There weren't many boats, and the Swiss fa mily arrived late.
d A shark ca rne nea r the raft, but Fritz took a gun. . . ... .. ..... .... . (Fritz) shot the shark, and
d They used sorne barreis to make a raft ... .... .
. . . (the shark) we nt away.
e They didn't have much ti me. They cou ldn't stay on the ship for long.
e Mother slept badly beca use the island anirna ls rnade lots of noise ... . . .. ... . . . .. .. (Moth er)
f Th at night, Father made a tent with sorne cloth.
could hear . ... .. .... . .. . ... (the anirna ls') cries all night

8 Tick the correct sentences and rewrite the incorrect ones.

1O Complete the text with the
a There aren't sorne peopl e on the island. D reference words in the box .
..Th~ce.. ~ce:0.'t. .0.~~- . p.e.op.l~ . G'0 ..th~ ..i~I~D~t .. ........ ..... ... ... ......... .
~ her hi s
b When yo u make a tree house, it's a lot of work. ~
it she thern
they they this
e We haven't got many food for the winter. D

d Mum's got sorne seeds, so we ca n rnake a garden. D Littl e Franz is twelve now, and .. . ... ~E;. . . . . . likes to explore New Switzerland with
... ..... .. ..... .. older brothers. ... .. . ... .. . .. ... often go away for days, but Mother always
e We ca n grow lots of food next yea r. D worries about ... ... . .. ... .
'This island is big, and . . .. ... . .. .. has dangerous ani rna ls on it, ... . .. .. ... .. . .. says
f Did you catch rnu ch birds when you went hunting? D to Father one day.
'1worry when the boys go away, too,' Father tells . .. . . ...... ... ... New Switzerland isn't a
g The boys saw bees and found sorne honeys in a tree. D safe country for children, but ...... . .. . ..... .. is their horn e now. . .... . ..... .. .. . . rnust learn to
live here.'
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 GRAMMAR CHECK GRAMMAR CHECK
Sequencers and time adverbs Going to future, yes 1no questions and short answers
We use sequencing words like after, after that, at first, at the same time, befare, then, later, To make yes 1 no questions with going to, we use t he auxiliary verb be + going to + the
and in the end to link story events. infinitive. Are our animals going to live? ls Franz going to come with us?
At first, 1saw some birds. La ter, 1caught a fish. Then 1went home. After that, 1cooked the fish. In the For short answers, we use the verb be. Yes, they are. 1 No, he isn't.
end, 1ate it.
12 Captain Montrose's ship is going to leave New Switzerland tomorrow. Write the
We use time adverbs like ago, at once, just then, now, soon, and suddenly, total k about
questions and answer them.
when someth ing happened.
Suddenly, 1heard a terrible noise. At once, Fangs was afro id Just then, lots of buffaloes ca me. We a Jenny/go/to England7
soon caught one. This was hours ago. (ago =befare now) ..J.~ . ~~\~W!~ . t}9i.'0S .t .o.. so ..t.o ..~:09l~DO?.... ... .... ........ .. ... .
.. Y~sJ ..sh~ ..i$ . .. ... .... .
11 Jenny is telling Fritz about her time on the island. Choose the correct words to
b Capta in Montrose/stay/on the island7
complete her story.

e Fritz and Father/talk/to Capta in Montrose about Jen ny?

d Ernst/leave/New Switzerland?

e Jenny and Fritz/marry?

f Father/give away/his journal7

@ Befare our ship hit the rocks, 1went up to the deck and got into a boat ago 1 at once.
Ou r boat slowly ca me nearer the isla nd. Then 1 At first someth ing terrible happened. Later 1
Suddenly, a big wave hit us, and everyone fel l into the sea. 1couldn't see any people in the
water, but 1was near a sea cave so 1swa m there. Later 1 After, 1found this beach.
That was nine years ago 1 !ater, of course. The beach was my new home in those days.
Just then 1 At first, 1coul dn't find any food, but 1soon 1 befare lea rnt to catch fish. At once 1
At the same time, 1wrote messages and tied them to birds. ln the end 1 At once, you read one
of my messages and found me. After that 1 Now l'm very happy- 1was alone for years, but
l'm going to be with people aga inl

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 The Swiss Family Robinson
'There's going to be a storm,' Father told Fritz.
'Find your brothers and bring them to our room.'
A Swiss family are going to Australia when their
ship sinks in a storm. After that, Mother, Father,
Fritz, Hans, Ernst, and little Franz must make their
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