Soul Surfer

1. Read the plot of the movie and write the verbs in past tenses
In 2003, teenager Bethany Hamilton (live) in Kauai, Hawaii with her
parents Tom and Cheri, and two brothers, Noah and Timmy. All (be) surfers,
but she and her best friend Alana Blanchard (have) grown up with a
passion for the sport and (enter) a competition. Her church youth ministry
leader, Sarah Hill, (be) disappointed when she (have) to withdraw
from a planned mission trip to Mexico because of the contest.
In the competition, Bethany and Alana place first and third, respectively. The following
day, Tom (go) to the hospital for knee surgery, and the girls ( go)
surfing with Alana's father Holt and her brother Byron. As Bethany (move)
her left arm in the water, a tiger shark (swim) just under her surfboard and
(notice) her arm floating in the water. It unexpectedly (attack), ripping off her arm
below the shoulder. Holt, Alana, and Byron (get) her out of the water where Holt
(make) a tourniquet out of his swimshirt to put on her while Byron (call) 911 as Cheri
(be) also informed. An ambulance (meet) them on the way to the hospital. Just
before starting Tom's knee surgery, Dr. David Rovinsky (be) called to the emergency room to treat
Bethany. Besides losing her left arm, she also (lose) 60% of her blood and Dr. Rovinsky (call)
her survival a miracle.
The harassment of paparazzi also (prove) to be a great strain on her family and their privacy. The
Hamiltons (be) grateful to Holt for his quick and active thinking and decisive action that saved her
life. Her injury (prevent) her from participating in the Rip Curl photo shoots, but she
(wish) Alana well.
Bethany (persevere) and after a recuperation period, (get) back in the
water, and (learn) to surf with one arm. Inside Edition (offer) to provide
a prosthetic one that (be) cosmetically perfect and (have) bendable joints, in exchange
for an interview. She angrily (reject) it when she (learn) it would not help her
surf as it (be) not weight bearing, as a result of the size of her arm stump.
Bethany eventually (re-enter) the competition, telling rival Malina not to go easy on her,
and (reject) a five-minute head start offered by the judges. She (do) not perform
well because she (can/not) stay on the board long enough to go out and catch a competitive wave
so Malina (win). Disappointed at this loss, she (decide) to give up competitive
surfing and her friendship with Alana (be) strained following an argument.
Bethany (decide) to surprise Sarah by joining the youth group on another mission trip to help
the people of Phuket, Thailand who were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Despite her recent
tragedy, she (join) her youth group to help the Thai children get over their fear of the ocean.
They
(be) understandably afraid of the water, including a little boy. She (decide) to go
into it with a surfboard, hoping this will coax him into it. It (work), and the realization that
she
(can) use her gift to inspire people (motivate) her to take up surfing again.
Tom, who (believe) that Bethany (possess) a great surfer's instinct for sensing
when the best waves would form, (fix) a handle on her surfboard which she (can)
use to prevent falling off while paddling out to the waves, which (be) not prohibited by the
competition's rules. Bethany (train) for the competition while rekindling her friendship with
Alana. She (enter) the national championship. During the competition, she (perform)
respectably, though she (be) still chasing third place. Suddenly, with only minutes left on the clock,
the waves (die) down and all the surfers (can) only wait for the waves to start back up.
Tom's belief in his daughter's instinct (be) proven when she (be) the only one to sense a big
wave forming, and she alone (paddle) out. When it (form), the others
(cannot) get out in time and she (catch) it just as the horn sounds. If it
(be) in time, she would win, but the judges (rule) that the time (expire).
Malina (be) the winner, but she (get) over her differences with Bethany, inviting her up
on the platform to share first place.
Subsequently, Bethany (let) the reporters interview her. One (ask) her what she would
do if given the chance to undo the loss of her arm. She (say) that she would still lose it because she
(can) embrace more people then than she ever could with both.

2. Vocabulary. Complete the sentences with the correct words.

strength - Surfer – ripped off - sponsoring - surfboard - home schooled – church – willed
1. Bethany was born in Hawaii. It was natural for her to become a …………………………. .

2. Bethany won a junior competition. That picked up Rip Curl’s interest in

……………………………………her.

3. Bethany was........................................................That gave her plenty of time to surf.

4. Bethany got her arm.....................................................by a shark. That made her think had had lost her
opportunity to become a pro.

5. Bethany went to Thailand with her friends from..................................There she learned that there were
more important things than surfing.

6. Bethany received a lot of letters from fans all around the world. That gave her
………………………………to start surfing again.

7. Bethany’s father modified a..........................................That allowed Bethany to have better control of it in

the water.

8. Bethany got in the fifth place in the national competition. That showed everybody that she was
really strong………………………………….