The Impossible

1. Where was the family when the movie started?

Spending Christmas and holidays in a hotel in thailand.

2. Where were they going on vacation?

To Thailand for christmas.

3. Describe the summer resort where they were?

It was large and luxurious, where mostly foreigners stayed, it was comfortable
and spacious but very much in the style of the islands.

4. What were they celebrating on the beach at night? How did they do it?
They were celebrating Christmas with lanterns that they were throwing in the
air.

5. What did they do the next morning?

They were relaxing in the pool after Christmas.

6. Did they surf, dive or swim?

They just swim.

7. What were they doing before the Tsunami hit the beach?
The woman was reading, the father and his two young sons were in the pool,
and the older son was picking up the ball.

8. Where did Maria and Lucas hold?

Of a tree and objects found floating in the water.

9. Who did they find and help?

A crying child was found alone but not hurt.

10. Where did they refuge from the Tsunami?

On a high branch of a tree, until his mother began to deteriorate and they
continued to look for help.

11. Who helped Maria and Lucas?

The residents and those who lived on those islands in Thailand had to go out to
look for injured persons.

12. Where and how did the brothers find each other?
They were at the hospital where their mother was being treated, the older
brother was looking for the rest of his family and the little ones were going
through reports of relatives of the other children, the youngest had to go to the
bathroom and so they found each other.

13. Who helped the Benette Family return home?

Your insurance company provides specialized medical care to help you return
safely.
 14. Where did they travel by plane?
To a hospital in Singapore.

15. Choose 2 characters from the family. Describe them and compare
them.

Henry: Henry was a tall man with white skin and light eyes, he was strong and
a very good husband, and in this tragedy he suffered less physical damage
than his wife.

Maria: She was a tall woman, but not taller than her husband, also with white
skin and light eyes, brave and very strong, she suffered more physical damage
than her husband in this tragedy.

Film Worksheet “The Impossible”

 Describe the people using 3
adjectives related to physical
description and 3 character traits.
Henry
Maria Lucas
Thomas
High Thin Thin Short

White skin white skin Dark hair dark hair

Light eyes light eyes Dark eyes light eyes

Strong Brave Brave Friendly

Patient Resistant Kind Cute

Loyal Loving Loyal Loving

Order the sentences according to the sequence of the story.

a) When he goes back to Maria and she is not there. They think she is dead and takes Lucas to a
tent.

b) Henry asks Tomas to take care of his brother.

c) Simon listens to Lucas’s voice when he shouts for his father.
d) They find Maria.
e) Henry finds his three sons.
f) Henry goes to the mountains.
g) Lukas takes names from patients and search for their relatives.
h) They fly to a hospital in Singapore in a small plane.
i) Maria survives.
j) Tomas and Simon jump off the truck of lost children.
1b 2f 3g 4a 5 j 6c 7 e 8 d 9 h 10 i