Starter Level

Test Sheet Answer Key

Around the World in 80 Days

Jules Verne

1 Put the events in the order that they happen in the story. The first is shown as (1).
Passepartout starts working as a servant for Phileas Fogg (1)
Fogg and Passepartout arrive in Suez and Detective Fix can’t arrest Fogg (3)
Fogg wins his bet (9)
Detective Fix arrests Fogg in Liverpool (7)
Fogg and Passepartout see a rich man’s funeral in India (4)
Detective Fix says he made a mistake and Fogg is free (8)
Fogg bets that he can travel around the world in 80 Days (2)
Fogg pays $8000 to travel from New York to Liverpool by ship (6)
Sioux Indians attack the travellers in America (5)

Who says what? Write the correct name (Fogg, Fix or Passepartout) next to each sentence.

2 “I am an acrobat. But now I want to work in England. I want a normal job.” Passepartout
3 “I will return here on Saturday 21st December at 8.45 in the evening. I can do it! I bet you £20,000!”
Fogg
4 “I work for the police in London. That man is a bank robber…Can you arrest him, please?” Fix
5 “I’m so happy to see you again! I got lost in Hong Kong. But I took the ship to Yokohama.”
Passepartout
6 “I can pay you eight thousand dollars. Please take us on your ship!” Fogg
7 “I am arresting you. You will go to prison.” Fix
8 “I’m five minutes late. I’m going home. I can’t win my bet.” Fogg

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Starter Level Test Sheet Answer Key

Choose the correct verb from the box and write it in the present simple form to complete the sentences.

play   catch   marry   read   be   visit   put   go   have

9 Phileas Fogg goes to Suez.

10 Phileas Fogg has breakfast at 8.25.
11 Phileas Fogg plays cards and reads the newspaper at the Reform Club.
12 Phileas Fogg is a rich man.
13 Passepartout puts some clothes and money in a bag before the journey.
14 Passepartout and Detective Fix visit the city together.
15 Phileas Fogg takes the train to London.
16 At the end of the story, Phileas Fogg marries Aouda.

Choose the correct preposition from the box to complete the sentences.

in   to   for   at   for   on   in

17 Phileas Fogg is looking for a new servant.

18 Phileas Fogg will return to London on Saturday 21st December at 8.45 in the evening.
19 Passepartout wants to work in England.
20 Phileas Fogg lives in London.
21 Aouda says ‘Thank you very much for everything.’

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