DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
8 The men are sailing across the underground sea
SETTING
when their raft hits _____.
Choose the best answer.
a □ some rocks
1 The story begins in _____. b □ a sea monster
a □ England c □ some mastodons
b □ Germany d □ some crystals
c □ Denmark
9 The raft goes _____ and comes out from under the
d □ Iceland
Earth.
2 Lidenbrock and Axel take a train from Hamburg to a □ over a waterfall
_____. b □ through a tunnel
a □ England c □ down a stream
b □ Germany d □ out of a volcano
c □ Denmark
10 Their journey to the centre of the Earth finishes
d □ Iceland
_____.
3 They go by _____ from Copenhagen a □ in the north of Italy
to Iceland. b □ under a tree
a □ train c □ in Sicily
b □ horse d □ in Iceland
c □ ship 20 marks
d □ car
4 When they arrive in Reykjavik, CHARACTERS
they go to _____. Choose the best answer.
a □ a friend’s house
11 Axel is Professor Lidenbrock’s _____.
b □ an old shop
a □ son
c □ find a guide
b □ friend
d □ a mountain
c □ nephew
5 Hans Bjelke takes Lidenbrock and d □ uncle
Axel to _____.
12 Arne Saknussemm is an old _____.
a □ his house
a □ Icelandic teacher
b □ a volcano
b □ German scientist
c □ Reykjavik
c □ science teacher
d □ a train
d □ Icelandic scientist
6 The three men _____ at the bottom of the crater.
13 Before they leave for Iceland, Axel says goodbye
a □ climb up a wall
to _____.
b □ go into a tunnel
a □ his mother
c □ climb down a hole
b □ Professor Lidenbrock
d □ see a stream
c □ his sister
7 The men see two monsters in _____. d □ his fiancée
a □ a dark tunnel
14 When their boat arrives in Reykjavik, the
b □ an underground sea
professor and Axel meet _____.
c □ the crater
a □ a science teacher
d □ a big cave
b □ a German scientist
c □ Mr Snæfells
d □ a guide

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
22 ‘It is a secret message from Arne Saknussemm,
15 Professor Lidenbrock and Mr Fridrikssen talk but it’s backwards.’
about _____. a □ Axel
a □ the professor’s plan b □ Professor Lidenbrock
b □ Arne Saknussemm c □ Hans Bjelke
c □ Iceland d □ Mr Fridrikssen
d □ Axel’s fiancée
23 ‘Go down into the crater of Snæfells before the
16 Hans Bjelke is a _____. last day of June.’
a □ teacher a □ Hans Bjelke
b □ scientist b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ professor c □ Arne Saknussemm
d □ guide d □ Mr Fridrikssen
17 When the men climb up the volcano, the 24 ‘We want to be the first scientists of our time to go
professor is _____. to the centre of the Earth.’
a □ tired a □ Axel
b □ excited b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ slow c □ Arne Saknussemm
d □ dirty d □ Mr Fridrikssen
18 After five days in the tunnel under the Earth, Axel 25 ‘What a wonderful journey! And when you come
is _____. back, you can marry me.’
a □ worried a □ Axel
b □ excited b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ happy c □ Gräuben
d □ dead d □ Mrs Fridrikssen
19 When they arrive in Sicily, Hans _____ for the 26 ‘There are lots of interesting things for a scientist
first time on the journey. to see in Iceland.’
a □ speaks a □ Hans Bjelke
b □ sings b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ smiles c □ Arne Saknussemm
d □ cries d □ Mr Fridrikssen
20 When they arrive back at the professor’s house in 27 ‘Axel and I are looking for the centre of the Earth.
Germany, _____ is waiting for them. Do you want to come with us?’
a □ Arne Saknussemm a □ Hans Bjelke
b □ Gräuben b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ Mrs Lidenbrock c □ Arne Saknussemm
d □ Mr Fridrikssen d □ Mr Fridrikssen
20 marks
28 ‘How many days is it before we go back? We’ve
got water now, but not much food!’
DIALOGUE a □ Hans Bjelke
Who says this? b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ Axel
21 ‘This wonderful book comes from the old shop
d □ Mr Fridrikssen
near here.’
a □ Axel
b □ Professor Lidenbrock
c □ Arne Saknussemm
d □ Mr Fridrikssen

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth

29 ‘What’s the name of this volcano?’

36 the _____ is the part of the Earth that isn’t
a □ Hans Bjelke
the sea
b □ Professor Lidenbrock
a □ land
c □ Axel
b □ world
d □ Mr Fridrikssen
c □ rock
30 ‘Now you’re a hero, please don’t leave d □ underground
me again.’
37 a _____ does something very important
a □ Axel
or good
b □ Professor Lidenbrock
a □ fiancée
c □ Gräuben
b □ stream
d □ Hans Bjelke
c □ hero
20 marks
d □ waterfall
38 you can see _____ in the sky when there
VOCABULARY
is a storm
Choose the best answer.
a □ light
31 your sister’s or brother’s son is your _____ b □ lightning
a □ uncle c □ fire
b □ fiancé d □ lamps
c □ nephew
39 _____ is hot and comes out of a volcano
d □ guide
a □ fire
32 a _____ studies the natural world b □ gunpowder
a □ professor c □ lightning
b □ scientist d □ lava
c □ guide
40 when you _____, you go down quickly
d □ science
a □ erupt
33 your _____ is your bags and other things when b □ fall
you are on a journey c □ climb
a □ luggage d □ break
b □ compass 20 marks
c □ lamp
d □ raft
PLOT
34 there is a _____ at the top of a volcano Choose the best answer.
a □ wall
41 Lidenbrock and Axel find a secret message
b □ hole
in _____.
c □ crater
a □ a fire
d □ cave
b □ a train
35 when you _____ someone, you go after them c □ an old book
a □ climb d □ a volcano
b □ break
42 The message is about going _____.
c □ fight
a □ on a ship
d □ follow
b □ to the centre of the Earth
c □ to Denmark
d □ to see Arne Saknussemm

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth

43 Lidenbrock and Axel sail to Iceland and find

50 Back in Germany, Axel marries Gräuben and the
_____ there.
professor _____.
a □ a guide
a □ writes a secret message
b □ an old friend
b □ reads a book
c □ their luggage
c □ goes on a different journey
d □ a new ship
d □ writes a book
44 They leave Reykjavik and arrive _____ one week 20 marks
later. Total marks
a □ at the centre of the Earth
b □ in Italy
c □ at an underground sea
d □ at Snæfells volcano
45 At the bottom of the crater, the shadow of
Scartaris falls on _____.
a □ a mountain
b □ a hole
c □ Axel
d □ Lidenbrock’s compass
46 The three men walk into a big, dark tunnel and
see _____ there.
a □ crystals
b □ monsters
c □ mastodons
d □ a stream
47 They sail across an underground sea and find a
sign on the rocks from _____.
a □ a tall man
b □ Arne Saknussemm
c □ the professor
d □ Gräuben
48 Their raft goes over a waterfall into a small tunnel
and they _____.
a □ see a sea monster
b □ fall down the mountain
c □ get hotter and hotter
d □ get colder and colder
49 After some time the raft isn’t on water,
it’s on _____.
a □ a stream of lava
b □ some rocks
c □ the back of a sea monster
d □ land

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
SETTING PLOT
1b 41 c
2c 42 b
3c 43 a
4a 44 d
5b 45 b
6c 46 a
7b 47 b
8a 48 c
9d 49 a
10 c 50 d

CHARACTERS
11 c
12 d
13 d
14 a
15 c
16 d
17 b
18 a
19 c
20 b

DIALOGUE
21 b
22 a
23 c
24 b
25 c
26 d
27 b
28 c
29 b
30 c

VOCABULARY
31 c
32 b
33 a
34 c
35 d
36 a
37 c
38 b
39 d
40 b

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth

BEFORE READING
1a2 b4 c3 d1 WORD WORK
2 Professor Otto Lidenbrock, Axel, Hans Bjelke 1
3 a, b and c

ACTIVITY PAGES 6–77

READING CHECK
b F (He finds it in a book shop.)
c F (He is an old Icelandic scientist.)
dT
e F (He is afraid when he understands the
message.)
f F (They must go before the last day of June.)
gT 2
h F (They leave at six o’clock in the morning.) a Mount Etna

WORD WORK GUESS WHAT

1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
b volcano them the answers now. They will find out as they
c Earth read that the answers are:
d fire
1b
e paper
2 a and e
f shadow
g crater
h centre ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19
2
a nephew READING CHECK
b secret b3 c7 d6 e1 f8 g2 h5
c fiancée…plan…marry
d sure WORD WORK
e backwards f journey b follow…sign
g message c worried
h uncle d hole…wall
i fall e stream
f small
GUESS WHAT g bottom
Encourage students to guess but do not tell h compass
them the answers now. They will find out as they i climb
read that the answers are: j tunnel
k lamp
a and c
GUESS WHAT
ACTIVITY PAGES 12-13 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they
READING CHECK read that the answers are:
a3 b7 c2 d6 e1 f5 g4
a3
b1
c2
d2

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Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
ACTIVITY PAGES 24–25
WORD WORK
READING CHECK 1
b When they stop, the Professor writes about the
journey.
c Suddenly Axel can’t find Hans and Professor
Lidenbrock.
d Axel falls and breaks his lamp.
e The wall of the tunnel takes Axel’s cries to the
Professor.
f When Axel finds the Professor and Hans again, he
can hear the sea.
g Hans makes a raft and they sail across the sea on
it.
h Axel wants to tell Gräuben about the monsters in
the sea.

WORD WORK
1 raft, cave, underground, break, fight 2
2 plesiosaurus a clouds…lightning
3 b mastodon
b break c raft c letter
d cave … underground e fight d rock
e blow up….gunpowder
GUESS WHAT f knife
Encourage students to guess but do not tell g land
them the answers now. They will find out as they h explode
read that the answers are: i ground
a Yes
b No GUESS WHAT
c No Encourage students to guess but do not tell
d Yes them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
ACTIVITY PAGES 30-31 a Professor Lidenbrock
b Gräuben
READING CHECK c Hans
b2 c1 d1 e3 f2 d Axel
e Hans
f Professor Lidenbrock

ACTIVITY PAGES 38–39

READING CHECK
b3 c2 d3 e1

WORD WORK
b waterfall
c lava
d world
e languages
f hero

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Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
GUESS WHAT
Open answers.

Project A pages 40-41

UNDERGROUND MAZE
1 lamp
2
a crater…east
b climb
c bottom…up
d cave…waterfall
e monster…drink
f stream
g don’t
h first
i turn
3 Open answers.
4 Open answers.

Project B pages 42-44

FAMOUS CAVES
1a4 b3 c5 d1 e6 f2
2

3 Open answers.
4 Open answers.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
1 4
b in b are arriving
c behind c are looking
d over d is smiling
e in front of e is
f on f is talking
g behind g is listening
h in front of h isn’t smiling
i on i isn’t
j over j feels
k under k has got
2 l is wearing
b Can Axel read old Icelandic? m are … are
c Is he young? 5
d Has he got a fiancée? b so
e Has he got children? c and
f Is he worried about the journey? d because
g Does he feel ill on ships? e and
h Are Axel’s eyes dark? f but
i Are Axel’s legs long? g so
j Do Axel and Lidenbrock visit Iceland? h but
k Does Axel lose Hans and Lidenbrock in a tunnel? i because
l Do Axel, Hans and Lidenbrock come out of 6
Vesuvius? a Axel and the professor find a message in an old
m Can Axel marry Gräuben? book. The message is from Arne Saknussemm.
3 b Professor Lidenbrock has a compass. He looks at
b No, he can’t. the compass from time to time.
c Yes, he is. c Professor Lidenbrock takes a book with him. He
d Yes, he has. writes about the journey to the centre of the Earth in
e No, he hasn’t. the book.
f Yes, he is. d Axel falls down a tunnel. There’s an underground
g No, he doesn’t. sea at the bottom of the tunnel.
h Yes, they are. e Hans makes a raft. Then he, Lidenbrock and Axel
i No, they aren’t. put the luggage on it and go across the sea on the
j Yes, they do. raft.
k Yes, he does. f Two sea monsters come out of the water. Axel
l No, they don’t. wants to tell Gräuben about the monsters.
m Yes, he can. g They come to a very big rock. They have to blow
up the rock.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
7
b angrily
c quickly
d worriedly
e hungrily
f easily
g quietly
h slowly
i fast
j thirstily
k carefully
l well
m happily
8
b His eyes aren’t dark.
c He doesn’t talk a lot.
d He hasn’t got thin arms and legs.
e He can’t read old Icelandic.
f He isn’t a science teacher.
g He and Mr Fridrikssen aren’t Danish.
h Hans isn’t worried by the journey.
i Hans hasn’t got a compass.
j He isn’t a bad guide.
k He doesn’t fight the sea monsters.
l He and Axel don’t kill a mastodon.
m Hans and the professor don’t talk to an
underground man.
n Hans doesn’t find Arne Saknussemm’s knife.
o Hans doesn’t write a book about his journey.
p He isn’t a hero for scientists across the world.
q He doesn’t marry Gräuben in the end.

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