Robin meets Little John

One day Robin came to a stream1 with a small bridge.2 When he began to cross it, he heard a loud voice say, ‘I want to cross the stream first!’ Robin turned around and saw an enormous, young man. He…

The Atlantic Slave Trade

In chapter one, Robinson becomes a slave and he also meets an African slave – Xury. At the time that Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe the slave trade1 was an enormous business, which made a lot of money.…

Adjectives - Understanding the text

Unscramble the adjectives in the list and use them to complete the sentences. UTUELABFI TAOMPITRN DEHNFIREGT REILEBTR Gorgiano was a killer. The young woman was tall and very . She was when she saw the…

Food

Comprehesion check (PET) (II)

Read the sentences below and decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. Jane was worried about seeing Thornfield Hall again. Mrs Fairfax told her what had happened to Mr Rochester. Mr Rochester…

Understanding the text 01

Are these sentences true or false? Scrooge didn’t go to Marley’s funeral. Scrooge and Marley worked together years ago. Scrooge always spent a lot of money. People liked Scrooge. Bob Cratchit and…

Comprehension check

Answer the following questions. What did Mr Otis tell Lord Canterville? Why did Virginia go back to the house? What was the Ghost doing when Virginia saw him? Was Sir Simon sorry for killing his wife?…

Focus on the story (I)

Say whether the following statements are true or false. At the beginning of the story, Mary Lennox’s family lived in Africa. Mary was a rude, spoilt, young girl. When Mary’s parents died, she went…

Adjectives - Go back to the text

Can you remember the adjectives used in Part One? Fill in these gaps. In the city of Verona, there were two families. Tybalt was the most member of the Capulet family. Lord Capulet was but he wanted to…

Detective ortográfico. Actividad 9

Lee y fíjate en las siguientes palabras: carne - carné esta - está libro - libró sabana - sábana clavo - clavó cabra - cabrá bebe - bebé plato - plató Fíjate en las palabras anteriores y…