. 2 Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
The Swiss family Robinson is a well-known adventure novel that people of many countries have enjoyed for than two hundred years. It has also been made into graphic novels and films.
The novel, written by Swiss clergyman Johann David Wyss, is not just an adventure.
It aims at teaching young people values like self-reliance determination love for your family, co-operation and prudent use of resources.it also has good lessons relevant in natural sciences, good husbandry and even mathematics! Some elements of the novel do stretch reality to a certain extent but we must consider that it is a work of fiction and not a fact file.
William Elizabeth and their children had been travelling in a ship when the ship was caught in a great storm. The other passengers evacuated without them. William and his family including the young children Fritz, Ernest, jack, and Franz were left alone to survive.
The ship survived the night and the family found themselves within the tropical desert land.
The next morning, they decided to get to the island they could see beyond the reef. They constructed a vessel out of tubs. they filled the tubs with food and ammunition and all other articles of value. They could carry safely and they rowed towards the island. Two dogs from the ship name Turk and Juno swam beside them the ship’s cargo was livestock, guns and powder, carpentry tools, books, a disassembled pinnace and food
provision had also survived
. 1. Complete the sentence: The novel ‘Swiss Robinson was written by__________________.
2. State whether the following sentence are true or false The Robinson constructed a vessel out of tubs.
3. Pick out word from the extract that mean the following:
a)Boat
b)Small boats attached to the ship
4. The branches were very long. ( Add question tag)
5. What things and materials the family took along with them to survived
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1.Swiss clergyman John David Wyss.
2.True
3.a)ship
4.The branches were very long, weren't they?
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1 questions = complete the sentence : the novel Swiss Robinson was written by = Swiss clergyman johann David wyss.
2 questions= the Robinson constructed a vessel out of tubs ans is true
3 questions = what things and materials the family took along with them to surived = ans is livestock , guns and powder , carpentry tools , books , a disassembled pinnance and food
4 questions = the branches were very long = ans is isn't , the branches were very long
5 questions = pick out word from the extract that mean the following ans is = small boats attached to the ship
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