Exercises
- Match the words and the definitions:
1 bandage a the tall pole which carries the sails on a ship
2 catch b move your hand or arm forward to hold or take something
3 deck c not deep
4 flat d a long piece of cloth that you can put around an injury
5 mast e a ship that is badly damaged and cannot be used again
6 reach f the part of your body between your arms and your neck
7 shallow g stop someone from escaping
8 shoulder h an injury, especially a deep cut from a knife
9 wound i the top part of a ship where you can walk
10 wreck j having a level surface
- Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences:
- Jim saw someone sailing the Hispaniola around the island.
- On the Hispaniola, Jim realised that Hands was hurt.
- Jim did not want to help the pirate.
- Hands taught Jim to sail the ship.
- Jim knew that he could trust Hands.
- They took the Hispaniola onto a beach.
- Hands took out a knife, but he was very slow.
- Jim was able to repair his gun and he shot Hands.
- Complete the sentences with these adjectives:
correct dead dirty empty honest rocky wet worried- When Jim returned to the Hispaniola, the deck seemed ...............................
- Jim thought that Hands and the other pirate were ...............................
- The floor of the ship was ............................. with sand and mud from the island.
- Soon Jim and Hands saw the ............................. north of the island.
- Jim was ............................. because he knew Hands was planning something.
- Jim knew that Hands was not an ............................. man.
- It was difficult to take the ship to the ............................. part of the island.
- Jim’s gun did not work at first because it was ...............................
- Match to make collocations:
1 go 2 fly through 3 make 4 take down 5 sail
a the air b a flag c a ship to the island d downstairs e a lot of noise