Cousins and Crocodiles

Activities
    Chapters 1 and 2
    Before you read
    A.Look at the picture on page 5 and circle the correct answers.
    1. What does the sign warn people not to do?
    a. go fishing b. go sailing c. go swimming
    2. What does the car have to cross?
    a. a bridge b. a river c. a road
    B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences.
    egg - little - hit - cousin
    1. The boy ______________ the ball with a bat.
    2. My ______________ is coming to stay with my family.
    3. The ______________ girl is playing with a doll.
    4. I like to eat an ______________ for breakfast.
    C. Listen to Track 3 on the CD and answer these questions.
    1. Who is driving the car?
    a. Uncle Rob b. Jamie
    2. How many people are in the car?
    a. two b. six
    3. Where do they stop?
    a. at a small river b. at a hotel
    After you read
    Comprehension
    A.Circle the correct answers.
    1. How old is Alice?
    a. two b. ten c. twenty
    2. Who tells Uncle Rob that it is okay to drive across the river?
    a. Susie b. Aunty Beth c. Susie's mum
    3. Where does David Mills work?
    a. on a boat b. in a hotel c. in England
    4. Who does Susie have a room with?
    a. Jamie and Alice b. Aunty Beth c. her mum
    B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
    1. There are crocodiles in the river. T / F
    2. There is water on the road. T / F
    3. Jamie wants to go on the boat. T / F
    4. It is cold in the hotel room. T / F
    C. Complete these sentences.
    1. Mum and Susie live in ______________.
    2. Before they drive across the river, they close _____________.
    3. In the bathroom, Alice and Jamie are cleaning ____________.
    4. Jamie jumps into bed and hides under ______________.
    D. Write short answers to these questions.
    1. What is the name of the book Alice is reading? ________________________________________
    2. Where do Jamie and his family live? ________________________________________
    3. What animal is on the sign beside the river? ________________________________________
    4. Where does Susie want to sleep? ________________________________________
    Language activities
    A.Use these letters to make words from Chapters 1 and 2. The first letter is given for each word.
    1. ferath: f______________ 3. berthor: b______________
    2. srtesi: s______________ 4. mehotr: m______________
    B. Write the missing vowels to make words from Chapters 1 and 2.
    1. r _ v _ r 3. p _ ct _ r _
    2. h _ t _ l 4. b _ thr _ _ m
    What do you think?
    Listen to Chapters 1 and 2 on the CD. Why do you think that Jamie is unhappy?
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    Chapter 3
    Before you read
    A.Look at the picture on page 11 and circle the correct answers.
    1. What is Susie jumping into?
    a. a swimming pool b. a river c. a bath
    2. Which word describes best how Alice looks?
    a. happy b. excited c. unhappy
    B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences. lie naughty gate idea
    1. Close the _____________ or the cows will get out of the field.
    2. It is a good ______________ to stay inside when it is raining.
    3. My cat likes to ______________ by the fire.
    4. That little dog chews people's shoes. What a ______________ dog!
    C. Listen to Track 4 on the CD and answer these questions.
    1. After Jamie jumps into the pool, what is on Alice's book?
    a. water b. food
    2. What does Alice want to do?
    a. read b. sleep
    3. Where do crocodiles hide?
    a. in trees b. under the water
    After you read
    Comprehension
    A.Circle the correct answers.
    1. What time of day is it?
    a. morning b. afternoon c. evening
    2. Who jumps into the pool first?
    a. Jamie b. Uncle Rob c. Susie
    3. What place near the hotel is dangerous?
    a. the garden b. the car park c. the river
    4. Who gives Susie a phone?
    a. Beth b. Mr Mills c. her mum

    B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
    1. Alice jumps into the pool. T / F
    2. Crocodiles are bad swimmers. T / F
    3. Jamie hides in the cupboard. T / F
    4. A path behind the hotel goes to the river. T / F
    C. Complete these sentences.
    1. Aunty Beth likes lying in ______________.
    2. Jamie swims across ______________.
    3. Crocodiles build nests near rivers for ______________.
    4. Uncle Rob asks Mr Mills to show them the way to _________.
    D. Write short answers to these questions.
    1. Who asks Alice to swim? ________________________________________
    2. Where is Uncle Rob when he calls, ‚Jamie! Jamie! Come back!‘? ________________________________________
    3. What is in the cupboard?