Penguin Readers Answer Key level

The Mysterious Island ELEMENTARY 2

a window 19 (i) (vii) They pulled them up when they

Answers to Book activities
fish 19 were all in Cave House.
rocks 19 4 Possible answers
1 Open answers
sea 23 (a) Because they were afraid that the
2 a master prisoner
waves 23 pirates would kill them.
b branch rock rope
(b) They probably came for fresh water.
c branch island land rock
Activities while reading the book (c) To find out what they wanted.
d balloon
(d) They always did it – probably for fun or
e cave Chapters 1–4 to see if there was any response.
f cave wave
1 (a) (iv) a strong man (e) He thought the pirates would know that
g match
(b) (iii) a seaman there were people on the island.
h branch match
(c) (ii) a newspaper man (f) Because a big wave sank their ship.
i bark
(d) (v) Cyrus Smith’s man 5 (a) beach
j bow rock
(e) (i) a dog (b) sea
k mysterious
2 The boy – he is named in Chapter 2: (c) ship
I sign
Herbert (d) pirates
3 a West, away from land over the Pacific,
3 The correct order is: (e) hours
and then South.
bags (f) halves
b The balloon is going down, so they
guns (g) food
have to make it lighter. Then it will go
food (h) wind
up again.
water (i) torpedo
c Fish, eggs, birds and fruit.
d Cyrus moves from the beach to a cave. money Chapters 10–13
There are signs of a man’s shoes the rest of the balloon
1 The first three ways are listed at the
outside the cave. They find a box on Cyrus Smith
beginning of Chapter 10. The fourth way is
the beach. It is from the sea, but it is the dog
the bottle to help Herbert get better.
dry inside. There are a lot of good the three men and the boy
2 The correct order is:
things in it. Top, the dog, finds their 4 They found all of the things except for
(f) Pencroft climbed down the rope.
cave easily. people.
(g) Pencroft found a shelf of rock next to
4–6 Open answers wood = trees
the water.
7 a They do not have to watch the fire now. water = river
(e) Nab climbed down the rope.
They can light a new fire with a match. food = eggs and fish and fruit
(h) The others climbed down the rope.
b They can climb through the cave in the 5 (a) the fire
(i) They found a boat.
rock and up the rock wall to the cave (b) the dog
(a) A white light lit the cave.
window. They can pull their beds, (c) Cyrus Smith
(j) They saw something half above the
chairs and tables into the cave. (d) Cyrus Smith
water and half below it.
c They light them, and then they can see (e) Cyrus’s cave
(c) Cyrus Smith took Spillet’s arm.
in dark places. (f) the signs of a man’s shoes
(b) Cyrus Smith said ‘It’s him.’
d Cave House is their new home on the 6 Other combinations are possible
(d) Gideon Spillet said ‘But isn’t he dead?’
island. (a) cook (v) fire
3 (a) True
8–9 Open answers (b) write (ix) notebook
(b) True
10 a submarine (c) cut (vii) knife
(c) True
b captain (d) eat (iv) fruit
(d) False – the fought them and lost.
c prince (e) throw (x) rocks
(e) False – he planned and built it himself.
11 a Captain Nemo (Prince Dakkar their (f) use (i) bow
(f) True
mysterious friend) (g) climb (viii)mountain
(g) False – he wanted him to sink the
b Gideon Spillet (h) make (iii) coffee
ship.
c Cyrus Smith (i) put into (ii) box
4 Possible answers
d Captain Nemo (Prince Dakkar) (j) have (vi) dinner
(a) It helped them to catch bigger and
e Captain Bright Chapters 5–9 better fish and to visit other islands to
f Herbert 1 (a) the box find different fruits
12–15 Open answers (b) the fire (b) The island was not on a map so ships
(c) the beach didn’t visit but the British ship was
(d) the trees making a map of the islands of the
(e) the water Pacific.
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(f) the sky (c) They saw the smoke of the British ship
■ Communicative activities (g) the rock wall first and they used smoke to bring the
(h) the river ship to the island
Open answers
(i) the fish (d) The people wanted to have families or
■ Student’s activities (j) the big cave to see their families
Activities before reading the book 2 (a) in (b) away (c) in (d) through (e) into (e) Spillet wanted to write the story of the
(f) down (g) to (h) at (i) above (j) in adventure and Pencroft could tell new
picture on page
(k) outside (I) to (m) from (n) of stories
a box 32 (o) below (p) above
a boy 2,15,19 3 (a) (ix) They went in and out through the Activities after reading the book
a branch 15 front way. Open answers
a cave 15 (b) (ii) They climbed up to it.
a cave 15,19 (c) (viii) They used two shorter ropes.
a dog 2,15 (d) (iv) They made it.
a door 32 (e) (vi) They made them.
a fire 19 (f) (v) They made more windows.
a light 15 (g) (iii) They made a hole in the rock
above the fire.
a rope 2, 23
(h) (i) They always had food for three
a ship 23
or four days in the cave.

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