DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Starter
The Tempest
9 Stephano finds Caliban and Trinculo _____.
SETTING
a □ in Alonso’s boat
Choose the best answer.
b □ Prospero’s boat
1 The story begins _____. c □ in the forest
a □ in Milan d □ under a raincut
b □ in Naples
10 Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, and
c □ on a magic island
Gonzalo find nice to things to eat on
d □ on a ship
a magic table _____.
2 Antonio goes to visit King Alonso _____. a □ in a little boat
a □ in Milan b □ Prospero’s cave
b □ in Naples c □ in the forest
c □ on a magic island d □ on Alonso’s ship
d □ on a ship 20 marks
3 With Antonio’s help, Alonso attacks _____.
a □ Milan CHARACTERS
b □ Miranda Choose the best answer.
c □ Naples
11 _____ is the true Duke of Milan.
d □ the magic island
a □ Alonso
4 Alonso puts Prospero and Miranda _____. b □ Antonio
a □ in a cave c □ Ferdinand
b □ in a little boat d □ Prospero
c □ on a magic island
12 _____ is a good friend to Prospero.
d □ on a ship
a □ Alonso
5 By magic Prospero can see King Alonso and b □ Caliban
Antonio _____. c □ Ferdinand
a □ in a little boat d □ Gonzalo
b □ in a river
13 _____ is Prospero’s brother.
c □ in Milan
a □ Alonso
d □ on a ship
b □ Antonio
6 Prince Ferdinand jumps _____ when the ship goes c □ Gonzalo
down. d □ Sebastian
a □ into a little boat
14 _____ is the King of Naples.
b □ into a river
a □ Alonso
c □ into the sea
b □ Gonzalo
d □ onto the island
c □ Ferdinand
7 Ariel leaves Alonso’s ship _____ for d □ Sebastian
some time.
15 _____ is Alonso’s brother.
a □ in a river
a □ Alonso
b □ in the sea
b □ Gonzalo
c □ in Prospero’s cave
c □ Sebastian
d □ in the forest
d □ Ferdinand
8 Ferdinand follows Ariel to _____.
16 _____ is Alonso’s Fool.
a □ Alonso’s ship
a □ Ariel
b □ Prospero’s boat
b □ Caliban
c □ Prospero’s cave
c □ Stefano
d □ the forest
d □ Trinculo

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Starter
The Tempest
25 ‘And let’s kill Gonzalo, too.’
17 _____ is Alonso’s butler. a □ Alonso
a □ Ariel b □ Antonio
b □ Caliban c □ Sebastian
c □ Stefano d □ Stefano
d □ Trinculo
26 ‘I must find him – dead or alive.’
18 _____ hates Prospero. a □ Alonso
a □ Ariel b □ Antonio
b □ Caliban c □ Gonzalo
c □ Gonzalo d □ Prospero
d □ Miranda
27 ‘You cannot attack us with swords.’
19 Prospero does magic with _____ help. a □ Ariel
a □ Ariel’s b □ Caliban
b □ Caliban’s c □ Prospero
c □ Ferdinand’s d □ Gonzalo
d □ Miranda’s
28 ‘Kill him when he’s sleeping and throw his magic
20 Miranda loves _____. book in the fire.’
a □ Alonso a □ Ariel
b □ Ferdinand b □ Caliban
c □ Sebastian c □ Stefano
d □ Stefano d □ Trinculo
20 marks
29 ‘This is a beautiful coat for a king.’
a □ Alonso
DIALOGUE b □ Caliban
Who says this? c □ Stefano
d □ Trinculo
21 ‘Look after Milan for me.’
a □ Alonso 30 ‘Oh, my heart is breaking.’
b □ Antonio a □ Alonso
c □ Prospero b □ Ferdinand
d □ Sebastian c □ Miranda
d □ Prospero
22 ‘People are dying in the cold sea.’
20 marks
a □ Ferdinand
b □ Gonzalo
c □ Miranda VOCABULARY
d □ the captain Choose the best answer.
23 ‘Don’t speak to him. He’s a spy!’ 31 to start hitting someone suddenly
a □ Alonso a □ attack
b □ Antonio b □ follow
c □ Sebastian c □ jump
d □ Prospero d □ throw
24 ‘You can’t put me in prison.’ 32 with nobody
a □ Alonso a □ alive
b □ Caliban b □ alone
c □ Ferdinand c □ free
d □ Prospero d □ strange

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
The Tempest

33 fast moving air PLOT

a □ goddess Choose the best answer.
b □ spirit 41 Prospero begins to learn magic when _____.
c □ storm a □ Alonso attacks Milan
d □ wind b □ he arrives on a magic island
34 a long sharp knife for fighting c □ he is in a little boat on the sea
a □ chain d □ his wife dies
b □ ground 42 Antonio wants to _____ so he helps Alonso.
c □ stick a □ be duke of Milan
d □ sword b □ be king of Naples
35 to say ‘yes’ c □ be king of the island
a □ agree d □ kill Prospero
b □ break 43 Gonzalo leaves _____ in the little boat
c □ marry for Prospero.
d □ treat a □ a magic book
36 some but not all of something b □ money
a □ crime c □ a sword
b □ fire d □ Miranda
c □ part 44 When Prospero arrives on the island,
d □ plan Caliban _____.
37 the son of a king a □ can speak
a □ a butler b □ has a mother
b □ duke c □ has lots of friends
c □ master d □ shows Prospero everything
d □ prince 45 Caliban must work for Prospero after he attacks
38 to go after _____.
a □ follow a □ Ariel
b □ land b □ Miranda
c □ show c □ Prospero
d □ swim d □ Ferdinand

39 the hard part of a tree 46 Ariel _____ for Prospero.

a □ forest a □ gets wood
b □ stick b □ kills Alonso
c □ word c □ makes a tempest
d □ wood d □ sings to Miranda

40 to move beautifully to music 47 Prospero talks to Ferdinand angrily

a □ dance because _____.
b □ look after a □ Ferdinand is a spy
c □ marry b □ he doesn’t like Ferdinand
d □ swim c □ he doesn’t want Miranda to love Ferdinand
20 marks d □ he wants to make things more difficult
48 Antonio and Sebastian want to _____ Alonso and
Gonzalo.
a □ help
b □ kill
c □ follow
d □ look after

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST
Starter
The Tempest

49 Stefano and Trinculo want to kill Prospero, but

Ariel puts _____ in front of them.
a □ a sword
b □ chains
c □ expensive clothes
d □ Prospero’s magic book
50 In the end, Prospero is _____.
a □ a man with magic
b □ angry with Ferdinand
c □ happy to go back to Milan
d □ Ariel’s master
20 marks

Total marks

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE ANSWERS

Starter
The Tempest
PLOT
SETTING 41 d
1a 42 a
2b 43 a
3a 44 d
4b 45 b
5d 46 c
6c 47 d
7a 48 b
8c 49 c
9d 50 c
10 c

CHARACTERS
11 d
12 d
13 b
14 a
15 c
16 d
17 c
18 b
19 a
20 b

DIALOGUE
21 c
22 c
23 d
24 c
25 b
26 a
27 a
28 b
29 c
30 a

VOCABULARY
31 a
32 b
33 d
34 d
35 a
36 c
37 d
38 a
39 d
40 a

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
The Tempest
a wind
BEFORE READING b Tempest
c Master
1 Encourage students to guess by looking at the
d captain
pictures. The answers are:
e God
a 2 b 1 c 6 d 5 e 3 f 1,6 f jump, swim
g rivers
2 Encourage students to guess but do not tell h alive
them the answers now; they will find out as they i alone
read that the answer is: j land, part
k wood, fire
Prospero starts the tempest because he is angry.
GUESS WHAT
ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
READING CHECK them the answers now. They will find out as they
b2 c1 d3 e3 f2 read that the answers are a and c.

WORD WORK
1 ACTIVITIES PAGES 18–19
b letter READING CHECK
c gates b1 c9 d7 e2 f5 g6 h4 i8
d boat
e king WORD WORK
f island 1
2 b difficult
b duke c sword
c after d prison
d attack e goddess
e magic 2
f spirit b follows
g monster c plan
h shows d marry
e spy
GUESS WHAT f chains
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
GUESS WHAT
them the answers now; they will find out as they
read that the answer is c. Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are b and d.
ACTIVITIES PAGES 12–13
READING CHECK
b Ariel ACTIVITIES PAGES 24–25
c Ferdinand READING CHECK
d Miranda b4 c4 d5 e3 f1 g1 h1 i3
e Prospero
f Miranda
g Ariel

WORD WORK
1 alive, alone, captain, fire, god, jump, land, master,
part, rivers, storm, swim, tempest,
wind, wood
2
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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
The Tempest
WORD WORK
1
b Wake up
c strange ACTIVITIES PAGES 38–39
d animals READING CHECK
e fools
f pay, crimes, against a3 b1 c6 d5 e4 f8 g7 h2
g forest WORD WORK
b treats (tre.ats)
GUESS WHAT c clothes (clot.hes)
d lost (lo.st)
Encourage students to guess but do not tell
e heart, breaking (he.art, bre.ak.ing)
them the answers now. They will find out as they
f agrees (ag.rees)
read that the answers are:
g stick (sti.ck)
a2 b3 c1 h free (fr.ee)

ACTIVITIES PAGES 30–31 GUESS WHAT

READING CHECK Open answers
Ferdinand carries wood for Prospero, and Miranda Project A pages 40–41
watches him. Then Miranda and Ferdinand sit and 1
talk. Ferdinand wants to marry Miranda, and 1 Ariel
Miranda wants to marry Ferdinand. Prospero listens 2 food/spaghetti/pizza/cake
and is happy. 3 magic
In a different part of the island Caliban finds wood 4 wine
for Prospero. It begins raining. Trinculo and 5 chess
Stephano find Caliban. Caliban wants them to kill 6 sword, clothes
Prospero. In the end, they don’t kill him, but they 2 Open answers
follow Ariel’s music. 3 Open answers

WORD WORK
1 butler, cave, fish, fool, surprised, throw, wine, Project B pages 42–44
words 1 The letter is from Gonzalo.
2 2 Help! Here we are on a magic island - between
b fish North Africa and Naples - after a terrible storm. Our
c fool ship is lost.
d butler I am here with my friend Stephano. He is the King of
e wine Naples’ butler. I am the King of Naples’ fool. The
f Throw King’s name is Alonso. Here on the island there is a
g surprised strange monster. His name is Caliban. He has a
h cave master too. His name is Prospero. There are magic
i words clothes to wear, and sometimes magic spirit dogs
3 The name of Caliban’s dead mother is: SYCORAX run after you.
Please bring your ship at once, and come and find
GUESS WHAT us.
Encourage students to guess but do not tell Trinculo
them the answers now. They will find out as they
read that the answers are:
a3 b1 c4 d2 e6 f5

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Starter
The Tempest
3 Possible answer.
Dear Friend,
Help! Here we are on a magic island – between
North Africa and Naples – after a terrible storm.
Our ship is lost. I am here alone. I can’t find my
father, the King of Naples / King Alonso, or his
men.
Here on the island there is an old man. His name is
Prospero. He has a daughter. Her name is
Miranda. I love her.
Please bring your ship at once and come and
find us.
Ferdinand
4 Open answer

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
The Tempest
1 7
b some … a b Can Caliban speak?
c some … a Yes, he can.
d some … a c Can Ariel fly?
e an … a … a Yes, he can.
f a … some d Can Ferdinand swim?
g a … some … some Yes, he can.
h some … an … a e Can Caliban play music?
2 No, he can’t.
b the f Can King Alonso see Ariel?
c an No, he can’t.
da g Can King Alonso hear Ariel?
e the Yes, he can.
fa h Can Miranda marry Ferdinand?
3 Yes, she can.
b any people 8
c some men … any women b Can you bring Ferdinand here?
d any … noises c Can I speak to Ferdinand?
e some … music … any spirits d Can I kill Alonso and Gonzalo?
f some chains e Can I have some wine?
g any friends f Can I marry your daughter?
h some wine 9
4 I’m a prisoner here on a magic island. But I stay here
b Caliban hasn’t got any friends on the island. happily. I love a beautiful woman. Her name’s
c Prospero can see some people on the ship by Miranda. Her father, Prospero, always speaks
magic. angrily to me, but she speaks to me nicely. She
d The storm doesn’t kill any of the people looks after me well when her father isn’t here. She
on the ship. speaks quietly and watches the cave door carefully.
e Sebastian and Antonio hear some strange noises Sometimes she looks at me strangely and she loves
on the island. me, I think. What do you think? Am I right?
5 10
b more difficult b slowly
c angrier c fast
d fatter d hungrily
e hungrier e quickly
f more careful 11
g newer b has
h more expensive c is looking
i earlier d is calling
6 e wants
b Caliban’s angrier than Ariel. f are standing
c Ariel’s more beautiful than Caliban. g are talking
d Caliban’s bigger than Ariel. h is
e Caliban’s stronger than Ariel. i doesn’t understand
f Caliban’s more difficult than Ariel. j is wearing
g Ariel’s littler than Caliban. k looks
h Ariel’s nicer than Caliban.

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 DOMINOES GRAMMAR KEY

Starter
The Tempest
12
Possible answers:
Antonio and Sebastian are talking. They want to do
something bad. King Alonso and Gonzalo are
sleeping. The King’s on the ground. Gonzalo’s sitting
down. He’s wearing a red hat.
13
b Shall I make a fire?
c Shall I get some food?
d Let’s attack the ship.
e Shall we stay on the ship?
f Shall I follow the music?
g Shall we put on these clothes?

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