Starter Level Worksheet

Blue Fins
Sarah Axten

A Before Reading

1 What kind of animal is on the cover:

YES/NO
(a) a whale? .....NO.....
(b) a shark? ......NO...
(c) a dolphin? .....YES.....

B While Reading
2 Start reading. Read to the end of page 5. Look at these pictures of Jen and Rick. Complete the sentences.

Rick’s surfboard is ......RED.... and ...WHITE......

Jen has ...LONG BLONDE.. hair.

Rick has S H O R T BROWN..... hair.

Jen is wearing a ...RED.........
swimming costume.

Jen has a ....YELLOW.... mask

snorkel.

wearing ...YELLOW... shorts.

Jen has .....BLUE.... rubber fins.

3 Read to the end of page 11. Write four things Jen sees under the water. Look at pages 6 and 7.
(a) ................ FISH ................. (b) ..........SEA URCHIN........................

(c) ..........PLANTS............................ (d) ............DOLPHIN.........................

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Starter Level Worksheet

4 Put these sentences in the correct order.

5 The dolphin moves its fins slowly.

1 Jen dives down under the water again.

4 The dolphin cannot swim up to get air.

8 The dolphin swims away.

6 Jen pulls the net from the dolphin.

2 Jen sees a dolphin.

7 The dolphin is out of the net.

3 The dolphin is in a net.

C After Reading

5 Find the answers. Complete

the crossword.
DOWN
 1 2

5 6

9 10

7 8

11

12

13

1 Jen and Rick are not at

W S W I M college. It is the ...
E A C H 2 The animal has long, sharp
B
teeth.
E A 6 The Dolphin is dying. It
K R O C K S cannot swim up to get ...
8 This thing is round the
A T E R
W K rocks.
I N B D 9 The blue dolphin is ... 10 This
animal saves Rick and Jen from
R D A N G E R O U S the shark.
B
E AB L 11 Jen sees fish and ... in the sea.
B 14 The sun is ...
P T U P

L ACROSS
T H
2 People do this in water.
M I 3 On page 3, Jen is on the ...
A R I
W
4 The net is round the ...5 People
N F N drink this. They also swim in it.
H
T U 7 Sharks are ...
S O K L 12 The water is ...
N R E
13 Jen has a mask, a ... and
T rubber fins.

In the frame
POLLY SWEETNAM

A Before Reading

1 a Look at the table below. Can you find 10 words about holiday travel?
Look across and down .

S A I R P O R T C
T E R G N A K R U
A R R I V E F I S
D O Y W U B L P T
N P B L O S I X O
Q L U G G A G E M
U A S M Y J H C S
P N C Z H O T E L
L E A V E R A L D

b Which words can you find in the story?

*Airport, *Bus, *Luggage, *Hotel, *Leave, *Customs, *Aeroplane, *Arrive

c Fill the spaces with a word from the table above. Then answer the questions.

i. Officers search your bags at Customs. What things do they look for?
They look for drugs, guns and stolen things.

ii. On holiday people stay in a _____hotel_______. Can you describe a good one?
It has a ___swimming pool and dining room _________________________________. iii. Alice

and Lisa travel by bus and ___aeroplane_____. How else do people travel?

People travel by _train__________________________________. iv. Alice and Lisa fly from

an __airpot__. Where do people catch trains?

People catch trains at a ___train station___________________________________.

v. Some people travel with a lot of __luggage__________. What do you take on holiday?

I take _______a passport____________________________________________

2 You are going on holiday to another country. What must you take to the airport? What mustn’t you take? Make a list.
 Must take Mustn’t take

Passport A gun

--luggage- drugs----

------ID---- Stolen things

----visa --- --Fireworks---

-----cell phone -- -explosives--

B While Reading

3 Look at the pictures below. Order and complete the sentences with the
present continuous text. Use the following verbs:
push wave

i. ( c )

Alice and Lisa _are_

__reading___ on the Alice and Lisa are_
areoplane. Alice and Lisa are waving __going__ through
goodbye. customs
v. ( d ) vi. (f)

iv. (b )

Lisa is_ waiting____

Lisa is_ pushing_
in the cafe. the
pushchair.

Alice and Lisa are_

IN THE FRAME 2
_sitting___ on the airport
bus.
sit go wait read

ii. ( a ) iii. ( e )
4 Look at the descriptions of people below. Can you see these people in the story? Write their names next to the
descriptions below.

a He has got dark hair. He is wearing a white shirt. Kostas

b She has got dark hair. She is wearing a long blue dress. eleni _.
c She has got red hair. She is wearing a blue T shirt and blue skirt. alice____.
d She has got long black hair. She is wearing a red T shirt and white trousers _lisa__.
e She has got short brown hair. She is wearing a white blouse and green trousers_vera___..
f He has got dark blonde hair. He is wearing yellow shorts and a white T shirt. Peter ..
g She is wearing a white hat helen_.

5 Alice is writing a postcard to her friend, Sara. Pretend you are Alice and finish the postcard. Tell Sara about your holiday.

Dear Sara
I am on holiday in Greece …
Sara Smith
1London Square
London
W13 40H

very interesting things happened to me on my way back to england, it happened that when we went through
an airport bus we saw a woman called vera who had 2 children and was carrying a lot of luggage so lisa and i
decided to help her with her luggage and her children, after helping her lisa and i read in a newspaper about a
painting on the island being stolen, then when we got to the airport they stopped us at customs to check our
stuff and vera but i managed to hear 2 officers talking about vera and that she was a thief, I went with lisa but
in that vera came back with us and behind her some officers and arrested her because she had the stolen
painting in her luggage and then her sister arrived since in reality the children that vera had were not hers yes
not from his sister and later the very happy officers told us that they were glad to have found the painting and
that they gave us a reward

After Reading
6 Collect some of your own holiday photographs. Put them in order on a big piece of paper. Now write something above
each picture. Look at In the Frame to get some ideas. Try to tell a story.
7 Look at the last page of the story on page 16. Why is everyone in the picture happy?
Complete the sentences below.

a The customs officers are happy because they have the thief.

b Alice and Lisa are happy because _ they received a reward.

c Vera’s sister is happy because she _ has her children.

8 Try to continue the story for one more page (p.17). Draw a picture with Alice, Lisa and Vera’s sister. What is happening?
What do they say to each other

Alice: Hi vera’s sister I'm glad you were able to get your children back

Vera´s sister: Hi yes i'm glad too

Lisa: I'm sorry about your sister, I hope she tries to improve and stop stealing

Vera’s sister: I also hope that my sister stops ribar hopefully and her sentence in jail makes her change
 STARTER LEVEL
L. A. Detective b Philip Prowse
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A Before Reading
1 Read about the story on the back cover.
(a)The Young Ones want some money. How much money do they want? 14
Put a tick in the correct box. ■
✔
■ a hundred thousand dollars
■ ten thousand dollars
■ one thousand dollarsRick is
■✔
(b) Put a tick in the correct box or boxes.
■ Mr Blane is bad.and
■ Mr Blane is dangerous.
■ Mr Blane is rich.
Look at the 2picture on the front cover. What is the name of the man in the picture? LENNY SAMUEL
sa

B While Reading

3 What happens on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday? Draw lines.

Join the sentences to the correct days.

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4 Write sentences about:

(a) Len Samuel has a dark hair, he is a tall man and he is a kind of a tough man
(b) Mr Blane is a bad man and old man , he has a grey hair and he is a fatman
Use these words in your sentences.

fat old kind bad tough dark hair grey hair tall

5 Who are these people?

.... she is carmen daughter of mr blane.... ........................he is frank......................

6 Here are two men at the police station. What are they thinking?

My own daughter
betrayed me
What was i
thinking?

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7 You are a criminal! You have got a prisoner!
Write a letter. Ask for money. Tell somebody where to take the money.

Mr. bigotes is our prisoner. We want the amount of 10,000 dollars, once you have
given us the money we will set Mr.bigotes free, let's wait for the money on
Saturday at 4pm at the lime factory

Atte: the rabbits

 Photo Finish by Polly Sweetnam

A Before Reading
1 Look at the picture on the front cover of the book. Look at the photographs. Why do people
get photographs like these?

people forget their pictures in the booths

2 Read about the story on the back cover of the book.

‘There are some photos in the machine.’
‘Lisa looks at the pictures.’
‘But they are not Lisa’s pictures.’
‘Something is wrong. Now Lisa is frightened.’

Guess what is wrong. Write one sentence.

Lisa doesn't know what to do, she is paralyzed when she sees
the photos

B While Reading
3 Read to the end of page 6. Who says these words?
(a) I’ll meet you outside the office at 12.30.
(b) Please fill in these forms.
(c) Here are my photos.
(d) I hate the old bus station.
(e) Go and get your photos.
.................lisa..............
.....the assistant................
.......Alice................
..........lisa.............
........Alice...............

4 Read to the end of page 9. Put these sentences in the correct order. Write a number in each
box.

■ She is frightened. 5
 4 ■ Some photos are coming out of the slot.
3
■ She puts her money into the machine.
1
■ Lisa walks quickly.
2 ■ Lisa goes outside the photo booth.
5 Here are the murderer and Lisa in the bus station. What are they thinking?

The murder: This is the owner of these photos, I'm sure she took mine, I
must get rid of her

Lisa: he is the murderer, he has the same ring and the tattoo

6 Look at page 13 again. It says: The detective has a plan. You are the detective. Tell your plan
to Lisa and Alice.

the plan is this, you will go back to the station tomorrow, but we will be hidden, most
likely the murderer will appear so you will hardly see if it is him, you will tell us and we
will capture him

7 What are these words?

DLOU TEIEESRDTN PEMYT FEAS NXICTEGI SBYU INCE RADK FNTEIDHGER
YLDNIEFR

*dark *empty *safe *busy *nice *exciting *loud *friendly *interesting *frightened

8 Use the words in these sentences.

(a) He has a nice smile.
(b) Lisa is safe in the bus station.
(c) The old bus station is dark and empty. .
(d) Lisa wants an exciting. holiday.
(e) Everyone is friendly at Black and Sons.
(f) Alice is busy in the Marketing Department.
(g) Lisa’s shoes make a loud noise on the ground.
(h) The detective is very interesting in Lisa and Alice’s story.
(i) The police catch the murderer and Lisa is frightened.
9 Lisa sends a postcard from Greece to the detective. Write her postcard.

hello detective
I just wanted to send you
this postcard to say hello
and tell you that everything
is fine here in Greece
although nothing as
interesting has happened
since the time we caught
the murderer
Sara Says No!
Norman Whitney
A Before Reading

1 Look at the pictures in this book. What is the story

about?
(a) a shop?
(b) a house? YES/NO
(c) a market? YES/NO
YES/NO
2 What does Mister Fruit sell?

Tick (3) the right answers.

✓oranges ✓Apples
✓onions rice
potatoes ✓bananas
bread melons

B While Reading

3 Start reading. Read to the end of page 7. What day is it?

4 Who are these people?

sara MISTER FRUIT

SCHOOLBOY YOUNG WOMAN

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5 Read to page 15. What day is it on page 15?
It’s wednesday

C After Reading

6 Complete the sentences. Use the words in this list:

life honest black money cheats angry work
a) The customers want their ....money........ back.
b) Mister Fruit says, ‘That’s ...life...... , Sara.’
c) Sara does not want to ......work.. for her father.
d) Sara is .......angry .. with her father.
e) Mister Fruit .........cheats........ his customers.
f) The fruit goes ........black.........
g) Sara is ........honest

7 Mister Fruit says these things. Do you agree with him?

a) ‘We must make money. That’s life.’ YES/NO
b) ‘Women don’t understand business.’ YES/NO
c) ‘Children must help their parents.’ YES/NO