TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA WORKSHEET LEVEL S

1 Answer the questions about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

1 Who is the story about?

a captains and scientists b children and teachers c people from TV and films

2 What is the story about?

a a new animal b a new boat c a new food

3 Where does the story take us?

a in the air b on roads c under the water

4 How can people move in the story?

a in a car b on a plane c in a submarine

5 Which of these are in the story?

a balls b pearls c pictures

6 How many days are in the story?

a 20 b 305 c 20,000

2a Write the names of the people in the story.

a b c d
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2b Match the people in 2a with their descriptions.

1 can kill animals. He wants his home.
2 is a scientist. She understands animals.
3 lives and works on a submarine.
4 works on a boat. He wants to find a new animal.

3a Complete the table with words from the box and things you know about the story.

“A giant squid is attacking us. The Nautilus cannot move. Help me!”
“There’s a shark! That boy wants pearls.”
“Where are we? I can’t open the door.”
“I, Captain Nemo, am the first person at the South Pole.”
“Thank you. We can go home!”

Order the
Where What do they say What do
Who is there? scenes.
is it? or think? they do?
Write 1–5.
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3b Do you think Captain Nemo is good or bad? Why?

4a Complete these lists. Put the words from the box into the correct categories.

South Pole captain scientist shark giant squid submarine

People:
Places:
Animals:

4b Do the crossword.

1 1 2 2
A I

3 4
P L
3
4
5
5
S

6 6
M

Across Down
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1 You cannot live with no … . 2 It is very cold water.

3 It is white and beautiful. 4 The name of this story is twenty thousand of these.
5 It is blue water.
6 Go from A to B.

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5 You are going twenty thousand leagues under the sea. What do you take?

Under the sea

I am taking

6a Work in pairs. You want to go in the submarine under the sea with Captain Nemo.
Ask and answer questions about what you can and cannot do.

A: Can you swim?

B: Yes, I can!
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6b Write to Captain Nemo. You want to live and work on the Nautilus with him.
Tell him why.

Dear Captain Nemo,

My name is
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