The Mysterious Island Book Key D Why …? They Are Good People and They Work Easystarts 1 a Captain, Master, Pirate, Prince, Prisoner Hard

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The Mysterious Island Book key d Why …? They are good people and they work easystarts 1 a captain, master, pirate, prince, prisoner hard. b Open answers e What …? Nautilus (a submarine) 2 Open answers f How …? Sixty 3 a prisoners b north c over d small e master g Why …? The mouth of the cave fell in. level 2 f eggs g Top h long i shoes h What …? They send it to the bottom of the cave. 4 a The balloon starts to go down. i Why …? The island is not on any maps. j Who …? Herbert level 3 b He works for a newspaper. c It is very small. There is no water or trees. 18–25 Open answers d They have one match. Discussion activities key e They eat eggs and fish. level 4 1–3 Open answers f He has to put more wood on the fire. 4 Suggested answer: g He is very weak. They took a balloon because they were prisoners in h Somebody carries Cyrus to a cave in the Virginia and they wanted to get away from Richmond. level 5 mountains. There are signs of a man’s shoes in the They had to throw out bags and other things because the wet ground, but they are not the shoes of the four balloon was going down. Open answers. men or the boy. 5 Suggested answer: level 6 5–6 Open answers In Chapter 3 the men and the boy find Cyrus in a cave 7 a 9 b 2 c 4 d 7 e 1 f 3 g 8 h 6 i 5 half a mile from the sea. Cyrus can’t remember how he 8 a Pencroft b Herbert c Cyrus d Cyrus got there because he swam to land and he was weak e Pencroft and Spillet f Herbert and Nab and tired. There are signs of a man’s shoes in one place g Cyrus h Spillet i Pencroft j Nab of the cave, but nobody is wearing shoes and Cyrus’s 9 a They kill birds with it. shoes are at sea. b They light fires with them. 6 Open answers c They make lights from them. 7 Suggested answer: d They climb up the rock wall on ropes to the cave. March 5th, 1865. I am not in Richmond, Virginia now, 10–11 Open answers but on an island in the Pacific Ocean with two men and 12 a ✗ b ✓ c ✗ d ✗ e ✗ f ✓ g ✓ h ✗ a boy. The other man, Cyrus, and his dog fell into the sea 13 a They have to watch for ships. and we can’t find them. Today I climbed up high and b He doesn’t want the pirates to see the cave. looked at the island, but I couldn’t see any sign of life. And c He wants to know about the ship and the pirates’ there is no sign of Cyrus or his dog on the island. We are plans. all very sad. d They don’t know that every pirate went down with 8 Open answers the ship. 9 Suggested answer: e He can hear somebody on the island. Matches, clothes, shoes, plates, cups, etc. 14 a They use their big guns. 10 Open answers b A torpedo hits the ship. Then a big wave breaks it 11 Suggested answer: into two halves. One night there was a great wind and heavy rain. Great c They take clothes, shoes, guns and food. waves washed onto the land and the cave on the beach d He finds something from a torpedo. was wet, the floor was wet and their beds and fireplace e He wants them to visit him. were not there. They had to move higher up before the 15 Open answers wind came back. 16 a yes b yes c no d yes e no f yes g no 12 Suggested answers: h yes i yes j no k no l yes ‘We’ll make bows.’ Pencroft said this because they 17 a Who …? Pencroft wanted to catch birds and they had no guns. b Who …? Captain Nemo ‘Is this really happening?’ Pencroft said this because they c Why …? Cyrus knows his name. found a box on the beach full of things. This was very mysterious: a heavy box couldn’t come from the sea. pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 The Mysterious Island - Answer keys 1 of 3 level 2 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme

‘I’ll try to break more away.’ Pencroft said this because 21 Suggested answers: easystarts they were in the cave in the rock wall and it was dark. a Captain Nemo’s little boat: they used it to get fish. At the end of the cave the rock is thinner and they could b maps: the British ship that found them was looking for make windows if they broke more rocks away. new islands to make new maps. ‘We’ll have to sleep here another night.’ Cyrus said this c smoke: the ship saw the smoke and came to the island. level 2 because they stayed one night at the bottom of the wall d families: Cyrus and Spillet wanted to marry and have and then, the second night, it was dark when they came families. Herbert wanted to see his family again. out of the cave in the wall. e stories: Spillet wanted to tell the world his story on the level 3 ‘We’ll always have to have food for three or four days island. Pencroft knew one or two new stories. in the cave.’ Spillet said this because there will be times when they can’t go out of the cave for food. Activity worksheets key level 4 13 Suggested answer: 1 a; b; e; f Pencroft used a knife to make bows, to cut the ropes 2 a Herbert b Cyrus c Spillet d Nab round the box Herbert found on the beach. e Pencroft level 5 14 Suggested answers: 3 a The balloon was going down. a The men used bows to catch birds. b There was water and food there. b To look at the island, to find signs of life. c He was sad because he couldn’t find his master/ Cyrus. level 6 c They found everything Spillet wrote in his notebook: things which helped them to cook, fish, write, fight and d He climbed to the highest place of the island. build. e He had to watch the fire and put more wood into d They lit branches. it. It couldn’t go out because they had no matches. e They used ropes. 4 a They wanted to get away from Richmond, Virginia, 15 Open answers and go North. 16 Suggested answer: b (They threw out) everything: guns, food, water, Pencroft: Oh, I swam to the ship. money. Cyrus: What did you see? c (They found) a cave (and fish). Pencroft: I couldn’t see much from the water. So I waited 5 The four men and the boy THOUGHT of things for Cyrus: What did you do then? their life on the island and Spillet WROTE them down Pencroft: When they were asleep, I climbed on the ship in his notebook. One day, they FOUND a big box on Spillet: How many men were there? the beach. They LOOKED into the box: everything Pencroft: Fifty men, I think. They have guns. Big guns. from Spillet’s notebook was there. They thought this Cyrus: We will wait and see. was very mysterious. Who PUT the things into the 17 Suggested answer: box? July 2nd: Yesterday evening, a pirate ship came near the 6 Herbert was a quick learner. He learned to make island. They stayed the night. Pencroft swam to the ship. ROPES and catch FISH. He learned to BUILD with He saw fifty men and guns! At night, there was a very WOOD. Spillet helped him to read and WRITE. loud noise. Their guns hit the rocks first. Then they hit our Cyrus taught him the story of AMERICA. ✓ cave house. We were afraid and waited. Then, a big wall 7 a ✗ of water hit the ship. We looked out of the cave window b . Top barked loudly because there was an opening and saw the ship go down. in the floor of the cave. ✓ 18 Open answers c 19 Open answers 8 Mystery # 1 Something carries Cyrus from the 20 We went to India because the Indians were fighting the beach to the cave. British there. They wanted to help their country. They Mystery # 2 A big box with a lot of things. fought hard. Nobody helped them and many died. Some Mystery # 3 Great wall of water breaks the pirate left the country. But we fought well. We stopped them. ship. We won and now they hate us. Mystery # 4 A bottle to help Herbert. Mystery # 5 A strong white light lit a strange object in the water. pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 The Mysterious Island - Answer keys 2 of 3 level 2 Answer keys Teacher Support Programme

The Mysterious Island 9 1 c 2 e 3 f 4 a 5 b 6 d Progress test key easystarts 10 The pirates wanted … 1 a 2 b 5 c 4 d 6 e 3 f 1 b to have a good time with the women on the 2 a ✗. ONE man always stayed and watched the fire. ships. c✓ b ✓ Pencroft wanted … c ✗. The sun shone and the men and the boy enjoyed level 2 b to know how many pirates there were on the the colours of the PACIFIC. ship. c✓ d ✗. The water was WARM: there were fish at the Cyrus wanted … level 3 bottom. a to know what really happened to the ship. c✓ e ✓ 11 a Pencroft to his friends 3 a ropes b Cyrus to his friends b beds, chairs and tables level 4 c Spillet to Herbert c fireplace d Cyrus to Nab d shelves e Cyrus to Top e windows level 5 12 Nemo: Do you know my name? 4 a Because the pirates were near the cave. / Because Cyrus: Where are you from/Where do you come there were pirates on the island. from? b Because the sea was high and they couldn’t swim to level 6 Cyrus: Did you fight the British/for your country? the ship. Cyrus: Why did you bring your submarine/the c Because they wanted to take many things: clothes, Nautilus here/to this island? shoes, guns, food. Cyrus: What do you want us to do for you? d Because there was a bottle on the table. 13 a ✗. He was born in India and studied in Europe. e Because he was ill / weak / dying. b ✓ 5 a between his teeth c ✓ b the most famous and dangerous d ✗. His real name is Prince Dakkar. c the women on ships and on the quiet Pacific islands e ✓ d inside the ship 14 a Cyrus e food, clothes and guns b Spillet 6 ‘The Nautilus will never go to sea again because the c Nab mouth of the cave fell in when the great wind came. d Herbert I am weak. I am dying. I will die in two or three days e Pencroft TODAY OR TOMORROW. When I am dead, leave f Nemo the Nautilus and take this box with you. You will be 15 1 b 2 c 3 b rich one day. TAKE Leave the boat here WITH YOU. 16 Open answers When you leave, open the white door and the wind WATER will come in. The Nautilus will go down and I want to leave it GO DOWN WITH IT. Now, please, have tea DINNER with me before I die.’