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Apollo 13 Photocopiable LEVEL 2 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme Apollo 13 Photocopiable Before reading 5 Who said this, to whom and when? 1 Look at the names of the chapters. Which a “Did you have the measles when you were a chapter(s) do you think is about … child?” a the first man on the Moon? ….. ……………………………………………… b problems for Apollo 13 before it leaves b “There are only two days left before the Earth? ….. Apollo 13 leaves.” c Apollo 13 leaving Earth? ….. ……………………………………………… d really bad problems with Apollo 13? ….. c “Jack Swigert is a good pilot.” e the day Apollo 13 returns to Earth? ….. ……………………………………………… d “But he will have to work in the simulator 2 Read the Introduction, then close your book before we go.” and write the words below in the sentences. ……………………………………………… radio oxygen command module space astronauts controllers Chapter 4 Apollo 13 is flying through (a) ……………… . 6 What do you know about … in Chapter 4? The three (b) ……………… are Jim Lovell, a … Jim Lovell? ……………………………… Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert. Suddenly, b … Ken Mattingly, the command module something goes wrong. The (c) ……………… pilot? ……………………………………….. loses power. (d) ……………… is leaving the c … engine five? ……………………………… ship. Jack spoke to the (e) ……………… in d … Jim’s son, Jay? …………………………… Houston on the (f ) ……………… . “Houston, Chapters 5–6 we have a problem,” he said. 7 Underline the wrong word and put the right While reading one about Chapter 5. Chapters 1–3 a Young Jeffrey stood with his friends in Mission 3 In Chapter 1, Jim tells Jeffrey about the Control. astronauts on the Apollo missions. Write b Jeffrey looked at the television and saw his the numbers of the Apollo missions after father’s hands in camera. the astronauts’ names. c Cooking isn’t easy without food. a Alan Shepard ….. d Fred and Jim show the people around the b Neil Armstrong ….. lunar module, Odyssey. c Pete Conrad ….. e The walls of the lunar module are as thin as d Buzz Aldrin ….. a woman’s hair. e Fred Haise ….. 8 A lot of things went wrong on Apollo 13 in 4 In Chapter 2, Jim tells Jeffrey what will Chapter 6. Match A with B to find six of the happen. Put the sentences into the correct early problems in Chapter 6. order. A a c We’ll get back inside Aquarius and leave a Oxygen tanks one and two ….. the Moon. b The door on the lunar module ….. b c A rocket will shoot us away from Earth. c Oxygen ….. c c We’ll go around the Moon. d The lights on the controls ….. d c We’ll get some rocks and take some e Apollo moved ….. photos. f Four machines ….. e c I will fly back to Earth. B f c Aquarius will leave Odyssey. 1) ….. went crazy! g c Some of the rocket engines will fall away 2) …. broke. from Apollo. 3) ….. strangely/around and around in space h c Mr. Haise and I will get into Aquarius. because there was no power. i c We’ll be close to the Moon and its gravity 4) ….. didn’t move. will pull us. 5) ….. left the ship and it looked like smoke. j c Odyssey will carry us down to the Moon. 6) ….. broke in the command module. pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 Apollo 13 - Activity worksheets 1 of 2 LEVEL 2 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme Apollo 13 Photocopiable Chapters 7–9 f Jim told Houston that ….. 9 Choose the right word about Chapter 7. 1) Jim Lovell. a Jim turned off the machines in the 2) bring it into Aquariums. command module / lunar module. 3) about the power on Apollo. b In two hours there will be no space / oxygen 4) turn them away from the moon. inside the Apollo. 5) the engines were OK. c Mission Control told the astronauts 6) small and blue. they should leave the command module 14 Finish the sentences about Chapter 12. in fifteen minutes / a day or two. a Ken told the men that the command module d Down on earth, the Mission Control was very was cold so ………………………………… . dark / busy. b The doctors were wrong about Ken because 10 Write right (✓) or wrong (✗) about Chapter 8. he didn’t …………………………………… . a Jim has got to read the red pages quickly. c c John Arthur wanted Ken ………………….. b Mission Control asked Jack to turn off d The astronauts in space started to turn off the the power in Odyssey. c …………………………………………….. Apollo had no power so the ship turned c Chapters 13–14 around and around in space. c 15 What happens first, second, third, fourth …? The controls in Aquarius do not work. c d Write 1–8 next to the sentences. 11 What is wrong with these ideas for getting a John says that the astronauts will not the astronauts back to Earth in Chapter 9? have the power for the engines and Which idea is the only possible answer? parachutes. c a Use the engine behind the command module b Jack realizes that Mission Control has and shoot them back to Earth. made some mistakes. c ……………………………………………… c Jack wrote some number in the dark b Use the Moon’s gravity, so they don’t have to command module. c use the engine behind the command module. d The doctor tells the astronauts to try to ……………………………………………… sleep. c c Go around the Moon and start the lunar e Jim tells Jack that he didn’t make a module’s engines. mistake. c ……………………………………………… f The astronauts have to turn Apollo so they start the engines. c 12 What is the astronauts biggest problem? Not Jim hears that Apollo is not coming enough food, water, or power? Why? g c …………………………………………………. back to Earth. c …………………………………………………. h Apollo started moving strangely. …………………………………………………. Chapters 15–18 ✓ ✗ Chapters 10–12 16 Write right ( ) or wrong ( ). Jim was getting weaker and weaker. c 13 Find the two halves of the sentences. a Ken Mattingly tried to work on the a The astronaut who was behind the moon b c before was ….. problem outside the simulator. Ken gave a lot of numbers to Jack and b The earth outside the window was ….. c told him his plan. c c Jack will get water from Odyssey and ….. All the astronauts finally moved from the d At Mission Control, John Arthur thought d c …. lunar module to the command module. The Iwo Jima was on the Atlantic Ocean. c e Kranz said that the best thing to do was to e use the engines and ….. f The three astronauts were in orange parachutes. c pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2015 Apollo 13 - Activity worksheets 2 of 2 LEVEL 2 Progress test Teacher Support Programme Apollo 13 Photocopiable Chapters 1–3 Chapters 7–9 1 Underline the wrong word and put the right one. 4 Are these sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)? a Jim Lovell was on Apollo 13 because Neil a Jim thought that they would die inside the Armstrong had a problem in one ear. inside the command module. c …………………………………………………… b Houston tells Apollo to get inside the lunar b In the simulator, Ken had to get the Y over the module. c picture of the lunar module. c The computer was on the lunar module. c …………………………………………………… d Jack thought that the machines were getting c Jim said that he was a better pilot when he was not too cold and they work not turn back on. c angry. e Kranz thought that using the engine behind …………………………………………………… the module to shoot Apollo back to Earth d Jeffrey had a lot of questions about his father’s life. was a very good idea. c …………………………………………………… Chapters 10–12 Chapter 4 5 Circle the right words. 2 Circle the right answers. a It was Jim Lovell’s second time / third time behind a The three astronauts went up to the top of the the moon. rocket and ….. b The Apollo men realized that after more than 1) … then they got into the command module. three days in space the would not have enough 2) … then they got into the lunar module. food / water. b Fire shot down from the engines, ….. c Kranz decided that they should work on the 1) … of the Saturn rocket. problems on the simulator / lunar module. 2) … of the Odyssey rocket. d While Ken worked on the simulator, the astronauts c Odyssey contacted Houston because ….. started to turn off the machines and engines / 1) … they were lost. television. 2) … the center engine light was out. Chapters 13–14 d Fred said that life is harder ….. 6 Finish the sentences. 1) … on a spaceship. a In space, the astronauts were tired ………………. 2) … without gravity. b Jack thought that they would fly past the Earth and Chapters 5–6 move …………………………………………… . 3 Match the questions and the answers. c There was no gravity so food and papers a How do astronauts cook? ….. ………………………………………………….. b What does Jeffrey call to the big television? ….. d Jim was happy because ………………………….. c How small is the lunar module? ….. Chapters 15–18 d What did Houston tell Apollo to do? ….. 7 Choose the right word from the box. e What happened to the lights in the controls? ….. f What did Jim see when he looked out the moon rocks lunar module wet measles window? ….. Mission Control 1) They carry bags of dry food and put hot water a ………………………… spoke to John Arthur on on it to eat it. the simulator radio. 2) Thin white smoke coming out of the command b Ken is working because he hasn’t got the module. ………………………… . 3) “Don’t forget my moon rock.” c Jack thought that the control would not work 4) They were going crazy.
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