Titanic Tim Vicary 1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? c . makes plans that show people how to a ___ The Titanic was made in Northern make something. Ireland. d . is a person who works on a ship. b ___ All the passengers on the Titanic were e . is a person who sends messages. rich. 20 marks c ___ The Titanic went slower because there T were icebergs in the North Atlantic. 4 Put these sentences in the right order. TES d ___ Nobody saw the iceberg in front of the a ___ For 4 days, the passengers were happy. ship. b ___ An iceberg hit the side of the ship. e ___ Some people in the United States heard c ___ The Titanic went under the water. the Titanic’s first emergency message. d ___ The Titanic was made in 1912. COMPREHENSION f ___ All of the lifeboats were full. e ___ 711 of the Titanic’s passengers arrived g ___ The Titanic broke into two halves when in New York. it sank. f ___ The Carpathia arrived to help. h ___ The Californian was near the Titanic g ___ The Titanic went from Southampton. but it arrived too late to help. h ___ The Titanic’s radio operator sent the i ___ The 1997 film Titanic was all true. message ‘CQD’. j ___ Millvina Dean went under the sea to i ___ In 1985, some sailors saw the Titanic look at the Titanic. under the sea. 20 marks j ___ Water came into five compartments. 20 marks 2 Who said this? Benjamin Guggenheim, J. Bruce Ismay, Millvina Dean, Thomas 5 Match a number from A with a letter from B Andrews, John Jacob Astor to make complete sentences. a ‘Come on, captain, let’s get there early.’ A ____________. 1 ___ Daniel Buckley got into a lifeboat . b ‘Can’t I go with my wife?’ ____________. 2 ___ Mrs Straus stayed on the ship because c ‘Now we are ready to die.’ ____________. she wanted to . d ‘The Titanic can never sink.’ 3 ___ When Captain Lord first heard about ____________. the rockets, he . e ‘I was here, eighty-five years ago.’ 4 ___ Captain Rostron went towards the ____________. Titanic quickly because he . 20 marks 5 ___ When Anna Turja arrived in America, a doctor helped her to . 3 Match a number from A with a letter from B. B A a . stay with her husband. 1 ___ A passenger . b . get to her brother’s house. 2 ___ A radio operator . c . wanted to help. 3 ___ A captain . d . and put on a woman’s hat. 4 ___ A sailor . e . went to bed. 5 ___ A designer . B 20 marks a . is in charge of a ship. b . is a person who pays to travel on a ship. Total marks OXFORD BOOKWORMS STAGE 1 1 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE Titanic Tim Vicary Places People Choose the best answer. Choose the best answer. 1 The Titanic was made in _____. 11 Mr Astor’s second wife Madeleine was _____ a ■ Scotland ​b ■ Northern Ireland ​ years old. c ■ Wales ​d ■ England a ■ 18 ​b ■ 28 ​c ■ 38 ​d ■ 48 2 After the Titanic left England, it stopped in 12 Edward Smith was the _____ of the Titanic. _____ and Ireland. a ■ Second Officer ​b ■ designer a ■ Wales ​b ■ Spain ​c ■ Scotland ​ c ■ radio operator ​d ■ captain d ■ France 13 _____ said ‘The Titanic can never sink.’ 3 Third-class passengers had small cabins on a ■ Colonel Gracie ​b ■ Thomas Andrews ​ _____ near the bottom of the ship. c ■ Mr Astor ​d ■ Anna Turja a ■ E deck ​b ■ the boat deck ​c ■ C deck ​ 14 _____ was the youngest passenger on the d ■ A deck Titanic. 4 When the Titanic hit an iceberg, the nearest a ■ Sidney Goodwin ​b ■ Anna Turja ​ ship was the _____. c ■ Millvina Dean ​d ■ Carla Jensen a ■ Carpathia ​b ■ Californian 15 _____ was the first person to see the iceberg. ■ ■ ■ ■ T c Oceanic ​d Britannic a Colonel Gracie ​b The captain of the S 5 Some people _____ heard the emergency radio Titanic ​c ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​d ■ Frederick TE message from the Titanic. Fleet a ■ in England ​b ■ on the Californian 16 After the Titanic hit the iceberg, _____ sent an c ■ in America ​d ■ in Ireland emergency message on the radio. 6 Sailors found a Japanese man alive on _____ a ■ Mr Straus ​b ■ Captain Lord ​ MULTIPLE-CHOICE in the water. c ■ Jack Phillips ​d ■ J. Bruce Ismay a ■ a door ​b ■ an iceberg ​c ■ a window ​ 17 _____ stayed on the Titanic with her husband. d ■ a boat a ■ Mrs Straus ​b ■ Anna Turja 7 Four days after the Titanic sank, the Carpathia c ■ Mrs Astor ​d ■ Carla Jensen brought the passengers to _____. 18 _____ got into a lifeboat and put on a a ■ Southampton ​b ■ Cork ​c ■ London ​ woman’s hat. d ■ New York a ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​b ■ Daniel Buckley ​ 8 When she arrived in America, Anna Turja c ■ Thomas Andrews ​d ■ Benjamin went to meet her brother in _____. Guggenheim a ■ New York ​b ■ Halifax ​c ■ Ohio ​ 19 All the _____ stayed on the Titanic. d ■ California a ■ officers ​b ■ third-class passengers ​ 9 Carla Jensen met her husband in _____. c ■ musicians ​d ■ men a ■ America ​b ■ England ​c ■ Scotland ​ 20 The last person from the Titanic to go onto d ■ Denmark the Carpathia was _____. 10 Daniel Buckley went to _____ to be a soldier. a ■ Charles Lightoller ​b ■ Edward Smith ​ a ■ Japan ​b ■ France ​c ■ Canada ​ c ■ Mrs Astor ​d ■ Thomas Andrews d ■ Scotland 20 marks 20 marks OXFORD BOOKWORMS STAGE 1 1 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE Titanic Tim Vicary Facts Vocabulary Choose the best answer. Choose the best answer. 21 The Titanic had _____ lifeboats. 31 words that one person sends to another a ■ 10 ​b ■ 30 ​c ■ 40 ​d ■ 20 a ■ film ​b ■ radio ​c ■ message ​ 22 Sometimes first-class passengers went to the d ■ rocket third-class deck to _____. 32 to put a dead body in the ground a ■ walk their dogs ​b ■ eat in the restaurant ​ a ■ fall ​b ■ send ​c ■ bury ​d ■ sink c ■ talk to the other passengers ​d ■ listen to 33 afraid and unhappy because you think music something bad is going to happen 23 There were about _____ tons of ice in the a ■ safe ​b ■ quiet ​c ■ warm ​d ■ worried iceberg. 34 one of the floors of a ship a ■ a hundred ​b ■ ten ​c ■ a million ​ a ■ deck ​b ■ light ​c ■ side ​d ■ boat d ■ a thousand 35 not in danger 24 The Titanic sank because there was water in a ■ worried ​b ■ safe ​c ■ terrible ​ _____ compartments. d ■ small a ■ two ​b ■ five ​c ■ four ​d ■ three 36 a very young child ■ ■ ■ T 25 The message ‘CQD’ means ‘_____’. a cousin ​b captain ​c sailor ​ S ■ There’s an iceberg ​b ■ This is the d ■ baby a TE Titanic ​c ■ Help ​d ■ We are safe 37 to go down under water 26 The Titanic went under the water about _____ a ■ sink ​b ■ hit ​c ■ help ​d ■ fall after it hit the iceberg. 38 a person who is travelling on a ship (but not a ■ three hours ​b ■ ten minutes ​ working on it) MULTIPLE-CHOICE c ■ twelve hours ​d ■ an hour a ■ designer ​b ■ passenger ​c ■ operator ​ 27 Hundreds of people died in the water because d ■ officer _____. 39 a machine that makes a ship, plane or car a ■ they couldn’t swim ​b ■ the Carpathia move hit them ​c ■ they didn’t have life jackets ​ a ■ rocket ​b ■ lifeboat ​c ■ engine ​ d ■ it was very cold d ■ light 28 When the captain of the Carpathia heard 40 a small room in a ship about the Titanic, he said ‘We must _____.’ a ■ deck ​b ■ cabin ​c ■ engine ​ a ■ wait ​b ■ get there quickly ​c ■ send d ■ bottom rockets into the air ​d ■ go carefully 20 marks 29 _____ had a baby, and called him John Jacob. a ■ Madeleine Astor ​b ■ Carla Jensen ​ c ■ Anna Turja ​d ■ Millvina Dean Events 30 _____ wrote a book about the Titanic, and Choose the best answer. died later in 1912. 41 The Titanic _____ because of the icebergs in a ■ Captain Rostron ​b ■ Harold Bride ​ the North Atlantic. c ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​d ■ Colonel Gracie a ■ did not go slower ​b ■ stopped ​ 20 marks c ■ went back towards England ​ d ■ went slower 42 An iceberg hit the _____ of the ship. a ■ back ​b ■ top ​c ■ left side d ■ right side OXFORD BOOKWORMS STAGE 1 2 © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS PHOTOCOPIABLE Titanic Tim Vicary 43 At first, the Californian tried to send a message to the Titanic with _____. a ■ their radio ​b ■ a light ​c ■ a rocket ​ d ■ a gun 44 When Captain Lord first heard about the rockets over the Titanic, he _____. a ■ went quickly towards the Titanic b ■ went to bed ​c ■ started the ship’s engines ​d ■ listened to the ship’s radio 45 The officers on the Titanic said ‘_____ must go into the lifeboats.’ a ■ men and women ​b ■ the captain and officers ​c ■ women and children ​ d ■ first-class passengers 46 After she got into the lifeboat, Mrs Astor _____. a ■ never saw her husband again ​ T b ■ saw her husband in New York S TE c ■ saw her husband in another lifeboat ​ d ■ saw her husband on the Carpathia 47 The radio operator on the Californian called the Carpathia to ask about _____.