1. Answer the questions
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Who is the oldest son?
Animal that becomes pet to the family.
The name of the youngest son.
A new character towards the end of the novel.
How many sons are mentioned in the story?
Not afraid of danger/difficult situations.
The captain and his crew escape in ______________.
Fritz takes _____ years to finish his project.
Swiss Family Robinson
2. Read the quotations and answer the following questions.
“ Jenny brought us more good fortune only a few days later”
1. Who was Jenny?
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2. What was the first good fortune?
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3. What was the next good fortune?
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Write down three adjectives to describe Jenny Montrose. Why did you choose
those adjectives? Explain your reasons in the space provided.
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I choose these adjectives because
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3. Put the simple present tense for the past tense verbs found in “Swiss
Family Robinson Comics” in the following tables.
No
Past Tense
1
Present
Tense
No
Past Tense
set
21
became
2
escaped
22
had
3
left
23
were
4
tossed
24
did
5
lost
25
told
6
escaped
26
believed
7
thought
27
arrived
8
repaired
28
came
9
blessed
29
knew
10
swam
30
looked
11
vanished
31
made
Present
Tense
12
kept
13
continued
14
gave
32
33
34
35
darkened
seemed
went
15
brought
16
dreamed
17
explored
18
surprised
38
drove
19
raised
39
found
20
celebrated
40
exhausted
36
37
returned
grew
stayed