Pre-Intermediate Level
Exercises Answer Keys
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Background
1
English
2
did not come
3
a minister of the church
4
merchant
5
did not become
6
disliked
7
twice
8
late
9
was not
10
in Britain
Multiple choice
1
b
2
c
3
b
4
b
5
c
6
d
7
a
8
d
9
a
10
c
11
a
12
a
Vocabulary: opposites in context
1
b
2
c
3
d
4
b
5
b
6
c
7
d
8
a
9
a
10
c
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Time expressions
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for
2
in
3
in
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on
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after
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since
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During
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after
9
in
10
While
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for
12
on
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At
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Before
Vocabulary: sea travel
1
voyage
2
rough
3
waves, drown
4
coast, pirates
5
sink
6
captain, mutiny
7
raft
8
canoe
9
current, shore
10
rowed
11
mast, sail
Sentence transformations: ask/tell somebody (not) to…
1
My father told me to stay at home and get a good job.
2
My father told me not to go to sea.
3
I asked the captain to free the boy in ten years time.
4
I asked my mother to talk to my father.
5
Moley asked me to take him back into the boat.
6
I told the boy to call me master.
7
Moley asked me not to hurt him.
8
I told Friday not to dig the men up and eat them.
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Grammar: as + adjective + as…
1
as high as
2
as fast as
3
as far away as
4
as lonely as
5
as secret as
6
as many as
7
as rich as
8
as often as
Double comparatives
1
more and more dangerous
2
rougher and rougher
3
safer and safer
4
more and more terrified
5
luckier and luckier
6
more and more tired
7
richer and richer
8
heavier and heavier
Making questions
1
Whose (older) brother had been killed as a soldier?
2
Why did Robinson go on the voyage to Africa?
3
How many people were alive after the ship was wrecked?
4
How did Robinson travel between the wreck and the island?
5
Which fruits / Which types of fruit did he/Robinson find in the woodland area?
6Who saved Friday from the cannibals? / Who did Robinson save from the cannibals? / Who did Robinson
save Friday from?
7
How long / How many years did Robinson spend on the island?
8
Were his parents alive/there when he returned to England?
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