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PENGUIN ACTIVE READING
Teacher Support Programme
Round the World in Eighty Days Photocopiable
While reading
Chapters 1–2
1 Write the names to finish the sentences.
James Forster Ralph Phileas Fogg
Detective Fix Passepartout Mr Stuart
a ……………… was a strong man.
b ……………… took Fogg some water at 30°C.
c ……………… showed some people a
timetable in a newspaper.
d ……………… lived at 7 Saville Row,
London.
e ……………… wanted the police to send a
warrant.
f ……………… doesn’t think the police will
catch the thief.
2 Write questions for these answers.
a How …………………………………………
£55,000.
b What time …………………………………..
At 11.30 in the morning.
c Where ……………………………………….
In Pall Mall, London.
d What ………………………………………..
One small bag.
e When………………………………………..
On 9 October.
f Where ……………………………………….
Barings Bank.
Chapters 3–4
3 Put a word on the left with a word on the
right.
short weak
light long
strong heavy
early expensive
wrong right
cheap late
4 Put the underlined letters in the right place to
make a word.
a Fix could not take Fogg to England without a
rntrawa …………… .
b Passepartout looked at the tfluiebau
…………… things in the temple.
c A man sold an lpehaetn …………… to Fogg.
d Fogg had the centre page of a psnweprae
…………… with him.
e Fogg had a lot of money in new nnsetbako
…………… .
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f Fogg gave the anicpat …………… of the
Mongolia some money.
Chapters 5–6
5 Find the right words in Chapters 5–6.
a The brother of your mother or father. (p. 25)
………………
b It’s a building, like a church. (p. 22)
………………
c The money you pay to leave prison. (p. 27)
………………
d A place people go to when they do bad things.
(p. 26) ………………
e A person who works for someone, normally in
their house. (p. 23) ………………
f Someone who shows people where to go in a
strange place. (p. 22) ………………
6 Answer the questions.
a What did the men want to do to Aouda?
………………………………………………
b What did Fogg give to the guide?
………………………………………………
c Where did Aouda’s uncle live?
………………………………………………
d What did the men from the temple give to
Passepartout?
………………………………………………
e Why was Detective Fix very angry?
………………………………………………
f Who took the men from the temple to the
police in Calcutta?
………………………………………………
Chapters 7–8
7 Finish the story with the right words.
happy journey weather late arrived
problem engine best uncle kindly
The (a) ……………… was bad and the
Rangoon (b) ……………… in Hong Kong
twenty-four hours (c) ……………… . The
Carnatic was still there because she had a
(d) ……………… with an (e) ……………… .
So, Fogg took Aouda to the (f ) ………………
hotel in town. Then he went to look for her
(g) ……………… . When he came back he told
Aouda she could come to Europe. Passepartout
was (h) ……………… because he wanted to
have Aouda with them on the (i) ………………
because she spoke (j) ……………… to him.
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8 Circle the wrong word in the sentences.
a On the ship, Aouda learned a little few about
Phileas Fogg.
b Passepartout was angry to with the five men.
c Aouda’s uncle did was not live in Hong Kong.
d Fix put anything something in Passepartout’s
drink.
e Passepartout looked angrily at to Fix in the
bar.
f The problem with the engine was smaller
smallest than they thought.
Chapters 9–10
9 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a A lot of horses walked in front of the
train. c
b Fix fell on his front when Passepartout
hit him. c
c Passepartout climbed on top of the train. c
d Fix wanted to be friends with
Passepartout. c
e The warrant arrived in Yokohama. c
f Fogg gave seaman Bunsby £700. c
10 What’s first? Number the sentences, 1–6.
a c Passepartout hit Fix.
b c The Indians took Passepartout.
c c The General Grant arrived in Yokohama.
d c Fogg found Passepartout in a garden.
e c They caught a train to New York.
f c The Indians killed the train driver.
Chapters 11–12
11 Finish the sentences.
a Aouda and Passepartout were more unhappy
about the bet………………………………. .
b When you go round the world to the east
…………………………………………….. .
c When the train arrived in London
…………………………………………….. .
d When Fogg hit Fix, he fell on the floor
…………………………………………….. .
e When Fogg spoke to Aouda he was
…………………………………………….. .
f Passepartout ran to the church and told
…………………………………………….. .
12 Put a word on the left with a word on the
right.
poor slow
different sad
younger friendly
fast rich
unfriendly older
happy same
After reading
13 Circle a number to show what you think.
1 is a strong ‘no’ and 5 is a strong ‘yes’.
Talk to a friend. Do you think the same?
no yes
Phileas Fogg is a good
person.
1 2 3 4 5
Detective Fix is
intelligent.
1 2 3 4 5
I liked this book. 1 2 3 4 5
I like to travel. 1 2 3 4 5
I want to read more
stories by Jules Verne.
1 2 3 4 5
14 Take three words from the book. Write them
with the letters in the wrong place. degiu (guide)
Give your paper to a friend. Who can find the
words first?
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
15 Answer the questions.
a Which person in the book did you like the
most? Why?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
b Fogg visited many countries. Which one
would you like to go to and why?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
c Would you like to travel round the world in
eighty days? Why/why not?
………………………………………………
………………………………………………
16 Write about the last time you travelled
somewhere in your notebook. Say where you
went, how you travelled and what you liked
and what you didn’t like about it. How much
did your journey cost? What did you buy?
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1 What’s first? Number the sentences, 1–10.
a c Fogg, Passepartout and Aouda travelled on an
elephant.
b c Fogg won his bet.
c c Fogg hit Detective Fix.
d c Passepartout went to sleep in a bar.
e c Fogg saw Aouda at the temple.
f c Fix talked to Passepartout in Suez.
g c Passepartout had a fight in a temple.
h c Fogg bet £20,000.
i c Passepartout started to work for Fogg.
j c Fogg paid some bail money.
2 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a The Reform Club was in Saville Row. c
b Fogg and Passepartout took two small bags
with them. c
c Fogg and Aouda travelled to Shanghai on the
Carnatic. c
d The men who attacked Passepartout wore
yellow clothes. c
e Fogg gave the elephant to the guide. c
f At first, Passepartout thought Fix worked for
the men in the Reform Club. c
g Aouda’s uncle lived in Holland. c
h Passepartout did not like Aouda. c
i Fogg arrived at Dover on 21 December. c
j The seamen of the Henrietta liked their captain. c
3 Write the names next to the person who says or
thinks this.
A guide Captain Speedy Passepartout
Phileas Fogg Detective Fix Aouda A train driver
An Indian policeman Seaman Bunsby A soldier
a ‘I don’t want any money.’ ………………………
b ‘Fogg is a rich man.’ ………………………
c ‘The newspaper says the railway to Calcutta is open
now.’ ………………………
d ‘I think I can go into a temple wearing shoes.’
………………………
e ‘The Henrietta is twenty years old.’
………………………
f ‘They will put the dead man on a fire.’
………………………
g ‘The Sioux Indians will kill me.’
………………………
h ‘These winds are dangerous.’
………………………
i ‘We will help Fogg and go after the Sioux Indians.’
………………………
j ‘You will have to pay bail money.’
………………………
4 Finish the sentences with the right word.
stamps port prison chair snow engine floor
problems newspaper cupboard
a A lot of ……………… fell out of the dark sky.
b The Henrietta had a fast ……………… .
c Fix fell on the ……………… when Fogg hit him.
d In London, Fogg told Aouda that he had money
……………… .
e The men in the club read a ……………… story
about a thief.
f Fix was in a ……………… in the Indian police
station.
g Fogg got ……………… in his passport everywhere
he went.
h When the Mongolia arrived at the ………………
of Suez, Fogg left the ship.
i An Indian policeman told Passepartout he had to
stay in ……………… .
j Passepartout fell asleep in a ……………… in a bar.
5 Answer these questions.
a Why did Fogg hit detective Fix?
……………………………………………………
b Why did Fogg buy guns for the railway journey in
America?
……………………………………………………
c Why was Aouda very tired in the temple?
……………………………………………………
d Where did Fogg and his friends get on a train to go
to New York?
……………………………………………………
e Where did Passepartout first see Detective Fix?
……………………………………………………
f Who did the Sioux Indians kill?
……………………………………………………
g What did Fogg buy for Aouda in Hong Kong?
……………………………………………………
h How much money did Fogg pay for bail?
……………………………………………………
i When did Fogg arrive back at the Reform Club?
……………………………………………………
j How did Fogg and his friends travel to Allahabad?
……………………………………………………
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