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Chapter1
1Arethesesentencesright(3)orwrong(7)?

Correctthemistakesyoufind.

a

The house is on the beach.

c

………………………………………………
b

The man goes for a night swim.

c

………………………………………………
c

The shark can see the woman.

c

………………………………………………
d The woman feels afraid but doesn’t know

why.

c

………………………………………………
e The shark attacks the woman’s leg.

c

………………………………………………
f

The man goes to sleep on the beach.

c

………………………………………………
Chapter2
2Matchthequestions(a–f )withtheanswers

(1–6).

a Why do Brody and Hendricks go to the

beach? …

b Why does Hendricks cry out? …
c Why does Matt Hooper think it’s a Great

White Shark? …

d Why isn’t Harry Meadows going to write

about the accident in his newspaper? …

e Why doesn’t Larry Vaughan want Brody to

close the beaches? …

f Why doesn’t Brody close the beaches? …
1 Because his boss doesn’t want him to, and

he doesn’t want to lose his job.

2Because a young woman is missing and

they want to look for her.

3 Because Larry Vaughan doesn’t want him

to.

4 Because he sees a woman’s head and some

of her arm.

5 Because it will soon be the Fourth of July,

the best weekend in the summer for Amity.

6 Because he sees that something big

attacked the woman.

Chapter3
3Whosaysthesethings?Whodotheysaythem

to?

a “Can I go swimming?”
Who: ………………………………………..
To: …………………………………………..

b “I didn’t do my job.”
Who: ………………………………………..
To: …………………………………………..
c “We can put food in the water for the shark.”
Who: ………………………………………..
To: …………………………………………..
d “You knew it was dangerous!”
Who: ………………………………………..
To: …………………………………………..
e “It’s a long story.”
Who: ………………………………………..
To: …………………………………………..
Chapter4
4Choosethecorrectanswer.
a Why do Brody and Hendricks go and look

for Ben Gardner? …

1 Because Brody wants him to kill the shark.
2Because he went out in his boat to look for

the shark, but Brody can’t see him in his
boat.

3Because his wife wants him to come back

for dinner.

b What do they find out about Gardner? …
1 Gardner’s body was in the boat.
2 Gardner turned his radio off.
3 The shark attacked Gardner’s boat.
c What does Brody want to happen to the

shark? …

1 He wants someone to catch the shark.
2 He wants the shark to come back on the

Fourth of July weekend.

3He wants the shark to be forgotten by

everyone.

d

Who does Meadows think can help? …

1 Larry Vaughan.
2 Hooper.
3 Quint.
Chapter5
5Finishthesesentences.
a Hooper doesn’t think the shark is there

because

……………………………………………. .
b

Vaughan wants Brody to open the beaches
because

……………………………………………. .

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c

Brody wants Hooper to go up and down in
the boat because

……………………………………………. .
d People don’t go into the sea because
……………………………………………. .
e Brody tells the boy to come in because
……………………………………………. .
Chapter6
6Whosaysthesewords?Whataretheanswers

tothesequestions?

a

“Can this man Quint help us?”

Who: ………………………………………..
Answer: ……………………………………..
b “Did it kill anybody?”
Who: ………………………………………..
Answer: ……………………………………..
c

“Can you help us?”

Who: ………………………………………..
Answer: ……………………………………..
d

“Can you start tomorrow?”

Who: ………………………………………..
Answer: ……………………………………..
e “Can you swim?”
Who: ………………………………………..
Answer: ……………………………………..
Chapter7
7Choosetherightanswer.
a What does the shark do to the fishing

lines? …

b Why do the men drop meat into the

water? …

c How big is the shark’s head? …
d

How big does Quint think the shark is? …

e Why do the men think the shark is going to

attack the boat? …

f

Why does Brody say, “That thing isn’t a
fish”? …

g What do we learn about Quint in this

chapter? …

1 It breaks them.
2 He isn’t afraid of the shark, and he doesn’t

have a wife.

3It is two meters across.
4 Because fish don’t attack and kill people.
5Because they want the shark to come near

the boat.

6 Perhaps eight meters or more.
7 Because it comes very near the boat.

Chapter8
8Puttherightwordsinthesesentences.

dangerous kill overboard pictures

pay fall over cage boat

Hooper wants to take a a ……………… on to
the boat. He wants to take b ……………… of
the fish. Quint doesn’t want him to do it because
he says it is very c ……………… . But Hooper
says he will d ……………… Quint, and
Quint agrees. The three men go out in the
e ……………… and they see the shark. The
shark goes below the boat and the three men
f ……………… . Hooper wants to put the
cage g ……………… and go down in it.
He wants to do this because he thinks he can
h ……………… the fish. Brody and Quint do
not like it but they agree.

Chapter9
9Choosetherightanswer.
a

What happens to Hooper? …

1 He dies because Quint shot him.
2 He dies because he accidentally shot

himself.

3He dies because the shark attacks the cage.
b What is Quint going to do? …
1 He says he’s going to go back to the shore.
2 He says he’s going to kill the shark.
3He says he’s going to die with the shark.
c What is Brody going to do the next day? …
1 He says he’s not going to the sea.
2 He says he’s going to look for Hooper’s

body.

3 He says he’s going to catch the shark and

kill it.

Chapter10
10Answerthesequestions.
a

Why does Quint put barrels on the harpoon
line?

………………………………………………
b

What does the shark do to the boat?

………………………………………………
c

How does Quint kill the shark?

………………………………………………
d How is this shark unusual?
………………………………………………

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1Putthewordsfromtheboxintherightsentences.

boss fisherman important newspaper

policeman sharks wife

a Leonard Hendricks is a …………… .
b Martin Brody is Hendricks’ …………… .
c Harry Meadows writes for the local …………… .
d Matt Hooper knows everything about ………… .
e Larry Vaughan is one of the most ……………

people in Amity.

f Ellen is Brody’s …………… .
g Quint is a …………… .

2Matchthetwopartsofthesentences.

a Amity people want Brody to open the beaches …
b Brody will open the beaches, …
c A boy went swimming in the sea …
d Quint says he will try to kill the shark, …
e Hooper wants to join Quint …
1but he wants Hooper to go up and down in the

boat.

2 but he wants four hundred dollars a day.
3 because the town is dying and people are losing

their jobs.

4 because he wants to see the shark.
5 before Hooper saw the shark.

3Choosethecorrectanswer.

a Flicka is the name of the …
1 shark
2boat
3cat
b Brody was afraid of going out to the sea because …
1he cannot swim.
2he doesn’t like Quint.
3 he is a very bad swimmer.
c The shark’s eyes are …
1 blue
2brown
3 black
d Quint and Hooper pushed the cage overboard, …
1 but the shark didn’t come up.
2 and the shark came up.
3but Brody didn’t want to look into the water.
e Quint and Brody dropped the cage overboard with

Hooper in it, …

1 and Quint stood with his gun in his hand.
2 and Brody stood with his harpoon in his hand.
3 and Hooper began taking photographs.

4Choosetherightwordsfromtheboxandchange

themtothepastform.

begin go put stand throw

a Quint stopped the boat and Brody ……………

dropping meat into the sea.

b Quint …………… a line overboard.
c Then he …………… a barrel on a harpoon line.
d An hour …………… by.
e Brody …………… up and looked overboard.

5Whowaskilledbythesharkfirst?Whowaskilled

next?Writethenumbers,1–6.
a Ben Gardner

c

b Hooper

c

c a small boy, Alex

c

d a young woman, Chrissie

c

e an old man

c

f Quint

c

6Finishthesentenceswithwordsfromthegrid.

a Great White Sharks are dangerous and can

…………… people.

b Quint is a …………… .
c A fisherman uses a …………… to catch a big fish.
d He hit the shark’s …………… .
e Hooper saw a …………… in the sea.
f We swam to the …………… and then sat on the

beach.

g The fish came up to the …………… .
h Amity is not …………… from New York.
i They threw the fish into an old …………… .
j There was a dead …………… on the beach.

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