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ELEMENTARY

Treasure Island

1 a

island

b

sailor

c

captain

d

barrel

e

sail

f

inn

g

hill

h

flag

i

pirates

j

treasure

2 a

in the 1700s

3

beach gun knife map sea

4 a

Ben Gunn lived on an island for three
years.

b

Black Dog lost some fingers on his left
hand.

c

Jim Hawkins lived in an inn with his
mother.

d

Mr Trelawney bought the

Hispaniola

.

e

Captain Flint brought the treasure to the
island.

f

Long John Silver lost one of his legs in a
fight.

5 a

Billy Bones

b

Long John Silver

c

The map of Treasure Island

d

Because Jim takes it minutes before they
get into the inn.

6 a

That they are really pirates; they will take
the treasure and kill Jim and his friends.

b

Someone calls out ‘Land!’, so everyone
goes to look at the island.

7 a

He has a gun and he can

shoot

well.

b

Is this your handkerchief? I think you

dropped

it.

8 Friends of the captain.

The pirates shot him (or killed him).

9 a

They go to the house.

b

Because the pirates are trying to catch
them.

10 The picture on page 25
11 In the fight three people die and two were

hurt.

12 Open answers
13 a

Ben Gunn

b

to North Inlet

c

It is wet with sea water so it doesn’t
work.

14 three

They have to stay on the island.

15-18 Open answers

Answers to book activities

■ Communicative activities

Open answers

■ Student’s activities

Activities before reading the book

1 (a) by the sea

(b) a map
(c) to Treasure Island
(d) He finished his first book.
(e) Because he was often ill and he wanted

a place he could live and do his writing.

(f) Story-teller

2

Open answers

Activities while reading the book

Chapter 1

Page 1 to the bottom of page 8

1 (d), (f), (h), (c), (e), (a), (g), (j), (i), (b)
2

Open answers

3

He was a famous pirate and a very bad man.
His men come to the inn to look for Flint’s
map. Jim has the map.

4 They are going to look for the treasure.

Pages 8-18

1

(a)-(iv), (b)-(x), (c)-(viii), (d)-(i), (e)-(v),
(f)-(vii), (g)-(ii), (h)-(ix), (i)-(iii), (j)-(vi)

2 (a) 13 of the men go to the island.

(b) The pirates left Ben Gunn on the island 3

years ago.

(c) 6 of the men stay on the Hispaniola.

3 (a) He is an old man. He was a pirate and

was left on the island by the other
pirates.

(b) The pirates are saying that the island is

their island.

4 Open answers

Chapter 2

1 (a) To have a look at the house.

(b) Because it is strong and there is water.
(c) Because he hears the pirates. They are

fighting.

(d) Dr Livesey, Mr Trelawney, the captain,

Redruth and Hunter.

(e) They go down into the sea.
(f) One of the pirates shoots him through

the head.

(g) No, he isn’t. He comes to the house.

2 Open answers

Page 22 to page 28, line 9

1

(a) Ben Gunn
(b) Long John Silver
(c) Captain Smollett
(d) Long John Silver
(e) The doctor
(f) Jim Hawkins
(g) Israel Hands
(h) Long John Silver

2 (a) on, (b) up, (c) in, (d) out, (e) inside, (f)

across, (g) away, (h) to, (i) round, (j)
through, (k) behind, (l) under

3 Open answers

Page 28, line 10 to the end of the story

1

(h), (d), (e), (l), (j), (b), (g), (c), (i), (a), (f), (k)

Answers to Factsheet activities

2

(a) Silver
(b) Doctor Livesey
(c) Silver
(d) Doctor Livesey
(e) Captain Smollett
(f) Jim

3 Open answers

Activities after reading the book

Open answers

2

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