Rudyard Kipling

Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling. Born: 30 December 1865 in Bombay (now called Mumbai), India. Most famous book: The Jungle Book (1894). Other books: The Second Jungle Book (1895), Captains Courageous…

Writing - Understanding the text

Complete Brian’s diary. Monday, February 10 Today was cool. Susan, Jim and I went to the old Jim discovered so we could explore. It was really scary. It was all foggy and dark. We climbed over the and…

The Characters

Odd one out!

Find the odd word in each line and then write a sentence with one of them. river fish hand castle sea friar foot abbey ocean rat head church forest horse outlaw monastery

The weather (II)

Talk to another student about the weather in your country. Use the following questions to help you. What is the weather usually like in December/April/June/October? Which type of weather do you like…

Before you read Ch 07 01 (KET) - Promises

Listen to the beginning of Chapter Seven and choose the correct answer. When do the four friends go to the Wizard’s room? Where is the Scarecrow’s brain? What does the Wizard give the Tin Woodman?…

Reading

‘He’s alive!’ my uncle cried when I opened my eyes. ‘Look Hans! Axel’s alive! He’s saved!’ ‘Hello, Uncle. Hello, Hans,’ I said, weakly. ‘Where am I? What day is it? What time is…

A graphic novel

Print the PDF file and do the activity.

Reading

I was at home for about ten days when a friend of mine came to see me. Captain Robinson owned a ship called the Hope-well and he wanted me to sail with him. At first I did not want to go but he offered…

Grammar (II)

Complete these sentences with the Active or Passive form of the verb in brackets. Make sure that you put the verb into the correct tense! He yesterday evening. He his car into a tree. (kill / crash) A…