Quiz
1 Complete the sentences with these words:
Waves, engines, deck , steam, ship, funnel, dark, paddle
1 The Forfarshire was a big, comfortable __________.
2 Daniel Donovan stood on the________ of the Forfarshire, Looking out to sea.
3 The sea was rough with big grey_________.
4 Mr Robb was a tall,_________man.
5 Black smoke came out of the Forfarshire’s _______________■.
6 There was a big_____________ wheel on each side of the ship that went
round and round.
7 The ship’s __________made strange noises, then stopped.
2 Put these sentences in the correct order.
a The engines made some strange noises.
b The Forfarshire left HuLL.
c The engines stopped working.
d Daniel Donovan saved Mrs Dawson's boy.
e Some sailors tried to put up a small sail.
f Daniel sawthat there was no smoke above thefunnel.
3 Choose the correct answer.
1 The Forfarshire was travelling to ...
a Hull in Scotland.
b Dundee in Scotland.
c Hull in England.
2 It was windy, but people weren’t scared, because ...
a there were sixty people on the ship.
b it was a north-east wind.
c the ship was strong and modern.
3 DanieLfelt iLl, because ...
a the ship was moving up and down a Lot.
b a big wave hitthe side of the ship.
c it was nearLy dark.
4 DanieL knew about engines, because ...
a he was an engineer.
b he was a sailor.
c he had traveLLed on a ship before.
5 Mrs Dawson screamed, because ...
a she wasfeeLing iLL.
b her son feli over and water carried him along the deck.
c she didn’t Like DanieL.
6 The big paddLe wheeL stopped moving, because ...
a there was too much smoke above thefunneL.
b the ship didn’t have a big saiL.
c the engines had broken down.
4 Choose the correct word to complete these sentences.
1 When Grace and William arrived at the rock, Grace was tired ' angry.
2 Grace knew that waves must meet thefront / back of the boatfirst.
3 William decided that alL / some of the people should go in the boat.
4 On the way backtothe Lighthousefour/ two men rowed the boat.
5 The little boat was/ull / empty and the sides were only justabove the water.
6 Grace threw water out of the boatwith her hat / hands.
7 In the lighthouse Grace helped Mrs Dawson / Daniel.
5 Put the letters in the correct order to make words to match the definitions.
1 Broken at sea bg a storm or by crashing onto rocks. (crwekde)_______
2 Somtthing you do wrong. (simatek)__________
3 With lots of things or people inside. (llııf)_________
4 To put all of your body on a bed or on the ground. (eli wodn)___________
5 When you have lots of things to do. (ybsu)___________
6 Sometimes people think dijferently about something that has happened. What do you
think about this story? Tick the correct answer
1 Thecaptain of the Forfarshire was doing hisjobwell. He wanted totake his ship and
passengers to Scotland, and he was right not to go back to land.
2 Thomasin Darling didn’t want Grace and William to go to the rock.
She was right, because it was a very stupid and dangerous thing to do.
3 Grace Darling became famous only because she was a young woman. William Darling,
Daniel Donovan and Thomas Buchanan were also very brave, like Grace.
4 Grace Darling is not a special story. Grace and William Darling were only doing their
jobs. People like firemen and policemen save people every day. Q
Thomasin Darling wrote a letter to her son William, telling him about the stormy night.
Correct the underlined words.
The Lighthouse, Staple Island
Dear William,
I have so much to teli you! We have had a terrible storm here. It lasted for forty-eight hours, and
the waves were more than two metres high! A ship called the Scotland was wrecked on the
beach. It was a small ship and it broke into foıır pieces. Some of the passengers climbed onto
Harcar’s Rock. I wasthefirst person to see the shipwreck and the passengers waving on the rock.
Yoıfffather and Grace then got the boat out and rowed to the rock, but only four people could get
in our little boat. The passengers did not help to rowthe boat back, and then your father and one
other man went to the rock a second time and savedfour more passengers.
Yoursister Grace is nowfamous, and the King is writing tothank her-it’s in all the newspapers!
Come home soon.
From Mother
