THE LOST WORLD

Pre-reading activities

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the words below

1. Dinosaurs became extinct long ago.

2. Im a journalist for a big newspaper.
3. Last year, I went to a meeting at the Zoological Institute.
4. A famous professor said, Dinosaurs exist today in South Africa, but I was sceptical
about this.
5. He showed me a drawing and a photograph to prove it.

Exercise 2: Write T (true) or F (false) next to each sentence

1. Journalists sometimes go to dangerous places. T

2. There were no cameras or photographs 100 years ago. T
3. Dinosaurs disappeared from the world millions of years ago. T
4. Travellers in remote areas often get help from natives of the area. F
5. Even in the world of science, people sometimes laugh at strange new ideas. T

Exercise 3: Look at the picture and answer the questions.

1. What is surprising about the picture? The surprising about the picture is on the way
where the people walk, there are two dinosaurs.
2. Where do you think it is? I think thats in the rainforest.
3. Why do you think the men came to this place? Because they want to explore and
discover more things about the history.

Chapters 1-2 Activities

Exercise 1: Match the words in A to their definitions in B.

1. Die - stop living 4. Clarify make something easier to understand

2. Approached - came near 5. Forever - without ending
3. Marry - become a husband or a wife 6. Sincerely - honestly, genuinely

Exercise 2: Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. The journalist wrote an article for his newspaper.

2. Edward announced to Mr McArdle, I want to go on a special mission.
3. Gladys words changed Edwards life.
4. Nobody believed the professors fantastic story about dinosaurs. Instead, they thought
he was crazy.
5. The professor attacked a journalist last week.
6. A good newspaper story must tell the truth.

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Exercise 3: Match each character with a feeling or an action below.

1. Gladys Wants to marry a hero

2. Edward Wants to go somewhere exotic
3. Professor Challenger Doesnt like journalists
4. The policeman Asks, Whats going on here?

Exercise 4: Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook.

1. How does Edward plan to convince Gladys to marry him? He decided to go to a

dangerous mission in the Amazon rainforests.
2. Why does Edward say he is a science student in his letter to Challenger? Because if he
doesnt say it, Challenger wont let him enter to his house.
3. Why doesnt Professor Challenger like talking to journalists? Because he think
journalists only want to write goods stories and they dont tell the truth.
4. How does the professor know that Edward is not a science student? Because he makes
some absurd questions to Edward and he answers them.
5. What was Edwards answer to the policeman after the attack by Challenger? Edward
tells to the policeman to forget what he has seen because he was responsible for
everything.

Chapters 3-4 Activities

Exercise 1: Write each word under the correct picture.

a) Envelope c) Afraid
b) Bone d) Drawing

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the words below.

1. The professors discussed the dinosaurs at the meeting.

2. The professor had an interesting idea in his mind.
3. We sailed out to sea in a large ship.
4. Before he began to speak, he stopped and breathed deeply.
5. I dont believe you. Can you prove it?
6. Your story cant be true! Im sceptical about it.

Exercise 3: Match each speech bubble to the correct person.

a) Professor Challenger Two years ago, I was studying animals in the forests of South
America.
b) Professor Summerlee I want to prove everybody that youre a liar.
c) Lord Roxton I know the forests in the Amazon very well.
d) Edward What am I doing on a ship on the way to the Amazon?

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Exercise 4: Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook.

1. What did Professor Challenger find in the bag of Mr Maple White? He found a drawing
of a high plateau and in the top of it there was a strange animal, its looked like a
dinosaur.
2. How does the professor convince Edward the animal in the photo was a pterodactyl?
Because he showed to Edward an original bone of a pterodactyl and in a science
book there was the same bone.
3. Why does the audience at the Zoology Institute laugh at Professor Challenger?
Because they didnt believe what he said.
4. Why does Professor Summerlee volunteer to go on the mission? Because he wanted
to prove to everybody that Challenger was a liar.
5. Why does Edward offer to join the mission? Because it was his only opportunity to
prove to Gladys that he was a hero.

Chapters 5-6 Activities

Exercise 1: Find words in the puzzle to complete the sentences.

1. The professor told us to follow him into the forest.

2. I couldnt sleep because I had a vision of a frightening pterodactyl.
3. The bird has got a long, sharp yellow beak.
4. He shot the animal with an arrow.
5. If you shoot at a bird, you can kill it.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the words below.

1. The water in the lake was clear and cool.

2. I wanted my friend to accompany me to South America.
3. I saw a baby monkey in the zoo.
4. I fell and hurt my leg.
5. The men were shocked to see a dinosaur.
6. I didnt want him to see me so I hit behind a tree.

Exercise 3: Write T (true) or F (false) next to each sentence.

1. Lord Roxton believed in the journey to South America to look for dinosaurs. F
2. Edward, Lord Roxton and Professor Summerlee were happy to see Professor
Challenger in Manaos. F
3. Professor Challenger knew the way to the plateau. T
4. A pterodactyl took the mens dinner in its beak and flew towards the plateau. T
5. After Professor Summerlee saw the pterodactyl, he knew Professor Challengers story
was true. T
6. Zamba showed the four men an easy way to climb up to the plateau. F

Exercise 4: Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook.

1. What was inside Professor Challengers envelope? The envelope was empty.
2. Why does Edward compare the two professors to children? Because they were
competing all the day.
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 3. Why was it difficult to walk on the ground up the river? Because the ground was
covered with rocks and sometimes it was soft and wet.
4. What did Lord Roxton and the others see near the tree on the fifth day? They saw the
remains of a fire, an empty bottle, an old newspaper and some bones.
5. What happened to the four men while they were standing at the bottom of the cave?
When the four men were standing at the bottom of the cave, they heard a loud noise
and then an enormous rock fell from above.

Chapters 7-8 Activities

Exercise 1: Use the words below to complete Edwards diary.

1. Separated 5. Footprint
2. Bridge 6. Dangers
3. Across 7. Pain
4. Prisoners 8. Blood

Exercise 2: Put the sentences in the order the happened in the story.

1. Zamba stayed on the pinnacle.

2. Professor Challenger thought of a solution to cross the abyss.
3. Edward felt there was something mysterious about the plateau and he wanted to
discover it.
4. Everybody was surprised to see two dinosaurs; they looked like giant kangaroos.
5. The four men heard a strange noise and there was a terrible smell.
6. Lord Roxton spoke to Edward about the blue ground around the water near the
pterodactyls.

Exercise 3: Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook.

1. In Professor Challengers opinion, what do you need in order to find a solution to a

problem? To find a solution of a problem all you need its determination and
intelligence.
2. What catastrophe happened after the men crossed into the Lost World? The tree-
bridge fell into the abyss. They didnt have way back.
3. How did the explorers escape from the pterodactyls? They ran to the trees, because it
was the most save place, because the wings of the pterodactyl were too big to flew
between the trees.
4. What bad surprise did the men find after they returned to their camp? All their things
were in disorder. Their food wasnt there and their provisions were on the ground.
5. What does the dinosaur in the picture below look like? Describe it. The dinosaur in the
picture below looks like an enormous dog with a long a big tail. It has a small head
but it has a long neck. His skin is green and the top is brown. If we look the picture
we can see the dinosaur is omnivorous.

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Chapters 9-10 Activities

Exercise 1: Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. We usually travelled in the early hours of the morning.

2. I arrived at the scene of the accident.
3. Suddenly, we heard a loud scream.
4. The half-human face had hairs on its chin.
5. There was a wonderful panoramic view.
6. My mouth was dry and I wanted to drink.

Exercise 2: Find six words in the puzzle.

1. Alive 4. Alone
2. Stick 5. Inflamed
3. Beside 6. Bow

Exercise 3: Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1. Summerlees neck was inflamed and he had a high temperature.

2. While climbing the tree, Edward saw a half-ape, half-human.
3. Edward chose Lake Gladys for the name of the lake.
4. Edward walked to the lake at night because he wanted to be a hero for Gladys.
5. After Edward sat on a high rock, he understood apes were in control of the Lost
World.

Exercise 4: Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook.

1. How did Lord Roxton make the grotesque creature with green eyes and sharp teeth go
away? He took a stick with fire and put it on the eye of the creature.
2. What did Summerlee say to Challenger to convince him the four men must leave the
plateau? He said to Challenger if they died there, the world will never know about
their incredible scientific discoveries.
3. Why was it a problem for the men to make a map of the plateau? Because the plateau
was full of thick forests and they couldnt see the land around them.
4. How did Edward help make a map? He climbed up a tree.
5. While Edward was sitting by the lake at night, what did he see in the caves in the cliffs?
He saw fire in the cliffs.
6. Edward got a terrible shock after he returned to camp. What was it? He arrived to
camp and their friends werent there.

Chapters 11-12 Activities

Exercise 1: Match the word in A to their definitions in B.

1. Captured took someone as a prisoner 4. Objective - ambition

2. Exit way out of a place 5. Messenger- a person carries news

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3. Observing seeing, watching, perceiving. 6. Publish to print newspaper or book

Exercise 2: Use the letters in the canoes to make words. Then complete the sentences below
with the words.

1. React 2.Spears 3. Extraordinary 4. Build

a) The Indians waved their spears in the air.

b) The Indians were quick to react to the attack of the ape-people.
c) We admired the flora and fauna in this extraordinary plateau.
d) His dream was to build a large, new museum.

Exercise3: Complete the sentences with the characters below.

1. Lord Roxton shot the king of the ape-people to stop them before they threw
Summerlee over the cliff.
2. Edward wrote a letter about the adventures in the Lost World and sent in to Mr
McArdle in London.
3. The Indians didnt want the group to leave, but Motosawi made a map showing them
the exit.
4. Edward was sure Challenger had something secret inside his big, heavy bag.
5. Gladys married William Potts while Edward was in South America.

Exercise 4: Answer the questions. Write the answers in your notebook.

1. What did Lord Roxton do after he escaped from the ape-people? He returned to the
camp, explained to Edward the problem and the two men took the rifles and went to
save the others.
2. How did Edward feel about leaving the plateau? He felt happy about return home but
a little bit sad too.
3. What happened after Challenger opened the bag to show the baby pterodactyl to the
people at the Zoological Institute? People in the Zoological Institute started to shout
and the pterodactyl was frightened and it escaped through an open window.
4. Lord Roxton invited the two professors and Edward to dinner. What important
information did he tell them? He told to them that he found some rocks by the
pterodactyls pool, and now he tests them and they are real. He has more than
twenty diamonds, and his value is more than
5. What did Professor Challenger plan to do with his share of the money? He will build a
private museum.

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 CROSS-CURRICULAR FOCUS
Dinosaurs

Exercise 1: Help the T.rex choose the correct answers.

1. Pterodactyls lived near a lake.

2. Pterodactyls ate fish.
3. The stegosaurus had a sharp tail.
4. The stegosaurus only ate plants.
5. Tyrannosaurus rex means tyrant lizard king.
6. The T.rec had sharp teeth.
7.

Exercise 2: Read the sentences below. Then match A and B to make phrases and use them to
complete the sentences.
1. Sharp teeth 4. Favourite meal
2. Small brain 5. Front legs
3. Big animals

1. Iguanodon was T.rexs favourite meal.

2. Velociraptor had 80 sharp teeth.
3. The velociraptor attacked big animals.
4. Brachiosaurus had a small brain, like the stegosaurus.
5. Brachiosaurus had long front legs.