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BEFORE READING1 a elephant e car

b balloon f camelc train g horse and carriaged ship h bicycle

2 They did not have cars in 1872. Apart from this, encouragestudents to call out single words or to make simple sentenceslike this:They moved from country to country by elephant.You could ask students to say which things they think are inthe story. (Don’t correct them at this point.) They will findthese things in the story: train, ship, elephant, horse andcarriage, and sledge (on the snow).

Activities pages 6–7READING CHECK1 a F b T c F d T e F f T g F h T2 Phileas Fogg, gentleman, c

Passepartout, servant, aStuart, gentleman, dFix, detective, b

WORD WORKa gentleman f servantb ship g worldc thief h bankd detective i clube passport j around

GUESS WHATEncourage students to guess but do not tell them the answersnow. They will find out as they read the next part of the storythat the answers are:a He talks to Passepartout.b He goes to a shop.c He writes to London.d He leaves Egypt.e He stays with Fogg.

Activities pages 12–13READING CHECK1 f 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 c 5 e 62 Kiouni

WORD WORKa station f clothesb railway g princec temple h telegramd princess i elephante priest j fire

GUESS WHATEncourage students to make up possible answers beforereading the next part of the story. Do not tell them theanswers now. They will find out as they read the next chapter.

Activities pages 18–19READING CHECK

a 3 b 1 c 2 d 2 e 3

WORD WORK1 cousin, prison, follow, arrest, court2 a prison d court

b cousin e arrestc follow(s)

GUESS WHATEncourage students to guess but do not tell them the answersnow. They will find out as they read the next part of the storythat the answers are:a Yes b No c No d Yes e No f No g No

Activities pages 24–25

READING CHECKa Passepartout gets the Carnatic to Japan.b Fogg, Mrs Aouda and Fix all go to Yokohama on another

ship.c Passepartout finds work in a circus.d Fogg sees Passepartout at the Circus.e Passepartout leaves the circus with Fogg.f Fogg, Mrs Aouda, Passepartout and Fix go by ship to America.

WORD WORK1 storms, circus, signal, wakes up, travel, passengers, pays2 a wakes up e circus

b travel f paysc storms g passengersd signal

GUESS WHATEncourage students to guess but do not tell them the answersnow. They will find out as they read the next chapter that theanswers are: b, c and d

Activities pages 30–31READING CHECK

a 3 b 2 c 3 d 3 e 2 f 2

WORD WORKa snow d rideb sails e fightc meeting f riverThe secret word is ‘sledge’.

GUESS WHATEncourage students to guess but do not tell them the answersnow. They will find out as they read the next part of the storythat the answers are:b 2 c 1 d 1 e 3

Activities pages 38–39READING CHECK

c 1 d 2 b 3 e 4 a 5 i 6 g 7 h 8 f 9

WORD WORKa captain f woodb church g sailorc coal h to punchd diary i poore to lock j to marry

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Project A pages 40–412 Dear Mabel,

Here we are in Italy. On the front of this postcard you can see apicture of the Colosseum. I like Italian spaghetti. Italian wine isvery good, too. We’re leaving tonight for Suez by ship.Perhaps I can write again from Egypt.Love,Fix

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Project B pages 42–441 Students draw Fogg’s route on the map. Encourage them to

look back at the story if necessary. The first part of the routeis:London, France, Italy, Port Said, Bombay, Calcutta (and across thesea to the east)The second part of the route is:(across the sea from the west) Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco,New York, Liverpool, London

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