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= = = = =__ Test your vocabulary __= =http://www.cram.com/flashcards/the-ferryman-and-indian-folk-tale-7077921= = = =An indian folktale =

= = = = =Complete the numbers of the text with the appropiate sentence=

=Just then the sky darkened and black clouds appeard. The wind  got up and the boat began to rock alarmingly. There was a distant  thunder . Rapidly the weather worsened . = = The waves got stronger and bigger and suddenly  the boat began to sink . “We´ll have to swim for it,” shouted the ferryman. = =The scientist clutched <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> his briefcase <span style="color: #f51f46; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">fearfully <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">. “Oh dear. I cannot swim. I never learnt!” he cried. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Just then both men fell into the water. The old ferryman swam slowly to the <span style="color: #ed1e42; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> shore <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">and got out, <span style="color: #f01764; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">wet <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> and shivering, onto the <span style="color: #ed143c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">river bank <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">. But the scientist, <span style="color: #eb0d91; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">clutching <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> his important briefcase, <span style="color: #ed143a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> sank <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> and disappeared under the waters of the Ganges. =

__** a) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Complete each sentence with a suitable word. __ = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">b) Thinking about it = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">c) __Thinking it through__ = = = = = ==
 * 1) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The ferryman carried people across the _ in his boat. =
 * 2) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">One day a ............wanted to cross the river. =
 * 3) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The man <span style="color: #e31a28; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> carried <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> a ___. =
 * 4) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The man asked the ferryman if he had ever studied __. =
 * 5) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The ferryman explained that he had never been to _. =
 * 6) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The man told the ferryman that he was a __. =
 * 7) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Suddenly the weather got ___. =
 * 8) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The boat began to _. =
 * 1) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How do you know the story took place in India? =
 * 2) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Make a comparative list of the things you know about the ferryman, and the things you know about the professor. =
 * 3) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Why did the ferryman like his job? =
 * 4) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Do you think the ferryman really knew nothing about science? Explain your answer? =
 * 5) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What do you think happened at the end of the story? =
 * 1) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Was the scientist a <span style="color: #da0e5c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> likeable <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> man? Give reasons for your answer. =
 * 2) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The ferryman said he felt “worthless”. Why did he? What does this mean? =
 * 3) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Who do you think was the wiser – the ferryman or the scientist? Give your reasons. =
 * 4) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What lesson can we <span style="color: #e21a67; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> learn <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">from this story? =
 * 5) =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Where do we learn most – at home or school? Explain your answer. =