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Listening comprehension - Dame Ellen McArthur
Downloadable worksheets:
PERSONAL INFORMATION (2 PAGES)
Level:
elementary
Age:
6-17
Downloads:
1281
introducing yourself and personal information
Level:
elementary
Age:
9-17
Downloads:
1220
The Americans
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
1172
5-paged worksheet on PERSONALITY (character) TRAITS. (1st part)
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
1053
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Level:
elementary
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
1159
Friendship
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
1125
Dame Ellen McArthur
Watch the first seven minutes of the video and answer the questions. You can watch the video as many times as you want.
1. What do you think is possible when you're a young child?
anything
nothing
some things
2. How old was Ellen when she sailed for the first time?
ten years old
five years old
four years old
3. What books did she read when she was a child?
books about animals
books about sailing
books about making your dreams come true
4. How long did she have to save money to buy a dinghy?
five years
eight years
four years
5. How old was she when she started saving her money?
ten years old
four years old
seventeen years old
6. What did she want to be, but couldn't?
a sailor
a nurse
a vet
7. How old was she when she started learning to sail?
seventeen
twenty-one
twenty-four
8. What position was Ellen in when she finished her first race around the world?
first
second
third
9. What did Ellen want afterwards?
to sail with some friends
to enter another around-the-world race and win
to be the fastest person ever to sail solo, non-stop around the world
10. What did Ellen call her new boat?
Boby
Moby
Noddy
11. On which day did she pass Australia?
Her birthday
New Year's Day
Christmas Day
12. What's the weather like in the southern ocean?
extremely hot
extremely cold
extremely wet