Listen to the recording and follow instructions; read and answer the questions

1. What is an interesting story in the news at the moment? Is it good news or bad news?

2 Stories in the news answer some or all of these questions. Read the short story and answer the questions.

1. Where did it happen? 

2. What was the weather like? Who was there? What were they doing?

3. What went wrong?

4. What surprising event happened? Who was there? What were they doing? 

5. Did the story have a happy or sad ending?

Check your answers

Answers:

1. 1. The islands of Atafu in the Pacific Ocean
2. 2. The sun was shining; three teenage boys were there; they were fishing.
3. 3. They didn't come home in the evening, and nobody could find them.
4. 4. Fifty days later, some fishermen found a boat with the boys in it; the fishermen were sailing in the ocean; the boys were living on fish and rainwater.
5. 5. Happy—the boys were alive and well.

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