Activity worksheets The Leopard and the Lighthouse

2      Which is the right answer, 1, 2 or 3?

a Where are the people buying vegetables and fruit? …

1  On the beach.

2  In the shops.

3  At the market.

b What do the children do when they see the leopard? …

1  They cry.

2  They throw stones.

3  They run away.

c What do the men do when they see the leopard? …

1  They cry.

2  They throw stones.

3  They run away.

d What do the people do when the leopard runs to the top of the lighthouse? …

1  They shoot the leopard.

2  They go into the lighthouse.

3  They wait outside the lighthouse.

3      You want to know about the story. Write the questions.

a  Question: what are the people buying at the market?

Answer: They are buying meat, vegetables and fruit.

b  Question: where is the leopard?

Answer: The leopard is in the lighthouse.

c  Question: how long does the leopard stay in the lighthouse?

Answer: The leopard stays in the lighthouse for three days and three nights.

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4      Match the names of the characters in the box with the sentences.

Tanza   Jamal   Mohammed   Saied   Ahmed

a     Mohammed is the Head Man of Sindi.

b     Ahmed tries to shoot the leopard.

c      Tanza doesn’t like Ahmed.

d     Jamal is big and strong and talks a lot.

e      Jamal and Ahmed laugh at the young man with the special dart.

f      Saied takes the leopard to an animal park.

5  Who says these words?

a     ‘The leopard is very hungry and can kill our children.’ The people of Sindi

b     ‘Let the men of Sindi have a competition.’

Mohammed

c      ‘I can kill him with my knife.’ Jamal

d     ‘What’s your name?’ Tanza

e      ‘Is the leopard dead?’ Tanza

f      ‘My dart doesn’t kill animals.’ Saied

6 Write about Tanza and Saied. Fill in the blanks.

Tanza Is the daughter of the Head Man of Sindi. She is very beautiful and many men on Sindi are in love with her. Ahmed wants

to marry her, but he is old and Tanza doesn’t like him.

Tanza like Saied. He Has nice eyes and a kind face. Tanza and Saied get married and they have three children. Saied tells them the story of the leopard and the lighthouse.

7 Put the letters in the right place to make a word.

The men of Sindi have a competition

METIPOOCITN. The man who kills the

Leopard REDPOLA can marry Tanza. Three

HETER men try to win. Tanza doesn’t like Ahmed or Jamal, but she likes SLEIK Saied. In the end, Saied wins and takes the leopard to the Animal LAINAM Park.