Star gate activity worksheets

PENGUIN READERSActivity worksheets LEVEL 3 Teacher Support ProgrammeStarGate PhotocopiableWhile reading 3 Answer these questions.Chapters 1– 4 a Why does Daniel think it is impossible for the1 Match the letters (a–e) with the numbers stone ring to be so old? (1–5) to complete the sentences. ……………………………………………… a Ra is ….. b How did the stone ring get to the United b Catherine Langford is ….. States? c Dr Ajami is ….. ……………………………………………… d Daniel Jackson is ….. c Who never makes mistakes? e Dr Rauchenburg is ….. ……………………………………………… 1) a world-famous archaeologist. Chapters 5–8 2) a young archaeologist. 4 Ten things are wrong in the paragraph below. 3) a boy who kills an animal. Find them and make them right. 4) Daniel’s old teacher. The StarGate is a metal ring that is softer than 5) an old woman who gives Daniel a job anything on Earth. It is about five metres wide. with the Army. The Americans are keeping it in a small house.2 Match the questions with the answers. There are signs around it, as well as five stones. a Where is the animal hiding? ….. There is also another stone, which has some signs b What are the boy’s eyes like? ….. on it. The signs refer to an ‘address’ in the ocean. c In 1928, what does Ed find near the When you move the stones on the StarGate to pyramid? ….. the wrong places for the address, ten lines of d What does Catherine find in Cairo in light shine into the middle of the ring, and a 1928? ….. square of light grows until the stone ring is full e What does Catherine do with what she of it. If you go into the light, you travel to the finds? ….. sun. At the other end is another StarGate, which f How big is the stone ring? ….. is inside a pyramid. g Who is Anubis? ….. 5 What happens first? What happens next? h How much time passes before Catherine Write the numbers, 1−10. shows the photos to Daniel? ….. a O’Neil makes a bomb in the StarGate i Why do the archaeologists at the meeting room. c get angry with Daniel? ….. b Kasuf ’s beautiful daughter offers Daniel j What does Catherine put on Daniel’s desk? some water. c ….. c Daniel, O’Neil, his men and the miners k When was the stone ring first created? ….. leave the valley with an old man in red l What are the unknown signs? ….. clothes. c 1) A stone with Egyptian writing on it. d O’Neil and his men frighten the 2) She puts it in her pocket. mastadge. c 3) Sixty years. e Daniel sees thousands of men, women 4) About five metres wide. and children mining white stone. c 5) The god of the Dead. f The men take some of their boxes 6) Groups of stars. outside the pyramid. c 7) An aeroplane ticket. g The miners go on their knees when 8) Ten thousand years ago. they see Daniel. c 9) A small udjat eye. h Daniel meets a mastadge for the first 10) Because they disagree with his ideas. time. c 11) In the grass. i The mastadge puts its nose in Daniel’s 12) They burn with a strange, cold fire. pocket to look for chocolate. c j Kasuf takes Daniel and the others to a city surrounded by walls. c c Pearson Education Limited 2008 StarGate - Activity worksheets of 2

PENGUIN READERSActivity worksheets LEVEL 3 Teacher Support ProgrammeStarGate Photocopiable6 Join these beginnings and ends of sentences g What does Skaara find in the box? ….. using because or so. 1) Bombs. a Daniel and the other men can’t get back to 2) Guns. Earth yet …………… ….. h Why do the Horus aeroplanes bomb the b O’Neil and his men frighten the mastadge city? ….. …………… ….. 1) Because the miners stopped working. c O’Neil tells his men not to point their guns at 2) Because Daniel and the others are hiding the miners …………… ….. there. d Kasuf hopes that the strangers really are gods i How is Ra going to make the bomb …………… ….. stronger? ….. 1) he doesn’t want to frighten them. 1) He is going to make it bigger. 2) he doesn’t want them to get in trouble. 2) He is going to use a piece of his white 3) they can’t find a stone with Earth’s address stone. on it. j Why does Ra want Daniel to be alive 4) it runs away. again? …..7 Tick the thing that you think happens next. 1) Because he likes Daniel. a The people tell Daniel that he is Ra, 2) Because he wants Daniel to kill the and he stays on their world as their king. c soldiers. b The man with the dog’s head goes to Chapters 13–16 Earth and makes humans his prisoners. c 9 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)? c The man with the dog’s head goes to a Sha’uri thinks that Daniel is alive. c Earth and makes everyone happy. c b Anubis puts his weapon in O’Neil’sChapters 9–12 hands. c8 Choose the right answers, 1 or 2. c O’Neil shoots at Ra. c a Why do Kasuf and the heads of the city give d O’Neil has kept the bomb a secret. c Sha’uri to Daniel as a wife? ….. e Ra keeps all the white stone in his 1) Because they think that Daniel is a god. star-ship. c 2) Because Daniel misses his real wife. f Ra, Anubis and the Horus guards really b How does O’Neil find Daniel? ….. are gods. c 1) He asks Kasuf for help. g When Ra loses his arm, it doesn’t hurt. c 2) He gets some help from a mastadge. h Sha’uri’s people are happy that she, c Who are Sha’uri’s people really? ….. Daniel and O’Neil are alive. c 1) They are Egyptians. 10 Discuss this question with another student. 2) They are Martians. What do you think? d Why did Ra put an end to reading and How do Daniel and O’Neil use the circle of light writing? ….. against Ra, Anubis and the bomb? 1) Because he doesn’t want his people to After reading know anything. 11 Work in pairs. Ask each other questions about 2) Because he doesn’t know how to read and the story. write. Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not? Did e Where did the Egyptians hide the StarGate on you think that it was entertaining? Why or why Earth? ….. not? 1) In a cave in the Rocky Mountains. 12 Work in pairs. 2) In the ground at Giza. Discuss Daniel’s future. What do you think he f Who kills Daniel? ….. will do after he returns to the earth? Why do you 1) Ra, the sun god. think this? 2) Anubis, the dog-man. c Pearson Education Limited 2008 StarGate - Activity worksheets 2 of 2

PENGUIN READERSProgress test LEVEL 3 Teacher Support ProgrammeStarGate PhotocopiableChapters 1– 4 Chapters 9–121 Who says the sentences a–l? 3 Write the right words in the sentences. a ‘Khet!’ ………… blue daughter Earth eat gun heart kill b ‘We’ve found something!’ ………… larger pyramid star-ship suns wife c ‘It says a thousand years …’ ………… a The sand storm is over the ………… . d ‘Please welcome Daniel Jackson …’ ………… b Feretti turns and sees something much ………… e ‘The boy needs to see a doctor.’ ………… than him. f ‘Men made the first cars over a hundred years ago.’ c Daniel and the others ………… in the square with ………… the heads of the city. g ‘An example of what? Please explain.’ ………… d Daniel is in love with Kasuf ’s ………… . h ‘Why did you bring up that stupid idea, Daniel?’ e The heads of the city give Daniel a ………… . ………… f The gods ………… anybody who tries to write. i ‘I’ve come to offer you a job, Daniel.’ ………… g Sha’uri makes the sign for ………… . j ‘Are you trying to be funny?’ ………… h O’Neil wants to go back to the pyramid before the k ‘The stone is ten thousand years old.’ ………… ………… come up. l ‘The Army’s scientists never make mistakes.’ i O’Neil gives Daniel his ………… . ………… j A strange ………… light starts to grow inside the circle.Chapters 5–8 k Daniel feels something hit his ………… .2 Underline the right words. l Three aeroplanes fly out of the ………… carrying a In Egyptian, the sign of the pyramid means bombs. ‘Earth’ / ‘Sun’. b The StarGate is in a cave bigger than a football / Chapters 13–16 soccer field. 4 Who are the people in italics? c The white stone is harder than anything / something a After dark, she went to the secret room and cried for on Earth. hours. ………… d O’Neil seems to be the only one who isn’t b He wasn’t frightened of Ra now. ………… frightened / happy. c They watched two Horus guards push out O’Neil, e Daniel and the others fly among millions / thousands Kawalsky and Brown and knock them to their of stars. knees. ………… f Daniel sees five / three suns in the deep blue sky. d He sat down in his golden chair and Anubis walked g Near the pyramid, Daniel and the others stand on over to Daniel. ………… top of a sand / snow hill. e The crowd was sure that the dog-god wanted to kill h Kawalsky calls Daniel a little rat / snake. him. ………… i The key that O’Neil puts in his pocket is orange / f ‘Well, guess what? I found danger, a lot of it!’ yellow. ………… j Hundreds / Thousands of men, women and children g ‘He told you this?’ ………… are mining white stone in the valley. h ‘As long as it’s working, he can always go there.’ k The beautiful woman offers Daniel some food / ………… water. i He put his arms round her. ………… l Daniel asks questions in Egyptian / English but the j Did he want to die more quickly? ………… man doesn’t understand. k ‘Tell her it brought us luck.’ ………… l Quickly, without looking back, he walked into the pool of light and was gone. ………… c Pearson Education Limited 2008 StarGate - Progress test of

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