This document provides a worksheet and answer key about the book "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne. It includes: 1. A list of means of transportation used in the story and the countries and cities visited by the main character Phileas Fogg. 2. Details about Phileas Fogg, including that he is rich, lives in London, has a daily routine, and enjoys travelling. 3. A summary of some of the key events in the story, including Fogg making a bet to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days and being arrested by a detective who mistakes him for a bank robber.

1. Starter Level Worksheet Answer Key
Macmillan Readers Around the World in 80 Days
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Around the World in 80 Days
Jules Verne
1 a Student’s own answers. May include:
motorbike walking car train plane van scooter ship
bicycle animals (elephant, camel etc) coach
b Train, ship, elephant are the means of transport used in the story
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Countries Cities
France Paris, Bordeaux
Japan Yokohama
England Liverpool, London
India Calcutta, Bombay
U.S.A New York, San Francisco
b

2. Starter Level Worksheet Answer Key
Macmillan Readers Around the World in 80 Days
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008. Published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT. Heinemann is a registered trademark of Harcourt Education, used under licence.
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Name Phileas Fogg
Lives where? London
Family? No
Rich or poor? Rich
What does he do every day? Has breakfast at 8.25, lunch at 12.15 and dinner at 7.
Goes to the Reform Club at 11.30am.
What does he like doing? Playing cards, reading the newspaper, travelling
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London
India
Hong Kong
Yokohama
New York
Liverpool
• Phileas Fogg makes a bet
• Phileas Fogg and Passepartout help a rich man’s wife
• Passepartout forgets to buy tickets for the ship the Carnatic
• Fogg and Aouda find Passepartout again
• Fogg pays eight thousand dollars for a trip on a ship
• Detective Fix arrests Fogg
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6 Student’s own answers
7 Student’s own answer
Why?
We are in Britain now. I am a detective.
I am arresting you. You will go to prison.
Because you are the missing bank
robber. You have got £55,000 in your
bag. The money is from the Bank of
England.
What do you mean?
I’m not a robber.