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GENERAL COMPREHENSION Visiting the Endeavour - Marshall and Johanna Woods 1) What is so special about the ship Endeavour 2? Give a full answer! [2 marks] 2) Explain the last sentence on page 3. [2 marks] [Help?] 3) Pretend you are a sailor on Captain Cook's ship. Write a letter to your family telling them what your living conditions are like. [3 marks] [Help?] 4) Why did Captain Cook make his sailors eat lots of vegetables? [1 mark] 5) Explain the reason for the ship's bell. [1 mark] 6) Name another fact you learnt from this article. [1 mark] 7) Would you like to have been a sailor on Captain Cook's ship? Give reasons for whatever you say. [3 marks] [Help?]
8) What is your opinion of Scott? Give reasons for what you say. [2 marks] 9) Explain how Scott probably feels at the end of the article. Give reasons for what you say. [2 marks]
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VOCABULARY SKILLS Use "Visiting the Endeavour" to answer these Vocabulary questions EACH WORD BELOW IS MISSING VOWELS. WRITE THE WHOLE WORD IN YOUR BOOK, THEN GIVE TWO WORDS WHICH RHYME WITH THE ORIGINAL WORD: 12) S_ _L_D (p2) [1 mark] 13) L_ _RN_D (p2) [1 mark] 14) _ _GHT (p3) [1 mark] 15) T_M_ (p4) [1 mark]
16) DANGER (p6) [1 mark] 17) MAP (p5) [1 mark] 18) NINE(p4) [1 mark] 19) EXPLORE (p2) [1 mark] 20) Write TWO (2) sentences only. You MUST include any TWO (2) words from numbers 16 - 19 (either the base word or the extended word) in EACH sentence. [2 marks]
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