Задание 7 Юнит 13 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 5 класс
- 7 Fill in the gaps.
Daniel Defoe’s famous character, title, facts, adventures, shipwreck, main, island, rescue, character, voyage, desert
The famous novel by Daniel Defoe was published in 1719. It described the surprising __________ of a man on a desert __________. The story was based on real __________ from the life of an English sailor Alexander Selkirk. Of course, the main __________ of the book appeared under a different name which became world famous. In the tradition of the time the original __________ of the novel was much longer than simply “Robinson Crusoe”. The reader could learn a lot from it — the name and the origin of the main character, the geography of his sea __________, the facts of the unfortunate __________, the number of years he spent on a __________ island and his happy, but strange __________ by pirates.
Look at the facts in the table and write sentences comparing the lives of Alexander Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe.
| Fact file | Alexander Selkirk | Robinson Crusoe |
|---|---|---|
| place of birth | Scotland | York, North England |
| went to sea at the age | 19 | 18 |
| because he wanted to | because of the shipwreck | |
| landed on an island | ||
| years on the desert island | five | twenty eight |
1. Alexander Selkirk comes from Scotland, and Robinson Crusoe is from York, North England.
2. Alexander Selkirk went to sea at the age of 19, and Robinson Crusoe went to sea at the age of 18.
3. Alexander Selkirk landed on an island because he wanted to, and Robinson Crusoe landed on an island because of the shipwreck.
4. Alexander Selkirk spent five years on the desert island, and Robinson Crusoe spent twenty-eight years there.
