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Titanic
c . . . makes plans that show people how to
make something.
d . . . is a person who works on a ship.
e . . . is a person who sends messages.
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a ___The Titanic was made in Northern
Ireland.
b ___All the passengers on the Titanic were
rich.
c ___The Titanic went slower because there
were icebergs in the North Atlantic.
d ___Nobody saw the iceberg in front of the
ship.
e ___Some people in the United States heard
the Titanic’s first emergency message.
f ___All of the lifeboats were full.
g ___The Titanic broke into two halves when
it sank.
h ___The Californian was near the Titanic
but it arrived too late to help.
i ___The 1997 film Titanic was all true.
j ___Millvina Dean went under the sea to
look at the Titanic.
4 Put these sentences in the right order.
a ___For 4 days, the passengers were happy.
b ___An iceberg hit the side of the ship.
c ___The Titanic went under the water.
d ___The Titanic was made in 1912.
e ___711 of the Titanic’s passengers arrived
in New York.
f ___The Carpathia arrived to help.
g ___The Titanic went from Southampton.
h ___The Titanic’s radio operator sent the
message ‘CQD’.
i ___In 1985, some sailors saw the Titanic
under the sea.
j ___Water came into five compartments.
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2 Who said this? Benjamin Guggenheim, J.
Bruce Ismay, Millvina Dean, Thomas
Andrews, John Jacob Astor
A
1 ___Daniel Buckley got into a lifeboat . . .
2 ___Mrs Straus stayed on the ship because
she wanted to . . .
3 ___When Captain Lord first heard about
the rockets, he . . .
4 ___Captain Rostron went towards the
Titanic quickly because he . . .
5 ___When Anna Turja arrived in America, a
doctor helped her to . . .
B
a . . . stay with her husband.
b . . . get to her brother’s house.
c . . . wanted to help.
d . . . and put on a woman’s hat.
e . . . went to bed.
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3 Match a number from A with a letter from B.
A
1 ___A passenger . . .
2 ___A radio operator . . .
3 ___A captain . . .
4 ___A sailor . . .
5 ___A designer . . .
B
a . . . is in charge of a ship.
b . . . is a person who pays to travel on a ship.
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5 Match a number from A with a letter from B
to make complete sentences.
a ‘Come on, captain, let’s get there early.’
____________.
b ‘Can’t I go with my wife?’ ____________.
c ‘Now we are ready to die.’ ____________.
d ‘The Titanic can never sink.’
____________.
e ‘I was here, eighty-five years ago.’
____________.
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Test
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Titanic
Places
People
Choose the best answer.
Choose the best answer.
1 The Titanic was made in _____.
a ■ Scotland ​b ■ Northern Ireland ​
c ■ Wales ​d ■ England
2 After the Titanic left England, it stopped in
_____ and Ireland.
a ■ Wales ​b ■ Spain ​c ■ Scotland ​
d ■ France
3 Third-class passengers had small cabins on
_____ near the bottom of the ship.
a ■ E deck ​b ■ the boat deck ​c ■ C deck ​
d ■ A deck
4 When the Titanic hit an iceberg, the nearest
ship was the _____.
a ■ Carpathia ​b ■ Californian ​
c ■ Oceanic ​d ■ Britannic
5 Some people _____ heard the emergency radio
message from the Titanic.
a ■ in England ​b ■ on the Californian ​
c ■ in America ​d ■ in Ireland
6 Sailors found a Japanese man alive on _____
in the water.
a ■ a door ​b ■ an iceberg ​c ■ a window ​
d ■ a boat
7 Four days after the Titanic sank, the Carpathia
brought the passengers to _____.
a ■ Southampton ​b ■ Cork ​c ■ London ​
d ■ New York
8 When she arrived in America, Anna Turja
went to meet her brother in _____.
a ■ New York ​b ■ Halifax ​c ■ Ohio ​
d ■ California
9 Carla Jensen met her husband in _____.
a ■ America ​b ■ England ​c ■ Scotland ​
d ■ Denmark
10 Daniel Buckley went to _____ to be a soldier.
a ■ Japan ​b ■ France ​c ■ Canada ​
d ■ Scotland
11 Mr Astor’s second wife Madeleine was _____
years old.
a ■ 18 ​b ■ 28 ​c ■ 38 ​d ■ 48
12 Edward Smith was the _____ of the Titanic.
a ■ Second Officer ​b ■ designer ​c ■ radio operator ​d ■ captain
13 _____ said ‘The Titanic can never sink.’
a ■ Colonel Gracie ​b ■ Thomas Andrews ​
c ■ Mr Astor ​d ■ Anna Turja
14 _____ was the youngest passenger on the
Titanic.
a ■ Sidney Goodwin ​b ■ Anna Turja ​
c ■ Millvina Dean ​d ■ Carla Jensen
15 _____ was the first person to see the iceberg.
a ■ Colonel Gracie ​b ■ The captain of the
Titanic ​c ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​d ■ Frederick
Fleet
16 After the Titanic hit the iceberg, _____ sent an
emergency message on the radio.
a ■ Mr Straus ​b ■ Captain Lord ​
c ■ Jack Phillips ​d ■ J. Bruce Ismay
17 _____ stayed on the Titanic with her husband.
a ■ Mrs Straus ​b ■ Anna Turja ​c ■ Mrs Astor ​d ■ Carla Jensen
18 _____ got into a lifeboat and put on a
woman’s hat.
a ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​b ■ Daniel Buckley ​
c ■ Thomas Andrews ​d ■ Benjamin
Guggenheim
19 All the _____ stayed on the Titanic.
a ■ officers ​b ■ third-class passengers ​
c ■ musicians ​d ■ men
20 The last person from the Titanic to go onto
the Carpathia was _____.
a ■ Charles Lightoller ​b ■ Edward Smith ​
c ■ Mrs Astor ​d ■ Thomas Andrews
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Titanic
Facts
Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
Choose the best answer.
21 The Titanic had _____ lifeboats.
a ■ 10 ​b ■ 30 ​c ■ 40 ​d ■ 20
22 Sometimes first-class passengers went to the
third-class deck to _____.
a ■ walk their dogs ​b ■ eat in the restaurant ​
c ■ talk to the other passengers ​d ■ listen to
music
23 There were about _____ tons of ice in the
iceberg.
a ■ a hundred ​b ■ ten ​c ■ a million ​
d ■ a thousand
24 The Titanic sank because there was water in
_____ compartments.
a ■ two ​b ■ five ​c ■ four ​d ■ three
25 The message ‘CQD’ means ‘_____’.
a ■ There’s an iceberg ​b ■ This is the
Titanic ​c ■ Help ​d ■ We are safe
26 The Titanic went under the water about _____
after it hit the iceberg.
a ■ three hours ​b ■ ten minutes ​
c ■ twelve hours ​d ■ an hour
27 Hundreds of people died in the water because
_____.
a ■ they couldn’t swim ​b ■ the Carpathia
hit them ​c ■ they didn’t have life jackets ​
d ■ it was very cold
28 When the captain of the Carpathia heard
about the Titanic, he said ‘We must _____.’
a ■ wait ​b ■ get there quickly ​c ■ send
rockets into the air ​d ■ go carefully
29 _____ had a baby, and called him John Jacob.
a ■ Madeleine Astor ​b ■ Carla Jensen ​
c ■ Anna Turja ​d ■ Millvina Dean
30 _____ wrote a book about the Titanic, and
died later in 1912.
a ■ Captain Rostron ​b ■ Harold Bride ​
c ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​d ■ Colonel Gracie
31 words that one person sends to another
a ■ film ​b ■ radio ​c ■ message ​
d ■ rocket
32 to put a dead body in the ground
a ■ fall ​b ■ send ​c ■ bury ​d ■ sink
33 afraid and unhappy because you think
something bad is going to happen
a ■ safe ​b ■ quiet ​c ■ warm ​d ■ worried
34 one of the floors of a ship
a ■ deck ​b ■ light ​c ■ side ​d ■ boat
35 not in danger
a ■ worried ​b ■ safe ​c ■ terrible ​
d ■ small
36 a very young child
a ■ cousin ​b ■ captain ​c ■ sailor ​
d ■ baby
37 to go down under water
a ■ sink ​b ■ hit ​c ■ help ​d ■ fall
38 a person who is travelling on a ship (but not
working on it)
a ■ designer ​b ■ passenger ​c ■ operator ​
d ■ officer
39 a machine that makes a ship, plane or car
move
a ■ rocket ​b ■ lifeboat ​c ■ engine ​
d ■ light
40 a small room in a ship
a ■ deck ​b ■ cabin ​c ■ engine ​
d ■ bottom
Events
Choose the best answer.
41 The Titanic _____ because of the icebergs in
the North Atlantic.
a ■ did not go slower ​b ■ stopped ​
c ■ went back towards England ​
d ■ went slower
42 An iceberg hit the _____ of the ship.
a ■ back ​b ■ top ​c ■ left side ​d ■ right side
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43 At first, the Californian tried to send a
message to the Titanic with _____.
a ■ their radio ​b ■ a light ​c ■ a rocket ​
d ■ a gun
44 When Captain Lord first heard about the
rockets over the Titanic, he _____.
a ■ went quickly towards the Titanic ​
b ■ went to bed ​c ■ started the ship’s
engines ​d ■ listened to the ship’s radio
45 The officers on the Titanic said ‘_____ must
go into the lifeboats.’
a ■ men and women ​b ■ the captain and
officers ​c ■ women and children ​
d ■ first-class passengers
46 After she got into the lifeboat, Mrs Astor
_____.
a ■ never saw her husband again ​
b ■ saw her husband in New York ​c ■ saw her husband in another lifeboat ​
d ■ saw her husband on the Carpathia
47 The radio operator on the Californian called
the Carpathia to ask about _____.
a ■ the weather ​b ■ the Titanic ​
c ■ the rockets ​d ■ the icebergs
48 Senator Smith was angry with _____.
a ■ Colonel Gracie ​b ■ J. Bruce Ismay ​
c ■ Mrs Astor ​d ■ Mr Straus
49 A _____ helped Anna Turja to meet her
brother in Ohio.
a ■ sailor ​b ■ musician ​c ■ soldier ​
d ■ doctor
50 The first film about the Titanic was called A
_____ to Remember.
a ■ Day ​b ■ Ship ​c ■ Night ​
d ■ Message
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