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The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

Book key 13 a the people of Zughb
b the monkey-men
1 a Iraq c the giant
b Alexandria and Cairo: Egypt d the giant
Basra: Iraq e the three giants
Canton (now Guanzhou): China f the snake
2 a elephant, monkey, snake g the snake
b captain, (giant,) king, merchant, pirate h the captain
c cave, island, valley 14 –15  Open answers
3 Open answers 16 a  Sindbad  b  the king  c  Sindbad’s friend
4 a  5  b  8  c  1  d  4  e  9  f  3 d  the king  e  Sindbad  f  Sindbad
g  2  h  7  i  6 17–18  Open answers
5 a He hasn’t got much money. 19 a  egg  b  stones  c  baby/young  d  dark  e  birds
b He is on an ‘island’, but the island is really a fish. f  ship  g  island  h  kicks  i  throws  j  coconuts
He goes under the water and the ship sails away 20 –21  Open answers
with his goods. 22 a  cities  b  cave  c  some wood  d  kind
c He meets the captain of the ship again. The captain e  horse  f  kind
has his goods. 23 –25  Open answers
d He buys a beautiful house. 26 a  3  b  7  c  3  d  3  e  7  f  7  g  3
6 – 8  Open answers 27–35  Open answers
9 a and from island to island.
b I was suddenly afraid. Discussion activities key
c big and white and round. 1– 6  Open answers
d and fell asleep there. 7 Possible answers to the first question: because he is
e then round the bird’s leg. bored; because he wants to have another adventure;
f and ran behind a great stone. because he wants to make more money.
g big and beautiful. 8 Possible answers: Sindbad is untying the meat from
h with the meat on top of me. his clothes. The merchants are curious/surprised. They
i and took the meat. don’t know what to do.
j and with it I bought goods. 9 Possible answers: The giant is holding a merchant
10 a They throw dead animals into the valley, onto the in his right hand. The other merchants are on the
diamonds. ground. They are very scared. Some of them are
Then they pull the meat up again, with the hiding their eyes or crying. The giant is very angry.
diamonds on it. He is shouting.
b He puts diamonds in his bag. Then he puts clothes 10–12  Open answers
round his arms and legs and round some meat. A 13 All the statements are correct except Sindbad finds gold
bird carries the meat – and Sindbad – out of the in the cavern; he finds diamonds.
valley. 14 –24  Open answers
11–12  Open answers
Activity worksheets
1 a  7  b  3  c  7  d  3  e  7  f  7  g  3
h  3  i  3

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The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

2 j TAUMONIN ……… mountain
a Why did Sindbad 3 Because he was bored
k MAINDODS ……… diamonds
go on his second and wanted to see
l PHIS ……… ship
voyage? other countries and
5 a One day we came to a big island.
cities again.
b The merchants went for a walk.
b In what way was 8 He went to sleep on c The merchants found a giant bird’s egg.
Sindbad very stupid? the island and his d The merchants broke the giant egg with big stones.
boat went away. e Two great birds dropped stones as big as a house.
c Why did the sky go 1 Because a giant bird f The wind and the sea took Sindbad to an island.
dark? flew over Sindbad’s g On the island, Sindbad met an old man.
head. h The old man drank a very strong drink.
6 Sindbad wanted to travel to India by road because the
d How did Sindbad 5 He put clothes round
sea was too dangerous. But the road came to an end
get off the island? his arms and legs and
and he found a ship at the mouth of the river Ganges.
then round the bird’s
The voyage was very dangerous and the sea carried
legs.
the ship into a cave. The ship hit the walls and broke.
e Where did the bird 9 On a big snake. everyone/everybody died except Sindbad. He was
land? carried through the cave. On the other side of the
f Why didn’t Sindbad 2 Because he couldn’t cave, the people of Serendip found him and helped
leave the valley of climb out. him. Only one man spoke Arabic and Sindbad told
the snakes? him his story. The people took Sindbad to their king
and the king listened to Sindbad’s story. The king
g What did he see on 4 Diamonds.
was very interested in Baghdad. He asked Sindbad to
the valley floor?
return to Baghdad and gave him a letter and gifts for
h How did he get 6 He put some of his the Khalif.
out of the Valley of clothes around his 7 a Baghdad.
Diamonds? arms and legs then b merchant.
round some meat to c 500 elephants (because each elephant has two tusks.
attract the birds and Sindbad gets one tusk in ten.)
i Who did he meet 10 Some merchants. d help
at the top of the e stopped
mountain? f money
8 –9  Open answers
j How did he get 7 He took diamonds
10 Possible answers: most of the voyages begin with
money from this from the valley.
Sindbad being bored with life in Baghdad; all the
voyage?
voyages were dangerous; he meets different types of
3 a  9  b  7  c  3  d  12  e  1  f  6  g  8  h  4 giant on many of the voyages (birds, snakes, a man);
i  10  j  5  k  13  l  2  m  11  n  14 Sindbad buys and sells goods; he always returns to
4 a SARMTENCH ……… merchants Baghdad a rich man.
b SMITE ……… times
Progress test
c GENTISTRINE ……… interesting
1 a Sindbad met the monkey-men. …3
d WERTH ……… threw
b The merchants broke the giant bird’s egg. …5
e NUDFO ……… found
c Sindbad married a rich and beautiful woman. …4
f KEMA ……… make
d Sindbad learnt how to kill elephants. …7
g DEMOV ……… moved
e Sindbad found diamonds. … 2 and 4
h SLEDAD ……… saddle
f Sindbad walked on the island-fish. … 1
i PHYPA ……… happy

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The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

g Sindbad was captured by the Old Man of the Sea.
…5
h Sindbad went to India for the first time. …6
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A B
Harun al-Rashid Baghdad
Sindbad Baghdad
The man-eating giants The island of Zughb
The giant snakes The Valley of Diamonds
The monkey-men The island of Zughb

3 In the first voyage, Sindbad goes to sea because he

wants money. The ship sailed from Basra and sailed to
the east. Sindbad traded goods. They came to an island
and the captain took the ship near the island to find
water. The merchants made a fire and the island began
to move. It was not a real island, it was a huge fish. The
ship leaves and Sindbad is alone. He is saved when he
climbs into a wooden box. Later, Sindbad works for a
kind King. At the end of the story Sindbad returns to
Baghdad a rich man.
4 a  island  b  ship  c  egg  d  stones  e  bird
f  mother  g  house  h  sea  i  wind  j  man
k  river  l  legs  m  drink  n  back  o  sailors
p  trees  q  monkeys  r  coconuts
5 1  c  2  b  3  a  4  b
6 a  3  b  7  c  7  d  7  e  3  f  7  g  7
h  3  i  7  j  3  k  7

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