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Joy English · Level B1 · Short storiesjoy-english.com

The Open Boat

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Understand past narration and the future in the past.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

lifeboat
A small boat for escaping from a ship.
wave
A moving line of water in the sea.
sink
To go down under water.

Answer key

  1. Most of the people on board got into lifeboats.“On board” means on the ship. “Got into” means entered.
  2. Crane was among the last to leave.“Among the last” means one of the last people.
  3. Every man thought each wave would be his last.“Would be his last” means might be the wave that killed him.
  4. He wondered why he was there in the boat.“Why he was there” is a question inside a sentence.
  5. His arm and leg were hurt when the ship sank.“Sank” is the past of “sink”. “Were hurt” is passive.

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