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  Blue Fins

  ( Macmillan Readers )

  Sarah Axten

  Macmillan Readers Starter Level

  Blue Fins

  It's hot. The sun is shining. The sky is blue. The hot sun is shining in the blue sky. Jen lives in Australia. Jen and her friends are not at college today. It is the weekend. Jen is on the beach. She's standing on the hot sand. She's waving to her boyfriend, Rick. Rick and Jen's friends are in the sea. They are swimming and surfing.

  — Hi, Rick!

  Rick is very happy. He has a new surfboard. The surfboard is red and white. Rick's favourite sport is surfing.

  (Rick) — I'm going surfing. My new surfboard is very fast. It's great!

  (Jen) — I'm going swimming. I'm going to look at the fish underwater. See you later!

  Jen walks along the beach. She sits on some rocks. Jen puts her blue rubber fins on her feet. She puts the yellow mask and snorkel on her face. The water is warm. Her blue fins splash loudly. Jen takes a big breath. She dives under the water. She moves her blue fins and swims very quickly. She goes down and down. She can see fish and plants. She can see fish and plants through her yellow mask. The fish and plants are very beautiful. The fish swim all round her. Jen can see yellow fish. She can see blue fish. There are green, red and white fish. Jen looks at the plants. They grow on the rocks. There are tall plants. There are small plants. Jen touches the plants. Some plants are soft. Some plants are hard. Fish live in the plants and rocks. Jen sees a sea-urchin. She doesn't touch the sea-urchin. It's dangerous. It has sharp spines. Jen swims up to get air. Her snorkel comes out of the water. Jen takes a big breath. She dives down under the water again. Jen swims past a large rock. Suddenly she stops. She sees a dolphin. It cannot swim. The dolphin is in a net. The net is round the dolphin's body. The net is round the rocks. The dolphin cannot swim up to get air. The beautiful, blue dolphin is dying. The dolphin moves its fins slowly. But the net is strong. The dolphin cannot break the net.

  — Hi, dolphin! I'll help you.

  Jen pulls the net from the rocks. She pulls the net from the dolphin. The dolphin is out of the net. The dolphin moves its fins quickly. It swims fast. The dolphin swims up and up. It takes a breath of air. The dolphin looks down at Jen. Then it swims away. Jen is happy. She tells Rick about the dolphin.

  Next day everybody is swimming. No one is surfing. The sea is flat. The sun is high in the sky. The hot sun shines on the water. The water is silver and blue. Men, women and children are in the sea. They are playing and laughing. Everybody is happy. The lifeguard watches the sea. He looks at the people swimming. Suddenly, he shouts loudly.

  — Shark! Quick! Get out of the water!

  The shark is swimming quickly. It is hungry. Its black finis above the water. The shark is swimming towards the people. Everybody is frightened. Sharks are dangerous.They have long, sharp teeth. Everybody swims towards the beach. Jen and Rick are swimming a long way from the beach. The shark comes towards Rick. Jen is very frightened. She shouts at Rick.

  — Rick! Look out!

  Rick sees the shark's black fin above the water. The shark is thirty meters away. Jen and Rick swim towards the beach. Now the shark is fifteen meters away. Jen can see the shark's sharp, white teeth. Suddenly, they see another fin in the water. A blue fin. It is a dolphin! It is the beautiful, blue dolphin. The dolphin is swimming towards the shark. The dolphin hits the shark. The dolphin hits the shark again and again. The shark swims away. Rick and Jen are safe.

  — Look, Rick! It's my blue dolphin!

  — Thanks, dolphin! Thanks for saving us!

  Test-sheet

  Put the events in the order they happen in the story. The first is 1.

  1 She helps the dolphin out of the net. | |

  2 The dolphin hits the shark. | |

  3 The shark swims towards Jen and Rick. | |

  *Jen and her friends are at the beach. | 1 |

  4 She sees a dolphin in a net. | |

  5 The shark swims away. | |

  6 The lifeguard shouts 'Shark! Get out of the water!' | |

  7 Jen puts on her snorkel and mask and dives into the sea. | |

  __/ 7

  Match the words in the box to the pictures.

  dolphin shark net surfboard snorkel rock sea-urchin fin

  8 ________________

  9 ________________

  10 ________________

  11 ________________

  12 ________________

  13 ________________

  14 ________________

  15 ________________

  __/ 7

  Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

  16 Rick is very happy / happily.

  17 Her blue fins splash loud / loudly.

  18 She moves her blue fins and swims very quick / quickly.

  19 The fish and plants are very beautiful / beautifully.

  20 Jen doesn't touch the sea-urchin. It's dangerous / dangerously.

  21 The dolphin moves its fin slow / slowly.

  22 But the net is strong / strongly.

  __/ 7

  Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.

  It's hot. The sun is shining(shine). The sky is blue.

  Jen 23______________ (live) in Australia.

  Jen is on the beach. She 24_________________ (stand) on the hot sand.

  Rick and Jen's friends are in the sea. They 25__________________ (swim) and 26_______________ (surf)

  Rick is very happy. He 27_______________ (have) a new surfboard.

  Jen 28_______ (take) a deep breath. She 29_________________ (dive) under the water.

  Jen sees a sea-urchin. She 30________________ (not touch) the sea-urchin.

  __/ 8

  Total: __/ 30

  Test-Answer-Key

  Put the events in the order they happen in the story.

  *, 7, 4, 1, 6, 3, 2, 5

  Match the words in the box to the pictures.

  8 rock

  9 net

  10 snorkel

  11 fin

  12 dolphin

  13 surfboard

  14 shark

  15 sea-urchin

  Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

  16 happy

  17 loudly

  18 quickly

  19 beautiful

  20 dangerous

  21 slowly

  22 strong

  Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.

  23 lives

  24 is standing

  25 are swimming

  26 (are) surfing

  27 has

  28 takes

  29 dives

  30 doesn't touch

  WS1

  A Before Reading

  1 What kind of animal is on the cover:

  YES/NO

  (a) a whale? ............

  (b) a shark? ............

  (c) a dolphin? ............

  B While Reading

  2 Start reading. Read to the end of page 5. Look at these pictures of Jen and Rick. Complete the sentences.

  3 Read to the end of page 11. Write four things Jen sees under the water. Look at pages 6 and 7.

  (a) ....................................................

  (b) ....................................................

  (c) ....................................................

  (d) ....................................................

  4 Put these sentences in the correct order.

  The dolphin moves its fins slowly.

  1 Jen dives down under the water again.

  The dolphin cannot swim up to get air.

  The dolphin swims away.

  Jen pulls t
he net from the dolphin.

  Jen sees a dolphin.

  The dolphin is out of the net.

  The dolphin is in a net.

  C After Reading

  5 Find the answers. Complete the crossword.

  DOWN

  1 Jen and Rick are not at college. It is the ...

  2 The animal has long, sharp teeth.

  6 The dolphin is dying. It cannot swim up to get ...

  8 This thing is round the rocks.

  9 The blue dolphin is ...

  10 This animal saves Rick and Jen from the shark.

  11 Jen sees fish and ... in the sea.

  14 The sun is ...

  ACROSS

  2 People do this in water.

  3 On page 3, Jen is on the ...

  4 The net is round the ...

  5 People drink this. They also swim in it.

  7 Sharks are ...

  12 The water is ...

  13 Jen has a mask, a ... and rubber fins.

  WS1-Answer-Key

  A Before Reading

  1

  a) NO

  b) NO

  c) YES

  B While Reading

  2 Rick's surfboard is red and white. Rick has black hair. Rick is wearing yellow shorts. Jen has fair/blonde hair. Jen is wearing a red swimming costume. Jen has a yellow mask and snorkel. Jen has blue rubber fins.

  3 Four of these alternatives: She/Jen (can) see(s) fish and plants/ blue, yellow, green, red white fish/ a sea-urchin/ tall plants.

  4 2 Jen sees a dolphin.

  3 The dolphin is in a net.

  4 The dolphin cannot swim up to get air.

  5 The dolphin moves its fins slowly.

  6 Jen pulls the net from the dolphin.

  7 The dolphin is out of the net.

  8 The dolphin swims away.

  C After Reading

  DOWN

  1 weekend 9 beautiful

  2 shark 10 dolphin 6 air 11 plants

  8 net 14 hot

  ACROSS

  2 swim 7 dangerous

  3 beach 12 warm

  4 rocks 13 snorkel

  5 water

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