Survival Story :worksheet

SURVIVAL STORY             

Once when me and my friend were camping in Northern Ontario (Canada), we decided to follow a trail beside a river. We were stupid and foolish and (kind of) didn’t tell our moms where we were going (we were only 12/13). Being the nature freak I am, I wanted to keep going and see the rest of the forest, we ended up going past the campground boundaries and across a river. About 15 minutes after, I noticed wolf/coyote and bear tracks and got a little frightened. Then about 30 seconds later, it started raining and got me and my friend stuck in the mud. We decided to wait out until it stopped raining. Gladly it stopped about 2 minutes later, So we crawled out, crossed the river BACK to the original side we were on, climbed a rock wall about ten feet high(gladly it was slanted a bit), walked back to our bikes and biked back in the rain.It would have been a lot better if we had a cell phone or some kind of communication with our moms(or a tarp to stop the rain and a magnesium stick and dry tinder to keep us warm) and yes my “preparedness” level has been higher ever since.

Use the  words below to fill in the gaps of the sentences that follow.

preparedness- tarp- slanted- tinder- boundaries- freak- trail- crawl

1 His speech was ……………to the demonstrator’s unrest.

2 Traffic was moving at a ……………………

3 …………………roofs don’t accumulate water during storms.

4 Many refugees are sheltering under makeshift…………………structures.

5 The objective is to have a clear parental…………….and provide the guidance,limits and structure necessary to keep teens on track.

6 Many times in life we give something the title of “……………………….” Or “…………………………”if we do not understand it, relate well to it,or are frightened of it.

7 The criminal knew that the police were on his ……………

8 If there was ever a moment of ill-………………………..this was it. The ecological havoc following the disaster was unforeseen.

Answer the following questions:

1 Where did the writer’s adventure take place?

2 What intimidated the young girl making her want to get back?

3 What made their return even more strenuous?

4 In hindsight, what did the girl realize?

Fill in with should, should have ,must, must have

1 You …………………….(check) your report thoroughly before you handed it in.

2 You ……………………….(not/watch) TV all night yesterday, that’s why you feel so tired now.

3 I saw Cynthia crying a few minutes ago. She ……………………..(hear) the bad news.

4 My doctor told me that I ………………(avoid) too much stress as it disrupts my sleeping patterns.

5 Sam ………………………….(smoke) when he visits Meg next week as she detests the smell of it.

6 Tod ………………………………..(drive) without his seatbelt on as that’s what caused severe injuring.

7 Law-abiding citizens …………………(pay) their taxes to avoid the case of being imposed with a fine by the government.

Below there are some quotes about hindsight. Match the first half of the sentences to their second one so as to form meaningful sentences.