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Monday, 25 November 2013

She's sinking

1. Complete the table of information

Name of ship
Titanic
Name of shipping company
the white star company
length of ship
294 meters long
Date of maiden voyage
10th of april 1912
Captain’s name
Edward j.Smith

2.where was the titanic sailing to on its maiden voyage?
New York


3. Approximately how many people were on board titanic when it left southampton?
1500 people


4. why do you think the titanic hit the iceberg?
Because it was in the North Atlantic ocean where there is heaps of ice


5. why did so many people die?
because there wasn’t enough lifeboats


6. what is the signal ‘SOS’ a call for?
Save our souls


7.The Titanic is referred to as a ship and also a liner in the passage. Words similar in meaning are called synonyms. Can you find another word in the passage similar in meaning to ship?
Boat
 

8. find words in the passage that mean:
a Cut? Chop
b Died? Dead
c First? Won
d Cold? Freezing
e Crisis?Disaster
f Saved? Rescued




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