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Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Follow the rescue sequence and recognise that refloating did not mean survival.
Rescuers Try to Save Stranded Pilot Whales at Ngawi
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
What happened to the two whales returned to the sea?
Correct answer: B — They were among the last four survivors that later died
Why: Euronews reported that the two were included among the last four surviving whales that later died.
Clue in the story: Euronews reported that the last four survivors later died, including the two returned to the water. Estimates of how many whales came ashore varied, and the cause of the stranding remains unknown.
When were two whales helped back into the sea?
Correct answer: C — During high tide
Why: The second paragraph places the return during high tide. It does not say that the animals survived afterwards.
Clue in the story: Conservation staff, the rescue group Project Jonah and local people worked to keep the surviving animals cool and wet. Two whales were helped back into the sea during high tide.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Explain how people helped the whales at high tide and what Euronews later reported about those animals.
One possible answer: Helpers returned two whales to the sea during high tide. Euronews later reported that both were among the last four survivors that died.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.
Grammar to discuss
Past passive
Two whales were helped back into the sea during high tide.
Were helped is the past passive: were + past participle. It puts the whales receiving help at the start of the sentence.