Aloha Lessons|Rescue Jack Sparrow!|Pre-Intermediate

Read the story before you start

You are two adventurers who want to work together with Jack Sparrow, because you are his big fans. Unfortunately, you find out that he has been kidnapped and hidden — nobody knows where he is. You decide to rescue him and, by doing so, you hope that he will offer you to join him in his crazy sea adventures.

In order to rescue Jack, you must go through a number of challenges. You must be able to demonstrate how well you know English to communicate with the captain and his kidnappers, and become part of his crew eventually.

So, let’s get started!

Here is the route of your adventure

Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare. All your sins punished. I can offer you… an escape-uh.

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You first get to Davy Jones Locker. He is not really nice and doesn’t want to cooperate with you. But after some talking, he decides to give you a chance and help you with the next place to go to.

You must go to one of the places that Charles Darwin once visited during his round-the-world voyage.

Read the text about Charles Darwin and choose the correct prepositions

Each preposition is accompanied by a letter, for example, (S) for. Choosing the correct prepositions, you will get 9 letters to decode your next destination.

Mistake 1

Say the tongue twister as quickly as possible:

Mistake 2

Name 5 scientists

Mistake 3

Say these words in English:

island	coins
flag	anchor

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When you arrive at the Galapagos Islands, you are attacked by a bale of huge turtles and taken captives. They don’t know what to do with you at first, but their leader decides to help you only if you guess the next place to go to.

Look at the groups of words and discuss which word is odd in each group. Say why and then click on the word

Go to the mysterious island.

Mistake 1

Say this tongue twister as quickly as possible:

Mistake 2

Name 6 adjectives that start with the letter A.

Mistake 3

Say something nice to your partner:

🔹about their appearance;
🔹about their personality;
🔹about their English;
🔹about something they do well.

Your route map

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On the mysterious island, Isla de Muerta, you find an old ship. You search it for several days and find a hidden safe under the floor. Inside there’s a secret coded message. You need to decode the message to know what to do next in order so save Jack from death.

Read the message and complete it with missing words

Mistake 1

Name 5 islands.

Mistake 2

Say the tongue twister as quickly as possible:

Mistake 3

Share one strange fact about yourself.

Your route map

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During the sail, the storm starts raging the sea. You are trying to manage it, but it is so hard that you don’t have that much experience to handle the steer. Suddenly, you hear voices from all around telling you to listen to what Jack Sparrow used to say, and you will be saved!

Listen to what Jack Sparrow used to say and complete the sentences. There are five words you do not need to use

almost / report / support / pay / girl / done / gone / gun / also / save

Mistake 1

Say the phrase from Video 1. Copy the manner of speaking.

«Mr. Gibbs, any particular reason why my ship is gone?»

Mistake 2

Say the phrase from Video 2. Copy the manner of speaking.

«Did no one come to save me just because they missed me?»

Mistake 3

Say the phrase from Video 3. Copy the manner of speaking.

«You need to find yourself a girl, mate.»

Mistake 4

Say the phrase from Video 4. Copy the manner of speaking.

«Captain, I wish to report a mutiny. I can name fingers and point names.»

Mistake 5

Say the phrase from Video 5. Copy the manner of speaking.

«Gentlemen!»
«My lady…»
«You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!»

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You anchor your ship near the island and head for the coast. There you find the palm tree you were looking for, the box under it, the key and the map.

But it turns out that it is not a map but just written instructions which are not possible to read as the words are jumbled. If you complete the instructions successfully, you will find out where to find Jack.

Order the words to make sentences and read the instructions

The place is the Frozen Ocean.

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Sailing in the middle of the Frozen Ocean, you get lost. You have no idea where to go and how to find Jack — everywhere there is ice and fog. Suddenly, your ship gets sucked into the water, and you appear to be on the bottom. Here you see a huge Kraken holding Jack. You do not have much time to set him free — you are mere mortals who cannot spend so much time under the water.

To beat Kraken, you must use your knowledge power and do the next challenge!