The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

WORKSHEET 1: CHAPTERS 1–3

A. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

art cupboard flower furniture knife plan angry noise

1. Tom took jam from the ........................... .
2. Aunt Polly was ........................... with Tom for a minute, then she laughed.
3. “I’m painting the fence. It’s ........................... ,” Tom said.
4. People took the new family’s ........................... into the house.
5. Tom wanted to see Becky again and tried to think of a ........................... .
6. Becky gave Tom a big, white ........................... .
7. The boys heard a ........................... in the cemetery.
8. Injun Joe took Muff’s ........................... and killed Dr Robinson.

B. Who did it? Fill in the correct names. You can use the same name more than once.
1. ........................... gave Tom a punishment.
2. ........................... had to work on Saturday. Tom Injun Joe
3. ........................... gave Tom an apple.
Becky
4. ........................... was very beautiful. Huck
5. ........................... didn’t have any family.
Dr Robinson
6. ........................... and ........................... hid in the tall grass.
7. ........................... hit Muff Potter on the head.
Aunt Polly
8. ........................... killed Dr Robinson.

C. Put the sentences about the story in the correct order. Then match the sentences to the
pictures.
❏ Tom leaves the house when his aunt is ❏ The boys hear Injun Joe, Muff Potter and
asleep. Dr Robinson in the cemetery.
❏ Tom climbs up a tree in Becky’s garden. ❏ Tom escapes from Aunt Polly.
❏ Huck shows Tom a dead cat. ❏ Tom’s friend, Jimmy, gives him an apple.

a b c

d e f

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WORKSHEET 2: CHAPTERS 4 AND 5

A. Look at the pictures and fill in the missing word in each sentence.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1. Tom and Huck went on a raft on the ........................... .

2. Nobody knew the boys were on the ........................... .
3. The boys ate fruit and ........................... .
4. Aunt Polly sat down on the ........................... and she started to cry.
5. The boys hid in the ........................... .
6. Everybody turned round and looked. Tom and Huck were on the ........................... .
7. There was blood on Muff’s ........................... .
8. A lot of ........................... started to laugh.

B. Match each bubble with the correct picture.

1. We’re cold and wet. a

2. I’m sure Tom and Huck are dead.

3. Ghosts!
b
4. Stop laughing!

5. I don’t have to clean my room.

c d e

C. Complete each sentence with the correct verb from the box.

took went swam saw started asked opened told

1. Tom and Huck played and ........................... in the river.
2. Tom ........................... the raft and went back to town.
3. The people in the church ........................... to cry.
4. Tom and Aunt Polly ........................... back to the house, very happy.
5. The lawyer ........................... a lot of questions.
6. Mr Smith ........................... blood on Muff Potter’s hands.
7. Tom ........................... the lawyer the truth.
8. Injun Joe ........................... the window and jumped out.
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WORKSHEET 3: CHAPTERS 6 AND 7

A. Write the correct word from the box under each picture.

coins cave candles treasure wardrobe rock boat box

1. .......................... 2. .......................... 3. .......................... 4. ..........................

5. .......................... 6. .......................... 7. .......................... 8. ..........................

B. Find the words from exercise A in the puzzle below. Then use the words to complete the
sentences.

1. Tom and Huck wanted to dig for ........................... in

R O B O A T B
the forest.
V W D W A R T
2. In the haunted house, the boys hid in an old
C A N D L E S ........................... .
O R C K C A N 3. Injun Joe put a big ........................... on the table.
I D X B O S T 4. In the box there were a lot of silver ........................... .
N R R O K U N 5. Becky and her friends went on a ........................... to
the island.
S O T X M R P
6. Becky’s friends played in the ........................... .
C B C A V E V
7. “It’s dark and our ........................... are finished,”
A E S R O C K Becky said.
X F R O D T B 8. The men closed the entrance with a big, heavy
........................... .

C. Write T (True) or F (False) next to each sentence.

..... 1. Injun Joe and the other man wanted to escape from the town.
..... 2. Injun Joe and the other man started to dig a hole outside the haunted house.
..... 3. Becky had a party in her house.
..... 4. The passages in the cave were very narrow.
..... 5. Tom and Becky were in the cave for five days.
..... 6. After their adventure in the cave, Tom and Becky were ill for a week.
..... 7. Injun Joe died in the cave.
..... 8. Huck wanted to go to school.

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FINAL TEST

A. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

church river hungry fence grass noise plan aunt

1. Tom lived in a house with his ............................ .

2. Tom had to paint the ........................... white.
3. In the cemetery, the boys hid in the tall ........................... .
4. The boys played and swam in the ........................... .
5. The people came into the ........................... and the priest began to speak.
6. Tom thought of a ........................... to find the treasure.
7. The boys heard a ........................... , so they hid in a wardrobe.
8. Becky and Tom didn’t have any food and they were ........................... .

20 points (2.5 points each)

B. Match the pictures to the sentences. Then write the correct name(s) after each sentence.

a b c d e f

..... 1. Aunt Polly took me into the garden to paint the fence. ...........................
..... 2. I talked to Tom and gave him a big white flower. ...........................
..... 3. We hid in the church. ........................... and ...........................
..... 4. I was on trial for murder. ...........................
..... 5. I jumped out of a window and ran quickly from the town. ...........................
..... 6. I went to live in a house with a family. ...........................

18 points (3 points each)

C. Where did it happen? Match the correct place to the sentence. Use each picture twice.

a b c

..... 1. Tom met Becky for the first time. ..... 4. The children played in the cave.
..... 2. Tom and Huck buried a dead cat. ..... 5. Tom and Huck saw three men fighting.
..... 3. Tom and Huck were cold and wet. ..... 6. Everybody went to watch the trial.

12 points (2 points each)

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