THE GREAT GATSBY WORKSHEET LEVEL 3

1a Look at the pictures. Write the correct words.

1 4

2 5

3 6

1b Read the descriptions. Write the correct words.

bootlegger drug-store gambler officer orchestra yacht

1 a boat that rich people have

2 a group of people that play music
3 an important person in the army
4 a person that makes or sells things they shouldn’t
5 a person that plays cards for money
6 an American shop. It sells food, things for people and for the house

1c What do the words in the above box tell you about the time and place of the story?
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2 Complete the crossword.

1
C

2 3
I C
4 5
N H

6
I

7
T

Across
1 A person afraid of dangerous or difficult things.
4 Nick Carraway is Jay Gatsby’s .
6 You get this to go to a party.
7 A meal of cakes and sandwiches that you eat in the afternoon.

Down
1 When things happen by accident.
2 To get money from family or friends after they die.
3 A person that does bad things he or she shouldn’t do.
5 A person that gives a party.
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3 Who said these things? Match the people with the words. Draw a line between them.

1 5
a Don’t talk. I want to listen.

b Maybe you don’t know, but I’ve had a

very bad time. My life is terrible.

2 6
c I want you to meet my girlfriend.

d When are you going to sell me your car?

3 e I’ll say her name if I want to! 7

f I thought that you knew me, old sport.

g They’re not good people. You’re better

4 than all of them. 8

h Gatsby was a fine, handsome young man,

and I knew I could use him in my business.

4 Read the sentences. Write TS (True Story) or GS (Gatsby’s Story).

1 His real name was Jay Gatsby.
2 He inherited a lot of money from his rich family.
3 His real name was James Gatz.
4 He went to Oxford University.
5 A rich man called Dan Cody helped him.
6 His parents were poor farm workers.
7 He was only at Oxford for five months.
8 He was an officer in the war.
9 He travelled all over the world with Cody.
10 He travelled to many cities in Europe.
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5 You are Jay Gatsby. Use the ideas to complete what will happen if you do or don’t do
these things. The first is an example.

1
I not marry she marry If I don’t marry Daisy,
Daisy Tom she will marry Tom Buchanan.

2
she marry I not
Tom happy

3
we meet I ask
again marry me

4
Tom
I ask
angry

5
Tom Daisy car
angry accident

6
she car I say
accident I drive
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6a What happened to each of these people at the end of the story?

Jay Gatsby

Nick Carraway

Daisy Buchanan

Tom Buchanan

Myrtle Wilson

Jordan Baker

George Wilson

6b Would you like to change what happened to them? How?

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6c Write a different ending to the story.

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