Lesson 10 The Loss of the Titanic

Reading The sinking of the Tatanic FTTTFT

Passenger Category

Number Aboard 6

Percentage Saved 83%

Percentage Lost 17%

Number Saved 5

Number Lost 1

Children, First Class Children, Second Class Children, Third Class Women, First Class Women, Second Class Women, Third Class Women, Crew Men, First Class Men, Second Class Men, Third Class Men, Crew Total

24 79 144 93 165 23 175 168 462 885 2224

100% 34% 97% 86% 46% 87% 33% 8% 16% 22% 32%

0% 66% 3% 14% 54% 13% 67% 92% 84% 78% 68%

24 27 140 80 76 20 57 14 75 192 710

0 52 4 13 89 3 118 154 387 693 1514

1 On what date did the Titanic sail for New York from Southampton? 2 How many passengers was she carrying and how many crew? 3 How many tons was the Titanic? 4 How did she compare with other ships at that time? 5 Why was she regarded as unsinkable? 6 If these were flooded, would the ship still float? 7 Had the Titanic ever sailed before? 8 It wasn’t her first voyage, was it?

9 How many days had she been at sea when the iceberg was spotted? 10 Where was the ship at the time? 11 What did she do to avoid direct collision? 12 How high was the wall of ice? 13 What was the heard from below? 14 What did the captain do? 15 Did the captain think the ship had been damaged? 16 Why did no one think the ship had been damaged?

17 What was actually happening to the ship? 18 How many of her compartments had been flooded? 19 What order was given to the people on board? 20 Why were so many lives lost?

Asking questions: 1 the Titanic sailed from Southampton (where) 2 she was carrying 1,316 passengers. (how many) 3 she was regarded as unsinkable. (why) 4 she had sixteen watertight compartments. (how many) 5 an iceberg was spotted. (How many days after their setting out) 6 the ship turned sharply. (why) 7 the wall of ice rose over 100 feet out of the water. (how high)

8 the captain realized the ship was sinking. (what) 9 five of her compartments had been flooded. (how many) 10 1, 500 lives were lost. (how many)

Asking questions: 1 the Titanic sailed from Southampton (where) Where did the Titanic sail? Which place did the Titanic sail from? 2 she was carrying 1,316 passengers. (how many) How many passengers was she carrying? 3 she was regarded as unsinkable. (why) Why was she regarded as unsinkable? 4 she had sixteen watertight compartments. (how many) How many watertight compartments did she have?

5 an iceberg was spotted. (How many days after setting out) How many days was an iceberg spotted after their setting out? 6 the ship turned sharply. (why) Why did the ship turn sharply? 7 the wall of ice rose over 100 feet out of the water. (how high) How high did the wall of ice rise?

8 the captain realized the ship was sinking. (what) What did the captain realize? 9 five of her compartments had been flooded. (how many) How many of her compartments had been flooded? 10 1, 500 lives were lost. (how many) How many lives were lost?

The ship sailed. She was carryin

g 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891. The Titanic was a ship. She was not only the largest ship, but was regarded as unsinkable. She would be able to float. The tragic sinking will be remembered. A huge iceberg was spotted. The ship turned sharply. The Titanic turned in time. There was a sound, and the captain went down. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. The captain realized that the Titanic was sinking. The order was given and hundreds of people plunged into the water. 1, 500 lives were lost.