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A. Are the statements below TRUE or FALSE?

1. The place Chaga was taken to was just like he had imagined.
2. It was the first time the boys tried to open the door and escape.

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3. Bokhari told Chaga that the magician was a liar.

4. The plantation owners did all they could to keep the boys healthy.
5. Bokhari had been enslaved for 4 years.
B. Answer the questions in a complete way:
1. In Bokharis opinion, why were they slaves and not prisoners?

2. Was it easy for Chaga to fall asleep on the first night he spent on the plantation?

3. How long did the boys working day last?

4. What happened when the boys fell onto the ground?

C. Now order the events in Chagas story, as they are all mixed up. Did they happen
BEFORE or AFTER the text youve just read? COPY THE NUMBER of the event to the
grid in CORRECT ORDER:
1. Getting to the plantation.
2. They travelled by truck for a long time.
3. Bokhari taught Chaga how to survive in that place.
4. The Bicycle Man took Chaga on his bike.
5. Chaga was taken to a safe place.
6. Chaga felt scared for the first time.
7. Picking up other boys.
8. Chaga thought there was no one to enslave him again.
9. The armed guards took Bokhari away.
10. The Bicycle Man and Chagas parents met.
BEFORE

AFTER

D. Complete the sentences with the words related to the topic discrimination/racism.
trade shackles(chains) abolitionist torturers plantations campaign freedom racist
beat captive

1. All slaves want ____________________.

2. An ___________________ is a person who fights slavery.
3. Organise a __________________ in your school to help fight slavery.

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4. Unfortunately, there is slave ______________ in many parts of the world.

5. ___________________ people are ignorant and intolerant.
6. Many children are ______________ on sugar and cocoa ____________________.
7. At night children are put in __________________.
8. Armed guards use sticks to __________________ the boys when they dont work hard
enough.
9. Child ___________________ should be severely punished.
freedom abolitionist campaign trade racist captive, plantations shackles beat torturers

D. Put the words/expressions given below in the right column.

1. discrimination
6. indifference

2. human rights 3. chains 4. racial understanding 5. tease

7. respect
8. torture 9. social equality 10. name calling
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E. Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense to form the 2nd CONDITIONAL:
1. If they ______________ (not/care) about him, they _________________(not/be)here.
2. She ________________ (phone) her parents if she ______________(be) in trouble.
3. If you _________________(not/like) him, you _____________________(not/give) him
such a good advice.
4. If the police __________________(catch) all the slave traders, the African children
________________________(feel) much safer.
5. There ___________________ (not/be) so many exploited children if people __________
(get) along better.
6. If Peter _________________ (buy) the newspaper, he ____________________ (read)
the article about Child Trafficking.
7. John __________________ (help) some slave children if he ________________(work)
for Stop the Traffic.
8. If Sally __________________ (marry) Tim, they _____________________(adopt) an
African child.
9. If we only ________________(eat) chocolate with a TRAFFIC FREE GUARANTEE, we
______________________(give) more children like Chaga a happy ending.
10. Shop owners _______________________(contribute) to the decrease of the number of
trafficked children if they ____________________(sell) more FAIR TRADE products.
F. Rewrite the sentences using the 2nd conditional:
1. People dont do anything. The world stays the same.
If ____________________________________________________________________

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2. Chaga gets some money. He supports his family.

If ___________________________________________________________________
3. Mary isnt tolerant. She doesnt accept people the way they are.
If ___________________________________________________________________
4. There are slave children in the world. We dont try to expose slavery.
There_________________________________________________________________
5. We dont organise campaigns. We dont call peoples attention the child trafficking.
If ___________________________________________________________________
G. Choose the correct linking word/connector to complete the sentence:
1. Chaga couldnt get a bicycle ________________ wishing one for a long time (although/
despite/however)
2. I have _____________respect __________ admiration for racist people. (neither...nor /
both...and / either...or)
3. ______________ the sun was hot, Chaga ran. (although/but/in spite of)
4. I would like to raise some funds for Africa, ___________ I cant do it alone. (and/but/so)
5. Chaga ran _______________ he didnt want to go back to the cocoa plantation. (so/and/
because)
6. Chaga ran fast, ______________ he got very tired. (so/and/because)
7. A truck suddenly appeared ________________ a police officer saved Chaga. (so/and/
because)
8. Bokhari was __________________thin ________________ very ill when he died.
(either...or/neither...nor/not only...but also)
9. The Bicycle Man lied ______________ to Chaga _____________ Bokhari and took them
to an awful place. (both...and/either...or/neither...nor)
10. The boys in the truck _______________ talked _____________ laughed because they
were excited during the long trip to the Ivory Coast. (either...or/neither..nor)
H. Rewrite the sentences using the connectors in brackets:
1. Bokhari worked hard. However, he wasnt well fed. (although)
2. Sarah doesnt discriminate. She doesnt tease either. (neither...nor)
3. It was very dark inside the shack but the boys had to stay in there. (in spite of)
4. The shack looked dirty. It looked a bit scary too. ( both...and)

I. Choose ONE of the topics and write between 80-100 words on it.
1. So Chaga ran to greet his family. Chaga ran.

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This is how Chagas story ends. What do you think happened next? Continue the story.
2. Why do you think theres so much child trafficking? Where does this usually happen?
What can we do to stop it?
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