A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving in the sea, so he bought a rubber suit and all the other things that he needed, and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore the bottom of the sea.

He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he suddenly saw a man waving his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit.

The rich young man was very surprised to see him, so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil, which could write under water, and wrote, "What are you doing here?"

He showed the notebook to the other man, who then took the pencil and wrote, "Drowning!"

A       Answer these questions:

1. What did the rich young man want to do?
2. How did he prepare himself for this?
3. What did he first see at the bottom of the ocean?
4. What did he see later?
5. What was the man doing?
6. What was he wearing?
7. What did the rich young man do?
8. What did the other man write in the notebook?

B       Write these sentences, choosing the correct word under each blank space.

1. The teacher (given) (giving) _________ the diving lessons was very (experienced) (experiencing) _____________.

2. The young man being (given) (giving) _________ the (dived) (diving) ___________ lessons was rich.

3. The fish (seeing) (seen) ________ at the bottom of the sea were beautiful and (interesting) (interested) __________ to look at.

4. The man (waved) (waving) _________ his arms wildly was (drowned) (drowning) _________.

5. The pencil (made) (making) ___________ especially for (writing) (written) __________ under water was very useful.

C        Draw lines from the words on the left to the correct words on the right. Then write out the five complete sentences.

1. The bottom of the sea                          a. could write under water.

2. The diving school                                  b. liked exploring the bottom of the sea

3. The man at the bottom of the              c. gave the rich young man lessons.

4. The rich young man                              d. was drowning

5. The special pencil                                  e. was full of beautiful fish.