DBH 4, Casino Royale

Casino Royale
IAN FLEMING
Pre-intermeditate level Worksheet
Macmillan Readers Casino Royale 1

A Before Reading
1 Complete the crossword below, which uses some of the words from the story. The words are
scrambled at the end of each definition.
Across
3 Try to win money playing games (amlbge)
4 Carrying a gun or another weapon (medar)
8 Hurt someone to try to get information from them (rutetor)
9 A pouch to carry your gun (sterolh)
10 American spy agency (IAC)
11 French money before the Euro (rnacfs)
Down
1 A place where people try to win money playing games (oasicn)
2 Fall unconscious (tfian)
5 A set of numbers, letters and symbols used to send messages so the wrong people can't read them (deco)
6 A card game people play to try to win money (accabtra)
7 A spy who is really spying on the person they are supposed to be working for (oudlbe-genta)
8 Someone who sells secrets to another country (roratit)
2 This book is the first James Bond book by Ian Fleming. Who is James Bond? Do you know any other James
Bond stories? Have you seen any James Bond movies? List as many James Bond movies as you can think
of. What kind of person is James Bond? Write down five adjectives that describe him.


B While Reading
3 Look at the pictures below of some of the main characters from the story. Write four adjectives to describe
each person.
4 Below are some of the things that happen in the story. Put them in the right order. The first and last things
have been done for you.
–––– Bond falls in love
–––– A bomb explodes
––1–– Bond is given a job to do
–––– Three people are shot dead
–1–2–– Someone kills themselves
–––– Bond is kidnapped
–––– Bond is tortured
–––– A short stay in hospital
–––– A man appears who scares Vesper
–––– Bond meets a beautiful woman
–––– Bond wins a lot of money
–––– Bond realizes he is being watched by Russian spies
C After Reading
5 Vesper decided to kill herself and wrote a letter to James Bond. Imagine another ending for Vesper and
write a different letter.
6 Below are some thoughts from the nine characters on page 8. Which person was thinking which thought?
Match them up and give reasons for your choices. The first one has been done for you.
‘I hope he wins: my country is counting on it too.’
‘Ha! Only a few more million and I will be safe.’
‘Thank God Bond is alright, his country needs him.’
‘Three dead people; Bond and Vesper tied up but alive. Now how did all this happen?’
‘What else can I do? There is no other way out!’
‘(Yawn)…I’m feeling so tired…aaaaaaggghhhh!’
‘If he keeps winning I’ll have to shoot him with my stick gun.’
‘She is under our control, she must do as we say!’
7 There are many villains in this story.
Create your own villian: What should he/she be like?
What would you call him/her? Write a detailed description.
Felix Leiter