Activity worksheets

PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme

LEVEL 3

Rain Man
While reading
Chapters 1–3
1 Answer these questions. a What kind of work does Charlie do? ……………………………………………… b What is the problem with his business? ……………………………………………… c Why is he driving through the desert? ……………………………………………… d What news does he receive? ……………………………………………… e When is his father’s funeral? ……………………………………………… f How did he feel about his father? ………………………………………………
2 Discuss these questions with another student.
What do you think? Write the answers. What kind of person is Charlie? ………………………………………………… Do you like him? Why or why not? ………………………………………………… Do you think that he is right to do this? Why or why not? ………………………………………………… What kind of person is Susanna? ………………………………………………… Do you like her? Why or why not? …………………………………………………
3 Correct these sentences. a Charlie goes to his father’s house in Palm
Springs.
……………………………………………… b He loves the roses that he receives. ……………………………………………… c His father was sixty when he wrote the letter. ……………………………………………… d His father gave him three million dollars. ……………………………………………… e He is very happy about his father’s will. ……………………………………………… f He talks to a man at his father’s bank. ………………………………………………
4 Answer these questions. a Why does Charlie go to his father’s bank? ……………………………………………… b Why does Charlie go to Wallbrook? ………………………………………………

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c Why does Charlie talk to Raymond? ……………………………………………… d Why is Charlie astonished in Chapter 3? ………………………………………………
Work in pairs.
Student A is Charlie and Student B is Charlie’s father (pretend that he is still alive). Charlie’s father should tell Charlie that he plans to give all his money to Raymond. He should also explain why he wants to do this. Charlie should tell his father how he feels about his decision to give all his money to Raymond instead of to him.

Chapters 4–6
6 Match the questions with the answers. a What does Raymond write down in his notebook? … b What happens at the end of Chapter 4? … c Why doesn’t Raymond like his room at the hotel? … d How does Charlie make Raymond feel better about the hotel room? … e What does Raymond hear in Charlie’s and
Susanna’s room? … f Why does Susanna decide to leave Charlie? … g How did Raymond learn the waitress’s telephone number? … h How many toothpicks fall on the floor in the restaurant? … 1 Because she is very angry with him. 2 He read it in the telephone book. 3 Things that he is afraid of. 4 He moves the bed and gets him a pizza. 5 Raymond gets into the car and Charlie drives away. 6 Because it is different from his room at
Wallbrook.
7 Two hundred and forty-six. 8 The television.
7 Work in pairs. Write the conversation. Student A is Charlie and Student B is Dr Bruner.
Charlie should ask Dr Bruner about Raymond’s condition. Dr Bruner should answers Charlie’s questions and explain what Raymond can and can’t do well.
8 Write a letter. Pretend that you are Charlie and write a letter to
Dr Bruner. Tell him what you have done with
Raymond and explain why you have done it.
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Activity worksheets

PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme

LEVEL 3

Rain Man
9 Discuss these questions with another student.
What do you think? Write the answers. How is Charlie’s life difficult? ………………………………………………… How is Raymond’s life difficult? ………………………………………………… Whose life is more difficult – Charlie’s or
Raymond’s?
………………………………………………… Why do you think this? …………………………………………………
10 Finish these sentences. a ………… says, ‘What can I tell you?’ b ………… says, ‘Where