Step 3 Consolidation

One afternoon I was sorting out my _________ when I heard a huge noise coming from the bay. As we ran down to the _______, we saw an enormous animal jumping in the water up and down in order to inform the whalers of a whale out there for them.

With Old Tom guiding the way, we soon got close to the hunt, astonished to see a whale being ______ by about six other killers. Some ______ themselves on top of the whale's blow-hole to stop it _______ while others tried to stop it _______ out to sea Then a whale hunter in the boat ______ the harpoon at the whale and hit it. Soon the whale died. The killer whales ______ the body of the whale down into the sea. The body would ______ up to the surface of the sea about 24 hours later after Old Tom and the others enjoyed its lips and ________.

On another occasion, James, a whaler, was _______ off the boat. I was terrified to see a shark ______. Fortunately, Old Tom held James up in the water while the other killers were still attacking the whale.

(Suggested answers: accommodation; shore; attacked; threw; breathing; fleeing; aimed; dragged; float; tongue; washed approaching)