CLASS 11 · HORNBILL · CHAPTER 2
Original student-friendly answers for We’re Not Afraid to Die…if We Can All Be Together and its textbook activities.
10 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
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Question Understanding the Text
Follow the damage and the repair efforts.
The storm damages the boat; each family member helps, and their teamwork keeps them going.
Question Understanding the Text
Use what they say and do when they are hurt.
Jonathan encourages the family, and Suzanne stays calm despite her injuries.
Question Understanding the Text
Connect the family’s words with their actions.
The title reflects the family’s unity and courage during danger.
Question Talking about the Text / Writing
Name the challenge and explain how people can share tasks.
Explain a challenge and how sharing tasks helps solve it.
Question Expressions before the text
Use the voyage context to explain what each phrase describes.
Improving sailing skills; tiny islands in a huge sea; a silence warning of danger; messy hair; urgent distress calls.
Question Understanding the text 1–3
Separate storm preparations, flood repairs, the family’s changing feelings, and the three stages of the journey.
He secured the boat and prepared for evacuation, then steered, patched the hull, and pumped out water. The family was exhausted and frightened but hopeful and united. Sections: storm and damage; survival and island search; landfall and rescue.
Question Talking about the text 1–4
Use events from the story and give reasons for your own view of adventure.
Adults respond with practical work while the children encourage them. Hope supports action and teamwork. Expeditions can satisfy curiosity and challenge, but they require careful preparation.
Question Thinking about language 1–4
Give local words for storms and boats; “catamaran” comes from Tamil kattumaram.
Answers vary by language. Catamaran comes from Tamil kattumaram (“tied logs”); boat songs often express work, nature, longing, or hope.
Question Working with words 1–3
Use the sentence context to distinguish each ship term from its other meaning.
Examples: knot—a tied loop; stern—strict; boom—a loud sound; hatch—an opening; anchor—a news presenter. Airship: lighter-than-air craft; flagship: lead ship; lightship: floating warning light. “Take on” means hire.
Question Things to do 1–3
Use the front/back and sail functions to label the yacht, then find the southern Indian Ocean.
Bow front; stern back; mast holds sail; mainsail is the large sail; boom supports it; cockpit is the steering area; cabin is shelter; rudder steers. Ile Amsterdam is in the southern Indian Ocean between South Africa and Australia.