ACTIVITIES

CHAPTERS 1 - 4

Before you read

1. LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT OF THIS BOOK.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THE MAN IS SITTING, AND
WHY? WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO DO?
He’s in the park, because he was waiting for someone. He has seen
somebody and because and that is why he gets up to say hello.

2. CHECK THESE WORDS IN YOUR DICTIONARY. MAKE

SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM ALL.
AR
BOIL COAC GO GRENA HARMON IDI JUNG
M
ER H AL DE ICA OT LE
Y
ejércit hervid entrena idiot
gol granada armónica selva
o or dor a

FIND THE RIGHT WORD(S) FOR THESE SENTENCES.

a. A group of people who fight to protect their country.
ARMY
b. Two words you can use in a conversation about football.
COAH / GOAL
c. A stupid person.
IDIOT
d. Something that can get very hot.
BOILER
e. Something that can kill people.
GRENADE
 3. FIND THE PICTURE WHERE YOU CAN SEE
A) a harmonica
A boy was playing while he was sitting in his room.
B) a jungle
They were in the war, therefore the enemies were shooting.
He ran fast, frightened because he was shouting and creaming as
loudly as he could.

After you read

4. WHERE DO THESE SENTENCES COME IN THE STORY?

PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
a. Jenny arrived at our house wearing a white dress and with a pink
flower in her hair. (2)
b. Jenny stopped singing for a second or two, and the others in the
group stopped playing. (4)
c. But one girl, Jenny Curran, didn’t run away and sometimes she
walked home with me. (1)
d. Jenny saw me and smiled, and I sat on the floor and listened. (3)
e. But it wasn’t Friday night and Jenny’s band weren’t playing. (5)
5. FORREST AND BUBBA HAVE JUST MET AGAIN IN THE
JUNGLE IN VIETNAM. ACT OUT THEIR CONVERSATION.
Student A: you are Forrest.
Student B: you are Bubba.
A: Did they also force you to come?
B: They did not force me, but since I cannot play anymore,
then I decided to defend my country.
A: And how is your leg? It hurts?
B: It’s okay, only sometimes it does not let it run as fast as I'd
like.
A: And what did you tell the coach how long you were
getting?
B: See you baby.
A: ha, ha, ha… And what did he say?
B: CHILD OF...
B: Forrest ... you like it...
A: I like? I eat a lot and I like many things, except goat's milk,
I do not like that.
B: Do you like shrimp?
A: Yes, I do.
B: That good! You know my mom cooks all kinds of food
with shrimp.
A: Oh seriously?
B: Of course.
CHAPTERS 5 - 8

Before you read

6. DO YOU THINK FORREST AND JENNY WILL MEET

AGAIN? HOW AND WHERE?
Yes, I do. When Forrest has an adventure and he does foolishness.

7. DO YOU THINK FORREST AND BUBBA WILL STAY

TOGETHER IN VIETNAM? WHY OR WHY NOT?
No, I don’t. Because bubba stayed in the university when Forrest
went home.

8. CHECK THESE WORDS IN YOUR DICTIONARY. MAKE

SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM ALL.
CHESS MEDAL SHRIMP
ajedez medalla camarones

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT GROUPS:

A) game/play/queen/king
CHESS
B) brave/gold/best
MEDAL
C) water/catch/food
SHRIMP
 9. FIND THESE WORDS IN YOUR DICTIONARY.
APE NET
mono red de pescar

LOOK AT THE PICTURES IN THE BOOK. FIND THE

PICTURES WHERE YOU CAN SEE:
A) a net
A man showed Forrest how to catch shrimps using a network that
even an idiot may make it.
B) an ape
An ape begged play above the gamers and it ruined their chess
game.

10.FIND THE WORD COLONEL IN YOUR DICTIONARY.

FINISH THIS SENTENCE:
A colonel is one of the top men or woman in the ARMY.

After you read

11.WHAT HAPPENS TO BUBBA?

He died and the shrimps business died with the.

12.WHO SHOW FORREST HOW TO CATCH SHRIMPS?

Mr. Chi

13.WHY ARE THESE TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE WAITING

AT SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT FOR FORREST AND THE
COLONEL?
 Because that people was against the war and that’s why they wanted
to throw us tomatoes.
14.WHAT DO FORREST AND THE PRESIDENT DO IN THE
WHITE HOUSE?
They took breakfast, watched TV and showed their wounds together.

15.WHY DOES FORREST GO TO THESE PLACES?

a) A Boston
b) Washington
c) Houston
Because it was the places, where Jenny went to work before the
Forrest towards some idiots things or he lived an adventure.
CHAPTERS 9 - 12

Before you read

16.WHY DO THINK CHESS IN GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IN

FORREST’S LIFE?
Because Forrest was a very skilled person in the things that he did.

17.HOW DO YOU THINK FORREST WILL FIND JENNY

AGAIN?
She would write to you that she is very proud of everything she has
done and that if she ever returns home, he would write to her.

18.CHECK THE MEANING OF THESE WORDS IN YOUR

DICTIONARY.

ACTOR BET TOURNAMENT WRESTLING

actor apuesta torneo lucha

NOW WRITE A SENTENCES FOR EACH WORD TO SHOW

THE MEANING CLEARLY.
- The new ACTOR’s a good, kind, funny person, and when he acts
witch an overwhelming passion.
- My sister and I made a BET of whoever made the best dessert in
the house, the one who won directed all the times that we made
some dessert and the one that lost, had to wash all the utensils
used.
- The Pan-American TOURNAMENT in Peru begins mid-year.
- My boyfriend loves WRESTLING the WWW.
After you read

19.WHO SAYS THESE THINGS?

a. That looks like a nice apple. FORREST
b. ‘If you make that move you’ll lose your queen.’ FORREST
c. ‘It’s going to be difficult travelling with an ape.’ MR. TRIBBLE
d. Take Sue back to Alabama with you, and start your shrimp
business.’ MR. TRIBBLE

20.WHO TELLS FORREST THAT JENNY IS MARRIED?

Jenny’s mom

21.WHY DOES FORREST GO TO SAVANNAH?

Because the girl with the tickets recommended him.

22.WHAT IS FORREST DOING IN THE PARK WHEN JENNY

AND HER SON SEE HIM?
He was playing his harmonica.

23.WHAT DOES LITTLE FORREST WANT TO BE?

He wanted to be a football player.

24.WHAT DOES FORREST DO WITH THE MONEY FROM

THE SHRIMP BUSINESS?
He gives one part to his mother, another to Bubba's father and the
rest to Jenny and his son.
Writing

25.WHICH PART OF THIS STORY DO YOU FIND THE

SADDEST? EXPLAIN WHY.
The end, because I wanted Jenny and Forrest to be together raising
their little son.

26.FORREST GUMP DOES A LOT OF VERY DIFFERENT

THINGS. WHICH WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO DO, AND
WHY? WHICH WOULD YOU NOT LIKE TO DO? WHY
NOT?
I would like to be an international lecturer and give my lectures to
many people; work half of the time in the work and the other in the
office to attend and be more present in the lives of my children.
I would not like to be all day in an office working and stressing, not
worrying adequately in the education of my children because of
work.

27.LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON PAGE 26. WRITE ABOUT

THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE – THEIR FACES AND
THEIR CLOTHES.
Jenny’ friends were surprised that Forrest had a medal, and more for
being of merit of bravery. They admired him
Jenny was very proud of everything Forrest had done
Forrest was very happy that his new friends admired him for being
brave; although he was not brave, he was an idiot.
28.IT IS SIX MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THIS STORY.
WRITE A LETTER FROM FORREST TO MR. THIBBLE.
TELL HIM WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW.
Dear Mr. Thibble:
I’ve been spending more time with my son, I'm surprised how smart
he is, I wonder who will have left; Jenny and her husband are happy
that I try to be a good father and avoid doing nonsense that could
hurt Forrest junior, as I did with Jenny.
I knew that the small and naught Sue has found love, he knew when
we went Forrest junior and I at the zoo, we passed by the side of the
monkeys and there he saw it, eating the head lice of another monkey,
Sue didn’t want to leave that side, so I had to talk to the caretakers
and the zoo chief so he can go four times a week to see his girlfriend.
Without more to say, see us.
Post. Let's have a game of chess, I hope that this time do not cheat.
Forrest wants it.