Survival Stories: Chilean Miners

How long were the miners were trapped underground?

• 33 days

• 69 days

• 96 days

• 17 days

What problems didn't they have to deal with?

• isolation

• 90% humidity

• darkness

• starvation and thirst

According to the context what's the meaning of daunting?

• impossible

• difficult to handle

• brave and taking risks

• intimidating

According to the reading...Which experts supported the miners and rescue efforts?

• Psychologists and Doctors

• Phyisiologists and Chiropractors

• Psychiatrists and Cardiologists

• Psychologists and Paramedics

Why was the supply line so important?

• Beacause it provided them with water, food & nutritional supplements

• Because it provided them with books, electric beds & torches

• Because it provided dem with sunlight, beds & waterproof clothing

• Because it provided them with water, soil and supplements

How did they rescue the miners?

• A Phoenix from the NASA came to help them

• One by one with a life line

• Drilling the cave down to pieces

• With a capsule named Phoenix

What's the tense in the sentence:

The eyes of the world were watching as the capsule brought up the last 33 miners...

• Past Perfect

• Past Continuous

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

The tense oif the following sentence:

The men had survived underground for 69 days

• Past Perfect

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Continuous

The tense of the following sentence:

He had been working as a miner for 31 years before he became famous.

• Past Perfect

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous

The tense of the following sentence:

It took approximately 15 minutes to lift each of the men up.

• Past Perfect

• Past Continuous

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous