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Comprehension (III)

Answer these questions: What was the name of the capital of Balnibarbi? What was different about Lord Munodi’s farm? What does Lord Munodi tell Gulliver about the history of Balnibarbi? What happens…

Superlatives - Activities

“It’s at pier number eight; that’s where the biggest yachts are.” Biggest is the superlative of big. To form the superlative of one-syllable adjectives we use the and add -est to the end of the…

Non-defining relative clauses with ‘Where’

‘My kind new friends took me upstairs to a bedroom, where I slept for a very long time’. Sometimes relative clauses with ‘where’ are an essential part of the sentence. They are ‘defining…

Before you read Ch 0D 01 - Around Australia

What do you know about Australia? With a partner, make a list of things you associate with Australia, using the categories below. cities/towns things to do wildlife tourist attractions people

Reading

That night, there was a terrible storm. Next morning, when the family came downstairs, the stain was there again. Washington was very disappointed.1 ‘“Pinkerton’s Champion Cleaner” always…

Writing - Go back to the text

Virginia wants to write a letter to her friend Louise. Here are the things she wants to tell her: he gave him a bottle of ‘Rising Sun Lubricator’ my father heard a noise they threw pillows at the…

Writing a summary

Look at the pictures below. They tell the story of Parts One to Five of The Canterville Ghost. Use the pictures to help you write a summary of the story. You can begin: Mr Otis bought Canterville Chase…

What happens next? - The Flowering Tree

In the following sentences there are four alternative phrases. Choose your phrases to show what you think will most probably happen in Part Six. Compare your predictions in class. At midnight OR When…

Listening (PET) - Mary Visits the Gardens

Listen to the beginning of Chapter Two. For each question, put a tick in the correct answer. Mary woke up when the housemaid came into her room to In India, Mary spoke to her servants only to How many…