Exercises

1. Fill in the prepositions.

_____ dinner my mistress noticed that I was very tired and wanted to sleep. She put me ____ her own bed and covered me ____ a clean white handkerchief. This handkerchief was larger than the sail ____ a big ship. When I woke ___, my mistress was not ___ the room. Suddenly two rats climbed ___ ___ the bed and began to run ___. I stood ___ and pulled ____ my sword to defend myself.

2. Complete the sentences.

These terrible ________ attacked me on both _______ and one of them _____ me by the collar. I quickly _______ it with my _________ , and it fell ______ dead. The other rat ______ away. When my mistress ______ in soon after that and _____ blood on me, she ran and ______ me in her hand. I smiled and _______ her the dead rat. When she saw that I was not ______ , she was _____ glad. I slept ______ two hours.

3. Say true or false.

My mistress had a son nine years old.
She also taught me their language.
By and by more and more people learned about me.
That day I was shown to a group of people.
My master allowed only thirty people at a time to see me.

4. Put the sentences in the right order.

	The other rat ran away.		I slept about two hours.
	She liked me very much and took great care of me.		One day, my master’s friend, another farmer, came to the house to look at me.
	She put me on her own bed and covered me with a clean white handkerchief.		He was very surprised to see such a little man.

5. Correct the sentences.

She olways washed my clothes herself
He was very surprise to see such a little man.
He tuk Glumdalclitch with him to take care of me.
I warked about on the table and spoke to them.
I called her Glumdalclitch, or little nirse.

6. Start the sentences.

__________________________________________________ shirts and some other clothes.

___________________________________________ in this country, and I shall remember her care and kindness to the end of my days. ___________________________________________ looked like a man, was quite tame, walked on two legs and could speak. _______________________________________ for money on market-days in the nearest town.

7. Open the brackets.

My master (to like) ____________ this plan, and the next market-day (to carry) ______________ me to the town in a box. My kind nurse (to put) _____________her doll’s quilt into the box to make me more comfortable. But still the journey (to be) __________ very hard and unpleasant, because the horse (to go) _____________ about forty feet at every step, and I (to feel) _________ as if I was on board of a ship in a great storm. My master (to stop) _________ at an inn and (to ask) _______ the innkeeper to give him a large room where he could show me to the people.