- •Roald Dahl. Matilda.
- •The Reader of Books 1
- •Explain the meaning of the following phrases from the text:
- •Vocabulary
- •Complete the table below with the nouns that have the same root as the given verbs and adjectives:
- •Explain the difference between:
- •In the text find the English equivalents to the following words and expressions. Which of them are phrasal verbs?
- •Comment on the following saying: “a person all wrapped up in themselves makes for a mighty small package.” Reading Guide 2 The Reader of Books 2
- •Vocabulary
- •Paraphrase the following sentences using the words in brackets:
- •Match the definitions with the right words from the right column.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from Chapter 1 or their derivatives. One and the same word should fit the sentences under one number:
- •Give the English equivalents to the following words and expressions. Remember where they were used in the text:
- •Complete the sentences with the necessary prepositions:
- •What evidence do we have that suggests Matilda might be a child-genius?
- •Give several examples to support the idea that Mr. And Mrs. Wormwood “looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab." Reading Guide 3 Miss Honey
- •Interpret the following sentences from the chapter.
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Complete the sentences from the chapter with the right prepositions and adverbs:
- •Match the definition with the right phrasal verb from exercise 2.
- •Complete the questions with the right phrasal verb or its form, ask and answer the questions in pairs:
- •Reading Guide 4 The First Miracle. The Second Miracle.
- •Interpret the following sentences from the chapter into Russian. Comment on the grammar of the sentences.
- •Vocabulary
- •Explain the difference between the following:
- •Which of these verbs can you show?
- •3. Match the expressions with their definitions. Reproduce the situations where they were used. There are more definitions than you need:
- •4. Complete the statements with necessary prepositions. Say if they are true or false:
- •Reading Guide 5 Miss Honey’s Cottage
- •1. Comment on the following sentences from the chapter:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Make up 3 questions of yours. Ask them to your partner and answer theirs:
- •Vocabulary
- •Complete the sentences with the derivatives of the words from the right-hand column.
- •Complete the sentences with the right preposition:
- •Reading Guide 6 The Practice. The Third Miracle.
- •Vocabulary
- •Paraphrase the following sentences using the words in parenthesis():
- •Complete the sentences with the derivatives of the words from the right-hand column.
- •Explain the difference between the expressions:
- •Match the words from a) with their synonyms in b):
- •Match the definitions with the right words from the right-hand column.
- •Complete the sentences with the words from Ex. 4. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
- •Complete the sentences with the verbs from Ex. 6 in the proper form.
- •Reading Guide 7 a New Home
- •1. Mark the following statements as true or false. Develop them:
- •2. Answer the following questions using the words in parenthesis:
- •Vocabulary
- •Match the definitions with the right words from the right-hand column. There are more words than you need. Give one derivative to these words if possible.
- •Give synonyms to the following words
- •Give the Russian equivalents to the following phrases from the text. Remember when they were used:
- •Complete the sentences with the right preposition. Think of the meanings that it may have:
Match the definition with the right phrasal verb from exercise 2.
to take appropriate action in a particular situation or according to who you are talking to, managing, etc.;
(informal, disapproving) to try to impress others by talking about your abilities, possessions, etc.;
to raise smth or put it in a higher position;
to experience or suffer smth;
to look at or examine smth carefully, especially in order to find smth;
to speak rudely to smb in authority, especially when they are criticizing you or telling you to do smth;
to remove some of smb’s hair, part of smb’s body, etc.;
to move towards smb, for example, in order to talk to them;
to demand smth and refuse to be persuaded to accept anything else;
to invent a story, etc., especially in order to trick or entertain smb;
to calculate smth, to find the answer to smth SYN solve;
to reach smb who is ahead by going faster; to reach the same level or standard as smb who was better or more advanced.
Complete the questions with the right phrasal verb or its form, ask and answer the questions in pairs:
What do you think a good teacher should ___________ ___?
Why do you think people _________ ____? Do they need others’ approval or adoration?
Do you always _______ your hand ______ when you know the right answer?
Have you ever ________ _____ stories to explain why you are late or why you missed a class?
Who do you turn to if you can’t ________ _____ a problem?
Do you usually _________ _______ through all the material before having a test?
Do you agree that __________ ________ hardships makes us sensitive and compassionate?
Do you remember the case when you had to __________ _____ with the rest of the group/class? What was the reason for your lagging behind? Did you manage?
Is it difficult for you to __________ ______ to your friend and sort out your problems?
Do you think it is right to __________ _______ when you don’t agree with your teacher or parent?
How do you ___________ with loads of home task?
Speaking / Writing
Summarize the chapter in 10 sentences using the active vocabulary from the unit (consult the xls file).
Retell the chapter as if you were Miss Honey, Matilda, Lavender.
Reading Guide 4 The First Miracle. The Second Miracle.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Interpret the following sentences from the chapter into Russian. Comment on the grammar of the sentences.
“If it’s meant to be a joke, Headmistress, I don’t think it’s a very funny one.”
She couldn’t have been more than twenty three or twenty four.
Natural history was not her strong point. She hadn’t the faintest idea what this thing was.
I shall have you drummed out of this establishment in utter disgrace! I shall have the staff escort you home under armed guard! And then I shall make absolutely sure you are sent to a reformatory for delinquent girls for the minimum of 40 years!.
She didn’t in the least mind being accused of having done something she had actually done.
The woman seemed to have lost control of herself.
You are finished everywhere!
How dare they expel her for something she hadn’t done!
It [the newt] looked horribly uncomfortable.
She trembled to think what the Trunchbull would do to her if she did that.
The headmistress let out a yell that must have rattled every window-pane in the building and for the second time in the last five minutes she shot out of her chair like a rocket.
The Trunchbull … with a swipe of her hand she sent the creature flying across the classroom.
The whole room remained silent as a tomb.
You must have knocked it over without knowing it. That sort of thing is easy to do.
The class is dismissed.
Neither her mother nor her father would be of any use.
If they believed her story, and it was doubtful they would, they almost certainly would fail to realize what an astounding event it was that had taken place in the classroom that afternoon.
I don’t think I quite follow you.