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Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.
(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.
(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!
(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.
(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!
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Past
Earlier past
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Find these phrasal verbs in the story.
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burn out
light up
look on
run out
keep out
Write down the sentences in which they occur, consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.
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The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!
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Noun |
Adjective |
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elephant |
circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured, round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold |
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face |
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building |
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water |
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Say whether the following are true or false.
Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.
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Say whether the following is true or false.
Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.
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The cricket says, “Oh! What will become of me?” When does he say it, and why?
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Find in the poem the lines that mean the same as “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” (Shakespeare).
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What is your opinion of the ant’s principles?
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The ant tells the cricket to “dance the winter away”. Do you think the word ‘dance’ is appropriate here? If so, why?
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(i) Which lines in the poem express the poet’s comment? Read them aloud.
(ii) Write the comment in your own words.
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Say whether the following are true or false.
Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.
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Say whether the following are true or false.
Almas’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.
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Say whether the following are true or false.
Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.
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Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?
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Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
What were the warning sign that both Tilly and her mother saw?
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Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?
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Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?
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Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?
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Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
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Answer using a phrase or a sentence.
In the tsunami, 150,000 people died. How many animals died?
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