(10th gr) Date: __________________________ Mr. Know – All (Part I) – Work Page 1 A. Check your understanding 1. Where does the story take place? __________________________________ 2. When does the story take place? ___________________________________ 3. Who are the 2 main characters of the story? _____________ , ____________ 4. How do they meet? _____________________________________________ 5. What do we learn about the narrator in paragraph 1? ____________________________________________________________ 6. What do we learn about Mr. Kelada in paragraph 2? ____________________________________________________________
B. Find a synonym or an antonym in the story for each of the following words 1. like ≠ ___________________ 9. to accept = ______________ 2. a person who travels =___________ 10. bed on ship=______________ 3. suitcases= _______________ 11. in public ≠ in ____________ 4. overseas = _______________ 12. kept out =_______________ 5. noticed = _____________ 13. tactfully ≠ _______________ 6. to go on a ship =______________ 14. hardly = _______________ 7. room on ship = _______________ 15. noticed = _______________ 8. felt disappointed= his _______ ______ 16. initials = _________________
C. Fill in with the missing words The story, "Mr. Know-All" takes place on a 1.____________ right after 2.__________ War I. It was very difficult to get 3._____________, so you had to 4.___________ grateful for anything you got. The narrator was given a 5.____________ in which there were only two 6.____________ . When he went 7._______ board, he found out that his 8._______________'s name was Kelada, and that he had already 9._____________ his luggage. He could smell his good 10.___________ and see his brushes with his 1. ____________ in gold. In his opinion, Kelada's luggage had too many 12._____________ on it. He felt that he didn't like Max Kelada at all.
(10th gr) Date: ____________________________________________________ Mr. Know – All (Part I) – Work Page 2 A. Read the quotations from “Mr Know-All” and circle the correct synonyms or translation for the words in bold . Then answer the question and rewrite the original sentence in your own words 1. Mr. Kelada's brushes, ebony with his monogram in gold, would have been all the better for a scrub. a) should be thrown away b) should be put in a safe place c) should be cleaned Why is the narrator annoyed by the brushes? Why does he mention the golden initials? ____________________________________________________________________ Your sentence: ________________________________________________________ 2. King George has many strange subjects. a) נושאים b) נתינים c) דעות Who is King George? Who is meant with “strange subjects”? ____________________________________________________________________ Your sentence: ________________________________________________________ 3. “Prohibition was in force and to all appearance the ship was bone dry.” a. A ban on smoking b. A ban on wearing shorts c. A ban on drinking Why is Prohibition in force? When does the story take place? ____________________________________________________________________ Your sentence: ________________________________________________________
C. Complete the following sentences 1. When he hears the name Kelada, the narrator imagines ________________ _______________________________________________________________ 2. The narrator finds it hard to believe that Kelada is British because __________ _________________________________________________________________ 3. Max Kelada proves it by ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. Many things that Kelada does annoy the narrator. Name three. a. __________________________________________________ b.__________________________________________________ c. ________________________________________________ |