A) Answer the following questions. 1) When and where does the story take place? _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2) What is special about that night? ______________________________________ 3) Who is on the porch? _______________________________________________ 4) Where is Petey’s father? ______________________________________________ 5) What does Petey’s father buy Granddad? Why? ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 6) Describe the blanket! _________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 7) How does Petey feel when he hears about his father’s decision to send Granddad away? Copy the words or sentence that justify your answer. _________________ __________________________________________________________________ 8) Complete the following sentence. Petey is a __________ boy who ___________ his granddad very much and is ___________ that he is going to leave. 9) Why does Petey’s father decide to send Granddad away? _____________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 10) Why and how does Granddad try to make things easier for Petey? Copy words or sentence/s that support your answer. ____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 11) How is the place Granddad is going to described / called? _______________ __________________________________________________________________ 12) Circle the correct answer. Copy words or a sentence that justify your answer Granddad (is / isn’t) happy about going away. __________________________________________________________________ 13) What good reasons does Granddad give for going away? a) ___________________________________________________________________ b) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 14) How do the tunes of the harmonica change? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 15) What kind of music does Granddad play? ________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 16) Describe Dad's fiancée! ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 17) What does she complain about? _______________________________________ 18) How does Granddad feel when Dad’s fiancée comes to say good-bye? Copy words or sentences that justify your answer. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 19) Complete the following sentences We know that Petey’s dad can’t stand up for himself because he doesn’t argue with his fiancée and when she leaves the house, he looked after ___________________ 20) Petey suggests to cut the blanket into half in order to ______________________ _________________________________________________________________ 21) Choose the correct answer. Copy words or sentences that justify your answer. Petey’s father decides (to send / not to send) Granddad away. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 22) The turning point / climax of the story is when ___________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 24) What does the blanket symbolize? ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ B) Find a word in the text with a similar meaning to the words in bold. 1) After supper they washed the plates in the kitchen. _________ 2) Granddad played some songs on his harmonica. _________ 3) Petey wasn’t the sort of boy who cried easily. ____________ 4) He went into the house to bring the harmonica. _________ 5) It was cool outside and a slight wind was blowing. ___________ 6) After playing a sad tune, Granddad played a happier one._________ 7) When Granddad stood up, the blanket slipped to the ground.__________ 8) Granddad didn’t want to be a bother to the family. ________ 9) Granddad bent over to pick up the blanket. _________ 10) Granddad spoke quietly so that Petey wouldn’t hear._________ C) Fill in the missing words. 1) A few years ago after Petey’s mother died, his father decided to __________ again. 2) Granddad was going to leave the ______ and go to live in a __________ building. 3) The hut was in a __________ between the hills. 4) They sat on the __________ and listened to music. 5) The new __________ would keep him _________ at night. 6) It was a ___________ blanket, made of __________ and very __________. 7) It was __________ of his father to buy such a blanket. 8) When he __________ his leg he felt painful. 9) they walked along the ___________ that led to the hut. 10) They could cut the blanket with a pair of ___________. 11) Granddad enjoyed playing music on the ____________. 12) It was a __________ blanket, big enough for two people. 13) It was such a beautiful blanket that there would be few _________ to it at in the home. 14) Dad’s fiancée _____________ at the expensive blanket in surprise. |
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