CHAPTER 1 – 2 Orwell’s biography Learn and transcribe the following words and word combinations. Provide synonyms where required

ANIMAL FARM

CHAPTER 1 – 2

1. Orwell’s biography
2. Learn and transcribe the following words and word combinations. Provide synonyms where required

Manor Lurch Scullery Snore Boar Barn Hoof Conceal (syn.) Mare Foal A brood of ducklings To file Feebly (syn.) Plait Purr Tame raven Perch Acquire (syn.) Stall Miserable (syn.) Slaughter Hideous (syn.) Dwell (syn.) Fertile Abundance Enormous (syn.) Produce (n.) Plough Gallon Sturdy calf To lay eggs To hatch Span of life Knacker To spring (syn.) Labour (syn.) Rebellion (syn.) To lead astray Prosperity Overwhelming majority resemble

To adopt vices To vanish (syn.) Sow (n.) Hoarse voice Rust Whip Wheat, barley, oats, hay, clover Toil (syn.) For freedom’s sake Preliminary In succession To seize (syn.) Vivacious Shrill Persuasive Starve to death Liberty (syn.) Faithful disciples Disheartened Lawsuit Weed Torment(or) Maltreating To frighten out of the wits Pasture Dew To snuff the scent To tiptoe Awe Reproach Unanimous resolution

1. Add more verbs denoting sounds animals produce
2. Start making thematic groups of domestic animals, farm buildings, breeds, etc
3. Make a list of characters
4. Get yourself acquainted with the tune and the lyrics of both Clementine and La Cucaracha to be able sing the song given in the chapter.

CHAPTER 3- 4

Hay To reward the efforts Drawback (syn.) Hind legs (opposite) Inch (give its decimal equivalent and provide other non-decimal measures in the same way) To mow To rake To assume the leadership Bits and reins Stalk Mouthful Grudge Cockerel To make an arrangement Motto Capacity (syn.) A bushel of corn Ration To do smth on the ground that Affectionately (syn.) Obstinate (syn.) A cryptic answer To observe a ceremony To overthrow Hoist the flag Troop To put forward a resolution Recreation Headquarters Harness-room Blacksmith Carpenter Infefatigable To tame Generosity Rubbish heap To exercise one’s faculty To object Propulsion Mischief (syn.) To bleat To whelp To wean Seclusion Obvious To ripen Crop (syn.) To be on good/bad terms with smb

A shrewd man To be involved in lawsuits Bargain Rumours To devour Astonishing speed To contain one’s rage A prophecy of a doom To launch an attack Calves of the leg Manoeuvre Ambush Ignominious (syn.) retreat Impromptu (syn.) celebration Funeral Hawthorn posthumously

· Draw a plan of a military campaign against a human attack

CHAPTER 5 – 6

on pretext To stroke To and fro A word of honour Liable (syn.) Knoll Circular sow To conjure up To graze To contemplate To conquer Eloquence Spurt To assemble (syn.) Dismay (syn.) Menace Sacrifice To exaggerate Semicircle To grudge no effort

Quarry Sufficient To accumulate (syn.) Awkwardness Burden (syn.) Solicitor Intermediary To cease (syn.) Simultaneously (syn.) Repose (syn.) Gale Traitor

· Trace any similarities available in the animals’ behaviour and the historical facts. Provide real names wherever possible.

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