Chapter II: Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer

Matilda’ by Roald Dahl

Chapter I: The Book Reader

I. Match the Columns:

1. blister	a) smb you’re eager to get rid of
2. off-spring	b) smb who talks too much
3. twaddle	c) a really clever person
4. wash-out	d) an empty-headed one
5. stinker	e) someone’s child
6. a scab	f) nonsense
7. chatterbox	g) a complete failure
8. genius	h) an unpleasant person

II. Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases:

a)

ослеплённый; отыграться; сочинить, состряпать, организовать; подстрекать, провоцировать; продолжать; идти другим путём, занять противоположную позицию; мириться с чем-то; погружённый; отвести взгляд; облокотить, положить; слоняться без дела.

b)

Make up your own sentences with the words and phrases from task A.

III. Insert the correct prepositions:

1. School teachers suffer a lot … having to listen this sort of thing from proud parents.

2. I hope you have a family business you can push him … when he leaves school.

3. Occasionally one comes … parents who take the opposite line, who show no interest at all in their children.

4. Mr and Mrs Wormwood looked forward enormously … the time when they could get rid of their little daughter.

5. It becomes a lot worse when the child … question is extra-ordinary.

6. At the age of four Matilda began hankering … books.

7. Mrs Wormwood was hooked … bingo and played it five afternoons a week.

8. Matilda set … to walk to the public library in the village.

9. From then on, every afternoon, as soon as her mother had left … bingo, Matilda would toddle down to the library.

10. Mrs Phelps was filled with wonder and excitement but she didn’t allow herself to be carried … … it all.

11. It was seldom worth while to interfere … other people’s children.

IV. Answer the following questions:

1. What feeling do we have when some parents start telling us about the brilliance of their child?

2. What problems do Maximilian, Vanessa, Wilfred and Fiona seem to have?

3. What family was Matilda born into?

4. When did she start to talk?

5. When did Matilda start to read?

6. What surprised Mrs Phelps in Matilda?

7. What children’s books did Matilda enjoy?

8. What books by Charles Dickens did she read?

9. What conditions were there in the library for taking books home?

10. Where did Matilda choose to read books in the end?

Matilda’ by Roald Dahl

Chapter II: Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer

I. Write definitions for the following words and word combinations:

1. to egg on
2. to stick out
3. in reverse
4. to glue
5. to dye
6. to resent
7. to have a go
8. to diddle

II. Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases:

a)

дурак, тупица; стучать, грохотать; надувать, обманывать, мошенничать; щеголять, выставлять напоказ; мошенничество; скинуть, отмотать; отправить в тюрьму; выскочка; иметь наглость сделать что-то; жевать с чавканьем; взять верх над кем-то.

b)

Make up your own sentences with the words and phrases from task A.

III. Enlarge your vocabulary:

1. What rooms of the Wormwoods’ house are mentioned in the chapter?

2. What other types of rooms can you find in the house?

3. What are they used for?

IV. Insert the correct prepositions where necessary:

1. His speech was never very delicate but Matilda was used … it.

2. I don’t mind … telling young Michael about it.

3. I’m always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they’re all worn … and rattle like mad.

4. How can I convert a mileage of one hundred and fifty thousand … only ten thousand … taking the speedometer … pieces.

5. The speedometer runs off a cable that is coupled … … one of the front wheels.

6. The drill runs … a tremendous speed.

7. Mrs Wormwood sat.. her eyes glued to the American soap-opera … the screen.

V. Answer the following questions:

1. What was Matilda’s father’s occupation?

2. What was the greatest secret of his success?

3. How much was the driver to drive to discover the state his car was in?

4. What did Mr Wormwood look like?

5. What did Mike inherit from his father in the matter of character?

6. How did Mr Wormwood change the mileage of the old cars?

7. What suppers did the Wormwoods usually have?

8. What did Mrs Wormwood look like?

9. What angered Matilda in her parents most of all?

10. What decision did she make in the end?

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