I. Transcribe, translate the words and reproduce the situations where they were used: solicitor, testament, mysteriously, property, rapidly, tremendous, fascinating, hedgehog, frantically, lousy.

Chapter 21

A New Home

I. Transcribe, translate the words and reproduce the situations where they were used: solicitor, testament, mysteriously, property, rapidly, tremendous, fascinating, hedgehog, frantically, lousy.

II. Mark the statements as True or False. Correct the false statements.

1. The morning after the chalk incident the Headmistress turned up at school.

2. Mr Trilby went to Miss Trunchbull’s house and found out that she had disappeared.

3. On the second morning Miss Honey was notified that the last will and testament of her late father had turned up.

4. The life savings of Dr Honey were not found.

5. The family furniture and pictures were not found in The Red House.

6. Matilda told Miss Honey that she didn’t have her power anymore.

7. Matilda was sharing her knowledge of the animals with Miss Honey.

8. When Matilda came home, her parents were going to have a family dinner.

9. Matilda was happy on hearing the news about moving to Spain.

10. Matilda stayed to live with Miss Honey and they both were extremely happy because of that.

III. Choose the correct variant:

1. Mr Trilby wanted to find out if Miss Trunchbull was well, so he …

a) telephoned her house;

b) asked one of the pupils to go to her place;

c) asked Miss Honey;

d) asked the matron.

2. What did Miss Honey receive one morning?

a) A newspaper. b) A lot of money.

c) A letter from local solicitors d) Her father’s will.

3. Miss Honey moved into her family house and since that moment…

a) the Wormwoods were her friends.

b) Matilda was a welcome visitor there.

c) no one came to that place.

d) Miss Trunchbull came regularly for a family dinner.

4. Matilda confessed to Miss Honey that…

a) she had lost her power.

b) she missed Miss Trunchbull.

c) she didn’t like to be in the top form.

d) she didn’t like reading at all.

5. Miss Honey thought that Matilda’s power disappeared because…

a) she had little practice.

b) was afraid of her parents.

c) her mental energy was used up in class.

d) Matilda was not feeling well.

6. When Matilda came home she learned that…

a) her father got rich.

b) they were going to leave the country for good.

c) the parents were going to have a party for the children.

d) the family was going to a vacation to Spain.

7. What was Matilda’s reaction to the news of going to Spain?

a) She was happy. b) She wanted to stay.

c) She started crying. d) She thanked the parents for that.

8. Matilda ran to Miss Honey to …

a) ask her if she could stay to live with her.

b) to say good-bye.

c) to invite her to go with them.

d) to give her a farewell present.

9. Miss Honey told Matilda that the reason for her family departure was that …

a) her father had won the trip to Spain.

b) they wanted to visit their relatives.

c) they wanted to make a surprise for their children.

d) the police were on to him.

10. When Matilda asked if she could stay with Miss Honey her parents…

a) didn’t agree.

b) asked Miss Honey to come with them.

c) agreed almost immediately.

d) said that they needed to think that over.

IV. Give synonyms to the following words or word-combinations or explain their meaning. Reproduce the sentences from the text: recover, to investigate, rapidly, amazing, to struggle, tremendous, miracle worker, frantically, lousy, gasping.

V. Translate the following phrases and reproduce the situations they are used in.

1. To recover from a fit.

2. The last will and testament of smb.

3. To develop a close friendship.

4. To disappear from the scene completely.

5. To make smb/smth struggle.

6. To compete against smb.

7. To have to struggle and strive.

8. To talk to smb as equals.

9. To go crazy with frustration.

10. To send one’s money out somewhere.

VI. Find in the text the words and word-combinations which mean the following. Use them in sentences of your own:

1. To find out the truth about something, such as crime, accident or a scientific problem;

2. To show something that was previously hidden;

3. A type of lawyer in Britain who gives advice, does the necessary work when property is bought and sold;

4. A person you are glad to see at your place;

5. Tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do;

6. To deal with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and determined way;

7. To give someone a secret warning or piece of information, especially to the police about illegal activities;

8. Not to care at all about smth or smb;

9. To move one’s hand to sign good bye;

10. To become impossible to see because of the space between the objects.

VII. Match the halves to make word combinations used in the text. Translate them. Make up sentences of your own.

1. lifetime		visitor
2. welcome		silence
3. close		energy
4. amazing		country
5. tremendous		worker
6. miracle-		child
7. absolutely		savings
8. scene of		friendship
9. lousy		utter chaos
10. brief		fascination

VIII. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs where necessary. Translate the phrases.

1. Mr Black recovered ____ his fainting-fit and marched ___ ___ the doctor’s room.

2. There was a lovely house ___ the edge ___ the village, tucked ____ ____ the woods ____ the hills.

3. The last will ___ her grandmother declared that she was the rightful owner ___ the property and the savings ____ the bank.

4. Soon a close friendship began to develop ___ the girl and the boy living ___ door.

5. Let this child play a lot! He has tremendous energy bottles ___ ___ him ___ nowhere to go.

6. I wish I were able to shoot energy ___ ____ my eyes and make the objects move ___ the air.

7. It was hard for the team to compete _____ the other team more ____ than twice their age.

8. It’s great if you have a true friend ___ whose presence you can talk ___ equals.

9. My mother was standing ___ the middle ___ a bed ___ roses cutting the bushes ___ a pair ___ clippers.

10. When their friends were leaving they gave a wave ___ the window ___ the train and then we were watching it disappearing ___ the distance.

IX. Answer the questions on the text (3-5 sentences):

1. What happened the next morning?

2. Where did Mr Trilby go and why?

3. How did Miss Honey learn about her father’s will?

4. Where did Matilda go every evening after school?

5. What changes took place at school after Miss Trunchbull had disappeared?

6. What did Matilda tell Miss Honey about her power?

7. Why did her power vanish according to Miss Honey?

8. What did Matilda learn about when she came back home?

9. Why was her family going to move to Spain?

10. Do you think the Wormwoods did the only good thing for their daughter? What was it? Why do you think so?

X. Write your impressions of the chapter and the whole book. Explain your point of view using the words from the book (20 sentences).

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