The Secret Garden: Учебно-методические материалы по произведению (стр. 4 )

1. Give their explanation in English (use English-English dictionary).

2. Translate them into Russian

3. Recall the situation they were used in.

4. Make sentences of your own.

1. message 2. to keep a secret 3. excited 4. to gasp 5. gently 6. ghost 7. journey

8. to please smb 9. angry 10. to feel miserable 11. used to do smth 12. hidden 13. nurse 14. worried

15. cousin 16. to unlock 17. poor 18. wheelchair 19. to shine 20. to stare 21. proper

III. Mark the following sentences as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). If a sentence is false, write the right variant.

1. Mary understood that she couldn’t trust Dickon.
2. Mary woke up at night but soon fell asleep again.
3. The boy Mary found in one of the rooms was crying miserably.
4. The boy always went out into the gardens to play with sticks and stones.
5. Mr. Craven often visited his son and played a lot with him.
6. All the servants had to please Colin and do whatever he asked for.
7. Colin was sure he would grow up and become the owner of the house.
8. Colin agreed not to ask anyone to take him to the secret garden.
9. Mary didn’t stay with Colin for a long time and soon left.
10. When Mary left Colin was still crying.

IV. Complete the sentences with the words and word combinations from the text.

1. If I don’t answer the mobile phone, send me a ________.

2. The old house was horrible and everyone thought there were ____________ who scared people.

3. My father’s brother has two children, thus I have two _________.

4. People who cannot walk use ___________ if they need to go somewhere.

5. When I was ill a __________ came to make injections.

6. At night millions of stars __________ in the darkness.

7. When I was a child I ____________ to like milk chocolate.

8. I couldn’t open the door so I had to call for help to ____________ it.

V. Match the words in the left column with their meaning in the right one.

1. worried 2. gently 3. to gasp 4. message 5. ghost 6. to stare 7. proper 8. poor 9. journey 10. excited

a piece of information that is sent to smb a spirit of a dead person in a careful way a trip from one place to another right, suitable or correct happy, interested, or hopeful having little or no money or property to breathe in suddenly, quickly especially if surprised unhappy because one is thinking about a problem to look at smth or smb for a long time steadily

VI. Answer the following questions.

1. What did Dickon’s picture mean?

2. Why did Mary wake up at night?

3. Whom did Mary find in one of the room?

4. Were Mary and Colin related to each other?

5. What did Mary learn about Colin?

6. Was Colin also interested in the secret garden?

7. Why didn’t Mr. Craven come to see Colin every day?

8. Did Mary ask Colin not to open the garden?

9. What did the children decide to do?

10. Did Mary stay in Colin’s room until he fell asleep?

VII. Write questions to the underlined parts of the sentences.

1. Dickon left a picture of a bird for Mary.

2. Mary heard somebody crying at night.

3. Colin wanted to open the garden.

4. Dr. Craven treated Colin’s back.

5. Mary sung for Colin and he fell asleep.

VIII. Retell the text using new words and word combinations.

Chapter VII

Colin

I. Intone the following sentences.

1. I have found out what the crying was.
2. You shouldn’t have done that! They will be cross with me! They will send me away!
3. I don’t believe you! Colin won’t let people look at him.
4. Mr. Craven nearly went mad when he was born, because Mrs. Craven had died.
5. He lies on his back all day taking medicine and reading books.
6. There were colourful rugs and pictures, and lots of books.
7. And if Medlock says anything about it, I’ll send her away.
8. He plays his pipe and the foxes and squirrels and birds come and listen to him.
9. Let’s not talk about dying! Let’s talk about living.
10. And suddenly they seemed just like normal, healthy, happy children.

II. Study the following words and word combinations.

1. Give their explanation in English (use English-English dictionary).

2. Translate them into Russian

3. Recall the situation they were used in.

4. Make sentences of your own.

1. to send smb away 2. amazement 3. tantrum 4. to be nice to smb 5. to scream 6. weak 7. medicine 8. to get fresh air

9. to take medicine 10. mood 11. to put smb in a good mood 12. daylight 13. rug 14. dressing-gown 15. importantly

16. cottage 17. to be frightened 18. to tremble 19. to stick up 20. healthy 21. to be shocked 22. to be proud of smth/smb

III. Mark the following sentences as TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). If a sentence is false, write the right variant.

1. In the morning Martha was pleased that Mary found out about Colin.
2. Martha believed Mary that Colin was happy to see Mary.
3. Colin didn’t send for Mary and didn’t want to see her that day.
4. A doctor from London thought that Colin took too much medicine.
5. Colin’s room looked even more beautiful at daylight.
6. Colin and Mary talked about death and ghosts all the time.
7. Mary was not surprised to hear how Colin spoke to Martha.
8. Mary thought that Dickon and Colin were not alike.
9. Colin was not interested in Martha’s brother and asked no questions about him.
10. Mrs. Medlock expected to find Mary in Colin’s room and was not surprised at all.

IV. Complete the sentences with the words and word combinations from the text.

1. When people are seriously ill they have to ___________ to get better.

2. It was stuffy in the room, so I opened the window to _____ some_______.

3. I don’t like when people _________ and shout – they are not pleasant to deal with.

4. My younger brother had a ___________ yesterday as he didn’t want to eat his porridge.

5. As our teacher was always __________ to us we liked her immensely.

6. After a weak of taking in the medicine, given by the doctor I was __________ and could be back at work.

7. I was so ____________ of my sister because she learnt to swim herself.

8. The room was beautiful with a lot of pictures and ____________ on the walls.

V. Match the words in the left column with their meaning in the right one.

1. healthy 2. medicine 3. weak 4. rug 5. tantrum 6. to scream 7. daylight 8. to tremble 9. cottage 10. good mood

the state when one is happy and cheerful something you take in to get better if you are ill to produce a high unpleasant sound a small house in the country (BrE) to shake slightly because one is frightened or upset a small carpet used for decorative purposes light produced by sun during the day not ill not physically strong a moment of unreasonable bad temper and anger

VI. Answer the following questions.

1. Did Mary tell Martha about her night investigation?

2. Why was Martha surprised to hear that Colin was pleased to talk to Mary?

3. What did Martha tell Mary about Colin’s illness?

4. What did Colin’s room look like at daylight?