The Secret Garden: Учебно-методические материалы по произведению (стр. 6 )

Chapter X

Colin Goes into the Secret Garden

I. Intone the paragraph and learn it by heart.

Colin gasped as Mary turned the handle and opened the door. Then Dickon pushed the wheelchair through the door and into the garden. Colin covered his eyes with his hands until the wheelchair had stopped. Only then did he take them away and look round and round. Everywhere there were little patches of gold and purple and white. Little green leaves were growing on the branches and the walls. And all around them they heard birds fluttering with their winds.

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 get upset 2. to stay away from 3. to go back to work 4. to arrange 5. patch 6. to float 7. to flutter 8. plum tree 9. to shake 10. ladder 11. to be covered in blossom

12. to open up 13. to get well 14. fist 15. how on Earth 16. to rush 17. lovely 18. master 19. to be all lies 20. to rub one’s eyes 21. trowel 22. to turn pale

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

1. Colin fell ill and had tantrums because everything was not the way he wanted.
2. When Colin announced that he wanted to go out in his wheelchair, Mrs. Medlock was extremely surprised.
3. Colin asked all the gardeners to go and to help them when they went to the garden.
4. Mary and Dickon were not surprised to see Colin different when the sun fell on his face.
5. When Ben Weatherstuff saw the children in the garden he was very angry.
6. Ben could see that Colin was a hunchback and had crooked legs.
7. Colin was so angry with the gardener’s words that he started to cry.
8. Ben ran to the house to tell everyone that the children were inside the secret garden.
9. The children learnt that Ben used to come to the garden after Mrs. Craven’s death and looked after the roses.
10. Colin dug a hole in the ground and planted an apple tree.

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

1. Small children ___________ easily if they don’t get what they want.

2. The boat was ____________ down the river.

3. I had to find the ___________ to climb the wall.

4. There was a ___________ full of flowers behind the house.

5. In spring all the fruit trees are __________.

6. I knew that everything people said about her was _____________.

7. I was given a ____________ to make small holes to plant some seeds.

8. The baby is sleepy – he is ____________.

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

1. to stay away 2. master 3. to turn pale 4. to flutter 5. to get upset 6. plum tree 7. to rush 8. patch 9. fist 10. to get well

to be healthy again after being ill the hand when fingers are curled towards the palm to move very quickly to be somewhere a part of an area that look different a tree that gives sweet yellow or red fruit to become almost white not to come close to wave or move gently in the air to become unhappy or worried the owner

VI. Answer the following questions.

1. How did Colin behave while they were planning the trip to the garden?

2. What did Colin announce one day?

3. What was Mrs. Medlock’s reaction to the events happening in the house?

4. What did Mrs. Medlock say about Mary?

5. Whom did Colin see above the wall?

6. Why was Ben Weathersuff surprised to see Colin?

7. What did Ben tell the children about the roses and the garden?

8. What did Colin do to show that he was not a hunchback?

9. Did Ben agree to help the children with the work in the garden?

10. What did Colin plant in the garden?

VII. Change the sentences from active voice into passive (all possible variants that make sense).

1. A servant carried Colin downstairs to his wheelchair.

2. Colin looked at all new flowers and new leaves.

3. Robin was carrying a worm in his beak.

4. Ben brought a rose in a pot for Colin.

5. Colin planted a rose in the garden.

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

Chapter XI

I am Getting Stronger

I. While listening fill in the gaps to finish the sentences.

1. The next few months in the garden ________________________________.

2. And then the buds opened out and ________________________________.

3. They climbed the walls, hung from the trees _________________________.

4. He watched __________________________________________________.

5. He learned from Dickon about ___________________________________.

6. Suddenly he had ______________________________________________.

7. So every morning with Mary standing on one side and Dickon on the other ___________________________________________________________.

8. We will wait until _____________________________________________.

9. Each day ____________________________________________________.

10. The children decided ___________________________________________.

11. So one beautiful evening while Dickon was working in his vegetable garden at home _______________________________________________________.

12. You say he stood on his feet. And we all thought _____________________.

13. He pretends _________________________________________________.

14. In the morning I’ll ____________________________________________.

15. Your mother is such ___________________________________________.

II. Write the exposition of this chapter (class work).

III. 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. magic 2. to be full of colour 3. to hang 4. insect

5. to moan 6. to complain 7. to bake 8. bucket

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

1. The spring garden was waking up and was full of bright colours.
2. Colin learnt nothing about animals from Dickon.
3. Colin practiced a lot to start walking and running like other boys.
4. The children wanted to tell everyone immediately that Colin started walking.
5. As Colin started walking in the garden he was always hungry.
6. The children finally decided to tell Mrs. Medlock their secret and ask for more food.
7. One day Dickon told his mother everything about the garden and their secret.
8. Colin pretended he was still ill when servants were taking him down to his wheelchair.
9. Dickon’s mother had nothing to feed the children with.
10. Colin and Mary were delighted to get some fresh bread and a bucket of milk from Dickon’s mother.

V. Answer the following questions.

1. What changes took place in the garden?

2. Was Colin learning a lot of new things?

3. Who helped Colin to practice walking in the garden?

4. Did the children want anyone from the house to know that Colin was getting stronger?

5. Why were Colin and Mary always hungry?

6. What did Colin do to persuade the servants that he was still ill?

7. Whom did the children decide to tell their secret?

8. What did Dickon’s mother say when learned everything about Colin?

9. What did Dickon’s mother suggest to do for the children?

10. Did the children enjoy the fresh warm bread and milk Dickon brought to them?

VI. Change the sentences from active voice into passive (all possible variants that make sense).

1. A lot of flowers and trees grew in the secret garden.

2. No one saw the children in the secret garden.

3. Colin and Mary could never send their breakfast away.

4. Dickon told their secret to his mother.

5. Dickon’s mother baked some bread for the children.

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

Chapter XII

Mr. Craven Comes Home

I. While listening fill in the gaps to finish the sentences.

1. But slowly – slowly – as he walked among beautiful mountains and wandered by blue lakes ________________________________.

2. The lake near the house was ________________________________ that he walked down and sat on a seat near the water.

3. When he woke, it was morning, and a servant _________________________.

4. And he went back to the house and told the servants __________________________________________________.

5. Colin’s eyes were so like his wife’s happy eyes, and yet so different from them, ___________________________________.

6. When Mr. Craven arrived back at Misselthwaite Mannor, ______________________________________________.

7. And then, suddenly the door in the wall flew open, ___________________________, straight into Mr. Craven’s arm.

8. He had come running out of the garden because _____________________________________________.

9. The garden was full of autumn colour – gold and purple and red – and late autumn ____________________________________________________.

10. A few minutes later, Mrs. Medlock was looking out of the kitchen window ___________________________________________.

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. terrible 2. to wander 3. to go away travelling

4. to arrive at 5. amazed 6. to door flew open

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

1. Mr. Craven travelled to the USA to forget his problems.
2. Mr. Craven fell asleep near the lake and dreamt about his wife.
3. In the morning Mr. Craven got a letter from Mrs. Medlock.
4. Mr. Carven made a decision to come back to his house.
5. Mr. Craven was not going to open the secret garden as he didn’t remember where it was.
6. Mr. Craven couldn’t believe his ears when he heard some noise from behind the door to the secret garden.
7. When the door opened Mary ran out directly into Mr. Craven’s arms.
8. Mr. Craven was surprised to see the garden alive.
9. As the garden was not a secret the children told Mr. Craven everything about it.
10. Mrs. Medlock and the servants were not surprised at all to see Master Colin walking together with his father.

IV. Answer the following questions.

1. Why was Mr. Craven travelling far away from home?

2. What did Mr. Craven think about while travelling?

3. What did he dream about one night?

4. Why did he decide to come back home?

5. Did he decide to open the secret garden?

6. Where did he go when he arrived home?

7. Whom did Colin see when he ran out from the secret garden?

8. Could Mr. Craven say anything when he saw his son healthy?

9. Did the children tell him everything about the garden?

10. What sight did Mr. Medlock see through the window?

V. Change the sentences from active voice into passive (all possible variants that make sense).

1. Mr. Craven saw a very strange dream.

2. Martha’s mother wrote a letter to Mr. Craven.

3. Mr. Crave made a decision to come back.

4. Colin met his father at the door to the secret garden.

5. The children told the whole story to Mr. Craven.

VI. Make up several dialogues.

1. Mr. Craven is talking to Mary about all the events.

2. Mr. Craven is talking to Colin and asking how he has got better.

3. Colin and Mary are discussing all the events happened from the moment they met.

4. Dickon is telling everything to Mr. Craven.

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

VIII. Watch the film and compare it with the book. What do you like more? (Activity organized by the teacher.)

Учебное издание Челышева Алена Владимировна Ten Secret Garden: Учебно-методические материалы