Friday 19th June English

Comprehension questions:

1. Mostly about Willie being bad, and for Tom to watch him carefully.
2. First, he was very skinny and very weak, but now he can run after Sammy
and is better nourished.
3. His forehead lost its old, burrowed look, his deep- pitted wrinkles above
his eyes had softened, and he was now more talkative, even laughing.
4. That the colours and flickering lamp gave it a cosy, lived-in air, that it was
beautiful, like a work room of someone’s own.
5. That they do not teach interesting things at school and does not bother
to do the work.
6. Boys get all the chances, the grammar schools in Weirwold only takes
boys, and they never bother to put in girls for the high school.
7. He cannot act because he is Jewish.
8. His bed was dry! It means he was not home sick and got very used to
staying at Tom’s.