Broadways Terminales – page 126 - Worksheet on ‘How to feel good’
Type of document : ______from ______entitled ______
The novelist’s first name : ______His SURNAME: ______
His nationality : ______His age today : ______
Type of narrative : This is a ______person narrative.
Point of view : All the events described here are seen from the point of view of ______
The narrator : (gender, job, marital status) ______
The setting : The action takes place in ______at ______
The protagonists in order of appearance (from 1 to 7)
Indicate line numbers and add ( P ) present in this scene / ( M ) just mentioned
a homeless kid ( )
a passing couple ( )
drunks ( )
every homeless person ( )
homeless people ( )
the narrator and her husband David ( )
two or three other people ( )
Repetitions – Match the two columns
David (l. 8)
a homeless kid (l. 10)
a passing couple (l. 23)
homeless people (l. 46)
every homeless person (l.47)
my husband (l. 39)
the theatre couple (l.38)
this chap (l.33)
Complete this summary of the extract with the words below.
After ______an evening out in town, a ______couple decide to take a ______to get home. As they meet a ______boy sleeping in the ______, David, the husband, suddenly gives eighty ______to the young person. Observed by______, the couple have an ______in the street about David’s ‘good deed’. If his ______makes him feel good, it makes his wife ______...
angry / argument / generosity / homeless / married / passers-by / pounds / spending / street / taxi
Vocabulary – Find the most plausible equivalent(s)
(l. 1) ‘a cab’ =a bicycle / a bus / taxi / a plane
(l. 2) ‘Tube in’ = the bus / the Underground /the train
(l. 5) ‘tired’ = harassed / sleepy / angry
(l. 6) ‘dread’ = terror / apprehension / pleasure
(l. 7) ‘odd’ = strange / normal / surprising
(l. 10) ‘self-will’ = he really wants to / he would like to / he hopes to
(l. 10) ‘we pass’ = walk by / walk on / walk over
(l. 11) ‘huddled up’ = standing / sitting / lying
(l. 12) ‘change’ = money / bank-notes / cheques / coins
(l. 12) ‘let me be fair with ’ =it’s a lie / it’s the truth / it’s not very nice
(l. 13) ‘Have Views’ = have prejudice against / have a high opinion of / have an opinion on
(l. 15) ‘purse’ = bag / suitcase / wallet
(l. 15) ‘apologies’ = he says he’s sorry / he says she’s stupid / he implies he’s poor
(l. 16) ‘his wallet’ = an object to store money / store cigarettes / store credit cards
(l. 18) ‘he proceeds to’ = he stops / he hesitates / he continues
(l. 19) ‘£80 in notes’ = small change / a little money / a lot of money
(l. 22) ‘I snatch’ = I take / I give / I throw away
(l. 24) ‘the Stoppard play’ = a play by Stoppard / a play with Stoppard / a play for Stoppard
(l. 27) ‘to hustle me’ = to push me / to pull me / to drag me
(l. 28) ‘the Tube fare’ = the cost of a ticket / the price of a car / the money to hire a taxi
(l. 30) ‘a fiver’ = a five-pound note / a five-pound-coin / a five-euro bill
(l. 32) ‘the whine in my voice’ = she’s complaining / she’s crying / she’s shouting
(l. 33) ‘I’ll bet’ = I don’t know / I have doubts / I’m certain
(l. 33) ‘this chap’ = this girl / this lady / this boy
(l. 33) ‘maddening sweetness’ = it makes her sad / angry / mad
(l. 35 ‘a bloody taxi’ = she’s calm / furious / indifferent
(l. 38) ‘the male half of the couple’ = the lady / the boy / the gentleman
(l. 39) ‘we own’ = we earn / we have / we possess
(l. 40) ‘our joint account’ = the money we have at the bank / we owe to the bank / we steal from the bank
(l. 41) ‘our savings account’ = money we spend / money we waste / money we save
(l. 41) ‘we won’t notice’ = it’s not important / it doesn’t matter / it does matter
(l. 43) ‘people have gathered’ = people have gone / have stopped / have formed a group
(l. 44) ‘an argument’ = a chat / a conversation / a fight
(l. 45) ‘the Underground station’ = the coach station / the bus station / the Tube station
(l. 46) ‘eighty quid’ = colloquial (very familiar) for eighty euros / eighty dollars / eighty pounds
(l. 46) ‘I hiss’ = I shout / I scream / I whisper