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Mary Comes to England

Chapter I

 

I. Intone the following sentences.

 

1. Mary Lennox was born in India.    
2. I don’t believe you!    
3. Mrs. Medlock took Mary up to Yorkshire by train.  
4. It’s big and grand, of course, but very gloomy.  
5. It all sounded very different from India, and she liked new things.  
6. She watched the grey sky grow heavier and heavier, and then she fell asleep.  
7. What is the moor?    
8. It sounds just like the sea.    
9. I think it’s a dull, wild place.    
10. She suddenly felt very small and lost.    

 

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 situations they were used in.

4. Make sentences of your own.

 

1. to die of cholera 2. to look after smb 3. to be selfish 4. plain-looking 5. to be disagreeable 6. to be going to do smth 7. hunchback 8. delightful 9. housekeeper 10. to be interested in 11. messily 12. spoilt-looking 13. sharp eyes 14. gloomy 15. moor 16. crooked 17. carriage 18. to feel curious 19. heather 20. gorse 21. pony 22. frightening 23. corridor 24. servant

 

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

 

1. Mary Lennox was a delightful pretty girl and lived with her parents in England.  
2. The servant looked after Mary when she was born and she gave her whatever she wanted.  
3. Mary was going to live with her uncle in England.    
4. A very nice woman, Mrs. Medlock, met Mary in London and took her up to Yorkshire.  
5. The house Mary was going to live in was very cozy, nice, full of light and there where a lot of pictures on the walls.  
6. Mr. Craven’s wife had been a sweet, pretty thing.    
7. Listening to Mrs. Medlock made Mary extremely happy and she was glad she was going to live in that house.  
8. Mary didn’t help Mrs. Medlock to collect her things as she wasn’t used to, because the servants had always done everything for her.  
9. Mary looked out of the window and she could see darkness stretching all around them, which was the sea.  
10. When Mary entered her room the fire was burning in the room and there was dinner on the table.  

 

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

 

1. When I finish this university I _____________ become a teacher.

2. Many small children nowadays _______________ computer games.

3. It is not pleasant when a child is always _____________.

4. When people are ___________ they don’t care about anybody, only about themselves.

5. In 19th century a lot of people ______________.

6. Sometimes I ______________ my younger sister.

7. When I read about something I ______________ , I try to find more information about it.

8. In 19th century rich people had ____________ to help them about the house.

 

 

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

 

1. gloomy 2. plain-looking 3. hunchback 4. delightful 5. messily 6. moor 7. frightening 8. crooked 9. pony 10. housekeeper simple-looking someone who has a round back in a dirty and untidy way making a person sad and without hope an area of land not suitable for crops very nice making you feel afraid or nervous not straight, curved a person working for other people in a big house a small horse

 

 

VI. Answer the following questions.

 

1. What happened to Mary’s parents when she was nine years old?

2. Why did the servant always give Mary whatever she wanted?

3. Where did Mary stay after her parents had died?

4. Where was Mary going to live?

5. Who met Mary in London?

6. Did Mary like Mrs. Medlock?

7. What was the place Mary was going to like?

8. What interesting fact about Mr. Craven did Mary learn from Mrs. Medlock?

9. Why didn’t Mary help Mrs. Medlock to pack the things?

10. What did Mary see when she looked out of the window?

 

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

 

1. When Mary was born, a servant looked after her.

2. Mary was going to go back to England.

3. He lives in a great big old house in the country.

4. Mary was met by Mr. Craven’s housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock.

5. The house is six hundred years old; it’s on the edge of the moor.

 

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

 

Chapter II

Robin Redbreast

 

I. Intone the following sentences.

 

1. It was not like the child’s room at all.    
2. Martha was a round, red-cheeked, cheerful-looking person.  
3. Are you going to be my servant?    
4. Dickon’s a kind boy and the animals like him.  
5. There wouldn’t be ponies or sheep in the garden, but there might be birds.  
6. I think he was on a tree in the secret garden!  
7. They’re the friendliest birds of all.    
8. Are you a little girl from India?    
9. Would you make friends with me?    
10. Where is the door to the garden?    

 

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. robin redbreast 2. to be in flower 3. humming – to hum 4. cheerful-looking 5. to speak with an accent 6. to disobey 7. to hit smb back 8. it’s time smb did smth 9. to feel sorry for smb 10. to look relieved 11. fatten up 12. to make friends with smb 13. bare 14. locked up 15. to bury 16. lawn 17. fountain 18. couldn’t stop thinking about (doing) smth 19. to wonder 20. orchard 21. make smb do smth 22. to dig - digging 23. rough (voice) 24. to whistle 25. to land 26. to hop 27. to realize 28. to nod 29. temper 30. spade

 

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

 

1. When Mary woke up in the morning there was Mrs. Medlock cleaning out the fireplace in her room.  
2. The room was full of toys, books and bright pictures.    
3. Martha was not at all like the servants Mary had had in India.    
4. Martha was going to be Mary’s servant.    
5. Mary could easily get dressed herself.    
6. Mary was very hungry, so she ate a large breakfast.    
7. Martha told Mary about the locked garden.    
8. Mary went out into the gardens and saw the fountain playing and the flower-beds in bloom.  
9. The bird’s unpleasant voice gave Mary an unpleasant feeling.    
10. Ben Weatherstuff told Mary where the door to the secret garden was.    

 

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

 

1. When spring comes all the fruit trees _____________ and the smell is wonderful.

2. I could easily understand that he was a foreigner because he _______________.

3. I _____________ my dog when it fell ill and was taken to a vet.

4. As soon as I learnt the results of my state examinations I ___________.

5. We hope that here at the University you will ______________ a lot of new people.

6. In winter all trees and bushes are ______________ but the fur tress are not.

7. My teacher of English ______________ learn a lot of useful things and that helped me at the state examination.

8. A person with a horrible ____________ is not pleasant to deal with.

 

 

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

 

1. robin redbreast 2. to disobey 3. locked up 4. fountain 5. orchard 6. rough 7. to dig 8. to realize 9. to bury 10. spade to put smth into the ground and to cover it with earth smth with a help of which water is sent up into the air a tool used for digging not to do what you are told a garden with fruit trees an action one performs with a spade to understand a small brown European bird closed having uneven surface; not gentle.

 

 

VI. Answer the following questions.

 

1. Why didn’t the room look like a child’s room?

2. What did Mary see out of the window?

3. How did Martha look like?

4. What couldn’t Mary do herself? Why?

5. Why did Mary get interested in Dickon?

6. What did she learn from Martha about one of the gardens?

7. What did Mary see in the gardens?

8. What did Mary see on the top of one of the trees?

9. What did Mary realize while talking to Ben?

10. Did the gardener tell Mary anything about the door to the secret garden?

 

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

 

1. She spoke with a strong Yorkshire accent.

2. There are twelve children in our house.

3. Dickon made friends with a pony.

4. In the garden Mary met a man, who was digging in the corner.

5. He lives there among the rose-trees.

 

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

 

 

Chapter III

Mary Finds the Key

 

I. Intone the following sentences.

 

1. The fresh air of the moor is making you hungry.  
2. Mary began to feel very interested in the secret garden.  
3. Can you hear someone crying?    
4. She did not believe that Martha was telling the truth.  
5. Look at the moor! Look at the moor!    
6. She especially liked to hear about Martha’s mother and Dickon.  
7. Do you think he remembers me?    
8. You do remember me!    
9. It was an old key, and it looked as if it had been buried for a long time.  
10. Perhaps it is the key to the garden!    

 

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. indoors 2. to keep oneself warm 3. several 4. to feel hungry 5. to pick up 6. busy 7. to be covered with smth 8. ivy 9. twitter 10. carefully 11. roaring (sound) 12. to rush 13. to beat against (the wall) 14. to be allowed to do smth 15. branch 16. to hurt 17. to go mad 18. to cry 19. confused 20. to seem worried 21. crow 22. crocus 23. snowdrop 24. daffodil 25. to find out smth about smb 26. to tremble 27. to hide – hid – hidden  

 

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

 

1. Mary enjoyed staying indoors because there were many toys and books.    
2. One day Mary woke up with a strange feeling – for the first time in her life she felt hungry.  
3. Ben Weatherstaff was very friendly with Mary and played with her a lot in the gardens.  
4. Mr. and Mrs. Craven used to come to the garden to sit and to read.    
5. Martha’s mother was rough and lazy, and cross and untidy.    
6. After Martha had gone home, Mary felt very happy.    
7. Ben explained Mary that the spring flowers were going to appear soon.    
8. While Mary was talking to Ben a crow flew down to her feet.    
9. Robin showed Mary the door to the secret garden.    
10. Mary decided to throw away the key she found in the earth.    

 

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

 

1. After talking over the telephone my friend _____________ because the news were not pleasant.

2. Some poor people go to psychiatric hospitals because they _______________.

3. My sister _____________ her leg while riding a bicycle.

4. I’d like to go to the UK, so I need to ___________ some information _____ the places to visit.

5. In the 19th century people had to use fireplaces ______________.

6. After a long walk we were very tired and ______________, so we decided to eat in a café.

7. It snowed the whole night and in the morning everything ______________ thick snow.

8. During the lesson you ____________ use the mobile phones.

 

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

 

1. indoors 2. several 3. busy 4. ivy 5. twitter 6. branch 7. confused 8. crow 9. to tremble 10. to hide to put something away so that no one can find it more than a few, but not a lot a plant that grows up walls occupied with some activity a hard brown part of a tree a sound produced by a bird a large black bird that makes a loud sound shaking because one is nervous or weak inside unable to understand smth clearly

 

 

VI. Answer the following questions.

 

1. What kind of feeling did Mary have one morning?

2. What did Mary learn about Mr. and Mrs. Craven from Martha?

3. What did Mary suddenly realize?

4. What did Mary hear one night?

5. Where did Martha want to go that morning?

6. What did Martha tell Mary about Dickon?

7. What did Ben tell Mary about the gardens?

8. Why was robin interested in Mary?

9. What did Mary find with the robin’s help?

10. What was her plan?

 

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

 

1. Our children play with sticks and stones.

2. She didn’t believe that Martha was telling the truth.

3. Everyone likes Dickon, even the animals.

4. The robin hopped among the bushes in the flower-bed.

5. Mary decided to keep the key in her pocket.

 

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

 

Chapter IV

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