Write out of the text all Ally’s Resolution points:
Ally’s New Year’s Resolution
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________
3. ________________________________
4. ________________________________
5. ________________________________
6. ________________________________
Write out of the text all words and word-combinations, characterizing the following characters:
Ally (Gloria)
Doreen
Val
Len
Auntie Glad
Mum
Dad
appearance
character
habits
age
II. Vocabulary work.
Fill in the gaps:
to have a room to oneself to share to be cut out for to attain glamour to lag behind smart smashing to chuck (money) away to spoil sour to shuffle to out-talk sb. to get into mischief crew cut to be dying for
1. No one _____________________________ at 49 Magnolia Buildings.
2. Mum and Dad _________________________ a room.
3. Doreen is just __________________________ a teacher.
4. They were both asleep in the one bed, with only Val’s black curls and Len’s _____________ showing above the sheet.
5. I ___________________ a cup of coffee.
6. Mum smiled and hoped Val was not _______________________.
7. Dad never said much as it was impossible __________________ Mum when she got started.
8. A Heart for a Coronet will be a ______________ picture.
9. “That’s what I work for, isn’t it?” cried Mum with spirit, her black eyes sparking. “So as to have a bit of money I can _____________, and you not able to throw it in my teeth.”
10. Mum liked _______________ children.
11. This morning Ally felt _________.
12. Old Sprot, the flats’ caretaker, was whistling to himself as he _______ about the yard.
13. All small boys are awful to walk with. Either Len went round and round under Ally’s feet like a puppy on a cord, or he _______________ and got stuck at crossings.
14. You need a bathroom to look _______, she said to herself.
15. She was going __________________, even if it killed her.
Match the words and their definitions:
1. fuss
a. a room for cleaning and storing dishes and cooking utensils and for doing messy kitchen work
2. sink
b.needless bustle or excitement
3. wheedle
c.oppressive to the breathing
4. dimple
d. a stationary basin connected with a drain and usually a water supply for washing and drainage
5. crooked
e. to ornament with needlework
6. spinster
f. to influence or entice by soft words or flattery
7. stuffy
g. a slight natural indentation (îòñòóï) in the surface of some part of the human body
8. nuisance
h. one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious
9. embroider
i. an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying
10. scullery
j. not straight
11. queue
k.to make cheerful and excited
12. scold
l.a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles
13. exhilarate
m.to gather information or material bit by bit
14. mock
n.to find fault noisily or angrily
15. glean
o.to treat with contempt (íåóâàæåíèå) or ridicule
Learn the vocabulary for the word-dictation.
III. Retell the Chapter. Pay attention to the following points: