A New Home

Grammar

Can you interpret the following sentences from the text into Russian? What grammar do you see here?

m. Here everything seemed to be normal.

n. The Red House until recently had been occupied by a Miss Agatha Trunchbull.

o. She was appointed Head Teacher.

p. This child was every bit as bright as Miss Honey had said.

q. I’ve been expecting smth like that to happen.

r. There was nothing to make you struggle.

s. You were able to make objects move.

t. It’s three hundred times a minute.

u. This child seems to be interested in everything.

v. I’m not missing that plane.

w. Miss Honey had heard the sound of Matilda’s feet racing over the gravel.

Reading

1. Mark the following statements as true or false. Develop them:

g. Nobody ever knew about Miss Trunchbull’s fainting-fit.

h. They decided to call on at Miss Trunchbull’s since she hadn’t turned up at school

i. In the house everything was normal.

j. One day Miss Honey was visited by local solicitors.

k. According to Miss Honey’s father’s will all his property and lifetime savings were left for her.

l. Miss Honey was happy to move back into the Red House, as it was one of the most beautiful buildings in the town.

m. Miss Honey was appointed Head Teacher at school.

n. Matilda was a welcome guest at Miss Honey’s, they still had bread and margarine with tea.

o. Matilda was moved up into the next form at school.

p. Miss Honey and Matilda didn’t have anything interesting to discuss after the Trunchbull was gone.

q. Matilda didn’t know if her ability to move things disappeared.

r. One day when Matilda got home, she found her parents packing suitcases. They were going on a holiday to Spain.

s. Matilda was glad she could travel abroad.

t. Miss Honey agreed to ask the Wormwoods to leave Matilda at once.

u. Though Matilda’s family were not eager to leave the girl, they did it since they trusted Miss Honey.

2. Answer the following questions using the words in parenthesis:

h. How did the life at school change after the incident with the Trunchbull? (to turn up at, to enquire, to vanish, to be appointed, to be moved)

i. Who inherited Magnus Honey’s property? (solicitor, late, to reveal, savings, to transfer)

j. What happened to Matilda’s extraordinary ability? (for fun, eyeballs)

k. How did Miss Honey explain this? Was she sure about her explanation? (guess, to struggle, to compete against, frustration, to be used up)

l. How did Matilda feel about her gift? (miracle worker)

m. What was going on in Matilda’s house? (to take notice off, to be off, chaos)

n. Why did the Wormwoods decide to leave for Spain? (crook, to be deep in smth, to tip smb off)

o. Miss Honey wouldn’t like Matilda to stay with her, would she? (heaven, consent)

p. Why did the Wormwoods agree to leave Matilda? (to look after)

q. Do you think the story has a happy end? Why? (to hug, to look back)

Vocabulary