- Level: Intermediate
- Age: Above 12
We thank Francisco Cerrillo (a teacher from Madrid, Spain) for sending these activities.
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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
CHAPTER 3
VOCABULARY
1. Explain the meaning of:
to make up a story; to take in; to burst into tears; to make up with sb; to be in the right; to play hide-and-seek; to set sb talking; wretched; to vanish; to tease sb about sth; to make up one's mind to do sth
2. Find in the text the word that is defined. Some of them are here, the others are in Chapter 3.
batty; to rush; to fling; to rap; knuckles; a hoax; spiteful; to sneer; to jeer; to scatter; wretched; to vanish; crisp; a squirrel; to shiver; to sulk; a reindeer; a wand; stern; to frown
| J |
to treat with mock |
| R |
to strike |
| B |
insane; crazy; eccentric |
| R |
to appear, go, pass, etc., rapidly or suddenly |
| F |
to move with haste or violence; rush |
| K |
a joint of a finger connecting the fingers to the hand. |
| H |
deception, fraud, fake, imposture |
| S |
full of spite or malice |
| S |
to smile, laugh |
| S |
to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse |
| C |
hard but easily breakable |
| S |
bushy-tailed rodents |
| S |
to shake or tremble |
| S |
to remain silent |
| R |
large deer |
| W |
stick or rod, esp. one used by a magician |
| S |
firm, strict, or uncompromising |
| F |
to contract the brow and to have an angry look. |
| H |
any of various heaths |
| G |
to search blindly or uncertainly |
| F |
of the pine family |
| T |
the main stem of a tree |
| G |
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance |
| T |
a pendent ornament on the sledge |
| C |
to crush with the teeth and chew vigorously or noisily |
3. Write a summary of this chapter.
4. Find words in the text that describe winter.
5. What is the difference between tremble-quiver-shiver? Find out more synonyms. Make a synonymic chain.
6. Please, describe the dwarf and the witch as fully as you can.
DIFFERENCE: tremble - quiver - shiver
tremble: to shake with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold
quiver: to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble
shiver: to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
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