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May 09 2012
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Word forms for The Cook (Chapter 11)

1.Choose the best word to complete this sentence:

Billy Pugman [chose/choice] to eat beef for lunch.

In this example, a verb is needed so the correct word form is ‘chose’ (the past tense of ‘choose’). The word ‘choice’ is a noun and can’t be used here.

2. Knowing and choosing the correct form (or ‘Part of Speech’) of a word is important. Look at this extract from The Cook and decide if the underlined words are a noun or verb.

The surprise stopped Sergeant Roberts from moving; but only for a moment. He dropped his hat and ran after her. He was just seconds behind. He pulled the security door open and ran into the street. His mouth dropped open. He looked one way, then the other. He ran to Martin’s Fish Bar and looked up that street. Nothing. He turned around and began to run all the way around the wall, but she was not there. ‘Now what do I do?’ He thought about the poster in the police station – about the information on it. ‘I must warn them,’ he said and rushed back to the security door. It was still half-open. He looked down. On the ground, between the door and the lock, was a long purple scarf.

3. Complete these sentences by choosing the correct form of the word

a. If you [rush/in a rush] in an exam, you might make careless mistakes. I [in a rush/rushed] in my exam, so it wasn’t [surprised/a surprise] when I got my grade. It was low!

b. The [inform/information] about how to use the DVD player [a look/looked] difficult to understand.

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May 08 2012
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Quizlet for The Cook (Chapter 11)

Practice the words in The Cook (Chapter 11) using this QUIZLET

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May 07 2012
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Comprehension for The Cook (Chapter 11)

Look again at information in The Cook (Chapter 11) and decide if the following statements are True, False or Not Given

1. It was a bright, sunny day.

2. Billy stood in the queue with an angry look on his face.

3. A police officer was the special guest speaker that morning.

4. The children enjoyed listening to guest speakers.

5. The gym hall could hold 200 students.

6. Sergeant Robert wanted to discuss road safety.

7. There was a picture of Candy’s face in the police station.

8. Candy escaped on foot.

 

 

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May 06 2012
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PIcture activity for The Cook (Chapter 11)

Look at these pictures and see if you can find the words in The Cook (Chapter 11)

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May 04 2012
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Grammar for The Cook (Chapter 10)

1. Exclamations are phrases that can express strong (positive or negative) emotions. For example, imagine you have just watched a good film. You could say ‘What a movie!’. Alternatively, imagine one of the actors in the film was really bad. You could say ‘What an actor!’. Exclamations like these examples have an exclamation mark (!) at the end of them.

2. Look at this extract from The Cook (Chapter 10) and find the exclamation with ‘What’ in it.

Inside the kitchen, the headmistress, Mr Tomkin and Mrs Duffy stood at the window and looked out. ‘My goodness Ms Pickles,’ said the headmistress. ‘What a queue!’ She smiled. ‘You are a star! An absolute star!’

3. Look at these sentences and match them with the most appropriate exclamation

‘What a building!’

‘What an idiot!’

‘What a result!’

‘What a journey!’

‘What a view!’

‘What a meal!’

a. I loved the taste of everything that we ate.

b. The bus made so many stops along the way.

c. It’s the highest skyscraper in the world.

d. From the hotel, we could see Loch Ness.

e. He drove past me at 70kph in a 40kph zone.

f. Manchester City beat Manchester United 6-1.

 

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May 03 2012
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Vocabulary practice for The Cook (Chapter 10)

Look again at the irregular verbs in Chapter 10. Now choose the best word to complete these sentences

1. Sometimes it’s difficult to [choose/chose] a CD if there is a large selection of music.

2. Oh no! I have [leave/left] my mobile phone in the restaurant.

3. Can you [bring/brought] me the newspaper from the kitchen?

4. I didn’t [had/have] your number so I couldn’t call you last night.

5. He was laughing so hard he was [cry/crying].

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May 02 2012
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Comprehension for The Cook (Chapter 10)

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 10). Is the information in the following sentences True, False or Not Given?

1. The queue for lunch that day was short

2. That day, there was only one starter

3. The chicken soup had pieces of mushroom in it

4. One of the main courses was beef with red peppers and white rice

5. Billy chose the beef for lunch

6. Billy sat down at a table without asking

7. Mrs Duffy watched Billy’s behaviour carefully

8. Mr Tomkin didn’t finish his lunch

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May 01 2012
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Quizlet for The Cook (Chapter 10)

Click here to practice some of the irregular verbs in The Cook (Chapter 10)

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Apr 30 2012
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Picture activity for The Cook (Chapter 10)

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 10) and find the words that these photographs refer to

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Apr 29 2012
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Comprehension The Cook (Chapter 10)

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 10) and put the following sentences in the correct order

a. Mr Tomkin, Mrs Duffy and the headmistress went to the top of the queue

b. Billy Pugman said ‘Good morning’ to Candy

c. Mr Tomkin noticed that Billy was behaving strangely

d. Mr Tomkin, Mrs Duffy and the headmistress began eating their lunch

e. Mr Tomkin, Mrs Duffy and the headmistress entered the kitchen

f. Billy Pugman asked the boys at the table a question

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Apr 27 2012
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Vocabulary practice for The Cook (Chapter 9)

Use the words below from The Cook (Chapter 9) to complete the sentences

whispering   victim   formula   line   clouds  

1. There are very few people in the world who know the ______ for Coca Cola.

2. If there are no ______ in the sky, it usually means it isn’t going to rain.

3. The students cheated in the exam by ______ the answers to one another.

4. There was a long ______ of people waiting to see the Coldplay concert.

5. If you are a ______ of bullying at school, you should tell someone in authority.

 

 

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Apr 26 2012
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Grammar for The Cook (Chapter 9)

1. One way to use ‘much‘ and ‘many‘ is to talk about quantities of something. For example, in this sentence: ‘She has many friends‘ the number of friends is countable. ‘Many‘ is used instead of counting the exact number of friends and means ‘a large number of‘. We can also use ‘a lot of‘ instead.

In this sentence: ‘She doesn’t have much patience‘, patience cannot be counted so ‘much‘ is used. This sentence is NEGATIVE. We can also use ‘a lot of” in a NEGATIVE sentence. For example, ‘She doesn’t have a lot of patience‘. If we want to talk about something that cannot be counted in a POSITIVE way, then ‘a lot of‘ is often used. For example, ‘She has a lot of patience‘. This rule changes if ‘so‘ comes before ‘much’. For example, ‘She has so much patience‘. If we want to make a QUESTION, then ‘much‘ or ‘a lot of‘ can be used. For example, ‘Does she have much/a lot of patience?‘

2. Find the examples of ‘much’ and ‘many’ in this extract from The Cook (Chapter 9)

As usual, she worked beside the window. There were carrots to chop, swedes to smash and potatoes to peel and they all took so much time to do. Slowly, the sun rose between grey clouds. Around 8.15, the first children came through the security door and by 8.45 most of the children were in the playground.

She looked and looked for Billy, but there were so many children and none of them stayed in the same place for a second!

3. Use either ‘much’, ‘many’ or ‘a lot of’ to complete these sentences

a. How ______ was the train ticket?

b. She spent ______ money on new clothes.

c. She had ______ fun at her friend’s birthday party.

d. How ______ times did you watch ‘Titanic’?

e. I don’t know how ______ milk is in the fridge. Can you check?

f. He didn’t eat ______ for lunch – just a banana.

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Apr 25 2012
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Comprehension for The Cook (Chapter 9)

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 9) and decide if the information in the following sentences is True, False or Not Given

1. Candy didn’t sleep until 2 a.m.

2. Candy prepared lots of vegetables in the school kitchen

3. The sun rose after candy arrived at school

4. Everyone formed class lines when they heard the school bell

5. Billy hit someone with a football

6. The football struck Billy on his head

7. Billy fell to the ground because a tennis ball hit him

8. Billy didn’t get angry

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Apr 24 2012
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Quizlet for The Cook (Chapter 9)

Practice the vocabulary for The Cook (Chapter 9) using this QUIZLET.

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Apr 23 2012
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Grammar for The Cook (Chapter 9)

1. There are a number of verbs such as ‘love‘, ‘hate‘, ‘admit‘, ‘stop‘, keep (on)’, ‘begin‘, ‘start‘ and ‘finish‘ that can be followed by a gerund (= verb+ing). For example, at the end of an exam, you might hear this: ‘Stop writing and put your pencils down.‘ In this example, the verb ‘stop‘ is followed by the gerund ‘writing‘.

2. Look at this extract from The Cook (Chapter 9) and find the ‘verb + gerund’ phrases in it.

That night, she found it difficult to sleep. She kept thinking about Billy Pugman. ‘Did it work?’ she kept wondering. ‘Did I use enough of my formula? ’ Finally, the morning came and she got up early and went to the school.

3. Look at these sentences and choose an appropriate gerund from the list to complete them.

going    driving    practising    forgetting    doing    making    

a. “Have you finished ______ your homework?”   “Not yet – I still have three pages to read.”

b. Stop ______ mistakes and concentrate!

c. I love ______ to the cinema, but it’s quite expensive these days.

d. I’m sorry. I keep ______ your name. What is it again?

e. I hate ______ in rush hour traffic  – it’s really stressful.

f. She loves ______ her English – that’s why she learns words quickly.

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Apr 22 2012
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Picture activity for The Cook (Chapter 9)

Look at these pictures and find the words in The Cook (Chapter 9) that they refer to.

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Apr 19 2012
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Grammar for The Cook (Chapter 8)

1. Look at this extract from The Cook (Chapter 8) and find the example of ‘let’

‘Oh dear,’ she said, ‘these ones here are a bit cold. Let me get you some fresh ones,’ and she swung around and disappeared through the kitchen doors. In a flash, she put two drops of the purple liquid onto Billy’s steak pie and stirred them into the gravy.

In the example above, Candy uses ‘let‘ to mean ‘allow me‘. In other words, she is using it to make an offer.

2. Using ‘Let’s and let(s)’. Here are two basic ways to use them:

(a) ‘Let me go!’ = Allow/Permit me to do it!

‘Please let me go to the party’ = Allow/permit me to do it

‘Let me get you some water’ = Allow me to get you some water = a phrase used for making AN OFFER

EXAMPLE: A pirate never lets sailors go unless they pay a ransom. = A pirate never allows sailors to go…

(b) Let’s go! = How about going? = A phrase used for making A SUGGESTION.

EXAMPLE: Let’s take some water. We’ll be thirsty if we don’t. = A suggestion to take some water.

3. Now look at the underlined phrase in these sentences. Is it similar to (a) or (b) above?

1. I’m tired. Let’s stop and take a rest.

2. Why won’t you let us go to the party?

3. She never lets her children sit in the car without their seatbelts on.

4. Her father didn’t let her drink coffee when she was a child.

5. If you change your mind, let us know.

6. I don’t know the city so let’s buy a map.

7. Are you hungry? Let me get you some food.

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Apr 18 2012
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Comprehension for The Cook (Chapter 8)

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 8) and put the following sentences in the correct order

a. Billy said that he didn’t want to have the omelette

b. Candy put some of the purple liquid on Billy’s food

c. Billy entered the dining hall

d. Candy went to get some fresh chips

e. Billy chose the steak pie

f. A boy said that the food was excellent

g. Candy stirred the purple liquid into Billy’s food

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Apr 17 2012
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Quizlet for The Cook (Chapter 8)

Practice the vocabulary in The Cook (Chapter 8) in QUIZLET

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Apr 16 2012
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Informal words and phrases for The Cook

In chapters 1-8 of The Cook there are a number of informal words and phrases. Usually, informal words and phrases are used with people that we know well such as our friends.

Look at this list:

a. food   b. give me   c. I don’t think so!   d. you can’t change your mind  e. not very good   f. pounds  

Now match the more formal words and phrases above with the more informal ones below:

1. No going back (Chapter 2)

2. He said Manchester United were rubbish (Chapter 5)

3. Give me fifty quid now (Chapter 7)

4. Brilliant grub! (Chapter 8)

5. Gimmie some chips (Chapter 8)

6. Yeah, right! (Chapter 8)

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