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Look again The Cook (Chapter 12). According to that chapter, is the information given here True, False or Not Given?

1. Mr Tomkin was in the gym hall when the policeman found him

2. The policeman was pulled out the gym hall by Mr Tomkin

3. The policeman spoke to his boss over the radio

4. Candy escaped from Scullwell hospital last week

5. Candy used to work in London

6. Candy’s ‘peace formula’ tasted like apples

7. The government used to be Candy’s employer

8. Billy Pugman was not as nice as he used to be

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 12). Match these answers (a- d) with the questions 1-4

a. He thought that Candy’s peace formula might really work.

b. She liked Candy…and she wasn’t ready to say she was a bad person.

c. He thought Candy was dangerous.

d. It made nasty people into nice people.

1. Why did sergeant Roberts call for ambulances?

2. Why did the headmistress tell Mr Tomkin to be quiet?

3. What did Candy’s ‘peace formula’ do to people?

4. Why did Mr Tomkin ‘look strange’?

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.

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

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

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

Think about the Cook (Chapter 7) and put these events into the correct order

a. She gave the landlord some money

b. There was a loud noise and smoke rose into the air

c. She went to some nearby shops

d. She found a room that was not far from a train station

e. The liquid in the pot was deep purple

f. She returned from the shops with the ingredients that she needed

According to The Cook (Chapter 7), is the information in the following statements true, false or not given?

1. Candy found a place to stay that was near a train station.

2. The place that Candy found was quite close to the school that she worked in.

3. At night, Candy could hear the noise of the trains.

4. The rent for Candy’s room was only fifty pounds a month.

5. To make the liquid that Candy wanted took hours.

6. The liquid that Candy wanted to make was ready before 6am.

7. The liquid that Candy made was a light colour.

8. The deep purple liquid tasted delicious.

According to The Cook (Chapter 6) is the information in these statements is True, False or Not Given.

1. Lunch finished at 2pm

2. The headmistress arrived in her office just minutes before Candy arrived there

3. Candy was uncomfortable in the park last night

4. The headmistress gave Candy exactly 200 pounds

5. The headmistress has purple hair

6. Billy Pugman gets into six or seven fights every week

7. The police come to the school every time there is a fight

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 5) and put the following sentences into the correct order

a. Candy went to an all-night cafe

b. Candy looked at her hand and saw a knife in it

c. Mr Tomkin came rushing out of the staff room

d. The owner of the cafe told Candy to buy something or leave

e. Candy slept on a bench

f. Candy gave her handkerchief to Collins

g. A fight began in the playground

h. The headmistress was not in her office

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 4). According to the text, is the information in the following statements True, False or Not Given?

a. Candy took more than two hours to make the meal

b. Candy made a salad as a starter

c. Mrs Duffy disagreed with the headmistress’s opinion about the food

d. Mr Tomkin thought the food was good too

e. The headmistress offered Candy a job

f. The headmistress did not mention the salary

g. Candy wants to start the job immediately

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 3) and decide if the information in these statements is true, false or not given.

1. There were at least six people in the dining hall

2. The two ladies in pink uniforms worked part-time at the school

3. Mrs Duffy was the headmistress

4. Candy had no cooking qualifications

5. Everyone liked the meals that the last cook made

6. The last cook had no qualifications

7. Candy offered to prepare a meal immediately

8. The meal that Candy will make is difficult to cook

1. To make some simple past tense statements negative, the auxilliary verb ‘did’ must be added. The main verb must also change from simple past to bare infinitive For example, ‘She ate breakfast‘ becomes ‘She did not eat breakfast’/She didn’t eat breakfast‘ . However, with some verbs (such as ‘To Be’) the auxilliary ‘did’ is not used. For example, ‘She was late‘ becomes ‘She was not late/She wasn’t late.

2. Look at these sentences from The Cook (Chapter 2). Decide if they are true or false.

a. Candy didn’t find it easy to get to the school.

b. Candy asked some people for directions.

c. Most of the people that she asked gave her help.

d. The old woman didn’t know where the school was.

e. The school wasn’t far from the fish and chip shop.

f. Candy didn’t feel hungry.

g. Candy didn’t have a scarf around her neck.

Read The Cook (Chapter 2) again. Is the information in the following statements True, False or Not Given?

1. Candy was in a large city

2. She felt tired

3. She found twenty pence

4. When she called the school, the headmistress spoke to her

5. The job interview was for tomorrow morning

6. Candy took a bus to the school

7. Six people didn’t not give her directions to the school

8. There were many customers in the fish and chip shop

9. The door at the entrance to the school was open

10. Candy was refused entrance to the school

Look again at The Cook (Chapter 1) and decide if these statements are probably true or probably false.

1. The two men in suits are visitors to Scullwell

2. The patients at Scullwell are kept in bad conditions

3. The two men in suits are doctors

4. The patients at Scullwell are sometimes violent

5. Candy is dangerous

6. The head nurse is going to call the police