CHAPTERS 19, 20

I. Read the chapters and find the following words and word combinations:

1. WORDS TO BE STUDIED: auspiciousness 238, ribald 138, parochial school 138, veneer 138, harangue 148, a slow-worm 142, commendable promptitude 142, mendaciously 143, to be holidaying 148, cinder 151, grit 152, to purloin 152, to whine 152, candidly 152, to be snug 152, oddities 153, prig 154.

1. WORD COMBINATIONS TO BE FUNCTIONALIZED: to take up smth. (pneumatic drilling) 141, to put finishing touches to smth. 142, all is grist to the mill for smb. (to smb’s mill) 144, to show smth. in its best silk rather than its everyday homespun 146, to give smb. an added zest 147, to laugh one’s head off 149, to get papers marked up 150, to be driven mad by smb. 151, to stick smb. 152, the bedroom overlooked the garden 152, to be (feel) snug 152, the flotsam and jetsam 153, to give three (ear-splitting) cheers for smb. 155.
2. EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING GRAMMATICAL PHENOMENA:
1. It would be Arnold … 142.
2. The cattle would be collected in the shade … 146.
3. The houses would be drowsing in the heat … 147.
4. Trust Tom to mislay one simple monumental article … 151.

II. Answer the following questions:

1. How did the staff receive the news of Miss Enderby’ new appointment?

2. Why didn’t Anna join Joan Berry in the new junior school?

3. What was the preparation for Open Day like?

4. Why were the children eager to leave the model of a desert in the classroom?

5. What do we come to know of Anna from the incident with the slow-worm?

6. How did Open day pass? How did Anna feel?

7. What were Anna’s plans for the future? Did she want to stay at Elm Hill forever?

8. What was the cause for Anna’s fears?

9. What was the attitude of the staff to the new headmaster?

10. What do you get to know about Maurice?

11. What was one of Anna’s biggest headaches?

12. What was the departure from Mrs. Flynn’s like?

13. What were the relationships between Anna and Tom Drew?

14. What was Anna’s attitude to Miss Enderby?

15. How did Anna feel about her colleagues and school in general?