Home reading. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Chapter 1

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

Level 1

Retold by Jacqueline Kehl

From Penguin Reader

Tom Sawyer

Chapter 1

1. Vocabulary work

Were dead - померли

Adventures - пригоди

To be angry – злитися,сердитися

Fence - паркан

Later - пізніше

In the yard – на подвір’ї

To be surprised – бути здивованим

Again - знову

Wait - чекати

Come-came-come - приходити

Say-said-said-говорити

Go-went gone - йти

Read the first chapter and do the tasks

2. Write if the sentences are true or false

1. Tom Sawyer lived with his aunt Polly.
2. Saturday morning Tom was happy, because he started to paint the fence
3. His friend Jill was in the street.
4. Tom couldn’t swim, because he was working.
5. Ben gave Tom some sweets.
6. The fence was beautiful and white.
7. Aunt Polly went to the yard and was very surprised.
8. Tom waked to his friend’s house and rode the bike there.

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct words.

1. Tom Sawyer lived with his …, because his mother and father … dead.
2. Tom started to paint the …
3. You can’t …because you’re working.
4. Later,… come to the Tom’s house.
5. Give me some…and you can paint.
6. Tom stayed in the …, and the boys painted.
7. Then he … walked home again.
8. He liked  playing and having …

4. Write the words in Past Simple Tense

A

Tom… (to live) with his aunt because his mother and his father…(to be) dead. Tom …(not to like) going to school. He ... (to like) playing and having adventures.  One Friday, he ... (not to go) to school – he …(to go) to the river

B

Aunt Polly …(to be) angry. Saturday morning Tom … (to start) to paint the fence. Tom’s friend …(to give) him fruits and them they …(to paint) the fence. They … (to paint) the fence three times. It … (to be) beautiful and white.