A Different Kind of School
Chapter 5
A. Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.
. I shall be so glad when today is over.
. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on
a crutch is almost fun, I guess.
. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day —
at least not much.
. But being blind is so frightening.
. Only you must tell me about things.
. Let’s go for a little walk.
. The other bad days can’t be half as bad
as this.
B. Answer the following questions
1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss
Beam’s school? (1)
2. What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play? (9)
3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)
4. What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)
WORKING WITH LANGUAGE
A. Match the words and phrases with their meanings in the box below.
paragraph numbers
1. homesick (3)
2. practically (4)
3. it pains me (7)
4. appreciate (9)
5. thoughtless (10)
6. exercise (11)
7. relief (13)
8. ghastly (14)
B. Re-word these lines from the story:
1. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam’s school.
2. Miss Beam was all that I had expected — middle-aged, full of authority.
3. I went to the window which overlooked a large garden.
4. “We cannot bandage the children’s mouths, so they really have to exercise their will-power.”
C. 1. Given below is a page from a dictionary. Look at it carefully
and
(i) find a word which means the same as ghastly. Write down
the word and its two meanings.
(ii) find a word meaning a part of the school year.
(iii) find a word that means examination.