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statements speaker to whom? about whom or what? why?
1. ‘He says he had a rotten Ernest Dad Uncle Tom While at school, Tom
time.’ used to get beatings.
2. ‘No time like the present,
my boy.’
3. ‘Well, well, that was
something in your favour.’
4. ‘I’m sorry, sir. I thought
the master was here.’
5. ‘This is mine. I’m sure of
it.’
6. ‘Your father might want it
back.’
C Think
C1 Think carefully and answer in detail.
1. Do you think Ernest knew that something was odd about his report? Why or why not?
2. Compare and contrast the personalities and behaviour of Ernest’s father and his uncle.
3. How do you think the story would have ended if Uncle Tom had not burned Ernest’s real
report? What would Ernest and his father have done?
D Language in Use
Vocabulary
Read these words from the lesson and their opposites.
carelessness – carefulness laziness – industriousness
punished – pardoned/rewarded remember – forget praise – blame
D1 Read the following wise sayings and fill in the blanks with the opposites of the words in italics.
The first one has been done as an example.
1. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.
2. Better an open enemy than a false __________________.
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