Matilda

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By Encarni González LaraBy Encarni González Lara

WHILE-READING ACTIVITIESWHILE-READING ACTIVITIES

These are some These are some activities designed activities designed to work with while to work with while you’re reading this you’re reading this book by Roald Dahlbook by Roald Dahl

MATILDA’S CHARACTERSMATILDA’S CHARACTERS

CHAPTERS 1-3CHAPTERS 1-3 Answer these questions.a What can Matilda do at the age of one and ahalf ?………………………………………………b What can Matilda do at the age of three?………………………………………………c What can Matilda do at the age of four?………………………………………………d Why does Mrs Phelps watch Matilda withsurprise and excitement?………………………………………………e Why doesn’t Mr Wormwood want Matilda toread books?………………………………………………

CHAPTERS 1-3 Part IICHAPTERS 1-3 Part II

Are these sentences right (R) or wrong (W)?

a Matilda’s parents are busy doing thingsthat aren’t important. b Matilda doesn’t look at the pictures inthe books. c Matilda’s father buys and sells cars. d Matilda’s father is an honest man. e Matilda’s father drives cars backwards forthousands of miles.

CHAPTERS 1-3 Part II (bis)CHAPTERS 1-3 Part II (bis)

f Matilda wants to watch TV with herfamily. g Matilda puts glue around the inside

ofher father’s hat. h Matilda cuts the hat off her father’s

head. i Fred lives very close to Matilda. j Matilda borrows a parrot from Fred.

CHAPTERS 1-3CHAPTERS 1-3

MatildaMatilda Mr Mr WormwoodWormwood

Mr Mr WormwoodWormwood

Mrs PhelpsMrs Phelps

MatildaMatilda

Mrs Mrs WormwoodWormwood

CHAPTERS 4-6 Part ICHAPTERS 4-6 Part I

What is Matilda What is Matilda doing?doing?

What happens?What happens? How does this story How does this story

end?end? Is the situation Is the situation

funny? Why?funny? Why?

TRIVIA QUIZ FOR CHAPTERS 4-5-6

Click for Question

What has Mr Worwood done with the book Matilda is

reading when he got home?

He tore it into small pieces

Click for: Answer and next Question

What is the relationship between Matilda and Fred?

Neighbours


Why are Matilda and her father discussing about arithmetics

Matilda guessed answer forthe game


CONGRATULATIONS!

You won this game!

MATCHING ACTIVITYMATCHING ACTIVITY

BEGINNINGS ENDINGS

1. The only sensible thing to do when you’re attacked is,

a. By rubbing into it every morning large quantities of a lotion called OIL OF VIOLETS HAIR TONIC

2. That evening while the mother, the father, the brother and Matilda were having supper,

b. That she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal

3. It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted

c. as Napoleon once said, to counter-attack

4.Mr Wormwood kept his hair looking bright and strong

d. If I were you, with soap and water

5. I’d give it a good wash, e. a voice came loud and clear from the dining-room

FILL IN THE GAPSFILL IN THE GAPS

1.1. Perhaps his Perhaps his ________ was ________ was intensified intensified because he saw because he saw her getting her getting pleasurepleasure

2.2. He has sold no He has sold no less than five cars, less than five cars, each one at a tidy each one at a tidy ____________

3. It took me less 3. It took me less than ten minutes than ten minutes to ______ the whole to ______ the whole thing ______thing ______

4. Then she let out a 4. Then she let out a ______ that seemed ______ that seemed to lift her right upto lift her right up1515

ROLE-PLAYROLE-PLAY

You’re You’re hairdresserhairdresser. . You’re You’re astonished by astonished by the hair’s colour the hair’s colour of your customerof your customer

You’re You’re Mr. Mr. WormwoodWormwood. You . You don’t want to don’t want to recognise your recognise your mistake. So, mistake. So, you’re going to you’re going to invent an excuseinvent an excuse

TEN QUESTIONS

Subject: MATILDA

Ten Questions

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

1. Why does Matilda start going to school later than other

children?Her parents had forgotten to make

arrangements for her to go to school.

2. Why does Miss Honey try to stay calm when Matilda multiplies twelve

sevens?

Because she had never found such a brilliant girl.

3. Why does Miss Honey go to see Miss Trunchbull?

Because she is excited about having found a smart girl like Matilda.

4. Why does Miss Trunchbull like Mr Wormwood?

Because she thinks that he has sold her a new car.

5. Why does Miss Trunchbull think that Matilda is a bad girl?

Because she thinks it was Matilda who made a trick to her.

6. Give two synonyms for mild.

Good-tempered and quiet.

7. Can you explain the meaning of “set out”?

To start doing something in an energetic way.

8. Look for synonyms in chapters 7-8-9 for “bad people”.

Brat, wart, nasty little worm, gangster, beast.

9. Provide a definition for limerick.

Five-lines poems with humorous or witty intention.

10. Provide a list of the adjectives/expressions used by Miss Honey to describe Matilda’s parents.

Ratty-looking, plain plump person.

CONGRATULATIONS

GOOD WORK

CHAPTERS 7-8-9

WHAT AM I?

WHAT AM I?

I’M A HARD STUFFED SHIRT. I DON’T LIKE CHILDREN. THEY MAKE ME NERVOUS. I CONSIDER DISCIPLINE AS THE BEST THING IN ENTIRE WORLD

MISS HONEY MR WORMWOOD MISS TRUNCHBULL

INCORRECT!

Click to try again

CORRECT!

GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

WHAT AM I?

I’M SMALL. I CONSIDER MYSELF TALKATIVE. SOMETIMES I TELL NONSENSES BUT I’M HAPPY AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE FRIENDS

LAVENDER HORTENSIA MATILDA

CORRECT!

GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION

INCORRECT!

Click to try again

ROLE-PLAYROLE-PLAY

You’re going to be divided into groups of You’re going to be divided into groups of three:three:

- Student A: MatildaStudent A: Matilda- Student B: LavenderStudent B: Lavender- Student C: HortensiaStudent C: Hortensia

Lavender and Hortensia should describe Lavender and Hortensia should describe Miss Trunchbull to Matilda and tell her Miss Trunchbull to Matilda and tell her stories to support their descriptionsstories to support their descriptions

CHAPTERS 7-9 Part ICHAPTERS 7-9 Part I

Answer these questions:Answer these questions:

1- 1- What question does Miss Trunchbull What question does Miss Trunchbull ask Rupert?ask Rupert?

2- What does Miss Trunchbull call 2- What does Miss Trunchbull call Matilda’s father?Matilda’s father?

3- How old was Miss Honey when her 3- How old was Miss Honey when her father died?father died?

4- What arrives at the office?4- What arrives at the office?

CHAPTERS 7-9CHAPTERS 7-9

Which book Which book characters appear characters appear here?here?

What happens?What happens? Which chapter of Which chapter of

the book does this the book does this image refer to?image refer to?

What is this about?What is this about?

WRITING TASKWRITING TASK

““What do Matilda and Miss Honey say What do Matilda and Miss Honey say to each other when they return to to each other when they return to Miss Honey’s house”Miss Honey’s house”

Write the conversation and role-play it Write the conversation and role-play it in pairsin pairs

LISTENING ACTIVITYLISTENING ACTIVITY

1- Who are talking? 1- Who are talking? What are they What are they doing?doing?

2- Which book 2- Which book characters are being characters are being described?described?

3- Differences 3- Differences between Matilda’s between Matilda’s parents and parents and Cinderella’s Cinderella’s stepmotherstepmother

MATILDA’S QUIZMATILDA’S QUIZ

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Matilda