The House on Cardiff Hill

Questions - Understanding the text

Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Ask another student the questions and answer them. Mowgli/is/How/old? does/him/hit/Why/Baloo? Master Words/What/the/are?…

Say the chant.

Say the chant. Animals

Comparative idioms (I)

‘Axel was tired but the Professor was as fresh as a daisy.’ There are many common comparative idioms in English with as + adjective + as. We use them to emphasise a characteristic. Some comparisons…

Grammar (I)

Comparatives We use as + adjective / adverb + as when we want to say that two people or things are similar. My work is as good as your work. Mary talks as loudly as John. [...]

Comprehension (II)

Answer these questions. What is strange about the servants in the Governor’s palace in Glubbdubrib? Gulliver meets a lot of his heroes from history in Glubbdubrib. Why is he disappointed? What does…

Epigrams - The text and beyond

In Chapter One we saw that Lord Henry provides us with several epigrams. He creates two more in this chapter. What are they and what do they mean? Discuss your ideas with a partner. Try to give their…

Phrasal verbs

‘He could get away with it.’ Look at this sentence from Chapter Nine: ‘He could get away with it.’ To get away with something is a phrasal verb which means ‘to not suffer punishment when you…

Speaking - The text and beyond

Beauty and youth are central themes of this 19th-century novel. Today society is extremely concerned with youth, good looks and physical fitness. The image of the ‘successful individual’ that the…

Before You Read - The Wedding

The Wedding