Thursday
I’m having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.
My summer did not exactly get off a great start, thanks to my older brother Roderick. A couple of days into summer vacation, Roderick woke me up in the middle of the night. He told me I slept through the whole summer, but that luckily I woke up just in time for the first day of school.
You might think I was pretty dumb for falling for that one, but Roderick was dressed up in his school clothes and he’d set my alarm clock ahead to make it look like it was the morning. Plus, he closed my curtains so I couldn’t see that it was still dark out. // 1
After Roderick woke me up, I just got dressed and went downstairs to make myself some breakfast, like I do every morning on a school day.
But I guess I must have made a pretty big racket because the next thing I knew, Dad was downstairs, yelling at me for eating Cheerios at 3:00 in the morning. It took me a minute to figure out what the heck was going on.
After I did, I told Dad that Roderick had played a trick on me, and HE was the one that should be getting yelled at. // 2
Dad walked down to the basement to chew Roderick out, and I tagged along. I couldn’t wait to see Roderick get what was coming to him. But Roderick covered up his tracks pretty good. And to this day, I sure Dad thinks I’ve got a screw loose or something.// 3
From Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.
1) Read the text at least twice and tick the right box or answer the questions:
This document is
o an extract from a history book o a biography o an extract from a diary.
Give some clues to justify your answer:
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2) Read paragraph one.
a) Tick the right boxes
The action took place during o summer time o school time
Greg is an early riser o true o false
Rodrick is Greg’s o little brother o elder brother
b) All the following statements are wrong ! Correct them by quoting the text.
Rodrick let Greg sleep very late in the morning.
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Rodrick had his tracksuit on to go to his karate training lesson.
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Greg’s alarm clock was out of order.
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It was a sunny day.
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c) Choose a synonym of “dumb”
o sleepy o stupid
d)o Roderick made fun of his brother o Roderick had fun with his brother
3) Read paragraph two.
a) Tick the right boxes
Greg’s father went down to the kitchen because
o Roderick told him Greg was having breakfast at 3: 00 in the morning
o Greg made a lot of noise
o Greg was surprised
o Greg was afraid
o Greg’s father only shouted at him
oGreg’s father got angry with both his sons
o Greg denounced his brother
o Greg went back to bed
4) Read paragraph three.
Guess the meaning of these expressions thanks to the context
To chew out o to blow your chewing gum away o reprimand
To tag along o to follow someone o to draw on street walls
To cover one’s track o to loose one’s way o to destroy the clues
To have a screw loose o to be mad o to be cool
Why did Greg’s Dad go down to Roderick’s room?
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What couldn’t Greg wait for?
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What happened in the end?
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