1. Escola Secundária/3 de Oliveira do Douro
School Year 2009/2010 - 7th Grade – Class C
Time in the Tower – Extensive Reading
Name: ______________________________ Date: 20th May 2010
Time in the Tower
Extensive Reading Worksheet
A. Read the following parts of the story and match the picture with the correct one.
1. This is the Buckingham Palace and this is
where the Queen lives when she is in London. 2. After the tour to London and after
eating their lunch the class arrives at the
Tower of London and a Beefeater meets
them to take them on a tour of the fort.
3. "Come on children, hurry up," shouts Mrs
Kennedy, "we don't want to be late arriving in
London. Everyone, get on the coach."
5. "So, you have an hour and a half to
complete the five questions. You have a
4. The children finally find their lot to visit, but the group that finishes
teachers in the cafe. They are having a first will get a prize,” – says Mrs Kennedy.
cup of tea and a cake. "There you are "There is a map of the Tower on the back
Miss. There you are Sir," dint says. of your question paper. Off you go."
"We've finished and we want our
prize."
Excerpt no. _________ Chapter _______
B. Choose 2 or 3 paragraphs that you’ve enjoyed the most!
Page, from line __________________ to line________________ .
C. In group prepare to read it aloud to your classmates!
2. Activity evaluation
Complete the following sentences according to your opinion (A) and to your
group’s opinion (B).
A) In my opinion, this activity
a) was interesting and it showed me that short-stories can be fun.
b) didn’t change my attitude towards short-stories.
c) wasn’t interesting and it didn’t show me we can spend a good time reading a
short-story.
B) My group thinks it
a) was interesting and nice. We learned that short-stories are not that bad.
b) had some interesting parts, but other were boring.
c) was boring and we didn’t enjoy the activity.
