DAVID COPPERFIELD - EXERCISE 4

Hello, Sara and Grega, here is exercise 4 for you, do it till Saturday, 26th January 2013. REMEMBER, PLEASE, I WON'T BE COMING TO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, 23RD JANUARY BECAUSE I AM GOING SKIING.So see you on Wednesday, 30th January, 2013. I am sure you will do the exercises with your teacher Maja. PLEASE BE GOOD AND PRACTICE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN! THANK YOU!

EXERCISE 4

I . GLOSSARY - PARAPHRASE THE WORDS.

approve -
blush -
churchyard -
curly - haired -
disgust -
embarrassed -
firm (noun) -
lawcourt -
opportunity -
pale -
parliament -
plain -
publish -
right (noun ) -
ruin ( noun - in this story ) -
stepfather -
trust -
turn up -
twins -
wicked -
wise -

II. HERE ARE EIGHT QUOTATIONS FROM THE STORY. DECIDE WHO SAID EACH ONE, AND EXPLAININ YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT THEY MEAN. THEN SAY WHAT THE REMARKS SHOW US ABOUT EACH PERSON'S CHARACTER.

1. "Barkis is willing."
2. "Well done, Mr. Dick! You always have the right answer.!
3. "I want to live life in my own way, and nobody can stop me!"
4. "Will you call me your child - wife?"
5. " If a man earns twenty pounds a year, and spends nineteen pounds and nineteen shillings, the result is happineness. But if he spends twenty pounds and one shilling, the result is misery!"
6. "Don't be unhappy. You know you can trust me, ann I'll always be your friend.!
7. "How kind of you!I'm too humble to expect such kindness!"
8. "Remember, you must be firm with the boy! I've told you before, you're too weak with him!"

III. HERE ARE SOME SHORT PASSAGES FROM FIVE CONVERSATIONS OR LETTERS. CHOOSE ONE SUITABLE WORD TO FILL EACH GAP. THEN SAY WHO THE WRITERS OR SPEAKERS WERE, AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME.

This exercise and 4 more I will bring to you tomorrow, on Monday, 21st January, 2013 in paper version! See you, bye - bye. Your teacher Katja