Lesson 4

reading

2. Read part of A Little Princess and check your answers to Exercise1.

A girl is giving a beggar some cakes outside a baker’s.

The girl giving the cakes.

She feels cold and hungry.

Students’ own answers.

3. Look at the words in bold in the text. Match the words and the definitions.

1. not kind. cruel

2. a school where the students live all the time. boarding school

3. act or do something in a certain way. behave

4. a poor person who asks others for money, etc. beggar

5. a person who works in a house, cooking, cleaning, etc. servant

4. Read the story again and answer the questions.

1. When does Sara become a servant?

She becomes a servant after her father dies.

2. Why is Sara kind and polite to everyone?

Because she decides to behave like a princess.

3. Why is Miss Minchin cruel to Sara?

Because Sara has no money.

4. Why does the baker think that Sara is strange?

Because she is poor but is helping a beggar.