Lesson 4

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences about The Railway Children with these words.

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1. Roberta's family home in the city is big and attractive.

2. It has a large garden full of flowers and trees.

3. Roberta feels terrible when some men take their father from their home.

4. Their new house is in the country near a line railway.

5. The family do not have much money and now they are poor.

6. A kind old man helps their father to leave prison, and the family are happy to be togather again.

Reading

2. Are these sentences about The Railway Children true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.

1. At the beginning of the story, four people live in a big house. F There are five.

2. The family know why some men take their father away. F They don’t know why.

3. Their new house in the country is not very big. T

4. The children do not do anything exciting in their new home. F They have lots of adventures.

5. The kind old man travels on the train daily. T

6. The father was in prison for doing something bad. F He was in prison for something he did not do.

Vocabulary

3. Match the words with the same meaning, then find the opposites and circle them.

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