Name: _______________________________________________

Date: _____/_____/______ Time: ____________Mark: ______

Level: __________________ Teacher: _____________________

Book’s Activity: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

1. Say if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). (____/0,8)
( T ) An American tells the story.
( ) The man received an injury to his head.
( ) He woke up in the sixteenth century.
( ) There were a lot of people at King Arthur’s Court.
( ) King Arthur put two man in prison.
( ) His friend Clarence was knight.
( ) The man said he was a scientist.
( ) He survived thanks to a solar eclipse.
( ) He became powerful and popular.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct words. (___/0,8)

A. A person you don‘t know is a...
( ) knight ( ) stranger ( ) minister
B. A text written by hand is a...
( ) manuscript ( ) book ( ) letter
C. Something which is strange is...
( ) difficult ( ) foreign ( ) unusual
D. Noon is another way of saying...
( ) early ( ) evening ( ) midday
E. If something is in darkness there is no...
( ) light ( ) heat ( ) water
F. If something disappears you...
( ) Can’t hear it ( ) can’t smell it ( ) can’t see it
G. Something which is huge is...
( ) very small ( ) average size ( ) enormous
H. Two things which look the same are…
( ) a bit similar ( ) identical ( ) different

3. Complete the summary with the past continuous form of one of the verbs from the
box. (____/1,0)
Repair speak go teach try cross

They were repairing the bishop’s roads as part of their duty.

a) Clarence __________________ people to read and write.
b) The next day we _______________________ a meadow when Sandy shouted.
"Defend yourself!”
c) While she ________________________I remembered the girl I loved in Connecticut.
d) They _________________________to the Valley of Holiness.
e) Merlin was there now, he ____________________to make the water come back with
magic.
4. Put the events from Chapter Five into the correct order. (____/0,7)
( 1 ) Hank escapes from the group of slaves.
( ) He returns to England and tries to start a revolution.
( ) The police arrest Hank but then release him.
( ) Sir Launcelot and the knights come to save Hank and King Arthur.
( ) The other slaves kill the slave master.
( ) He leaves England with his family.
( ) Hank wins a tournament at Camelot.
( ) The police arrest Hank a second time and decide to hang all the slaves.

5. Choose the correct end for each sentence. (___/0,7)

a) The end of the day is at
( ) sunrise ( ) midday ( ) sunset
b) The problem with the well was:
( ) a hole ( ) the water dried up ( ) someone stole the water
c) The hermits were ail very:
( ) clever and educated ( ) well dressed ( ) strange and dirty
d) When Hank first proposed the bath the monks were:
( ) delighted ( ) appalled ( ) confused
e) The unpleasant new arrival was a new:
( ) magician ( ) soldier ( ) noble
f) Hank wanted to train military:
( ) engineers ( ) officers ( ) doctors
g) The King didn’t know how to behave as a:
( ) noble ( ) teacher ( ) peasant

6. Complete the sentences with words from the box. There are two extra words.
(___/1,0)

Afraid wrong ridiculous grand full sick

angry amazed polite dreadful

a) When he saw the dark shape, he was ___________, absolutely terrified.

b) I was very surprised, really ___________________.
c) That’s very stupid, in fact it’s ___________________.
d) He's very ________________ he always says please and thank you.
e) That is a _____________________ idea, terrible!
f) Is the bottle ___________________ or empty?
g) I’m sorry, but the answer is ____________________ .Try to give me the right
answer.
h) She’s ______________________ call the doctor!