CHAPTER 1.

A BAD SPELL FOR THE WORST WITCH

1. FIND A SYNONYM FOR THESE WORDS:

Chilly (weather):

damp:

gloomy:

2. TRUE OR FALSE

1. It was Mildred first year at the Academy. (page7)

2. She starts school in September. (page 7)
3. September is very cold and wintry. (page 8)
4. Her first year in the academy was a disaster. (page 8)
5. Tabby was Mildred’s cat. (page 11)
6. Tabby wasn’t afraid of flying. (page 11)
7. Mildred and Maud were friends. (page 12)
8. Mildred and Maud said hello to the new girls. (page 17)
9. Miss Hardbroom isn’t strict. (page 18)

10.Mildred tells the new girls that if they arrive late they will be changed into
frogs by Miss Hardbroom (page 20)

3. Underline in the text the descriptive setting sentences from chapter 1.

4. Using dictionaries and thesaurus change the underlined descriptive words

and sentences from chapter 1. You can write the changes under the
underlined words.

It was always chilly at the school because the building was made of stone, it

was more like a castle than a school, and was standing on the top of a

mountain, surrounded by a pine trees which grew so close together that it

was very dark and gloomy.