Chapter 2 (continued) – The Return of the Iron Man

Read the text on the other document to help you answer

the questions and tasks below.

Task 1 (Vocabulary)
Match up the words with the correct meaning.

stupendous a powerful track-laying tractor

ploughed extremely impressive

pit an area of land having had the earth turned up

bull-dozer a large hole in the ground
Task 2 (Retrieval)

1. Where had Hogarth seen the Iron Man the night before?
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2. What had the Iron Man done with all of the farmer’s machinery?
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3. Why couldn’t they call the police or the Army?
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4. What did the farmers put on top of the cliff as bait?
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5. What happened when the farmers checked the trap the next morning?
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6. What did the notice that the farmers put up say?
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Task 3 (Inference)

1. How do you think the farmers felt the next morning when they realised the Iron
Man had not fallen in the trap?
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2. What do you think the Iron Man would have done if Hogarth’s dad had not
escaped?
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3. How do you think the farmers felt when they had to fill in the pit?
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4. Do you think the farmers thought of a good plan? Why do you think this?
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Task 4 (Prediction)

Listen to the rest of chapter 2 by following the link :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvcRzzzs44
Using the clues in the text, make a prediction for what might happen in
the next chapter.

I predict… ________________________________________________________________

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 Task 5 (summary)

Can you please summarise the events of chapter 2 in your own

words? Remember to only include the main, most important
points.