lucky reading game niv 2 week 8

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

Lucky reading game

How?

1. Groups of four people, but only 1 laptop.
2.  You will get 15 minutes to read and fully understand the text. Make sure that everyone in your group knows what the text is about. You may use laptop to look up difficult words.
3. Decide who will come up first, second, third and fourth to answer questions about the text.

How?

1. If you answered corretly you are allowed to pick a card.
   
2. Each card represents an amount of points. You don't know what is what until the end of the game.
   
3. When we're done, we are going to see which group wins.........

Questions?

Start

Read the text and make sure everyone fully understands the text.

And now

Quiz time....

Are

You

Ready

?

Why did Eddie hate being a carpet-fitter?

1. The pay was too low.
2. He didn't like working alone.
3. No-one appreciated his work.
4. He couldn't smoke on the job.

What did Eddie think of Mrs. Vanbrugh?

1. She was a kind, thoughtful lady.
2. She was rich and selfish.
3. She was always losing things.
4. She had good taste in furniture.

Why was Eddie called "Ed the Head" by his friends?

1. Because he was such an intelligent carpet-fitter.
2. Because he had a large head.
3. Because he was very proud and self-important.
4. Because of his footballing skills.

What did Eddie want to do when he had finished fitting the carpet?

1. have a cigarette
2. hammer the carpet flat
3. look for Mrs. Vanbrugh's lost bird
4. start work in the dining room

Why didn't Eddie remove the carpet to take out the thing that was causing the lump?

1. He couldn't take the carpet up once he had fitted it.
2. He didn't need the cigarettes because he had some more in the van.
3. It would take too long to remove the carpet and re-fit it.
4. He intended to come back and remove the lump the next day.

What was Mrs. Vanbrugh worried about?

1. Her bird was missing.
2. She thought the carpet was going to be too expensive.
3. She thought Eddie had been smoking in the house.
4. She couldn't find her husband, Armand.

What was really under the carpet?

1. the cigarettes
2. Eddie’s toolbox
3. nothing
4. the missing bird

And now

Let's find out which group wins!