Pink Bow Tie

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

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• Short story
• Holes

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Pink Bow Tie

Reader page 14

Do you like the age you are right now?

YES

NO

2. If you could suddenly become older or younger, which age would you choose?

3. Match the words with their descriptions.

3. Match the words with their descriptions.

• 1. a fancy kind of neckwear = b. a bow tie (vlinderstrik)
• 2. an informal word for 'man' = c. bloke  (kerel)
• 3. the Head Teacher of a school = a. the principal (rector)
• 4. the part of a train that carries passengers  = f. carriage  (wagon) 
• 5. the bones in the body = i. a skeleton 
• 6. something to help a person walk more easily = g. a walking stick 
• 7. a control on a machine = h. a knob (knopje) 
• 8. an informal word for 'boy' = d. lad (knul) 
• 9. to recolour something like hair or clothes = e. to dye  
• 10. excluded from school = j. suspended (geschorst) 

4. Are the sentences true or false?

1. The narrator often gets punished at school.

2. He dyes his hair blond.

3. Old Splodge always wears a pink bow tie.

4. The narrator is a calm, relaxed person.

5. The kid on the train gets older with the Age Rager.

True

False

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2

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4. Are the sentences true or false?

6. The old lady lunges forward to grab the Age Rager.

 

7. The old lady looks pretty when she has changed.

8. Mean Face becomes a skeleton and then a baby.

9. The narrator's hair turns white because he is so scared.

10. Old Splodge says he doesn't believe the story.

True

False

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1. I got into trouble for                            at Old Splodge's pink bow tie.

2. I didn't know he was                             of the school.

3. I told Old Splodge I didn't                        my hair.

4. On the train I met a kid                          a cigarette.

5. Mean Face moved the                      on the machine and got older.

6. The old lady                           the Age Rager and pushed the knob.

7. Mean Face became a                               and rotted away.

8. I was so                            that my hair turned white.

9. I waited in fear for my                                 but it never came.

10. Miss Newham got a new                           who wears a pink bow tie.

j) grabbed

 

b) laughing

i) the principal

a) knob

e) dye

 c) smoking

d) terrified

  f) boyfriend

g) skeleton

h) punishment