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1. 1.

   Choose the best answer.

   1. Frantz was worried about two things as he hurried to school. What were they?
      1. He was late and he was afraid of being scolded.
      2. He was late and he had not done his homework.
      3. He had not learnt about participles and he could hear the Prussian soldiers marching.
      4. He had not done his homework and there was going to be an examination.
   2. What was the school normally like at the start of the day? What was it like today?
      1. Normally, the classroom was very noisy-today it was all quiet.
      2. Normally, there was an uproar coming from the street-today the street was quiet.
      3. Normally, the students stuffed their ears to learn quickly-today they sat quietly in their places.
      4. Normally, the teacher sat at his desk-today he was walking back and forth.
   3. After sitting down at his desk, Frantz noticed two surprising things. What were they?
      1. The teacher wore a handsome coat-he also wore his black embroidered breeches.
      2. The teacher wore his special clothes-he also looked very solemn.
      3. There was something solemn-there was also an unusual silence.
      4. The teacher wore his special clothes-some villagers sat at the back of the class.
   4. "In all this, my poor Frantz, you are not the guiltiest one." This means
      1. Hamel finds the entire class guilty.
      2. several others have a similar reason to feel guilty. 
      3. the biggest guilt is to not know your own language.
      4. Frantz has no reason to feel guilty.
   5. "...so long as it clings to its language, it is as if it held the key to its prison." This means
      1. people can get out of a prison if they can use their own language.
      2. forgetting one's own language is like being in a prison.
      3. a people who keep their own language are not affected by foreign rule,
      4. a country can make itself free if it is united by its language.
2. 2.

   Read each sentence and say whether it is active / passive with DO / passive with IO.

   1. The organisers awarded the prize to our team active
   2. The prize was awarded to our team by the organisers. ____________________
   3. Our team was awarded the prize by the organisers. ____________________
   4. Bright students are offered scholarships by the school. ____________________
   5. The school offers scholarships to bright students. ____________________
   6. Scholarships are offered to bright students by the school. ____________________
3. 3.

   Rewrite each sentence as two passive sentences using the two objects as subject.

   1. The organisers refunded the ticket money to the audience.
   2. The company provides lunch to all staff.
4. 4.

   Find words or phrases in the text which have very nearly the same meanings.

   1. know nothing about (para 1)
   2. fellow-student (para 6)
   3. looking serious (para 8)
   4. annoying (para 13)
   5. scold or criticise (para 17)
   6. hold tightly on to something (para 18)
   7. terribly sad (para 20)
   8. make a gesture with the hand (para 26)
5. 5.

   Think about the meaning of the highlighted phrase in each sentence. Refer to the mini-dictionary at the back, if you are in doubt. Then make a sentence of your own using that phrase.

   1. Don't hurry so, boy - you'll get to your school soon enough.
   2. I had counted on all this noise to reach my bench unnoticed.
   3. I had expected the usual noise, but that day, as it happened, everything was quiet.
   4. "Orders have come to teach nothing but German."
6. 6.

   Think of what you might say in this situation.

   You visited an exhibition of paintings done by your friend's mother. You would like to convey your appreciation to her.