The Landlady Pre-Reading

The Landlady Pre-Reading

by: Roald Dahl

Given the information in the text, answer the following questions! Use clues from the text and your own ideas to select the best answer!

Multiple Choice

The weather is most likely

• rainy

• hot

• cold

• foggy

Multiple Choice

The work Billy did was probably

• in a factory

• on a building site

• as a hairdresser

• in an office

Multiple Choice

The important people at Head Office

• admired Billy

• bored Billy

• pitied Billy

• inspired Billy

Multiple Choice

Billy was

• starting a new job

• moving to a new job at the same company

• running away from his old job

• managing a new branch for his company

Multiple Choice

The Head Office had

• expected him to find his own accommodation

• suggested some alternative accommodation

• not been able to find Billy accommodation

• arranged a place for him to stay

Make a list of adjectives the author uses to give us a positive feeling about the landlady

Open Ended

Share some of the adjectives used to describe the landlady in a positive way.

Make a list of adjectives the author uses to give us a negative feeling about the landlady

Open Ended

Share some of the adjectives used to describe the landlady in a negative way.

Record the expressions that let us know Billy thinks the landlady is strange.

Open Ended

What expressions let us know Billy thinks the landlady is strange?