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WorksheetsAbigail Wilson, girl genius.
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
A Not a very organised student
B Her parents' worries about their baby daughter
C Always ahead of other kids her age
D A normal teenager's lifestyle
E High verbal-linguistic intelligence
A Not a very organised student
B Her parents' worries about their baby daughter
C Always ahead of other kids her age
D A normal teenager's lifestyle
E High verbal-linguistic intelligence
A Not a very organised student
B Her parents' worries about their baby daughter
C Always ahead of other kids her age
D A normal teenager's lifestyle
E High verbal-linguistic intelligence
A Not a very organised student
B Her parents' worries about their baby daughter
C Always ahead of other kids her age
D A normal teenager's lifestyle
E High verbal-linguistic intelligence
A Not a very organised student
B Her parents' worries about their baby daughter
C Always ahead of other kids her age
D A normal teenager's lifestyle
E High verbal-linguistic intelligence
Why is Abigail proud of herself?
Because she is very smart, and always ahead of other kids her age.
Because she comes from Conneticut, where very few people go to university.
Because she was accepted into a university at the age of 15.
What was special about how her speaking developed?
She didn't speak until she was 22 months old, then she started using perfect speech.
She could read bedtime stories by herself at 22 months old.
When she was 22 months old there was something wrong with her speech.
What does she mean when she says that putting things off motivates her?
She means that if she has a long time to do something, she will do it very well and concentrate very hard to finish it.
She means that having less time to work on something pushes her to work harder and better.
She means that when there is not much time, she can easily finish her work because it's so easy.
Why does he mum think that learning to play the piano was good for Abigail?
Because it helped her to learn something that she could do outside of school.
Because it helped her to relax away from subjects and the stress of being so smart and so young.
Because it helped her to be more like a normal teenager.
What do the underlined words and phrases from the text on page 72 mean?
1. it's pretty cool
I think it's not that great
I think it's not good
I think it's great
What do the underlined words and phrases from the text on page 72 mean?
2. scatterbrained
your brain is in many different places
cannot concentrate or focus for long; disorganised
someone who is very smart and clever; having a natural ability at something difficult
What do the underlined words and phrases from the text on page 72 mean?
3. she had to fail in order to learn
It helped when she couldn't do something easily and had to try hard to get it right.
It helped her to understand what other teenagers felt when they failed at their subjects.
It helped her to become less scatterbrained and more organised and prepared.
What do the underlined words and phrases from the text on page 72 mean?
4. People always learn more from their failures than their successes.
It means that if you do something wrong, you will learn more than if you do something right.
It means that sometimes, doing something wrong is right.
It means that when you are successful, you have nothing left to learn.
Would you like to be as talented as Abigail? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
