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WorksheetsWar Horse
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Choose the right answer.
The director of the film "War Horse" is famous Steven Spielberg. The film is a screen version of a popular novel by Michael Morpugo. As you can understand, (1) ___ .
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
it is a war film
Joey was really lucky
Spielberg made it for all audiences except children under 13 because of some scenes of war violence. Some very good actors like Peter Mullan, Geremy Irvine, Emily Watson star in the film. The message of the film is timeless, it is about the horror of war in which both (2) ___ .
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
Joey was really lucky
Joey was really lucky
The film begins on a small farm in England. We meet young Albert Narracott, Ted, his not unkind father, and Rose, his hard-working, loving and caring mother. Though (3) ___ the father buys a beautiful horse Joey. Albert and Joey become good friends. Then the First World War begins and Ted sells the horse to the army.
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
Joey was really lucky
the family doesn't have a lot of money
The next part of the film is about what happened to the horse at war. The film presents the scenes of that terrible war quite realistically, (4) ___ .
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
Joey was really lucky
to watch Joey's adventure
Joey meets several masters both English and German, his life, like the life of other horses (5) ___ , the work that people and animals do seems next to impossible. There are a lot of powerful scenes in this part of the picture.
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
Joey was really lucky
to watch Joey's adventure
Sometimes it is painful (6) ___ especially for younger audiences.
However, Spielberg gives his film a happy ending, which makes such a story watchable.
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
Joey was really lucky
to watch Joey's adventure
By contrast to a lot of other war horses (7) ___ . Albert and Joey eventually meet and both return home.
The director is not afraid to seem sentimental, his movie is deep and thought-provoking. A lot of cinemagoers are sure to enjoy this talented work.
is always in danger
men and animals die
shows its horror and cruelty
Joey was really lucky
to watch Joey's adventure
Read the text. Use the necessary forms of the words to complete it.
The country school for (young) children was a low building for two hundred and fifty pupils. In Matilda's class there were eighteen other small boys and girls about the same age as her.
(a)
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Their teacher, Miss Honey, had the (lovely) face Matilda had seen.
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Use the necessary forms of the words to complete it.
She (look) like a madonna with her light-brown hair and eyes of the brightest blue.
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Miss Jennifer Honey was kind and quiet, her voice seldom (rise); and though she did not smile a lot, every small child under her care seemed to love her.
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She understood very well what children felt when they found (they) in the classroom for the first time in their lives.
(a)
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Miss Trunchbull was very different. She was a tall monster who terrorized pupils and teachers alike. When she shouted, you could hear her voice in the (near) room.
(a)
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Thanks God we don’t meet many people like her in this world. If you ever do, climb up the (near) tree and stay there until she has gone away.
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