vrsi020- my classmates

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Directions: Read the text then do the exercise that follows.

There are some highlighted words in the text, if you do not know theirmeanings, try to guess from the context.

My Classmates

We are a noisy lot, that is what our teachers say about us. Ah Keong is the noisiest of us all. His voice is like

that of a bull frog but volumes louder. It seems that he cannot talk softly. Actually he does not talk, he shouts.

Perhaps his living with his family of ten children has something to do with it. In this noisy bunch lives a boy whohardly ever opens his mouth. This is Padma, the boy who sits next to me. He is such a gentle and soft creature

that one would think that he is a weakling. This is not so. No one dares call him one for he is a member of the

school's Karate Club.

Then there is Doris, our class monitor. She sits right in front of the teacher's table. She is such a model

student that all the teachers love her. We all like her for she does not boss us around. She has given up

doing that long ago. All she does is to make sure that the teachers have sufficient chalk and that the classroom

is clean. Right at the back of the class sits our class sleepy-head. Mat seems to need more sleep than others.

He catches cat-naps in between lessons. The astounding thing is that he can fall asleep almost instantly. Themoment the teacher leaves after a lesson, Mat's snores start up and we know he is at it again. Remarkably he

wakes up when the next teacher arrives. Every class has a clown. Our class has Jack, otherwise known as

"Jacko The Clown". He is always up to some prank or other, putting tails on the boys' pants, frogs in the girls'

desks and powdered chalk on the teacher's chair. So when we hear a girl scream or see male teachers

strolling around with chalk on the seat of their pants, we know that Jacko has struck again. The other

classmates too have their own unique personalities. Each contributes his or her part to our class. All in all we

are a group of young children who perhaps are a bit noisy at times, but on the whole are well-behaved andpleasant to be with.


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I. Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words being defined.

Select your answer from the choices in the box.

bunch monitor astounding stroll

weakling boss me around instantly

dare give up prank

1. ____________= surprising, amazing2. ____________= right away, immediately

3. ____________= give orders, tell what to do

4. ____________= weak, crybaby

5. ____________= supervise, check

6. ____________= stop, quit7. ____________= have the courage

8. ____________= practical joke, trick

9. ____________= group, gang

10.____________= walk along lazily


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Answers I: 1. astounding; 2. instantly; 3. boss around; 4. weakling; 5. monitor; 6. give

up; 7. dare; 8. prank; 9. bunch; 10. stroll

III. Directions: Make your own sentences using the highlighted words from the

material.

IV. Directions: This time, re-read the text and discuss it with your teacher. See if

you understand it better now. Ask about other words and expressions that you

do not understand.

II. Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the answers box.

1. Limit kids exposure to movies of any kind, and __________ what they are allowed to watch.

2. Your high school friends are a nice __________ .

3. We hardly __________ lift our heads for fear of being caught.

4. Ben won the bet. Now I have to let him __________ for an entire week! I have to give him a free ride

and clean his locker everyday.

5. She figured the call was from a friend playing a __________ .

6. The torn and faded photograph of a beautiful young woman __________ brought back fine old

memories.

7. Some of the imagery taken from Iraq is truly __________.

8. Before you visit its museum and monuments, take a day for __________ the streets and enjoying the

towns pace, people and pets.

9. His wife finally persuaded him to __________ smoking.

10. It would need more than a few exercises to turn a seven-stone __________ into a heavyweight

boxer.

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