AFTER READING
1. I went to the graveyard with a dead cat . . .
2. Suddenly, I saw three ghosts, . . .
3. Doctor Robinson was there with Injun Joe and Muff Potter, . . .
4. They stopped at Hoss Williams' grave . . .
5. Muff asked the doctor for five dollars more, . . .
6. Then Injun Joe got angry with the doctor . . .
7. Muff jumped on the doctor . . .
8. The doctor hit Muff on the head . . .
9. But Injun Joe had Muff's knife . . .
a. . . . and Muff fell down.
b. . . . and the doctor hit him.
c. . . . because I wanted to see ghosts.
d. . . . and he killed the doctor with it.
e. . . . but the doctor said 'no'.
f. . . . and Joe and Muff started to dig.
g. . . . but they weren't really ghosts, they were men.
h. . . . and he and the doctor began to fight.
i. . . . and I knew that they were graverobbers.
Ex 2. Here is a conversation between Aunt Polly and Tom. Complete Aunt Polly's questions. Use as many words as you like.
Aunt Polly: Oh, Tom. You bad boy. I thought that you were dead. Where ___?
Tom: On Jackson's Island.
Aunt Polly: Jackson's Island? Why ___?
Tom: Because we wanted to do something exciting.
Aunt Polly: What's so exciting about Jackson's Island? There's nothing there. Where ____?
Tom: Under the trees. It was wonderful.
Aunt Polly: Well, I don't know! What ___ ?
Tom: We took some bread and meat with us. Then, in the morning, we went fishing and got fish for our breakfast.
Ex 3. Here is a newspaper report about the treasure. Find the ten mistakes and correct them.
Two children, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, found twelve hundred dollars in a bag in McDougal's Cave. Muff Potter found the money under a tree and put it in a big room at the end of a tunnel. He marked the floor of the tunnel with a cross. But then he couldn't get out of the cave because of the ghosts at the mouth of the cave. When the men found him, he was alive, so there is going to be a trial.
Ex 4. Here is a new illustration for the story. Find the best place in the story to put the picture, and answer these questions.
The picture goes on page ___.
1. Who is telling his story to the judge?
2. Who is jumping through the window?
3. Why?
Ex 5. Imagine that you are lost in a cave. Which of these things are you going to use to help you? Make sentences like this.
Ex 6. Here are some new chapter titles. Match them with the chapter numbers. Do you like all of them? Why, or why not?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Becky's birthday picnic Tom paints a fence Injun Joe kills the doctor Tom smokes a pipe Tom and the apples The old tree The happiest funeral Graverobbers The richest boys in town |
The money in the cave The man with the green hat Tom and Becky are lost Ghosts The old house Huck gets ill A new girl at school Twelve thousand dollars Muff Potter's trial |