- •Assignment 1 (Chapter I)
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •2. Study these word combinations:
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Complete the following sentences. Make your comparisons somewhat exaggerated or comic. M o d e l: He spoke with a touch of bitterness as if I had frustrated all his lifelong ambitions
- •5. Recall the situations from chapter 1 in which these utterances were used:
- •6. Apply the words and word combinations below to situations and personages different from those in the novel
- •7. Explain in English:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •III. Questions and topics for analysis and discussion
- •Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book under discussion suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in chapters 2 and 3 which may confirm the following statements:
- •10. Say whose utterances these are, what preceded them, what state of mind they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Study these word combinations, add some more:
- •4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •6. Discuss episodes from your own life when:
- •7. Recall the situations from the book where the following sentences occur:
- •9. Paraphrase or explain:
- •10. Find sentences confirming that:
- •11. Say why this happened:
- •12. Say whose utterances these are and what emotions they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 4 Chapter 5
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack and the situation on the island:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •10. Say what incidents in the past these statements refer to:
- •11. Say whose utterances these are and how they throw light upon the speakers' wishes:
- •12. Say why these things happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 5 (Chapters 6, 7)
- •3. Paraphrase the words in bold type using the active vocabulary:
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall the situations from chapters 6, 7 suggested by these sentences:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •8. Say whose utterances these are and interpret the full meaning of each:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 6 (Chapters 8, 9)
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall episodes from your life when:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Make up your own statements based on the proceedings in chapters 8,9 applying the vocabulary below to:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Quote the text to confirm the following:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 7 (Chapters 10, 11)
- •4. Use the active vocabulary to express these notions:
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by these sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's savages:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in the text confirming that:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 8 (Chapter 12)
- •3. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •4. Recall the situations from chapter 12 suggested by these sentences:
- •5. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's tribe:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm the following by quoting the text:
- •8. Say why this happened:
- •9. Discuss the implication of the utterances:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 9 Discussion of the Novel
3. Paraphrase the words in bold type using the active vocabulary:
1. The boy is a great lover and connoisseur of post stamps.
2. "Are you afraid?" he asked with a touch of contempt.
3. That was a spiteful phrase, unworthy of a lady.
4. They have such a poor time in the evening. A TV set might be very useful.
5. If you show that you don't believe him, the dear old man will be mortified.
6. Suddenly we became aware that a policeman was taking long steps in our direction.
7. You should take great care so that cows might not break into the orchard.
8. He could not get a wink of sleep and spent the night restlessly.
9. Your decision stands to good reason, I think.
10. The engine-driver can't but account for his actions before the passengers.
4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
1. You should be always on the lookout for snakes.
2. I can't put on this shoe, a shoe horn might come in handy.
3. You had better consult my cousin, he is nuts on chemistry.
4. Don't show your incredulity if he tells you his age.
5. Don't funk, the river is shallow, children cross it.
5. Recall the situations from chapters 6, 7 suggested by these sentences:
1. But they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant acting independently.
2. He had fallen asleep after what seemed hours of tossing and turning noisily among the dry leaves.
3. "Stay here? and be cramped into this bit of the island always on the lookout?"
4. Ralph walked in the rear, thankful to have escaped responsibility for a time.
5. Simon... felt a flicker of incredulity... 6. "You're nuts on the signal."
7. He passed his tongue experimentally over his teeth and decided that a toothbrush would come in handy too. 8. Maurice spoke, hesitating, not wanting to seem a funk.
9. The words came from Jack viciously, as though they were a curse.
10. There was a slithering noise high above them, the sound of someone taking giant and dangerous strides on rock or ash.
6. Paraphrase or explain:
1. By custom now one conch did for both twins, for their substantial unity was recognized. (p. 162)
2. Ralph dismissed Simon and returned to his personal hell. (p.167)
3. On the other side of the island, ... one might dream of rescue; but here, faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned,... (p. 176)
4. They went more slowly than Ralph had bargained for;... (p.178)
5. At that word the other boys forgot their urge to be gone and turned back to sample this fresh rub of two spirits in the dark. (p. 189)
6. So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming;... (p. 191)
7. ...the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist's chair unreality. (p. 192)
8. Roger and Ralph moved on, this time leaving Jack in the rear, for all his brave words. (p. 193)
7. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
1. The importance of the conch grew in Ralph's eyes.
2. Jack thought and spoke sometimes like a fascist.
3. Ralph came to like hunting after taking part in it. 4. The chant of the hunters was quite harmless.
5. Jack hated Ralph's protection of Piggy. 6. Jack was incapable of treating "the beast" sensibly.
7. Jack, Ralph and Roger were equally brave. 8. The rest of the boys were funks.
9. Jack became aggressive when he did not lead.