KK RICHMOND READERS. LEVEL 4 Lewis Carroll ALICE IN ®\NVONDERLANDKK READING WITH RICHMOND CUMULATIVE GRADING SCHEME + to be (present tense) pep ce «+ present simple aes + present continuous mom Ly (present use) = FP + can/ean’t (requests /abilty) egeg the imperative * ke don't tke SF * there ishere are Peid have got ag «let's i & & & + to be (past tense) + acherbs (requency, past simple manner) {there was/were + adjectives (degree, going to (ture) _” description) 3 wi future) + prepositions: in, + must (obligation) into, under, et. + past simple (fegular + would like (requests and iregular verbs)" and offers) + past continous» let's, shall * could/coutcn't (suggestions) + must + adverbs (time, manner, * tag questions place) {can (permission) «adjectives (comparatives ¢ gerunas and supertatives) + modal verbs (resent tense) + have to (obligation) + modal verbs (past tense) should (advice) {present continuous (uture) gerund as subject * going to (intentions) + fo0enough + adectve + present portect + reported speech * past perfect + 2210, frst and second * passive (simple forms)" condional ‘+ must/can't (deduction) + defining relative clause was/were going to ‘= present perfect continuous ‘modals) passive (all tenses excluding ppast perfect continuous + future perfect + used to + make/let + may/might (possibilty) = 1337 spronpeeu oot spiompeoy 008t 1337 + passive (modals) + had better/would rather + future continuous « third conditional spionpeoy +0002 @30NVAGYALICE IN WONDERLAND Lewis CARROLL Richmond Publishing 4 King Street Cloisters ‘Aibion Place London We oat United Kingdom © La Spiga languages 2004 ‘Ti eaton published by Richmond Publishing® 2005 [All rights resor ved. No part of this book may be reproduced. ‘stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers IS0N-64.668.04692 Printed in aly by Techno Media Reference ‘Adaptation, exercises and notes: Barbara Chatwin Language Consultant: Gabrielle Hodson Hist Istrations: Dario ZorzatoPAALICE IN WONDERLAND “ ia ie we mee Lees m tired,” said Alice. “I’m tired, hot and I'm bored !!” Alice was sitting near the river with her sister. It was the summer holidays. There was no school and Alice's friends were away? and she had nothing to do. Her sister was three years older than her . Too old to play games! “How boring holidays are!” thought Alice. “Tm fed up*!” “Read a book”, said her sister. “I don’t like reading,” answered Alice. “Go for a walk,” suggested her sister. “It’s too hot,” said Alice. “Go to sleep then,” said her sister angrily. “And let me read my book!” 1. bored: you haven't anything to do. 2. to be away: to be not in town. 3. fed up: bored.ACTIVITY © How does Alice look in these pictures? Write the appropriate words under the pictures. TIRED - HAPPY - HOT - FED UP AA AB Look at the example. Make suggestions for the following sentences. “!'m fed up!” “Read a book!” go for a swim! go to sleep! . go for a walk!“ ‘My sister always reads silly! books,” thought Alice. “She doesn’t like playing hockey or tennis. She only likes gardening and reading. What's that?” Alice saw something white behind a tree. It wasn’t very big. It was a rabbit! A white rabbit with pink eyes. It couldn’t see very well because it was wearing glasses! “Fancy? a rabbit wearing glasses*,” thought Alice. “At school they told me that people who eat a lot of carrots, don’t wear glasses!” The rabbit was also wearing black and white checked ‘ trousers®. A yellow shirt and a red jacket. “What terrible clothes!” Alice said to her sister but she didn’t hear. - silly: stupid. 1 2. fancy: imagine. 3. glasses: people who can’tsee well wear them. 4. checked: with squares. 5. trousers, shirt, jacket: clothes. 4 i ___ACTIVITY °S What's the rabbit wearing? Draw and colour the rabbit as described in the story. IK (A iy CLOTHES trousers shirt jacket “3. Write sentences about the rabbit’s clothes.Whe rabbit was muttering ' to itself. “How strange,” said Alice, “Where is it going in those ridiculous clothes? What has it got?” Alice followed the rabbit along a path?. The rabbit had a watch. A big pocket watch. Every two or three minutes it looked at it. “Oh dear, I’m late. I’m very late,” said the rabbit. “The Duchess is always angry when I’m late.” In the wood there were lots of trees, Ash trees, chestnut trees, elm? trees, pine trees and many others. But the rabbit stopped at a big oak tree and disappeared *! 1, muttering: talking quietly to yourself, 2. path: what you walk along in a wood. 3. ash, chestnut, elm pine and oak: are types of trees. 4. to disappear: to go away; to hide. 6 tsACTIVITY &S The rabbit is late! THE PARTY STARTS AT NINE O'CLOCK Ry ose SED, es % a 9 Gi "§3) aS ew et He's early. He’s on time. He’s late. s Are you early, late or on time for the party? Py Ry @ @ GG) EQ Wy we"liter was a big) rabbit hole! under the oak tree. Alice followed the rabbit. It was a very long tunnel. “J will arrive in Australia,” thought Alice. When the tunnel ended, Alice was in a room. There was a big table. On the table there was a glass with a lable? that said, “DRINK ME.” Alice drank and became very small! Then she saw a cake with a lable, “EAT ME.” Alice ate the cake and became big again. There were a lot of mirrors too! Alice looked in the first mirror’. “Oh dear. Is that me,” said Alice “I'm fat. I’m huge‘!” Alice looked in the second mirror. “Now I'm thin. Thin and tall.” 1. a rabbit hole: where rabbits live. 2. a lable: a piece of paper with instructions. 3. a mirror: you can see yourself. 4. huge: very big.ACTIVITY ®S._ Alice sees herself in the mirror. Put the appropriate words under the pictures. FAT SHORT TALL | Now write interrogative sentences and answer them.Alice looked in the third mirror. “Now I’m on my head.” “I like it here”, said Alice laughing'. In the fourth mirror Alice’s body was like a big ‘S’. When Alice looked in the fifth mirror, she stopped. In the mirror she saw a big mouth smiling? at her. Then she saw a nose and eyes! “What is it?” said Alice, “An animal of course, but what animal? It isn’t an elephant, it hasn’t got a trunk°; it isn’t a mouse, it’s too big! Oh! Now I can see whiskers“! It was a cat! A black and orange cat. But only the head ! 1. to laugh: when you are happy you laugh. 2. to smile: you laugh with your mouth closed. 3. trunk: an elephant’s nose. 4. whiskers: a cat has long whiskers between its mouth and nose. 10ACTIVITY ®S._ Draw in the Cheshire cat's face | and colour it. | | we Vw/|| O A fell S— Zs all. | SMILE NOSE EYES WHISKERS | 11“Who are you?” asked Alice. “I'm the Cheshire cat,” it said. “What do you want?” “I was following a rabbit,” Alice answered. “It was a white rabbit and it had a big watch. It said it was late.” “That rabbit is always late,” said the cat. “Where did it go?” asked Alice. “Did you see it?” “Yes. But it’s not in that room, it’s here in the garclen. Come and see,” said the cat. “How can I?” asked Alice. “Jump through? the mirror, of course,” answered the cat. “Are you sure I can?” said Alice. “Don’t be silly, of course you can,” said the Cheshire cat. Alice ran and jumped through the mirror! 1. Cheshire: a county in England. 2. through: to go into. 3. of course: naturally. fe)ACTIVITY °S What can Alice see in the mirrors? Put the letters into the correct order and find out! BRBAIT AC || eo 6 HSUDSEC, RTEHAT “Answer the questions about the story. Where is the Cheshire Cat? Where is Alice? What colour is the Cat? Why was Alice in the room ? How does Alice arrive in the garden?Altice was in a beautiful garden. There was a house with the door open. Alice went in. In the kitchen there was a woman with a baby. A frog laying the table, a cook, and a fish. The frog was putting the plates and glasses on the table, upside down! The knives and forks were in the wrong position! The fish was standing near the woman. It had a letter. The kitchen was full of smoke and the cook was smashing plates on the floor! Everbody was sneezing! “There is too much pepper in the soup,” said the woman and sneezed again. 1. to lay: to put plates and glasses on the table. 2. upside down: the top is at the bottom. 3. full: a lot of. 4. smashing: breaking. 5. to sneeze: when you have pepper in your nose, you sneeze, ATCHOO! 14ACTIVITY Follow the information and lay the table for six people. Only put what is necessary on the table! pl people eat soup | 6 people drink 4 people eat meat 5 people eat cake O/OPSEP plate knife glass fork How many plates are on the table? Make questions and answer. Tlow many glasses? knives? forks? spoons? napkins? Th“A letter for the Duchess from the Queen,” said the fish. “What does it say?” asked the Duchess. The fish read. “Dear Duchess, come and play croquet! with me. NOW.” “Oh dear I must go,” said the Duchess. “I must play croquet with the Queen. There are always tasty things to eat. There are cakes and tarts” and fizzy things to drink? at the castle.” The Duchess gave the baby to Alice. “What a funny‘ baby,” said Alice. “It’s got a big nose and small eyes. It’s all pink. Oh,” she shouted. “It’s a PIG!” The pig jumped down and ran away. 1. croquet: a game played outside. 2. tarts: small cakes. 3. fizzy drinks: drinks with a lot of bubbles and gas. 4. funny: strange.ACTIVITY “3. What does the letter to the Duchess say? This is the code! A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4... 451 18-4 21385 19 19-9-23 114 20-25 15 21-1 14 4-20 8 5- 23 8 9 20 5-181 2 2 9 20-20 15- 3 15 13 5- 20 15 -20 8 5-3 1 19 20 12 5-1 20-6 9 22 5-15 3 12 15 3 11.-4 15 14 20-2 5-12 1 20 5! 20 85-17 2155 14. “S Rewrite the letter. 17‘Ww é hat strange people,” thought Alice. “1 think I'll go back outside.” In the garden again Alice saw the Cheshire cat. Only the face, of course. It was ina tree. “Haven't you got a body?” Alice asked the cat. “Oh yes,” it said. “I know where my head is, but I don’t always know where my body is. Do you like it here?” the cat asked. “Everthing is very strange,” Alice replied. “Where can I go now?” she asked. “If you go left, you can see the Hatter,” said the cat. “If you go right and you can visit the March Hare. They are both? mad.” Alice decided to visit the Mad* Hatter. There was a table under a tree in front of the house. The March Hare and Hatter were having tea. There was a doormouse* sleeping between them. 1. hare: similar to a rabbit. 2. mad: crazy. 3. both: two people or two things. 4. doormouse: grey mouse.ACTIVITY ¢ 3. Alice wants to go visiting. ? ec > e 29 left right —_ left then right right again & Now give Alice the directions. “Go left and you can see the Hatter”. “Go left then right and you can see the Duchess”. 19‘The table was full of dirty’ plates and cups. There was also an enormous* teapot in the middle‘. Alice sat down at the table. “Would you like some wine?” the March Hare said to Alice. “I can’t see any wine on the table,” she said. “No, there isn’t any,” said the Hatter. “Would you like a fizzy lemonade *?” continued the Hatter. “No, thank you. I don’t like lemonade.” “Would you like a cup of tea?” he asked. The cups on the table were huge.’ Yes, please, but only half a cup,” said Alice. The March Hare broke a cup in two pieces and gave one to Alice.“There you are, half a cup.” 1. dirty: is the opposite of clean. 2. enormous: very big. 3. teapot: tea is prepared in a teapot. 4. in the middle: in the centre. 5. lemonade: a drink made from lemons. 20ACTIVITY & Ask and answer the questions. Thisisinthe kitchen Thisisn’tin the kitchen | YES NO tea coffee water wine | a sandwich acake _a biscuit an apple Ka Would you like a cup at ta?) (esyara) Here you are> Or, I'm sorry, there isn’t any.Gilftat ween tery nice Vomvent decid Alice. “I know,” answered the March Hare. “I’m not nice and I’m not handsome?. I’m mad.” The doormouse opened one eye and said, “Yes you are mad. You and the Hatter are both mad. I am the only one who is sane*.” The doormouse went back to sleep. “What ) day of the month is it?” the Hatter asked Alice. “It’s the fourth of June,” she said. “Oh dear, my watch says the second of March,” said the Hatter. “It’s always March.” “That's a funny‘ watch,” said Alice. “Does it tell the time?” “Not usually,” answered the Hatter and put his watch in his cup of tea! 1. nice: good and kind. 2. handsome: beautiful. 3. sane: not crazy. 4. funny: strange. |ACTIVITY ®S._ put the months in the correct order. June March November August April September May January July December October February “What's the date today? It's the fourth of November NOV. 25 DEC. _AUG. 4 ocr. 23‘Whats the time?” asked Alice. “It’s six o'clock,” said the Hatter. “No it isn’t,” said Alice. “It’s always six o'clock,” insisted the Hatter. “TIME is furious! with me. It’s always tea-time. It’s tea- time in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. It’s never lunch- time? or dinner-time®. Always tea-time’, That's why I'm MAD!” “Stop, stop this talking,” said the March Hare. “It's TIME for the Queen’s game of croquet!” The Mad Hatter and the March Hare stood up. The doormouse continued sleeping. “You must come to the castle too,” they said to Alice. “The Queen is angry with anyone who doesn’t go.” Alice followed the Hatter and the Hare along the road. 1. furious: very angry. 2. lunch-time: is at one p.m. 3. dinner-time: is at seven p.m. 4. tea-time: is at four p.m. 24ACTIVITY True or false. Put a tick in the correct box. TIF It's six o'clock. The Hatter is mad. Tea-time is in the morning. Breakfast-time is in the morning. Lunch-time is at night. Dinner-time is in the evening. TIME is Furious! ®& Putin the missing words. | get up ... . 7 o'clock. | don't.. ... reading. Ba . very late. Alice looked........ 7 .. mirror. The cat has long... Alice jumped... the mirror.There were a lot of animals and people in the castle garden. And a lot of soldiers. All the soldiers were playing cards. They were all very busy! preparing for the game. Three playing- cards were painting” some roses. “What are you doing?” asked Alice. “The Queen said plant? red roses,” said one of the playing-cards‘. “But one is white, so we are painting it red.” “The Queen , The Queen,” | shouted a playing-card. | A very fat Queen of Hearts arrived. “Who are these people?” the Queen asked Alice. “Thave no idea,” answered Alice. “ Off with her head”, shouted the Queen. “Don’t be silly®,” said Alice. 1. busy: 2. to paint: to change the colour. 3. to plant: to put in the garden. 4. playing-card: cards used in games. 5. silly: ridiculous. 26ACTIVITY ®S_ Answer the questions about the story. What were the cards doing? How many cards were there? Was the Queen thin? What did the Queen say? What did Alice say to the Queen? “S. Rewrite the sentences in the negative. 27verybody, was in the garden. “Can you play croquet?” the Queen asked Alice. “Yes, of course,” she said. It was a very strange croquet ground. The balls were hedgehogs', the mallets? were flamingoes* and the Queen’s soldiers, were the arches! Everybody played at the same time. The Queen shouted “Off with his head,” all the time. It was chaotic! Alice saw a mouth, then a nose, then whiskers. “It’s the Cheshire cat,” she said. “Who are you talking to?” asked the King. “A friend of mine,” said Alice. “I don’t like him,” said the King. “Off with his head!” “How can you take his head off when it hasn’t got a body?” laughed Alice. Zz 2. mallet: used in the game of croquet. 3. flamingoes: big pink birds. 28ACTIVITY ®S._ Draw and colour the picture of the chaotic game of croquet! 29A) a here are my tarts?” said the Queen. “The Knave'! ate them,” said the White Rabbit. “The Hatter saw him.” “Bring the Hatter,” ordered the King. The Hatter arrived with a cup of tea. “Excuse me, I was having my tea?,” said the Hatter. “When did you start tea?” asked the King. “In March,” the Hatter answered. “Off with his head,” said the Queen. “Stop,” shouted Alice. “You are only playing-cards, you can’t.” “Off with her head,” shouted the Queen. The playing-card soldiers walked towards her. Alice started to run. Everybody was saying. “OFF WITH HER HEAD, OFF WITH HER HEAD.” Alice was afraid*. “No, no,” she shouted. “Wake up’, Alice.” said her sister. “It’s time to go home.” 1. knave: on playing cards there is the queen, the king and the knave. 2. tea: a drink. 3. afraid: very frightened. 4. to wake up: after sleeping you wake up. 30ACTIVITY & Complete this mad picture crossword!READING WITH RICHMOND YOUNG sTARTER| STARTER Level 4 up to 200 Headwerds | 300-500 Headwords | 600-600 Headonds ; 4 ADVENTURE| sBrob te Brniosau'@ | Fors inte | kde at “spoce hvenure | Fowst > Pecadly Creus | za staid on | sPermisson to Leave “roto boy { ‘retin Hon | Shipwrecked Sale The Pink Penguin DRAMA, [Nee tentenser® |-Antaorsioy > emt an owed | STORY | cPensope atte | cay bas Ml sr _| ean em Zaza and the ‘The Channel Tunnel | Aleatax \ Seashell ® ‘The Rain Forest) | eJock’s Game Maria's Derma sThenie ! 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All the books include helpful exercises and activities to make reading more fun. or ALICE IN WONDERLAND Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was hom at Daresbury, in the county of Cheshire, England. In this book, Alice, a pretty little girl, has a fantastic trip through Wonderland. There she meets some strange characters: a rabbit with pink eyes, a talking cat, a mad hatter. She also sees a game of croquet with hedgehogs, flamingoes and playing cards. Headword Count Gene) YOUNG STARTER [NM up to 200 Ten STARTER ;300-500 ‘wwW-rlehmondel ISBN 84-668.0469-2 LeveL 2 Level 3 4200 Level 4 1800+ ADVANCED. 20004 9 "788466'804691