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My Fair Lady
While reading
Chapter 1
1 Answer these questions.
a How does Freddy first meet Eliza?
………………………………………………
b Why do some people think Henry Higgins is
a detective?
………………………………………………
c What kind of writing is in Higgins’s book?
………………………………………………
d How does Higgins know Eliza is from west
London?
………………………………………………
e How long does Higgins think he needs to
teach Eliza to speak well?
………………………………………………
f Why has Colonel Pickering come to London?
………………………………………………
g Why does Higgins throw some money to
Eliza?
………………………………………………
2 Here is some information that Henry Higgins
wrote down later about Eliza Doolittle. Some
of it is wrong. Change it to make it right.
When I met Eliza she was selling vegetables at a
street market at Opera Garden. She was about
twenty-five or thirty years old, and she was very
good-looking. She was wearing a big, clean, pink
hat, a clean white blouse, a new skirt and new
shoes. Her hair was clean and her teeth were
perfect. She spoke very politely and did not have
a London accent. She was from east London.
3 Match and finish the sentences.
a Freddy Eynsford-Hill is a … .
b Henry Higgins is a … .
c Colonel Pickering is a … .
1 writer of books on Indian languages
2 professor who studies phonetics
3 rich young man, about twenty years old
Chapters 2–3
4 Are these sentences true (T) or not true (NT)?
a Alfred Doolittle likes working.
c
b Professor Higgins makes recordings of
different accents.
c
c Higgins thinks that Eliza is going to pay him sixty pounds an hour.
c
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d Pickering says that if Higgins can teach Eliza to speak like a lady, he will pay for her lessons.
c
e Higgins wants to help Eliza because he likes her.
c
Chapter 4
5 Put these sentences in the right order, 1– 8.
a Higgins gives Alfred £5 for Eliza.
b Eliza and Higgins dance together.
c Eliza begins to pronounce ‘The rain in Spain …’ perfectly.
d Alfred goes to Higgins’s flat.
e Higgins, Pickering and Eliza sing together.
f Alfred tells Higgins that he wants Eliza back.
g Eliza is angry with Higgins about the work he makes her do.
h A woman tells Alfred that Eliza is ‘living with a rich gentleman’.
6 Match the names and the words in the box.
Explain why.
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
lucky tired worried
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a Alfred …………………
Why:………………………………………..
b Eliza …………………
Why:………………………………………..
c Mrs Pearce …………………
Why:………………………………………..
Choose the right words from the box and put them in the right places.
all down go more my things
tonight
Bed! Bed! I couldn’t …………… to bed!
My head’s too light to try to set it ……………!
Sleep! Sleep! I couldn’t sleep ……………!
Not for …………… the jewels in the crown!
I could have danced all night!
I could have danced all night!
And still have begged for ……………
I could have spread …………… wings
And done a thousand ……………
I’ve never done before.
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Chapters 5 – 6
8 Answer these questions.
a Why does Higgins take Eliza to Ascot before
the Embassy Ball?
………………………………………………
b What does Freddy do immediately he sees
Eliza?
………………………………………………
c What happens when Eliza talks about things
she doesn’t know how to say?
………………………………………………
d Why does Eliza want Dover to win the race?
………………………………………………
e Why doesn’t Eliza want to see anyone after
the race?
………………………………………………
9 Who says these things? Choose the right
names.
a ‘Miss Doolittle, you look beautiful.’ …
b ‘I’ve come to like that girl so much in the last
few weeks.’ …
c ‘Charming. Absolutely charming.’ …
d ‘You did it, didn’t you? You did it! What
about me? Didn’t I do it too?’ …
e ‘I don’t think you’ll have any trouble finding a
good job now, you know.’ …
1 Colonel Pickering
2 Eliza
3 Higgins
4 Mrs Higgins
5 The Queen of Transylvania
Chapter 7
10 Who says these things? Who do they say them
to?
a ‘You know I’m in love with you, Eliza.’
Who:………………………………………..
To:…………………………………………..
b ‘My ladylove wants to marry me, now that
I’ve got some money.’
Who:………………………………………..
To:…………………………………………..
c ‘But good luck.’
Who:………………………………………..
To:…………………………………………..
11 Complete the sentences.
a Eliza was…………………………………….
when she met Freddy outside on the street.
After reading
13 Complete each sentence.
a Eliza Doolittle was selling flowers at Covent
Garden market. She had a very strong London
………………… .
b Professor Higgins studies ………………… .
c Mrs Pearce is Professor Higgins’s
………………… .
d Eliza made a terrible mistake at the horse
………………… .
e Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering took
Eliza to the Embassy ………………… .
f People at the ball thought Eliza was
………………… .
g Professor Higgins told Eliza to bring him his
………………… .
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Eliza was…………………………………….
when the men at the market stopped singing.
Eliza was…………………………………….
when her father came out of the pub.
Chapters 8–9
12 Answer these questions.
a Why does Higgins want Pickering to call the
police?
1 Because Eliza has stolen something.
2 Because something was stolen.
3 Because Eliza has gone.
b Why does Mrs Higgins say, ‘That’s terrible,
my dear. Really terrible!’
1 Because Higgins and Pickering didn’t say
how wonderful Eliza was at the Ball.
2 Because Higgins and Pickering didn’t
dance with Eliza at the Ball.
3 Because Higgins and Pickering didn’t want
her to talk with the Queen of Transylvania.
c Why does Eliza’s smile disappear?
1 Because she thought Mrs Higgins didn’t
like her.
2 Because she heard Higgins’s voice from the
front door.
3 Because she saw Higgins’s angry face
through the window.
d What will Mrs Higgins do if Higgins isn’t
polite to Eliza?
1 She will ask him to marry Eliza.
2 She will ask him to say sorry.
3 She will ask him to leave.
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Progress test
LEVEL 3
My Fair Lady
1 Circle the correct words in italics.
a Professor Higgins was writing down every word /
alphabet Eliza was saying.
b Higgins could / couldn’t tell where Eliza came from.
c Colonel Pickering studies the languages of Spain /
India.
d Higgins said he could turn Eliza into a rich dancer /
a real lady.
e Higgins asked Pickering to come to his house and
drink / stay with him.
2 Circle the words which end in the same sound.
There are two groups of three words.
All I want is a room somewhere,
Far away from the cold night air;
With one enormous chair …
Oh, wouldn’t it be loverly?
Lots of choc’late for me to eat;
Lots of coal makin’ lots of heat;
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet …!
Oh, wouldn’t it be loverly?
3 Match the questions and answers.
a Why did the barman throw Eliza’s father out of the
pub?
b What is the first name of Eliza’s father?
c Why did Eliza’s father ask Eliza to give him a few
pence?
d Eliza said, ‘I had a bit of luck tonight, …’ What
was her ‘a bit of luck’?
e What was on some of the walls in the Professor’s
work-room?
f How much was Eliza going to pay Higgins for the
lessons?
g What will Pickering do if Higgins takes Eliza to
some of the London’s finest dances and parties
without anyone knowing that she isn’t really a lady?
1 Pictures of mouths and lips.
2 Higgins threw her some money.
3 Alfred
4 Because he wanted to have a drink on his way
home.
5 Because he didn’t have enough money to pay for
the drinks.
6 Twelve pence an hour.
7 He will pay for all the costs of the lessons.
4 Put the words from the box in the right places.
happen hurricanes plain rain Spain
The ………………… in ………………… stays
mainly in the …………………, but in Hertford,
Hereford and Hampshire, ………………… hardly
ever ………………… .
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5 Choose the right answers.
a Why did Higgins take Eliza to the horse race at
Ascot?
1 To meet other people and see how she does.
2 To introduce her to his mother.
3 To talk about the weather.
b Who fell in love with her at the horse race?
1 Pickering
2 Higgins
3 Freddy
c Who did Freddy talk to at 27a Wimpole Street?
1 Eliza
2 His mother
3 Mrs Pearce
d What did the Queen of Transylvania said to Eliza at
the ball?
1 ‘You look beautiful.’
2 ‘Not bad at all.’
3 ‘Absolutely charming.’
e Who was getting married in the morning?
1 Eliza and Higgins.
2 Eliza and Freddy.
3 Eliza’s father and his ladylove.
6 Put these sentences in order, 1–5.
a Higgins listened to Eliza’s voice on his c
recording machine.
b Eliza walked into the room.
c
c Higgins found Eliza at his mother’s house.
c
d Higgins didn’t understand why Eliza left.
c
e Pickering called the police.
c
7 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a Eliza saw Freddy at the horse race for the first time.
c
b Pickering was always kind to Eliza.
c
c Eliza said, ‘I washed my face and hands before I came, you know,’ at her first visit to 27a c
Wimpole Street.
d Alfred asked Higgins to give him five pounds, c
but Higgins gave him ten pounds instead.
e Higgins gave Eliza some sentences to say, with
c
difficult sounds in them.
f Higgins and Eliza danced together when Eliza
c
pronounced the sentence perfectly.
g Eliza’s London accent came back at the ball.
c
h Higgins asked Eliza to marry him.
c
i When Eliza went back to Covent Garden market, the fruit and flower sellers didn’t c
know who she was.
j After Eliza left, Higgins couldn’t stop thinking
c
about her.
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