Work Sheet –Dusk: Practice Makes perfect (taken from Open Books)
A. TRUE or False?
Write T or F next to each statement. Correct the false statement.
1. At the beginning of the story, Norman Gortsby was sitting on a bench in
the park of a small town. _____
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2. Norman felt happy and pleased with his life ______
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3. The old man who sat next to him looked very lonely. _______
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4. The young man who came later was not in a good mood. ________
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5. The young man said he was upset because he forgot the name and
address of his hotel. _____
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6. A similar thing had happened to Norman in his country. ______
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7. Norman felt that the young’s man story was true because he showed him
the soap. ____
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8. The young man said he didn’t have money for another hotel room. ___
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9. When Norman found the bar of soap, he thought the young’s man story
was true. ____
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10. The old man came back because he wanted to talk to Norman. ____
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B. Answer the questions.
Complete the sentence:
1. Dusk is the hour of ______________________, those who had
______________________________________. Now they have
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2. “This scene fitted Norman’s mood” (line 7). Which scene does the
author refers to? Why did it fit Norman’s mood? Explain.
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3. Circle the correct answer:
Norman Said: “To lose both a hotel and a bar of soap in one afternoon in
very strange.” He said this because (-)
a. He believed the young man’s story.
b. He thought the young man was lying.
c. He has also lost a hotel and a bar of soap in a strange country.
C. Complete the sentences. Use the word bank.
Word Bank
Betray , foreign, dusk, noticeable, lend, disappointed
1. English is the most popular _______________language taught
all over the world.
2. The man was _________________because he was very tall and
very elegantly dressed.
3. It’s hard to drive at ___________________because you can’t
see clearly.
4. If I tell you the secret, I will _______________ my friend’s trust
in me.
5. I was ______________ because I expected to get a better mark
on the test.
6. Can you __________________me a hundred shekels, please?