George Speaks – Chapter One: finding evidence



George Speaks – Chapter One: finding evidence

| Fact | Evidence |Page no. |

|Laura didn’t agree with her relatives that her baby brother was beautiful. | | |

|Laura was surprised when her baby brother spoke the first time. | | |

|George had been wanting to talk to Laura for some time. | | |

|George did not want anyone else to know that he could talk. | | |

1. Complete the table with the words from the story which are the evidence for these facts.

Write the number of the page where you found the evidence in the last column.

2. Write the meaning of these words from chapter one

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George Speaks – Chapter Two

1. Why was Laura so excited?

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2. How did George’s mummy hold him in the bath?

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3. Why did Laura cry when she went to see George next morning? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Why did their father hear each table twice?

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5. Why did their father leave the room?

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6 Who’s speaking?

George Speaks – Chapter three

1. Write out the following passage, putting in all missing capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas and speech marks.

at last we are alone said laura in a dramatic voice once they were as far as possible from the house

whats up said george you sound worried

i am said laura i need your advice

trouble with the three times table again said george

no i know that i was the only one in our class that did my teacher at school was amazed

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2. Fill the box with verbs from chapter 3

3. Write the adjectives used to describe:

What George was like when wakened up ____________________

Laura’s voice in the garden_________________________

The sentences George was going to say to mum and dad __________

George Speaks – Chapter Four

1. True or false?

Mother told father about George talking as ____________

soon as he came home from work.

George’s Dad believed his Mum straight away that ____________

George could talk.

When father got home George was not in the living ____________

room.

George’s mum decided to ring the doctor. ____________

The doctor believed that George could talk. ____________

The doctor spoke to George in a whisper. ____________

2. Find ten verbs in this chapter

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George Speaks – Chapter Five

1. What words from the story tell us that George didn’t think his parents couldn’t cope with him being so good at talking yet.

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2. Why do you think George’s parents decided to keep George’s gift of talking a family secret?

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3. What three improvements did George make sure were made in his life, with the help of Laura?

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4. Write the two words make up each of these contractions:

I’m ____________ They’re _______________

they’ve _____________ I’d __________________

What’s _____________ It’s ___________________

There’s ____________ He’s ___________________

I’ll ________________ they’ll ___________________

George Speaks – Chapter Six

Write the menu for George’s birthday meals.

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George speaks – Chapter 7

1. What was the April fool joke that George played on his family?

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2. Think up four more April fool tricks George could have played on his family

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pudgy

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It was a close shave.

I can see you’re gong to need some help.

You’re a funny old thing, aren’t you?

I remember it better that way.

Babies don’t know anything.

Lunch:

Breakfast:

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