Gone with the Wind – Part One Photocopiable

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Gone With The Wind – Part One Photocopiable

While reading Chapters 3–4 Chapters 1–2 4 Answer these questions about Chapter 3. 1 Put these sentences from Chapter 1 in order. a Does Rhett Butler think the South is in a a c Scarlett was shocked when she learnt good position to win the war? Why/Why not? that Ashley was going to marry Melanie ……………………………………………… Hamilton. b What happens in the library? b c Gerald O’Hara told his daughter Scarlett ……………………………………………… that she would never be happy with a c Do you think Ashley loves Scarlett? Why/Why man who does not love her. not? c c Scarlett meets her mother and Mammy ……………………………………………… who are worried about a sick baby. d Why does Scarlett decide to marry Charles d c Stuart and Brent told Scarlett that there Hamilton? was going to be a war. ……………………………………………… e c Scarlett decides to tell Ashley that he is e What does Scarlett think of Melanie? the love of her life. ……………………………………………… f c Stuart and Brent told Scarlett a secret and 5 Discuss and complete. asked her to dance with them at the party. What do you think is going to happen to Scarlett 2 Underline the wrong words in these sentences in the rest of the story? Could it be any of these from Chapter 2 and write the right ones. things? Why?/Why not? a Gerald told his plantation manager to work a Scarlett marries Rhett Butler. more hours. ……………………………………………… b Scarlett decides to flirt with every man in the b She runs away with Ashley. party to find a boyfriend. ……………………………………………… c India had no time to catch any man because c She lives alone. she had to spend all her time looking after ……………………………………………… her mother. 6 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7) d At the Twelve Oaks dance, Scarlett felt about Chapter 4? very nervous when she talked with Charles a Scarlett likes being in Atlanta. c Hamilton. b There’s fighting in Virginia. c e Rhett Butler had a good relation with his c Rhett is doing nothing to help the family in Charleston. South in its fight against the North. c f Rhett Butler said that he and the lady had a d Scarlett loves Charles Hamilton. c terrible accident in the forest. e Scarlett wants to go to the sale. c 3 Write the right word in each sentence. f People think a widow should not dance carriage charm flirt plantation with strange men. c slaves trash g Scarlett is glad to dance with Rhett Butler. c a Scarlett’s ……………… made all the men h Everyone thinks Rhett is a good man like her a lot. and a gentleman. c The O’Hara’s ……………… in the south was b Chapters 5–6 called Tara. 7 Answer these questions about Chapter 5. Rhett Butler took a girl out riding in a c a How does Scarlett spend the autumn of ……………… and they stayed out all night. 1862? Scarlett decided to ……………… with many d b Why does Rhett say he’s nice to Mrs Wilkes? men to get the attention of Ashley. c Why does Mrs Elsing describe Rhett as a e Mammy thought that the Slatterys were ‘snake-in-the-grass’? ……………… . d Why is Scarlett shocked at what Melanie says f Ellen O’Hara had a special bag where she to Mrs Merriwether about Ashley? kept medicines for her ……………… . e Why does Scarlett think Rhett is sensible? pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2017 Gone With The Wind – Part One – Activity worksheets 1 of 2 LEVEL 4 Activity worksheets Teacher Support Programme

Gone With The Wind – Part One Photocopiable

8 Who says the following in Chapter 6? Why? c Before leaving for war, Rhett tells Scarlett a Darcy won’t need those new boots now. …………………………………………….. . ……………………………………………… d Scarlett gets so mad at Rhett ………………. . b Will you look after Melanie for me? 13 Are these sentences about Chapter 10 right ……………………………………………… (3) or wrong (7)? c Kiss me goodbye. a Scarlett arrives at Tara and find the place ……………………………………………… burned down and completely destroyed. c 9 Finish these sentences from Chapter 6. b Gerald tells Scarlett that her mother is a When Rhett gave Melanie the list of dead better but that her sisters have died. c soldiers, ……………………………………. . c Scarlett is shocked to learn that Yankee b Scarlett looked for the Tarletons in the list and soldiers had lived at Tara using it as an she found that ………………………… . office. c c Rhett said that there would always be wars d Mammy told Scarlett that Ellen got the because men ………………………………. . typhoid from the Slatterys. c d When Ashley came home for Christmas and e Ellen was ill for a very long time. c saw Scarlett, he ……………………………. . f Scarlett learnt that the slaves had burned the cotton. c Chapters 7–8 10 Match (a)–(e) with (1)–(5) from Chapter 7, Chapters 11–12 using ‘because’, ‘so’ or ‘so that’. 14 Put these sentences from Chapter 11 in the a The Confederate army tries to hold the right order. Macon railway ….. a c Scarlett and Melanie find money and b Melanie cannot travel ….. jewellery in the soldier’s bag and clothes. c Scarlett cannot go home ….. b c Scarlett finds an old potato in the earth d Scarlett is shocked ….. and eats it. e Scarlett wants Melanie’s baby to come ….. c c Scarlett shoots the Yankee soldier. 1) there is typhoid at Tara. d c One morning, Scarlett hears the sound of 2) Rhett asks her to be his lover. a horse. 3) Atlanta can stand against the Yankees. e c Scarlett says ‘I’m never going to be hungry 4) she can go home. again!’ 5) Scarlett stays with her in Atlanta. f c Scarlett decides to go to Twelve Oaks to 11 Underline the wrong words and write the look for food. right ones. 15 Match (a–f ) with (1–6) from Chapter 12. a Prissy told Scarlett that Dr Meade was in a By May 1865 ….. another town. b A stream of confederate soldiers ….. b Prissy was afraid of soldiers. c A soldier called Will Benteen ….. c It was the first time Scarlett had hit a child in d When Ashley comes home, ….. her life. e Scarlett calls Will a fool ….. d Scarlett tried to remember what Mammy and f Will understands and pities ….. Ellen did when Ashley was born. 1) needed food and help. e Melanie asked if the Confederates were 2) stayed at Tara to help them. coming. 3) because he stops her running to meet Ashley. Chapters 9–10 Scarlett, because she loves Ashley. 12 Finish these sentences from Chapter 9. 4) the war was over. a Once Melanie’s baby is born, Scarlett decides 5) to …………………………………………. . 6) Melanie recognises him first. b To Scarlett’s surprise, Rhett gets the women out of Atlanta, but then …………………… . pearsonenglishreaders.com © Pearson Education Limited 2017 Gone With The Wind – Part One – Activity worksheets 2 of 2 LEVEL 4 Progress test Teacher Support Programme

Gone With The Wind – Part One Photocopiable

1 Underline the wrong words and write the right ones. c Melanie hated Rhett because of his ideas. c a Scarlett O’Hara spends time with the Tarleton d When Scarlett learnt that Ashley was missing, twins, Brent and Ashley. she decided not to return to Tara. c b Ashley and Melanie will marry soon because of the e Rhett found out that Ashley was not dead problems in the plantation. but in a prison in Washington. c c Scarlett was sure that Ashley hated her more than f Ashley was no longer a Confederate but a any other woman. Yankee soldier. c d Mammy told Scarlett that she had to be more g Rhett would never do what Ashley did: join intelligent. the Yankees to get out of place and run away. c e Scarlett felt a lot of anger when she heard from her 5 Circle the right words. own father that Ashley was getting married. a Every time people heard the scream of a shell / gun f Gerald told his daughter that the Wilkes only marry coming, they hid their heads in pillows or under the strangers. tables. 2 Choose the right answer. b Scarlett learns that one of her friends is ill with a Scarlett will flirt with a lot of men ….. typhoid / fever and feels very sad. 1) to make Ashley want her. c Scarlett hated that Rhett could see through her like 2) to catch a man to marry. glass / shout at her. b Charles Hamilton felt very ….. d Scarlett was very angry at Rhett because he asked 1) confident when talking to women. her to be his wife / lover. 2) uncomfortable when talking to women. e Scarlett and Prissy would have to help Melanie c Rhett Butler ….. leave town / deliver the baby. 1) was shy and quiet. f Scarlett was very angry at Prissy because she was 2) was tall and strong. a coward / a liar. d Scarlett told Cathleen that Rhett Butler ….. 6 Finish the sentences. 1) was a very nice man. a Scarlett thought that the Yankees were burning the 2) was a nasty man. city but …………………………………………. . 3 Match the questions and the answers. b Scarlett decides they should return to Tara a Who asked Scarlett to marry him? ….. ………………………………………………….. . b What were Gerald and the other men discussing at c Scarlett thought that Tara would be as destroyed as Twelve Oaks? ….. the MacIntosh plantation but …………………… . c How did Ashley feel when Scarlett told him that d When Scarlett saw her father and Mammy she was she loved him? ….. very happy and sad at the same time because she d What did Scarlett do when Ashley told her they learnt that ………………………………………. . could never be together? ….. e Scarlett could not believe that Yankee soldiers e Who heard the secret conversation that Scarlett ………………………………………………….. . and Ashley had? ….. 7 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)? f What was happening in Atlanta? ….. a Scarlett decides to go to Twelve Oaks and 1) The war between the north and the south. the MacIntosh plantation for food. c 2) Charles Hamilton. b A Yankee soldier came to Tara and was shot 3) Rhett Butler. by Scarlett. c 4) She shouted at him and hit him across the face. c Melanie and Scarlett decided to bury the 5) There was a war. Yankee soldier at Twelve Oaks. c 6) First he thought she was flirting but then he d Scarlett found nothing in the soldier’s pocket. c was shocked. e The war ended and the Confederates lost. c 4 Are these sentences right (3) or wrong (7)? f Will decides to stay at Tara to thank Scarlett a Nobody liked Rhett but they all thought him for saving his plantation. c brave. c g Ashley comes back to Atlanta. c b Rhett believed that the wars were actually fought for the money. c