Mr.

Samy Mohamed English language Grade 4

The Forfarshire

 Answer the following questions:

1. What is Hal's job?
 He is a museum worker.
2. Where does Hal work?
 He works in a natural history museum.
3. How is Hal's life?
 He has a very ordinary life.
4. How does Hal spend his weekend?
 He does his chores and helps his parents with their chores.
5. How often does Hal play basketball?
 He sometimes plays basketball with a friend at the weekend.
6. What does Hal eat for breakfast?
 He eats toast and cereal with milk.
7. How does Hal go to work?
 He rides his bike to work.
8. What time does Hal get to work?
 He gets to work at eight o'clock.
9. What does the Natural History Museum contain?
What can people see at the Natural History Museum?
 It has got a lot of rooms with all kinds of exhibits. There are dinosaur bones and
skeletons of extinct animals. There are models of planets, asteroids and stars.
10. What does Hal do after dinner?
 He reads or watches TV. Sometimes he works at his computer.
11.What is Hal's job at the museum?
 He helps visitors and makes sure that they follow the rules.
12.Why does Hal like his job at the museum?
 He is happy to work where people learn more about natural history.
13.What does Hal sometimes dream of?
 He sometimes dreams that he's got an exciting job.
14.Why is Hal bored with his life?
 Because every day is the same.
15.What is Tim's job?
 He is a famous actor.
16.What kind of films does Tim act in?
 He acts in all kinds of films, but most people like his adventure films.
17.Why isn't Tim happy to be a popular film actor?
 Because he wants to have an ordinary life.

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18.Why is Tim going to wear glasses and change his hair colour?
 He thinks that people won't recognize him when he goes out in public.
19.Why was Tim surprised when he saw Hal?
 Because they look like each other.
20.What was Hal's job during the filming?
 He had to control the crowded room of curious people.
21.Where did Tim and Hal change into each other's clothes?
 In Hal's office.
 Complete the following sentences:
1. Hal Tanner had a good job at …………………………..
2. Hal goes to his parents' house and helps them with their …………………………..
3. David is Hal Tanner's …………………………..
4. In the afternoon, Hal meets his cousin David for …………………………..
5. Hal Tanner has a very ………………………….. life.
6. Hal rides ………………………….. to work every morning.
7. At the museum, you can see dinosaur bones and skeletons of …………………………..
8. You can see models of planets, ………………….. and ………………….. at the museum.
9. At the museum, there are exhibits about people from different …………………………..
10. At the museum, a film shows …………………in the autumn, winter, spring and summer.
11. Hal's job is to make sure that every visitor …………………………...
12. Hal finds a ………………………….. to answer visitors' questions about the exhibits.
13. Hal dreams to be …………………………..
14. Tim Hawkins is a popular …………………………..
15. Tim Hawkins acted in all kinds of film, but most people liked his …………………….. films.
16. Hall's boss told him that he had to control the crowded room of …………………………..
17. Tim isn't happy to be a popular film actor because he doesn't have ………………………...
18. In Tim's new film he had to rescue a young boy who was climbing up on …………………
19. Tim was ………………………….. that Hal was going to work on the film, too.
20. Hal and Tim changed into other's clothes in …………………………..
Answers:
1- a natural history museum 11- follows the rules
2- chores 12- museum expert
3- cousin 13- explorer, a scientist or an astronaut
4- cup of coffee 14- film actor
5- ordinary 15- adventure
6- his bike 16- curious people
7- extinct animals 17 an ordinary life
8- asteroids / stars 18 a model of a volcano
9- countries 19 worried
10- trees changing 20 Hal's office

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The Forfarshire

 Answer the following questions:

1. Why did Hal watch Tim's feet?
 Hal watched Tim's feet to walk like him.
2. Why did Hal and Tim laugh when Hal's boss left the office?
 Because he couldn't know who was Hal and who was Tim.
3. How did Hal feel when he played Tim's role?
 At first, Hal felt nervous. Soon he was having fun.
4. What did Hal ask the director to do to have more danger in the scene?
 He asked him to have some fireworks coming from the volcano.
5. What did Tim ask the museum visitors to do during the filming?
 He asked them to be quiet and not to touch the exhibits or the film crew's things.
6. What did Hal's boss ask Tim Hawkins to do?
 He asked him to go to the astronomy exhibit for an hour.
7. What did Tim watch at the astronomy exhibit?
 He watched a documentary film about satellites in space.
8. Why would Tim Hawkins like to have Hal's job?
 Because he would like to learn about science and the Earth.
9. What did Tim do when a girl asked him about an ice storm?
 He found a museum expert because he didn't know the answer.
10.Why was Hal frightened to change places for one more day?
 Because someone might catch them and he might lose his job.

 Complete the following sentences:

1. Hal watched Tim's feet to …………………………..
2. Tim and Hal were surprised by how much they …………………………..
3. Tim told Hal that he had to say what was in the …………………………..
4. When Hal first pretended to be Tim, he was …………………………..
5. Hal asked the director to have more …………………………..
6. Tim made sure that people didn't use…………………………...
7. Hal's boss asked Tim to go to the …………………………... for an hour.
8. There were models of the Earth, the sun and the moon in the …………………………..
9. At the astronomy exhibit, Tim watched a documentary film about…………………………...
10. girls usually …………………………...when they see Tim.
11. Tim learnt about wind, rain and …………………………...
12. Tim wanted to find out about animals in the desert and in …………………………...
13. Hal liked his job, but he thought it was …………………………...
14. Tim didn't want to go to a party because he had to film in the ………………….
15. Hal and Tim …………………………... to change places for one more day.

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Answers:
1- walk like him 9- satellite in space
2- looked alike 10- giggle
3- script 11- weather balloons
4- nervous 12- the rainforest
5- danger in the scene 13- too ordinary
6- cameras or camcorders 14- desert
7- astronomy exhibit 15- agreed
8- astronomy exhibit -

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 Answer the following questions:

11.What does Tim's secretary do?
 He works at the computer. He answers the phone and sends e mails about Tim's
work.
12.How many scripts did Tim have?
 Tim had scripts for three new films.
13.Why didn't Tim need to write down about Hal's life?
 Because he was an actor and he had a good memory.
14.Where did Tim have to park the bike?
 Tim had to park the bike at the side of the museum.
15.What did Tim and Hal exchange?
 They exchanged keys, wallets and mobile phones.
16.Where did Tim and Hal agree to meet?
 They agreed to meet at an old building near Hal's flat.
17.When did Tim and Hal agree to meet?
 They agreed to meet at six o'clock the next evening.
18.Why was changing places with Hal easy for Tim?
 Because he played a lot of different roles in films.
19.Why was playing Hal's role different for Tim?
 This time the audience was not going to be in a cinema. They were going to be
people who knew the real Hal.
20.How was Tim's house?
 It was a big house near a lake, and it had lots of windows. There were big trees in
front of the house.
21.Who was Philip?
 Philip was Tim's secretary.

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22.What did Phillip show Hal?

 He showed Hal the new websites that was all about Tim.
23.What happened when a girl's hat fell into the rainforest exhibit?
 Tim climbed into the exhibit and got it back for her.
24.Why was David surprised when Tim got the hat back for the girl?
 Because Hal was usually shy, and hall didn't use to be so loud.
25.Who was Sophie?
 Sophie was Hal's aunt.
 Complete the following sentences:
1. At Hal's house, Tim told Hal everything about …………………………..
2. Tim's …………………………..helps him write to his fans.
3. Tim's secretary sent pictures to …………………………..
4. Tim has three …………………………..for three new films.
5. Tim had to park the bike at …………………………...
6. Tim had a good memory because …………………………...
7. Tim and Hal agreed to exchange…………………………..
8. Hal and Tim agreed to meet at an old building near …………………………..
9. Hal and Tim agreed to meet at …………………………..the next evening.
10.Tim played a doctor who found the…………………………..
11.Tim's …………………………..is going to be people that know Hal.
12.It felt …………………………..to Hal when he went into Tim's enormous house.
13.To Hal, Tim's house is …………………………...
14.Philip was …………………………..
15.Hal doesn't think anyone will ever create a …………………………..about him.
16.When the audience saw Hal, they…………………………..
17.Tim was doing Hal's job at …………………………..
18.Tim got …………………………..back for the girl.
19.Tim and David had …………………………..in the museum canteen.
20.David asked Hal to help him prepare for …………………………...
1- Tim Hawkins 11- audience
2- secretary 12- strange
3- Tim's fans 13- wonderful
4- scripts 14- Tim's secretary
5- the side of the museum 15- website
6- he was an actor 16- cheered
7- keys, wallets and mobile phones 17- the museum
8- Hal's flat 18- a hat
9- six o'clock 19- a sandwich and a cup of coffee
10- cure for a strange sleeping illness 20- Aunt Sophie's party

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