Reading for pleasure grade 7:
Task 1.
Match each name from The Last Mohicans  with a description from the box. You can use the same description more than once.
(a) William Henry (b) Montcalm (c) Edward (d) Munro (e) Webb (f) Cora (g) Alice (h) Magua (i) Duncan Heyward (j) Hudson (k) Chingachgook (l) Hawkeye (m) Uncas (n) The Mohicans (o) The Hurons
• a British colonel    • a British fort                • a British general                   • a British major
 • a daughter of Munro                                                 a French general                                               • a Huron Indian • a Mohican chief
• a river • a white man who wears clothes of animal skins           • an Indian tribe  • the son of Chingachgook
Task 2
Are these sentences true or false?
a The story happens in December.
b Holmes tells his friend Watson about a tall man with an old hat.
c The tall man left a yellow bird in the street.
d A hotel doorman - Peterson - gave the hat and the bird to Holmes.
e Holmes gave the bird to Watson.
f Peterson's wife found a green diamond in the bird.
Task 3
What happens?
Write Holmes, Watson, Peterrson or Nobody in each sentence.
a _____calls the police.
b ______knows about the owner of the diamond.
C  ______ takes Peterson to the police.
d _______keeps the diamond.
e _______writes to the Countess.
f ________puts an advertisement in the newspaper.
Task 4 Look at key words from the three stories and match them to the definitions:
1.steal
2. advertisement
3. dinosaur
4. ape-man
5. fort
6. warrior
a.    A type of reptile that is now extinct
b.    To take something without permission
c.     A very early human
d.    A strong building designed to protect people from attack
e.    Something that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service
f.      A brave and experienced soldier​