St. Peter's 1. Match the headings to the parts of the story. One heading is extra. A. Writing home. B. School life downstairs. C. The best day at St Peter's. D. Boys' treasures. E. How it started. F. School life upstairs. G. What we had to wear.
2. Complete the sentences. 1. A... is a place where children learn and live. 2. A ... is clothes which school children have to wear. 3. A... is a place where children keep their things. 4. ... is something that the children's parents send them from home. 5. The ... was the main person downstairs at St. Peter's. 6. The ... was the main person upstairs at St. Peter's. 7. ... are the rooms in a boarding school where children live. 8. A ... is a thing which was used to punish the boys.
3. True or false 1. The parents had chosen St. Peter's because they believed that schools in South Wales were the best in the world. 2. Only the Headmaster had the right to open tuck-boxes. 3. A tuck-box was a box where the boys kept their tuck, food and all kinds of treasures. 4. St. Peter's was a long four-storied building, 5. At St. Peter's Saturday morning was letter-writing time. 6. Letter-writing was a serious business like a spelling and punctuation
4. Answer the questions 1. Why did the parents choose St. Peter's? 2. What was boys' school uniform? 3. What happened once in the evening? 4. How did Arkle feed his frog after the children had given away their keys?
5. What was the main reason for Headmaster's interest while letter- writing?
5. What do you like best about St. Peter's? What don't you like?