Passive Voice Practice

Practice 1

Practice 2

Tests on Tuesday 19th Januray

Never Let Me Go 1

Definitions of Irregular Verbs

Passive Voice - You need to know your Irregular Past Participles

82 Irregular Past Participles

Never Let Me Go: Chapters 1 and 2

Never Let Me Go: Vocab 1




1) Explain in detail the meaning of the following words in the context of Never Let Me Go:
a) to complete
b) a carer
c) a donor
d) recovery centre

What is the effect of this type of language? What does it suggest about the world created in the novel?

2)Consider the words used to describe various states of the donors – ‘agitated’ and ‘calm’. What do these suggest about the donor process?

3) Kathy H says that Hailsham often gets people´s backs up, and that the pupils from Hailsham are ´priveleged´. What does this suggest about Hailsham?

4) What impression do you get about the following characters: Kathy K, Tommy and Ruth? Write a minimum of 80 words on each character using at least one quote to support your ideas.

Homework for Monday 11th January

Answer the following questions in detail - try to write 80 - 100 words on each question. You will hand in the homework to be marked on Monday.

1) Do you think some ways of thinking are considered "more academic" and therefore make an individual more intelligent or now? Is this right?

2) What do you think about categorising thinking styles and people in this way? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?