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ANIMAL FARM

I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm.
It must be due to some fault in us. The solutions, as I see it, are to work harder. From now onwards
I shall get up a full hour earlier in the mornings.
Questions:

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1) Who doesnt understand what?

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2) ........ That such things could happen on our farm which things?
3) What is the solution suggested by the speaker?

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4) What is the decision taken by the speaker?

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5) I would not have believed that ...... The tense of the sentence is:

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a) Simple future
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b) Future perfect
c) Future perfect conditional
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d) Past perfect
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1) Boxer doesnt understand why such pathetic scenes of slaughter have taken place on the
animal farm, while the resolution is no animal shall kill other animal.
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2) Slaughter of animals (like pigs, hens and geese) on the animal farm-a violation of one of the
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Seven Commandments.
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3) The solution is to work harder

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4) The speaker (Boxer) decided to get up a full hour earlier in the mornings.
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5) Future perfect conditional

Two days later, the animals were called for a special meeting in the barn. They were surprised when
Napoleon announced that he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick, instead of Pilkington. The pigs
were in ecstasies over Napoleons cunning. By seeming to be friendly with Pilkington he had forced
Frederick to raise his price by twelve pounds. Frederick had wanted to pay for the timber with a
cheque, but Napoleon was too clever for him. He had demanded payment in real five-pound
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notes, which were to be handed over before the timber was removed. Already Frederick had paid
up; and the sum he had paid was just enough to buy the machinery for the windmill.

Questions:

1) Why were the animals surprised?

2) Why were the pigs happy?

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3) How did Napoleon get his price raised by twelve pounds?

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4) Who is Frederick?

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5) Who is Pilkington?

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1) They were surprised when Napoleon had sold the pile of timber to Frederick, instead of
Pilkington.
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2) They were happy because Napoleon was very cunning (cunning in the past meant wise,
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smart and clever)

3) Seeming to be friendly with Pilkington, he had forced Frederick to raise his price by twelve
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pounds.
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4) Owner of Pinchfield. He represented a composite of the leaders of Germany.

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5) Owner of Foxwood Farm. He represented the leader of England.

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They took refuge in the farm buildings and peeped cautiously out from chinks and knot-holes. The
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whole of the big pasture, including the windmill, was in the hands of the enemy. For the moment
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even Napoleon seemed at a loss. He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigid and twitching.
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He kept looking in the direction of Foxwood and hoping that Pilkington and his men would help
them. But at this moment the four pigeons, who had gone with the peace message returned bearing
a scrap of paper from Pilkington. On it was penciled the words: Serves you right.

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Questions:

1) In They took refugee in the farm Whom does they refer to?

2) .... in the hands of the enemy - who is the enemy ?

3) What was hoped by Napoleon ?

4) Who returned with a scrap of paper?

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5) Serve you right -- explain.

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1) The animals on the farm.

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2) Mr. Frederick, owner of Pinchfield farm.

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3) He hoped that Pilkington and his men would help him.

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4) The four pigeons that had gone with a peace message.
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5) Pilkington felt that Fredericks attack on the Animal Farm was an equal retaliation for
Napoleons playing double game.
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A cry of lamentation went up with tears in their eyes the animals asked one another what would
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happen if Napoleon was taken away from them. At eleven o clock Squealer came out to make
another announcement. He said Comrade Napoleon had passed an order: the drinking of alcohol
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was to be punished by death.

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Questions:
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1) Why was there a cry of lamentation?

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2) What did animals ask one another?

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3) What did Squealer announce?

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4) Who is Squealer?
5) Pick out the word from the passage which means expression of great sorrow or grief

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1) Squealer said that comrade Napolean was dying.
2) They asked one another what would happen if Napolean was taken away from them
3) He announced that drinking of alcohol was to be punished by death.
4) He is Napoleans spokesperson. Here he represents Moltov, Stalins Prime Minister.
5) Lamentation
Boxers hoof took a long time to heal. They had started the rebuilding of the windmill the day after

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the victory celebrations ended. Boxer refused to take even a day off work, and did not show to
others that he was in pain. In the evenings he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled

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him a great deal. Both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard. But Boxer would not

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listen.

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Questions:
1) Why was Boxer hurt?
2)
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When did they start the rebuilding of the windmill ?
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3) Why was it to be rebuilt?
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4) Who is Clover?
5) Who is Benjamin?
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1) He was hurt in the Battle of the windmill for the sake of the windmill.
2) After the victory celebrations were ended.
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3) It was totally destroyed by Frederick and his men.

4) A good hearted female cart-horse and Boxers close friend.
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5) An old and wise donkey.

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The farm had had a fairly successful year, but was still short of money. Rations, reduced in
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December, were reduced again in February, and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden to save oil. But
the pigs seemed comfortable enough, and in fact were putting on weight. One afternoon in late
February a warm, rich, appetizing scent came from the little brew-house. Someone said it was the
smell of cooking barley. The animals sniffed the air hungrily and wondered whether a warm mash

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was being prepared for their supper. But no warm mash appeared, and on the following Sunday it
was announced that from now onwards all barley would be reserved for the pigs. And the news
soon leaked out that every pig was now receiving a ration of a pint of beer daily, with half a gallon
for Napoleon himself.
Questions:
1) What happened to the rations and lanterns?

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2) What happened one afternoon?
3) What was announced on Sunday?

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4) What is the share of a pig?

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5) Who is Napolean ?

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Answers:
1) They were reduced considerably
2)
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A warm, rich, appetizing scent came from the little brew-house one afternoon in late February.
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3) That all barley would be reserved for pigs was announced on Sunday.
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4) A ration of a pint of beer.

5) It is a pig representing Joseph Stalin, the second leader of the Soviet Union.
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Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-
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Meal. Kennels supplied. Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the
knackers.
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Questions:
1) Who is Alfred Simmonds ?
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2) Do you understand ... who spoke these words?

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3) Where did he find the words Alfred ...

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4) Where is Boxer being taken to?

5) Pick out the word from the passage which means the place where dogs are cared for

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1) He is a dealer in the skins of animals and in the fertilizer of crushed and powdered bones.
2) Benjamin, a wise donkey.
3) On the side of a van that takes animals to a Slaughter house.
4) To the place where old and injured horses are taken to be killed.
5) Kennel
It went on for five minutes without stopping. And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the pigs

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had marched back into the farmhouse.

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Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder. He looked round. It was Clover. Her old eyes looked
dimmer than ever. Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the

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end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written. For a minute or two they stood
gazing at the tatted wall with its white lettering.

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My sight is failing, she said finally. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be,

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Benjamin?
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Questions:
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1) What went for five minutes?
2) What did Benjamin feel?
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3) What did Clover do?

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4) Why did it do so?

5) Pick out the word from the passage which means long hair as the neck of a horse.
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Answers:
1) The sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating for five minutes.
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2) He felt a nuzzling at his shoulder.

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3) She tugged gently at his mane and led him (Benjamin) round to the end of the big barn.
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4) Because it her eye sight had failed.

5) Mane.

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