Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine

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This lesson contains 28 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 7 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 90 min

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Listen & read along!
Every now and then the narrator stops...
You need to answer the quiz question before you can continue :-)

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Slide 4 - Video

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Slide 5 - Video

03:22
How many ´spoonful of sugar´ did George stir in Grandma´s tea?
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4

Slide 6 - Quiz

08:00
Grandma thinks George is growing too fast. George must stop eating chocolate and must eat....
A
caterpillars
B
worms and slugs
C
beetley bugs and earwigs
D
cabbage

Slide 7 - Quiz

12:56
George has all kind of plans to frighten Grandma a bit. Which plan has NOT been in his mind?
A
to put a firework banger under her chair
B
to put a long green snakedown the back of her dress
C
to put salt instead of sugar in her tea
D
to put six big black rats in the room and lock the door

Slide 8 - Quiz

21:26
To make the medicine George got lots of funny things from different rooms. Which ones?
A
bathroom - bedroom - laundryroom - kitchen
B
bathroom - attic - garden - kitchen
C
bathroom - toilet - cellar - kitchen
D
bathroom - attic - cellar - kitchen

Slide 9 - Quiz

26:26
There were 5 bottles of medicines in the shed. They were meant for ...
A
chickens - mice - cats - dogs - pigs
B
chickens - rats - cows -weeds (=onkruid) - pigs
C
chickens - mice - donkeys - birds - - pigs
D
chickens - horses - cows - sheep - pigs

Slide 10 - Quiz

35:43
After George gave his Grandma his marvellous medicine,...
(what did NOT happen?)
A
she shot up into the air and stayed there for a while
B
she threw up (=overgeven) and slept the rest of the day
C
her stomach was on fire and black smoke came out of her nose
D
she was swelling and her face was turning from purple to green

Slide 11 - Quiz

39:17
George's marvellous medicine let his Grandma grow taller and taller and in the end her feet were on the floor downstairs in the living-room and her head was moving quikly to the ceiling of...
A
his parents' bedroom
B
the bathroom
C
his dad's study room
D
his own bedroom

Slide 12 - Quiz

45:23
What happened to the Brown Hen after George gave it his marvellous medicine?
A
It grew taller and taller, thinner and thinner (as Grandma did).
B
It grew taller and taller, (even taller than George) but also fat and plump.
C
The Brown Hen changed into a horse.
D
It grew as tall as Grandma.

Slide 13 - Quiz

48:18
The first egg of the giant Brown Hen was the size of...
A
a pin-pong ball
B
a tennis ball
C
a football
D
a basketball

Slide 14 - Quiz

52:44
Mr. Franky´s idea is to build a Marvellous Medicine Factory and sell the stuff in bottle at ....
A
10 euros a piece
B
10 dollars a piece
C
10 pounds a piece

Slide 15 - Quiz

58:31
When Marvellous Medicine Number 2 didn´t have the right colour, George realised he forgot to add...
A
Golden Gloss Hair Shampoo
B
tooth paste
C
shaving soap
D
a quart of brown gloss paint

Slide 16 - Quiz

1:01:26
After the white chicken with black specks ate the Marvellous Medicine 2, only its legs grew. They forgot to add...

Slide 17 - Open question

1:04:02
After the cockerel ate the Marvellous Medicine 3, only its neck grew. They forgot to add...

Slide 18 - Open question

1:05:50
After the brown hen ate the Marvellous Medicine 4, the hen wasn't growing, instead it was...

Slide 19 - Open question

1:12:20
What happened to Grandma after she her 'cup of tea' (actually The Marvellous Medicine Number 4)?

Slide 20 - Open question

Well done!!!

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The more you read, 
the more you know!

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Linken naar audiobooks mét tekst (zodat je kunt luisteren én meelezen) vind je in de volgende dia's:

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