Short Read - The Vacant Country
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Case Study: In 1800, London's population was around 1 million and it was already the world's largest city. By 1900, it had grown to 6.7 million. People came from the countryside and other countries to find the work. During that century, London was a hard place to live for many with pollution, bad living conditions and much poverty.
Analyse the most significant reason for such disturbing living conditions.
Analyse the most significant reason for such disturbing living conditions.
Population explosion
Social factors
Unequal distribution of income
Climate change
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What do you think the people of the past imagined would happen in the 21st century?
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What do you infer from the title of the story?
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painful feet from much walking.
trembling
doubtful
slavery
casual
Footsore
tremulous
incredulous
drudgery
offhand
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Identify the meaning of the idiom:
'tongues were loosened'
'tongues were loosened'
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talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
B
to cause someone to talk more freely.
C
in an ironic, insincere way.
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Why was walking considered as a rare exercise in that century?
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Explosion in the usage of vehicles
B
Rich considered walking as an act of poor.
C
No place to walk because of concrete jungle throughout.
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Identify the mood of the protagonist:
"He spoke of the happiness that was certainly now theirs, of the folly of not breaking sooner of the magnificent prison of London, of the old romantic days that had passed from the world forever."
"He spoke of the happiness that was certainly now theirs, of the folly of not breaking sooner of the magnificent prison of London, of the old romantic days that had passed from the world forever."
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miserable
B
ecstatic
C
worried
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Why did the shepherd stare them incredulously?
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He knew that they won't be able to adjust in the countryside life.
B
He knew that they were criminals.
C
He knew that they were the ones who were banished from the city.
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Compare and contrast Denton's and Elizabeth's attitude towards future.
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What do you think the shepherd is trying to warn Denton about?
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Identify the given statement is a fact or an opinion.
'Those people of old, they had simple minds, limited expectations', he said.
'Those people of old, they had simple minds, limited expectations', he said.
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Fact
B
Opinion
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Success Criteria:
Now I CAN;
*Identify and match the pairs of words and phrases used in the text with their meanings.
*Answer intermittent questions based on the story.
Now I CAN;
*Identify and match the pairs of words and phrases used in the text with their meanings.
*Answer intermittent questions based on the story.
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Agree
B
Disagree
C
I need some help.
