'ANIMAL FARM' - WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER 3

A - Before reading chapter 3, look up these words in a dictionary, indicate their grammatical category
( e.g. N, V, Adj, ... ) and translate them. This lists the words as they appear in the chapter.

to toil
a drawback
wastage
grudging master
motto
to grumble
to shirk
peculiar
to overthrow
to put forward (an argument)
a headquarters
to tame (a wild animal)
a sparrow
literate
a rubbish heap
to grasp
mischief
a loft
mash
to share out
health
welfare
a tail
obvious
an argument
to ripen

B - Who's who in chapter 3 ? Who do the words in bold characters refer to?

" How they toiled and sweated to get the hay in!"
"With their superior knowledge, it's natural that they should assure the leadership."
" Gee up, comrade!"
" (he) seemed more like three horses than one."
"...she would vanish for hours on end and then reappear (...) after work was over."
"He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones's time."
" It was noted that these two were never in agreement..."
"He formed the Egg Production Committee for the hens, ..."
"...(she) refused to learn any but the six letters which spelt her own name."
"...(he) took them away from their mothers, saying that he would make himself responsible for their education."
"Comrades!", he cried, "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?"

Boxer or Clover, Boxer, Mollie, Napoleon and Snowball, Napoleon, Old Benjamin, Snowball, Squealer, the animals, the cat, the pigs, the puppies.

C -This is a summary of the chapter, fill in the blanks with words from the list at the bottom
A bumper .................... is gathered in record .................... and the summer is a .................... one.
All the animals .................... hard, especially .....................
On .................... mornings, a flag of green, with a .................... and a .................... symbol, is raised and the week's work is .....................
.................... and .................... are the leaders, but always .................... each other.
snowball sets up various .................... and organises classes to .................... reading and writing.
The sheep learn a new .................... and keep repeating it.
Napoleon takes a litter of .................... and educates them in isolation.
The pigs take the .................... crop, saying it is necessary for '....................'.

apple, Boxer, brain-work, committees, disagree with, happy, harvest, hoof, horn, Napoleon, planned, puppies, slogan, Snowball, Sunday, teach, time, toil.