Name: _______________________

A Nasty Smile
Task 1: Fill in the blanks and complete the following sentences:

1. Mrs Paterson taught Year _______.

2. For the Parents’ Evening…

a) the Year Three were doing __________________________________________.

b) the Year Four were________________________________________________.

c) the Year Five were ________________________________________________.

d) the Year Six were ________________________________________________.

3. Mrs Paterson compared Simon McTavish’s brain to a ____________________

Task 2: Answer the following questions as instructed:

1. List three things which Wendy’s classmates were bringing for Parents’ Evening.

2. From the text, find two words that describe the war helmet.
 3. Find a word in the text that means:

a) turning around

b) a group of people saying the same

thing together

c) laugh in an unkind way

4a. What sort of person was Simon McTavish?

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4b. Why do you think so?

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5. How did …

a) Wendy feel when she saw Simon McTavish at school?

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b) Simon feel when Mrs Paterson spoke about Parents’ Evening?

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c) Wendy feel when Simon told her that the helmet was rusty like her grandad?

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d) Mrs Paterson feel when Simon told Wendy that the helmet is rusty like her
grandad?

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e) Wendy feel when Simon kept looking at her with a very nasty smile on his face?

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6. Why do you think Simon Mc Tavish kept looking at Wendy with a very nasty smile
on his face?

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7. Make up your own ending for this story.

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