“There is a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom” by Louis Sachar

Write the following exercises in your notebook. Please, write complete sentences.

Chapter 3. Comprehension Questions.

1- Write a description of Bradley’s mother. What is she like? What is she doing when Bradley gets
home?
2- When Bradley went to his bedroom, he started talking. Who did he talk to?
3- What is Bradley’s sister’s name? Is she older or younger than Bradley?
4- What lies does Bradley tell to her mother?
5- What is Bradley’s father job? Why does he need a cane to walk?
6- Why does Bradley tell his mother that she had promised him to take him to the zoo? Is it true?

Chapter 3. Vocabulary Exercise.

Match column A with column B. Then use the words in column A in the appropiate
form to complete the sentences below.

A
1- To pretend
2- To make out
3- To scold
4- Bed-spread
5- To have a cramp
6- To tease
7- Grumpy and short-tempered
8- Flabbergasted
B
____ An attractive, decorative cloth cover put on top of all the sheets and blankets on a bed.
____To hug and kiss a boyfriend or a girlfriend.
____ Extremely surprised and /or shocked.
____ To speak angrily to somebody, especially a child, because they have done something wrong.
____ To laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to
annoy or embarrass them.
____ Angry, bad-tempered
____ To have a sudden pain that you get when the muscles in a particular part of your body
contract, usually caused by cold or too much exercise.
____ To give an appearance of something that is not true, with the intention of deceiving.

Sentences

1- “Hey, everybody,” he announced. “Bradley's home!” But he was …...............................

that it was someone else who was speaking.
2- “They were …............................ !” announced the Mexican donkey. “I saw them kissing!”
3- “Oh, Ronnie!” …..................... Bradley. “What am I going to do with you?”
4- “The pond was a purple stain on Bradley's ….................... where he had once spilled grape juice.
5- Roonie jumped into the water. Suddenly she cried, “Help! I have a …..................!”
6- “What are you doing?” his sister …................ . “Talking to your little animals?” She laughed,
showing her braces.
7- Bradley's father didn't like that kind of work and often came home …....................... and
…................................... .
8-Bradley's mother was …................................ . “I – I don't even know when they feed the lions.”