The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai

Chapters 1 and 2

FOCUS ON VOCABULARY:
a. Write the name of the word, look for the meaning in the dictionary and translate it:

Prize: premio
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Valley: valle
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War: Guerra
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Attack: ataque

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Army: armada

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b. Write the opposite of the following adjectives (you can look for the words in the text
1. fair: unfair
2. difficult: easy
3. weak: strong
4. short: large
5. clean: dirty
c. Write the definition of the words in the box and then c omplete the text with a suitable word:

courage - passion - war - strength - bravery

In 1880, on the dusty plains of Afghanistan, a young woman named Malalai made history with her
……………………... Her nation was at ………….... and she stormed on to the battlefield. Her words gave ………….
…. and ………………. to the soldiers, and, though Malalai was caught up in crossfire and killed, they were so
inspired by her …………… and they fought harder and ended up winning the battle, changing the course of
history.

d. Match the words to their definition:

FOCUS ON CONTENT:
a. Answer the following questions in full form.

CHAPTER 1
1. Where was Malala born?
2. How many brothers does she have?
3. Why did a was begin?
4. Why did Malala go to school in secret?
5. Why did the Taliban leave the Swat Valley?
6. What happened to Malala on the school bus?

CHAPTER TWO:
7. What are the names of Malala’s parents?
8. Why did Malala’s mother didn’t stay at school?
9. Why did Ziauddin want to open a school?
10. Where was Ziauddin’s first school? What was the name of the school?
11. When was Malala born?
12. What did Malala see at the rubbish mountain?
b. Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones

c. Look at the pictures. Read the descriptions and write the correct names from the box.

FOCUS ON GRAMMAR

a. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

Malala’s parents ……………. (meet) through relatives and there was an instant connection. It ……………. (take)
nine months for Ziauddin to persuade Toor Pekai’s father to allow them to marry! Ziauddin ………………
(write) to Toor Pekai romantic poems and letters – how she ………… (wish) she could read and respond to
them! Ziauddin ……………… (believe) that education and knowledge would solve all the problems in
Pakistan and he desperately ……………… (want) to start up his own school. Toor Pekai ……………... (be) ready
to do whatever it ……………… (take) to help him achieve his dream.

b. There are many examples of the past simple tense using both irregular and regular verbs on pages 8 and 9 of
the book: categorise the verbs into regular or irregular verbs.
 REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VEBS

2. Choose 3 of those verbs and write TRUE AFFIRMATIVE sentences about yourselves.

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3. Turn the sentences into the NEGATIVE FORM.

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4. Answer the following questions:

a. Did Malala like studying?

b. Did Malala stop going to school?

c. Did Malala win a prize?

d. Did you go to school yesterday?

e. Did you do your homework last week?