Brother Aelred’s Feet

Grade 6 Level 3
Workbook / Activity
Answer Key
• 1) Stepped into the dairy – the milk turned sour
• helped in the kitchen – the meat went rotten
• walked in the vegetable garden – next day’s soup
tasted of socks
• 2) His best features are his voice – sings like an
angel and hands – writes and draws beautifully.
 WS P.4
1. ideal p4 (adj) = perfect, model example
2. manuscripts p4 (n) = handwritten book or document
3. humble p4 (adj) = not arrogant / proud, down-to-
earth
4. plump p4 (adj) = chubby, full-figure
5. beamed p5(v) = brightened up, cheery
6. cramped p5 (adj) = squeezy, tight and small space
7. gospels p5 (n) = books that tell about Christ’s
teachings and life
8. brightened p6 (v) = cheered up, lightened up
9. psalms p6 (n) = sacred song to praise the god
10. tenor p6 (adj) = high-pitched male voice
11. relics p6 (n) = antiquity (object) that survived from
the past
12. monastery p7 (adj) = residence of a religious
community
13. rooted p7 (v) = dig with a snout (pig’s nose)
1. bark p9 (n) = tree trunk covering
2. glimpsed p10 (v) = saw briefly
3. fluttering p10 (v) = moving along rapidly, quickly
4. squealing p11 (v) = letting out a high-pitched cry
(made by pig)
5. shrilly p11 (adv) = in a high and sharp tone / voice
6. looted p12 (v) = stole things / take illegally
7. pillaged p12 (v) = robbed by force, violently
8. terrified p12 (adj) = frightened, scared, petrified
9. relics p12 (n) = ancient objects with historical meaning
10.The monks were feeling really scared. I know this
because the text says that their faces were white.
When people get scared, their faces go pale (white).
 WSP.10 (RB - Chap.3)
1. grunted (p14) v = make a low, animal-like noise
2. miserably (p14) adv = in an unhappy way
3. brandishing (p16) v = waving violently, aggressively
4. bellowing (p16) v = shouting, yelling
5. deserted (p16) adj = vacant, empty of people,
unused
6. glared (p16) v = stared, looked with a fixed gaze
7. ransacked (p17) v = searched thoroughly
8. seize (p18) v = take hold, grab
9. doubled (p18) v = increased in two folds
 WS P.11
• 11. raged (p18) v = angered / getting furious

• 12. howling over the hill

• brandishing axes
• bellowing treats
• a wild giant of a man
 WS P.12 (Making A Longhouse)
• https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-Vm5CWgGI
(Facts on Vikings)
• https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RS1PH-Ts0s
(Vikings Longhouse)
 WS P.12
• 1. Up to 50 people plus their livestock
(animals).
• 2. ‘hoist’ and ‘raise’.
• 3. To keep warm during the winter.
• 4. The use of numbers and steps to enable
reader to follow in order.
 WS P.13
1. streamed (v): flowing freely, abundant
2. pelting (v): attack repeatedly, bombarded or hurl
continuously
3. tugged (v): pulled or strained hard and tight
4. bridle (n): headgear for the donkey and reins,
straps to give the rider the control
5. in desperation (n): hopeless or being lost
6. thundered up (v): moved fast, heavily and noisily
7. gleamed (v): shone brightly, glimmered
8. instinct (n): gut feeling, intuitive judgement
 WS P.13-14
• 9) wedged (v): stuck in between tight spaces
• 10) clutched desperately (v, adv): held very tightly
and firmly in great despair
• 11) staggered (v): walked in an uncontrolled
manner
• 12) swayed (v): moved sideways or back and forth
• 13) cautiously (adv): carefully, gingerly
• 14) berserk (adj): frenzied, out of control
 WS P.15
• 1. adoringly p26 (adv): admiringly, idolising
• 2. extraordinary p27 (adj): unique, special, unusual
• 3. soothingly p28 (adv): calm and composed way
• 4. seized p28 (v): grabbed, took hold of, clutched
• 5. flapped p29 (v): moved in a raising and falling
motion, noisily
• 6. amazement p31 (n): surprise, astonishment
• 7. trotting p32 (v): running at a swift, quick pace
• 8. baffled p34 (adj): perplexed, confused, puzzled
 WS P.16
• 9. They were all knocked unconscious by a single man.
• Erik didn’t exactly remember what had happened due to
hitting of his head.
• 10. P.18 – Erik had man brothers and he wanted to
impress them by finding some rare and precious treasure,
though it was not what he was originally expecting to find.
• 11. The Vikings were coming to attack.
• 12. Brother Aeldred gave his painting to Erik, who
believed that it was rare and precious treasure.
• 13. Brother Aeldred would not have seen the Vikings
approach.
 Book Review Test - Answers

1a) stepped into the dairy – the milk turned sour.

b) helped in the kitchen – the meat went rotten.
c) walked in the vegetable garden – next day’s soup tasted of
socks
2. First: His best feature was his voice that sings like an angel
Second: His second feature was his hands that writes beautifully
and draws gorgeously.
3. They knew how the Vikings smashed, looted and pillaged and
needed someone brave to fight against them to save the
treasures.
4a. ‘howling over the hill’
b. ‘brandishing axes’
c. ‘bellowing threats’
d. ‘a wild giant of a man’
• 5. The Vikings were pelting to chase after Aelred and making
loud noises which scared the donkey or the cargo was too
heavy for it to carry on its journey and stopped moving forward.
• 6. It refers to Aelred squeezing inside the treasure chest to hide
from the Vikings but eventually he was discovered by the pigs
that led the Vikings to find him and the treasure.
• 7. His instinct told him that there was something very special
inside that chest.
• 8. They were all knocked out by smell of Aelred’s feet which was
ripe and rich as he was locked inside the chest for half an hour.
• 9. The pigs were overjoyed to see him and unable to contain
their excitement as they missed him.
• 10. They thought he was casting a spell on them and the bark
was a magic charm.
• 11. They did not want to upset him about the smell of his
feet and also were amazed by his gift to protect everyone
safely from the Vikings.
• 12. The smell came from Aelred’s feet with a mix of incense
and roses.
• 13. Yes, he did find what he believed to be rare and precious
treasure, though it was not what he was originally expecting
to find. He got the bark painting of Saint Meregonda.
• 14a. He was humble as he did not mind caring for the pigs.
• b. He was observant as he spotted the Vikings first.
• c. He was courageous as he offered to protect the treasure
during the Vikings invasion.
• 15. Brother Aeldred would not have seen the Vikings
approach.
 Section B: Vocabulary
1. a 11.r 21.y Page 8.
2. b 12.k 22.u 1. c
3. h 13.l 2. f
23.v
4. c 14.t
24.x 3. g
5. d 15.q
25.w 4. d
6. j / f 16.s
17.p 5. h
7. g
18.o 6. a
8. i
9. f/ j 19.n 7. b
10.e 20.m 8. e
• 5. They were all knocked unconscious by a single
man. Erik didn’t exactly remember what had
happened due to the hitting of his head.
• 6. Yes, he did find what he believed to be rare and
precious treasure, though it was not what he was
originally expecting to find. His aim was to find some
rare and precious treasure to impress his brothers.
• 7. The Vikings coming to attack.
• 8. Brother Aeldred gave his painting to Erik, who
believed that it was rare and precious treasure.
• 9. Brother Aeldred would not have seen the Vikings
approach.
 Section B: Vocabulary
1. a 11.r 21.y
2. b 12.k 22.u
3. h 13.l
23.v
4. c 14.t
5. d 15.q
24.x
6. j / f 16.s 25.w
7. g 17.p
8. i 18.o
9. f/ j 19.n
10.e 20.m
 Helping Words (P13-14)
a) pulled or strained hard and tight
b) hopeless or being lost
c) moved fast, heavily and noisily
d) moved sideways or back and forth
e) carefully, gingerly
f) frenzied, out of control
g) walked in an uncontrolled manner
h) shone brightly, glimmered
i) stuck in between tight spaces
j) attack repeatedly, bombarded or hurl continuously
k) headgear for the donkey and reins, straps to give the rider the control
l) flowing freely, abundant
m) gut feeling, intuitive judgement
n) held very tightly and firmly in great despair
 Helping Words (P.15)
a) calm and composed way
b) moved in a raising and falling motion, noisily
c) running at a swift, quick pace
d) admiringly, idolising
e) grabbed, took hold of, clutched
f) surprise, astonishment
g) perplexed, confused, puzzled
h) unique, special, unusual