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Little Lord Fauntleroy

In the mid-1880s, young Cedric Errol lives with his mother in New York. They’re quite poor after the death of Cedric’s father, but live a simple happy life together. Then, one day, an English lawyer comes to visit them. He has a message from the Earl of Dorincourt, Cedric’s rich English grandfather that will change Cedric’s life forever. Will he be happy? Will he win the heart of his angry old grandfather?

Enjoy reading about this little boy and find out if he stays true to himself even with all the changes in his life.

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Frances Hodgson Burnett Little Lord Fauntleroy

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Little Lord Fauntleroy is Frances Hodgson Burnett’s first book for children and is considered a true classic of children’s fiction.

First serialised in an American magazine between November 1885 and October 1886, it was an immediate success with the public.

Set in England in the mid-1880s, it tells the story of Cedric Errol, whose life changes when he moves from a poor area of New York to go and live in England with his rich grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt.

Instead of the Earl teaching Cedric to be an aristocrat, Cedric teaches his grandfather to be a better person.

The main theme of the story is that good wins in the end.

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Contents

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Main Characters

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Before you read

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Chapter 1

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Activities

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Chapter 2

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Activities

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Chapter 3

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Activities

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

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A Surprise from England Time to say Good-bye Dorincourt Castle Country Life Strange News The Real Lord Fauntleroy

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Films and Fun 76 Focus on...

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CLIL History: July 4 American Independence

Main Characters

Mr. Mordaunt

Head of the church where the Earl lives, he tries to help the poor people who live on the Earl’s farms.

Mrs. Errol (Dearest)

Cedric’s mother, she teaches her son to be a kind, loving boy.

Mr. Harrison

One of Dick’s customers, he’s a lawyer and helps Dick and Mr. Hobbs when Cedric has a problem.

Dick

One of Cedric’s friends in New York, his job is to clean people’s shoes.

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Mr. Havisham

The Earl of Dorincourt’s lawyer, he goes to New York to bring Cedric and his mother to England.

Earl of Dorincourt

Cedric’s grandfather, he’s an angry old man with no friends, and he doesn’t like Cedric’s mother because she’s American.

Mr. Hobbs

Cedric’s best friend. They spend hours together talking about lots of different things.

Cedric

Everyone loves Cedric because he’s such a kind, happy little boy.

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Before you read

Reading A2 Key 1 Read about Little Lord Fauntleroy. Choose the correct

word (A, B or C) to complete the text. is Little Lord Fauntleroy ___________ a story

about a kind little boy (1) ___________ Cedric Errol.

He (2) ___________ with his mother, Mrs. Errol (3) ___________ New York. They’re happy (4) ___________ and Cedric knows (5) ___________ of people (6) ___________ he’s very friendly.

(7) ___________ day, a man arrives (8) ___________ England.

He has come to visit Cedric and his mother in (9) ___________ simple little home. From here, Cedric’s (10) ___________ changes.

He (11) ___________ to leave all his friends in New York. In the story, you (12) ___________ see if Cedric changes and if his kind ways win the heart of his angry English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt.

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is said is living at together some why The by our live has have

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was C has been called C told live C lives to C in again C against lots C much if C because A C One from C to their C your living C life must C should are C will

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Vocabulary 2 Read the sentences and complete the words.

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You live in this sad.

You sometimes do this when you’re sad Children play with these sad.

You can read the news in this sad.

A person who works in a kitchen sad.

You can sit in this sad.

There are twenty-four of these in a day sad.

h_ _ o _u _s e_ c__ t___ n________ c___ a_______ h____ 21st Century Skills

Speaking and Writing

3 In the story, Cedric has to leave New York City

to go and live in England. Discuss these questions with a partner and write your answers.

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Which problems do you think Cedric will have when he goes to live with his grandfather?

Think of reasons why people decide to go and live in another country.

Would you like to move to another country?

Why / Why not?

Which country would you most like to visit? Why? Why do you think it’s important to visit other countries?

What would you like to tell someone about the place where you live?

Listening 2 4 Listen and make true sentences about Chapter 1.

When Cedric arrived home, the house was very quiet / noisy.

1 His mother was sitting / standing near the window.

2 His mother was wearing a short / long black dress.

3 Cedric asked if his father was worse / better.

4 Cedric’s father was horrible / good-looking.

5 Cedric’s father was American / English.

6 Cedric’s father had brown / blue eyes.

7 Cedric decided not to talk / to talk about his father again.

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Chapter 1

A Surprise from England 2

Cedric arrived home after staying a month with some family friends. The house was very quiet.

He entered the room and saw his mother in her chair near the window. Her face was white and she was very thin. She was wearing a long black dress. The little boy ran to her and said: ‘Dearest, (his father always called her that) is my papa1 better?’

‘Oh, my sweet little boy. Yes, your papa is well where he is, but now we only have each other.’

She pulled the little boy into her arms and cried and cried. Even if Cedric was only little, he understood his papa was dead; his big, young, good-looking, English papa, with his bright blue eyes. He kissed his mamma2 again and again, and decided not to talk about his father anymore, because he didn’t want her to cry.

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Cedric and his mamma didn’t have any other family in New York. They lived in a cheap little house in a quiet street.

When he sees how sad his mum is, Cedric understands that his dad is dead. He and his mum now only have each other in New York.

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His mamma, Mrs. Errol, had no family and she never spoke about his papa’s family in England.

Cedric only knew that his papa’s father was a very rich man in England who lived in a very big house.

Everybody in the area loved Cedric because he was such a happy, kind little boy and so beautiful with his big, brown eyes and soft, curly blond hair. Even though he was very young, he knew his mamma was sad. Every day, he brought her his toys, climbed up, kissed her and put his little, curly head on her neck. He wasn’t old enough to know of anything else to do, so he did what he could and his little, kind ways soon helped his mamma to smile again.

As he grew older, they walked, talked and played together, and Cedric was so much fun that his mamma didn’t need any other friends. Cedric was clever too, and learned to read quickly. He spent his evenings talking to his mamma about everything he saw, read and did.

Cedric’s best friend was Mr. Hobbs. Every day, he talked to Mr. Hobbs in his store1 for hours.

They talked about everything, for example, the Fourth of July. Mr. Hobbs didn’t like ‘the British’ 1

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His mum never talks about his rich grandfather who lives in England.

Everybody loves Cedric because he’s such a kind, friendly boy and he soon helps his mum to smile again.

Mr Hobbs is Cedric’s best friend and they talk about everything in his store.

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Mr Hobbs doesn’t like the British and says bad things about the nobility and earls.

Cedric’s cook comes to get him at Mr. Hobbs’ store.

He must go home quickly.

At home, there’s a man in the living room with his mum.

and got very excited when he talked about how the Americans won against them and became free.

They also spoke about England and the Queen, and Mr. Hobbs said some very bad things about the nobility1, above all, earls2. One day, Cedric was talking to Mr. Hobbs in his store, when Cedric’s cook, Mary, came for him.

‘Come home, Cedric,’ she said, ‘your mamma wants you.’

Cedric could see that Mary’s face was red.

‘What’s the matter, Mary?’ he said. ‘Is it the hot weather?’

‘No,’ said Mary, ‘but strange things are happening to us.’

Cedric didn’t understand but quickly went home with Mary. When they got home, his mamma was talking to somebody in their living room. After changing into his best clothes, Cedric went to his mamma.

A tall, thin, old man was sitting in an armchair in the living room.

Cedric’s mamma was standing near the man.

Her face was very white.

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Cedric comes into the living room and sees a man there with his mamma.

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Cedric’s grandfather is the Earl of Dorincourt.

All his sons are dead now so Cedric is the only one left in the family. He’ll become Earl of Dorincourt when his grandfather dies. For now, he’ll be Lord Fauntleroy.

‘Oh! Ceddie!’ she said, running to her son.

The tall man stood up and looked at Cedric.

‘And so,’ he said at last, slowly, ‘and so this is little Lord Fauntleroy.’

Cedric didn’t understand but he smiled at this strange man anyway. Then his mamma explained everything to him. She had to tell him the whole story two or three times before he began to understand. After all, he was only seven years old and it was certainly the strangest story ever!

His grandpapa1 was an earl! The Earl of Dorincourt!

‘Mr Hobbs won’t be pleased about that,’ thought Cedric. But there was more. Once, Cedric’s papa had two brothers, but they were both dead now, like his own poor papa.

Cedric began to feel really sorry for his English grandpapa even if he was an earl. Then, the biggest surprise came.

‘There’s only you now, Ceddie, in your grandpapa’s family,’ said his mamma, ‘and when he dies, you’ll become Earl. For now you’ll be Lord Fauntleroy.’

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‘Oh! Dearest!’ he said. ‘I really don’t want to be an earl. None of the other boys are earls.’

‘I’m afraid, you’ll have to be an earl,’ said his mamma. ‘Your grandpapa has sent this kind man, Mr. Havisham, to take us to England. You’ll grow up in the beautiful house where your papa once lived. I know he always wanted you to do that.

When you’re a man, you’ll understand better.’

‘I’ll be very sorry to leave Mr. Hobbs and all my other friends,’ said the little boy. ‘I’m afraid they’ll miss me and I’ll miss them all.’

Mrs. Errol pulled her little son into her arms and kissed his soft curly head. She didn’t tell him that his grandpapa only wanted Cedric in his castle and that she was going to live in another house near them. His grandpapa didn’t like her or anything American.

Mr. Havisham was the Earl of Dorincourt’s lawyer. He came to see Cedric again the next day.

‘You’ll be a very rich man one day, Cedric, with castles and parks,’ said Mr. Havisham.

But Cedric was worried about his friend, Mr. Hobbs, and he went to his store to tell him everything. Mr. Hobbs couldn’t believe his ears!

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Cedric and his mother have to go and live in England.

Cedric isn’t happy at the thought of leaving his friends.

Cedric’s mother won’t live in the same house as her son in England, because his grandfather doesn’t like her or anything American.

Mr Havisham tells Cedric he’ll be very rich one day, but Cedric is worried about what Mr Hobbs will say.

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Cedric is happy when Mr. Havisham says he can help a poor family he knows by giving them some of his money.

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‘Don’t worry, Mr. Hobbs. If I have to be an earl, I can try to be a good one,’ said Cedric. ‘But I’ll miss you very much.’

‘Me too,’ said Mr. Hobbs. He couldn’t say anything else. He felt he was going to cry, and he never cried!

Mr. Havisham came to visit Cedric and Mrs. Errol many times. He liked the little boy and knew that he wasn’t happy about leaving his home in New York. One morning, while they were talking, Cedric told him about a poor family with problems.

‘You see,’ said Cedric, ‘there’s Mary’s sister, Bridget. Her husband is ill and they have twelve children.’

‘Well, you can give them some money if you want,’ said Mr. Havisham. ‘Here’s twenty-five dollars.’

‘Can I really give Bridget all this money, mamma?’

‘Of course! Ceddie, it’s your money now.’

‘Oh! Mamma! Maybe it won’t be so bad to be an earl after all,’ said Cedric as he ran to look for Bridget.

What would you like to do with a lot of money?

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Cedric is rich now and Mr. Havisham gives him some of his money so that Cedric can help a poor family he knows. Cedric is really happy and excited about this.

After-reading Activities • Chapter 1

Reading Comprehension 1 Choose A, B or C to make true sentences about Chapter 1.

Cedric stayed with family friends for

3 a month.

A ■ a year.

B ■ C ■ a week.

1 Cedric’s best friend was A ■ Mr. Havisham. B ■ Mary.

C ■ Mr. Hobbs.

2 When Mr. Havisham arrived, Cedric was A ■ at home.

B ■ with a friend. C ■ in the park.

3 Mr. Havisham was A ■ thin and old. B ■ young C ■ short and short. and thin.

4 The Earl of Dorincourt once had A ■ two sons.

B ■ three sons. C ■ one son.

5 Mr. Havisham was a A ■ lawyer.

B ■ police officer. C ■ businessman.

6 Cedric’s grandfather lived in A ■ an apartment. B ■ a little house. C ■ a castle.

Writing A2 Key 2 You’re Bridget. Write a letter to Cedric. In the letter:

- thank Cedric for the money - tell him what you’re going to do with the $25 - wish him good luck and why you’ll miss him Write at least 25 words.

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Speaking and Writing

21st Century Skills

3 In Chapter 1, we find out that Cedric doesn’t know

his grandfather. Discuss these questions with a partner and write your answers.

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Who do you live with?

What do you do with your family in your free time?

How often do you see your grandparents, aunts, uncles or cousins?

Does anybody in your family live in another city or country?

Who do you talk to in your family if you have a problem?

Who do you have the most fun with in your family?

Before-reading Activity

Listening and Speaking 4 4 Decide with a partner if the following sentences about

Chapter 2 are true (T) or false (F). Then listen and check your answers.

T F

Cedric only had a week left in New York.

1 Mr. Havisham came to visit Cedric every day.

2 Cedric didn’t enjoy his last few days in New York.

3 Cedric wanted to buy lots of things for himself.

4 Mr. Havisham didn’t like Cedric now that he knew him better.

5 Cedric wants to know how much money he’ll have as an earl.

6 Mr. Havisham tries to explain what an earl is.

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3 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

After-reading Activities • Chapter 6

Speaking and Writing 1 Discuss these questions about the story

with a partner and write your answers.

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How does the Earl of Dorincourt change?

Why are Mr. Hobbs and Dick important for the story?

What kind things does Cedric do in New York before leaving for England?

What kind things does Cedric do in England to help the poor people who live on his grandfather’s farms?

Would you like Cedric as a friend? Why / Why not?

Do you think it’s better to have lots of friends or one best friend? Why?

Writing A2 Key 2 You’re Dick. Write to your customer Mr. Harrison,

the lawyer.

In your letter:

- thank him for his help - tell him what happened when you met Minna - tell him about the party.

Write at least 25 words.

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21st Century Skills

Vocabulary 3 Complete the crossword about Chapter 6.

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3 The Earl feels this way at the thought of losing Cedric.

4 Cedric felt he was the ___________ boy in the world.

5 Minna threw this at her son.

6 The Earl organized this for Cedric’s birthday.

8 Mr. Harrison was one of Dick’s ___________ .

1 The Earl asked

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Cedric’s mother to come and live here.

Dick saw Minna’s picture in this.

After the meeting with the Earl, Dick and Ben, Minna left for this place.

Bevis was the Earl’s ___________ son.

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Frances Hodgson Burnett Born in 1849 in Manchester, England, she wrote books and plays for the theatre.

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Early life After her father died in 1852, the family moved to the United States. At the age of 19, Frances began writing stories for magazines to help earn money for her family.

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Marriage and later life Married a doctor, Swann Burnett, and had two sons, Lionel and Vivian who were born in Paris.

Then they returned to the United States and lived in Washington. After her son Lionel died in 1890, she was often depressed. She left her husband in 1898 and went back to live in England. In 1900, she married again but it only lasted for two years, and in 1907, she moved back to the United States.

Writing and Success In 1876, she published her first novel, That Lass o’ Lowrie’s and it was very popular. She wrote books for adults 1876 and children. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) was her first book for children and it was a great success. Middleclass American women even began to dress their little boys like Cedric.

She also wrote another popular novel, A Little Princess (1905) but her most famous book is The Secret Garden (1911).

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Died 1924 in New York.

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Little Lord Fauntleroy Films and Fun Cinema

In 1921, Mary Pickford played the part of both Cedric and Mrs. Errol in Alfred G. Green’s film of the book. In Times Square, on the “I. Miller Building”, once a shop that sold shoes to all the famous film stars, there’s a statue of Mary Pickford, to remember the part she played in the film as Little Lord Fauntleroy.

In 1936, David O. Selznick made the film Little Lord Fauntleroy with his film company, Selznick

International Pictures after leaving his job with MetroGoldwyn Mayer. It was the first film for the company and was the one that brought them the most money until they made Gone with the Wind. They made the film in two months and it cost $590,000, but by 1939 they were already making a profit1 of $447,000.

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profit the money you have left after paying for everything

Manga – Masako Watanabe Television In 1980, Jack Gold made a British family film for television about Little Lord Fauntleroy, with Alec Guinness as the Earl of Dorincourt. It was first shown on television in the the United States on CBS on November 25, 1980, then on UK television in December in the same year.

It was shown on German television for the first time on 26 December, 1982. Since then, it has become a special Christmas film in Germany on television every year.

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Little Lord Fauntleroy (anime) 1988, also known as ‘Little Prince Ceddie’ is a Japanese series made by Nippon Animation in 1988 and shown by Fuji Television as part of their “World Masterpiece Theater” project. From 1969 to 1997 it showed cartoon films in episodes2 of classical books or stories every Sunday.

There were forty-five episodes of Little Lord Fauntleroy and it was very popular in the Philippines. It was also then made in many other languages like French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Tagalog, Polish and Arabic.

This programme started again in 2007.

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Masako Watanabe is a popular Japanese female manga artist. In the 1950s, Iwaki Shobo printed Watanabe’s first book ‘Shokoshi’ (Little Lord Fauntleroy).

The book was immediately popular and Watanabe became the most popular woman mangaka of her time. Instead of using strong colors, like red and green usually found in manga books, Watanabe used lighter colors like pink, cream and light blue.

Games

A video game called Shokoshi Ceddie is an adventure game based on Japanese anime. In the game, the player walks around and talks to people while looking for things that are needed to find the right answer to a puzzle. If the player goes through the wrong door or hits someone, they have to answer some questions. questions.

Task – Internet

Look online and try to find other examples of films based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Little Lord Fauntleroy then discuss what you’ve found with a partner.

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CLIL History

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July 4 – American Independence

One of Cedric’s best friends in the book is Mr. Hobbs: ‘They talked about everything, for example the Fourth of July’. Mr. Hobbs didn’t like “the British” and got very excited when he spoke about how the Americans won against them and became free.’ Read this to see why.

“Independence Day” is on July 4 and is one of the most important holidays in the United States. On this day, the Americans remember the “Declaration of Independence” of July 4, 1776, when thirteen American colonies1 became the United States of America and no longer

belonged to the British. This is a fun day for people in the United States. Families get together for barbecues or picnics.

There are many things to see, like concerts and baseball games. So what happened all those years ago?

The American Revolution

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colony an area which belongs to another country 2 tax the money people pay to the head of their country

In the second half of the 18th century, there was a war between Britain and France about the colonies in North America. The British won this war, so all the colonies in Canada and North America up to the Mississippi now belonged to the British.

However, the war cost the British a lot of money so they asked the colonies to pay more taxes2. The colonies didn’t agree, not only because of the money but also because they wanted to decide about taxes and other things for themselves.

However, there was one tax they had to pay; the tax on tea.

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The Boston Tea Party

In December 1773, there were ships full of tea, ready to leave Boston for Britain.

British officers came to Boston to collect the tea and the tax. However, a group of colonists1 went on the ship and threw the tea in the sea, because they were against the tea tax. This is known as “The Boston Tea Party”. After this happened, the British closed the port2 until the colonists paid for all the tea.

The War

After the Boston Tea Party, the heads of the different colonies met in Philadelphia. They called themselves the Continental Congress. At this meeting, they decided not to do business with Britain anymore.

The war between the British and the colonists actually started on April 19, 1775 near Boston. The colonists were strong at first and a year later, the British had to leave the city of Boston.

In May 1775, The Continental Congress met again in Philadelphia.

They now decided everything for the colonies and George Washington was

the head of their army3. On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the “Declaration of Independence” which said that the colonies were now free and could decide things for themselves.

They called these colonies The United States of America.

However, many Americans were dying in the war because the British army was now stronger, so Benjamin Franklin asked the French to help them against the British. With the help of the French, the British army lost and the war ended in 1781. The thirteen colonies were now a free country: The United States of America.

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port where ships stop army a group of people at war

Test Yourself Choose A, B or C to complete the sentences.

At the start of the story, Cedric’s father is A ill.

B dead.

1 Cedric gave $25 to A the apple woman.

B Dick.

2 Cedric gave Mr. Hobbs A a gold watch.

B a new shop.

C better.

C Bridget.

C new clothes.

3 Mrs. Errol told Cedric they weren’t going to live together in England A before leaving B on the ship.

C at the castle.

New York.

4 Cedric met his grandfather for the first time A in the dining room.

B in the garden.

C in the library.

5 Cedric explained to the Earl how to play a kind of A football game.

B baseball game.

C basketball game.

6 Cedric learned to ride A a pony.

B a bike.

C an elephant.

7 The Earl’s horse was A black.

B gray.

C brown.

8 Lady Lorridale was the Earl’s A wife.

B daughter.

C sister.

9 Minna said she got married to Bevis A 5 years ago.

B 6 years ago.

C 7 years ago.

10 Mrs. Errol wanted Cedric to be like A his grandfather.

B his father.

C her.

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Syllabus Verb tenses Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous Present perfect simple with ever, never, just, already, yet, for and since Future with going to and will Verb forms and patterns Negative question forms Negative imperatives Short questions Passive forms: present simple and past simple Verbs plus gerund, base form or infinitive Modal verbs Shall: suggestions Should: advice May possibility Need: necessity Needn’t: lack of necessity Can: ability, requests, permission Could: ability Have to / must obligation Mustn’t: prohibition Types of clause Main clause Co-ordinate clause Subordinate clause following think, say, know, where, when, because, and Subordinate clause with if (first conditional) Adjectives Comparative and superlative forms Adverbs Regular and irregular forms

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