The Baby Party


by F Scott Fitzgerald


Pre-reading exercises


Key vocabulary


Verbs to describe action or movement

1 1b; 2d; 3i; 4g; 5h; 6j; 7a; 8e; 9c; 10f

2 squirm; broke away/broke loose; rushed; knocked; grabbed/seized; bumped; rounded; grabbed;

tugged; broke away/broke loose

3 1e; 2d; 3g; 4h; 5a; 6c; 7b; 8f

4 1 slipped; 2 tossed; 3 rolled; 4 staggered; 5 limping; 6 strained; 7 rolling; 8 threshed, swung

Words to describe noise

5 1d; 2c; 3a; 4b; 5f; 6e

6 1 yell; 2 drowned out; 3 muttered; 4 wailed; 5 gasp; 6 burst out

7, 8 Student’s own answers