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The document is a passage from the book A Little Princess about a young girl named Sara Crewe. Some key details: 1) Sara is 7 years old and is traveling through foggy, dark streets of London in a cab with her father. 2) Sara has an unusually thoughtful expression and seems to have the look of an older child. 3) The passage describes Sara thinking about her recent voyage from India, including scenes from the ship and her puzzlement over traveling between such different places. 4) When Sara moves closer to her father, he asks what she is thinking about in a gentle, caring voice.

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Comprehension Task

The document is a passage from the book A Little Princess about a young girl named Sara Crewe. Some key details: 1) Sara is 7 years old and is traveling through foggy, dark streets of London in a cab with her father. 2) Sara has an unusually thoughtful expression and seems to have the look of an older child. 3) The passage describes Sara thinking about her recent voyage from India, including scenes from the ship and her puzzlement over traveling between such different places. 4) When Sara moves closer to her father, he asks what she is thinking about in a gentle, caring voice.

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Comprehension Task – 1 Hour

Read the extract from A Little Princess below, and answer the

questions.

Once on a dark winter's day, when the yellow fog hung so thick

and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted

and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an

odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven

rather slowly through the big thoroughfares.

She sat with her feet tucked under her, and leaned

against her father, who held her in his arm, as she stared out of

the window at the passing people with a peculiar old-fashioned

thoughtfulness in her big eyes.

She was such a little girl that one did not expect to see

such a look on her small face. It would have been an old look for

a child of twelve, and Sara Crewe was only seven. The fact was,

however, that she was always dreaming and thinking odd things

and could not herself remember any time when she had not

been thinking things about grown-up people and the world they
belonged to. She felt as if she had lived a long, long time.

At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had

just made from Bombay with her father, Captain Crewe. She was

thinking of the big ship, of the Lascars passing silently to and fro

on it, of the children playing about on the hot deck, and of some

young officers' wives who used to try to make her talk to them

and laugh at the things she said.

Principally, she was thinking of what a peculiar

thing it was that at one time one was in India in the blazing sun,

and then in the middle of the ocean, and then driving in a strange

vehicle through strange streets where the day was as dark as the

night. She found this so puzzling that she moved closer to her

father.

‘Papa,‘ she said in a low, mysterious little voice which was

almost a whisper, ‘papa.‘ What is it, darling?‘ Captain Crewe

answered, holding her closer and looking down into her face.

‗What is Sara thinking of?‘

A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett ~7~


Read the passage above carefully and then answer the

questions. Remember to write your answers in full sentences,

taking care with spelling and punctuation. Questions Marks

1.What is the weather like in London? 3

2. How old is Sara Crewe? 1

3. Who is travelling with her? 1

4. What does Sara Crewe look like? 3

5. What does the word 'puzzling' mean? Look at the word in the

text to help you. 1

6. Did Sara Crewe live in India? Use words from the text to

support your answer. 1

7. Why does Sara 'move closer to her father'? 3

8. What is Captain Crewe like as a person? Look at the way he

speaks to Sara. 4

9. 'What is Sara thinking of?' Write down what Sara must be

thinking and feeling. Use your imagination to help you.

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