Where angels fear to tread
This task is about reading to find information and make inferences.
Read ‘Where angels fear to tread‘, then answer the following questions.
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How old is Ngorongoro Crater?
2 million yrs old ________________________________________________________________________
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What word does the writer use in the middle of the story to indicate that he wasn’t scared of buffalo?
“Only” is the word that he used to describe that he wasn’t scared. _________________________________________________________
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| c) | What would have been a useful item to take on the walk to the lodge? |
| A light torch would be useful because they could barely see the lodge.
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| d) | Explain how the saying in the final line, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”, goes with the story. |
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“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” refers to a person who behaves impulsively; they don’t think before reacting. The saying goes with the story because a group of people, Halina and the speaker travel to Africa before knowing very little about it e.g. dangers, animals, people. ________________________________________________________________________ The reason why the saying “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” was at the end of the ________________________________________________________________________ text was because “the fools” were for example the 2 main characters and the angels were ________________________________________________________________________ The people that didn’t want to go to africa and the reason why the 2 main characters ________________________________________________________________________ were fools because they treated a Buffalo like your everyday farm animal. ________________________________________________________________________ |
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What two lessons could be gained from this story?
i. Buffalo’s are not to be messed with and you should stay out of their way. ii. Always read about the place that you’re gonna travel to. |