Wednesday, November 21, 2007

The Miser and His Gold: Exercise

Expressions and Words Used In The Story
1. gloat
- to show that you are happy and proud at your own success or at someone else's failure

2. decamp
- to leave a place in order to live or work somewhere else

3. raised such an outcry
- protested angrily in a very loud volume


Grab a sheet of paper and answer the following questions.

1. What does the Miser do every weekend?
2. Does he ever take out anything from the foot of the tree?
3. Explain the saying: Wealth unused might as well not exist.

Want to look back? Go back to the story.

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