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Nexus resource
Of Mice and Men: part 2
DARTs activities
Subject:
English
Age group:
12–14, 15–16
Topic:
Of Mice and Men
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015
Source | This resource was originally developed by Ruth Wilson and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
Character illustrations by Jude de Podesta.
Describing characters
Finish the sentence about each character using the phrases in the box below:
Lennie is …
Curley is …
The Boss is …
Candy is …
Carlson is …
Slim is …
George is …
Curley’s wife is …
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Sequencing the paragraphs
1. Give each of the following paragraphs an appropriate heading from the
box below.
2. Arrange the paragraphs in the correct sequence so the text makes sense.
They meet Curley’s wife. Lennie thinks she is very pretty but George tells him
to leave her alone, or he will get into trouble. They also meet Slim, a tall quiet
man. His dog has just had puppies and Lennie wants one. A big man called
Carlson says that Candy should shoot his dog and have one of the puppies.
George and Lennie arrive at the ranch. They meet an old man called Candy
who tells them about some of the people on the ranch. Candy has a very old
dog.
They also meet The Boss’s son, Curley. Curley seems to want to quarrel with
Lennie. Candy says Curley always wants to fight big men because he is so
small himself. George does not like Curley. He tells Lennie to keep away from
him.
They meet The Boss and George talks to him. The Boss is suspicious because
they have arrived together and George does not let Lennie speak. He thinks
George is taking Lennie’s money.
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Who said what?
Write the name of the person speaking below the speech bubble:
Leave Curley’s
wife alone or you
will get into trouble
Why are you doing all
the talking and not
letting your friend
speak?
You should shoot that
old dog and have one
of Slim’s puppies
Curley always wants
to fight big men –
that’s because he’s
small
Indirect speech
Finish the sentences to rewrite the speech bubbles above into indirect
speech.
1. _______________ tells ______________ to leave Curley’s wife alone or he will
___________________________________.
2. ______________ tells _______________ he should _____________________
_________________________________________________________________.
3. _______________ asks ________________ why ________________________
_________________________________________________________________.
4. _______________ explains that _________________ always ____________
_________________________________________________________________.
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Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences using the words or phrases in the box below:
1. Candy has a very …
2. Lennie thinks that Curley’s wife is …
3. George thinks that Curley’s wife will cause …
4. Curley is an aggressive man who always wants to fight men who
are …
5. Slim’s dog has just …
6. Carlson wants Candy to shoot …
7. The boss thinks it is strange that Lennie and George …
8. George tells Lennie to keep away from …