Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr. Keesing unpredictable? How?

How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs. Kuperus and Mr. Keesing? What do these tell you about her?

What does Anne write in her first essay?

What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person?

(i) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confine in each other.

(ii) I don’t want to jot down the facts in a diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.

(iii) Margot went to Holland In December; I followed in February When I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.

(iv) If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.

(v) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking.

Look at the following words.

These words are compound words. They are made up of two or more words.

Compound words can be:

•Nouns (a word that identifies a person, a place, an animal or a thing): headmistress, homework, notebook, outbursts

•Adjectives (a word that gives the description of a noun or a pronoun): long-awaited, stiff-backed

•Verbs( Verbs can be described as words that describe actions): sleep-walk, baby-sit

(Compound word)

Match the compound words under ‘A’ with their meanings under ‘B’. Use each in a sentence.