Read Chapter 11 and do the tasks.
A. It was as Harry dodged another Bludger, which went spinning (1danger) past his head, that it happened. His broom gave a sudden, frightening lurch. For a split second, he thought he was going to fall. He gripped the broom (2 tight) with both his hands and knees. He'd never felt anything like that.
It happened again. It was as though the broom was trying to buck him off. But Nimbus Two Thousands did not suddenly decide to buck their riders off. Harry tried to turn back toward the Gryffindor goal-posts - and then he realized that his broom was completely out of his control. He couldn't turn it. He couldn't direct it at all. It was zigzagging through the air, and every now and then making violent swishing movements that almost unseated him.
Suddenly, people were pointing up at Harry all over the stands. His broom had started to roll over and over, with him only just managing to hold on. Then the whole crowd gasped. Harry's broom had given a wild jerk and Harry swung off it. He was now dangling from it, holding on with only one hand.
"Did something happen to it when Flint blocked him?" Seamus whispered.
"Can't have," Hagrid said, his voice shaking. "Can't nothing interfere with a broomstick except (3 power) Dark magic - no kid could do that to a Nimbus Two Thousand. "
"I knew it," Hermione gasped, "Snape - look. He's doing something - jinxing the broom."
Ron turned the binoculars back on Harry. His broom was vibrating so hard, it was almost (4 possible) for him to hang on much longer. The whole crowd was on its feet, watching, terrified, as the Weasleys flew up to try and pull Harry (5 safe) onto one of their brooms, but it was no good - every time they got near him, the broom would jump higher still. They dropped lower and circled beneath him, obviously hoping to catch him if he fell. Marcus Flint seized the Quaffle and scored five times without anyone noticing.
B. "Come on, Hermione," Ron (6 mutter) desperately.
Hermione had fought her way across to the stand where Snape stood. She crouched down, pulled out her wand, and whispered a few, well-chosen words. Bright blue flames shot from her wand onto the hem of Snape's robes.
It (7 take) perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire. A sudden yelp told her she (8 do) her job. Scooping the fire off him into a little jar in her pocket, she scrambled back along the row.
It was enough. Up in the air, Harry (9 be) suddenly able to clamber back on to his broom. Harry was speeding toward the ground when the crowd saw him clap his hand to his mouth as though he was about to be sick - coughed -- and something gold fell into his hand.
"I (10 get) the Snitch!" he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion.
"He didn't catch it, he nearly swallowed it," Flint was still howling twenty minutes later, but it made no difference - Harry hadn't broken any rules and Lee Jordan was still happily shouting the results - Gryffindor had won by one hundred and seventy points to sixty.
Harry heard none of this, though. He was being made a cup of strong tea back in Hagrid's hut, with Ron and Hermione.
Task A. Use the words in the correct form.
Task B. Use the verbs in the correct tense form.
Task C. Match the person and the action.
| 11. It had won by one hundred and seventy points to sixty. | Nimbus Two Thousands |
| 12. He got the Snitch and waved it above his head. | Gryffindor |
| 13. Scooping the fire off him into a little jar in her pocket, she scrambled back along the row. | Harry |
| 14. But it did not suddenly decide to buck their riders off. | Hermione |
| 15. He jinxed the broom. | Snape |
Task D. Answer the questions.
16. Why did Harry think he was going to fall?
17. Why did the whole crowd gasp?
18. What could interfere with a broomstick?
19. How did Hermione stop the uncontrolled Harry’s flight?
20. Did Harry break any rules?
Task E. Make up the sentence using all the words.
and by Gryffindor had hundred one points seventy sixty to won
Task F. Choose the proper title
Quidditch B. Harry Potter C. Quaffle D. Snitch
