Comprehension

Where was the old grandfather clock located?

• In a library

• In a forgotten antique shop

• In a train station

• In an old house at the edge of town

​What is Elias's job?

• A train conductor

• A musician

• 1. A clockmaker

• A gardener

What time did the clock stop?

• 12:00PM

• Midnight

• 3:00AM

• 6:00PM

What object did Elias find lodge in the clock's mechanism

• A tiny metal screw

• A shard of glass

• A fragment of a dried forget-me-not flower

• A piece of old string

What did the local people believe was in the house

• A treasure chest

• A ghost

• A hidden garden

• A magic book

How long had the clock been stopped?

• A few days

• A week

• Ten years

• Forty years

What was the feeling Elias felt at the end of the story?

• Sadness

• The quit, steady rhythm of a new day

• Anger

• The weight of his own broke time

Extract:

His latest commission was a grandfather clock that had stopped exactly at midnight, forty years ago, in the old house at the edge of town. Locals whispered it held a ghost, the echo of a forgotten promise. Elias, however, saw a puzzle.

True or False

Elias believed the grandfather clock held a ghostm

• True

• False

Extract

The man had left, but never returned. The clock had stopped the moment her hope had broken. It wasn't a ghost; it was a memory, trapped in a cage of brass and wood.

True or False

The clock stopped the moment to man left and never returned.

• False

• True

Extract

Elias worked through the night, his old hands moving with a surgeon’s precision. He found a single, microscopic pin lodged in the main spring, a shard of something that wasn’t metal. It was a fragment of a dried forget-me-not flower.

Elias worked through the night, his old hands moving with a surgeon’s precision. He found a single, microscopic pin lodged in the main spring, a shard of something that wasn’t metal. It was a fragment of a dried forget-me-not flower.

True or False

The story takes place in the middle of the day

• True

• False