Complete Guide- Step by Wicked Step

Here's the Complete Guide to Anne Fine's Step by Wicked Step for both teachers & students. This guide provides you with chapter by chapter analysis with plenty of explanatory notes and discussions on plot, theme and character. Here are some extracts from Complete Guide- Step by Wicked Step:
 

1.  “Have a nice time?” And it was important to be able to say,”No. Not really. It was boring.” (p40)

When Claudia returns after staying with her Dad and Stella, her stepmother, her mum would ask her about the stay there. She feels she has to say something so as not to hurt her mum. She knows it’s going to hurt her feelings if she says she has enjoyed the stay there. Claudia feels that if she has got on well with Stella, or wear the green pyjamas Stella bought for her, it would somehow hurt her mother – even though she is not there to see her wearing them.

2.  Miss O’Dell says: “These five must have something in common. That’s why I picked them out…So, I just looked at my list, and picked out the first five names with a tick in one of the columns.”(p12) 

      Although Miss O’Dell does not reveal what the five children have in common here, we know  in the next chapter, Ralph says that all five of them have put down a second address in their permission form to go on the trip. What they have in common is that they have step-parents. And it is also what they have in common with Richard Harwick. So, this is probably what Miss O’Dell ticks in one of the columns. (see Chapter 2, p.24)   

   

3.  Do you agree with Richard’s decision to run away?  

     To some extent, I don’t blame him for running away...

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Exercise Your Grammar Muscles 3

A common mistake among students is in the use of though/although. Identify the mistake in each of the following sentences.

1. Although I left home late, but I was in time for school.
2. Although there was only one apple, but I shared it with my brother.
3. Though he is a multimillionaire, but he is not generous with his money.
4. Though the movie isn’t good overall, but it has a lovely ending.
5. Although the room was dark, he managed to find the pendrive.

In all five sentences, "but" has to be taken out. We do not use "although" with "but".