Beatrix Poter

Reading comprehension
Read the text and answer the questions.
BEATRIX POTTER
Beatrix Potter
was born in London in
1866. She belonged to a
middle-class family.
When she was a baby,
she liked sketching,
drawing and painting
animals (especially
rabbits, mice, frogs and
lizards). Two of her pet
rabbits, Benjamin Bunny
and Peter Rabbit,
became very famous in
later years when Beatrix
wrote stories about their imaginary adventures.
When Beatrix was sixteen, the Potters rented a large house in
the Lake District for the summer at Wray Castle. “The Tales of Peter
Rabbit”, the book which launched Beatrix on her career, was
published in 1902 and was set in the Lake District.
Beatrix loved the countryside and the wildlife, so in 1905 she
bought “Hill Top Farm”, near a village in the Lake District.
She spent her days there tracking, observing and drawing
animals, and writing stories about them.
With the income from her books, Beatrix Potter bought some
land and, when she died in 1943, she left 4,000 acres of land -
including 15 farms and many cottages - to The National Trust.
This is an organisation, started in 1895, whose aim was, and
still is, to preserve land and buildings of great beauty or historical
importance, to hold them 'in trust' for the nation.
Questions
1) When and where was Beatrix Potter born?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2) Did she belong to a poor family?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3) Who were Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4) Why did they become famous?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
5) Where did Beatrix Potter spend her summer when she was
sixteen?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
6) What happened in 1902?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
7) What does the Lake District have to do with “The tales of Peter
Rabbit”?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
8) When and why did Beatrix Potter buy a farm ?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
9) What did she usually do there?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
10) How did she pay the land that she bought?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
11) What happened in 1943?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
12) What is The National Trust?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
13) What is your favourite book or story? What is it about ?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
14) Have you ever read a story written by Beatrix Potter ?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
15) Do you prefer the countryside or the city ? Why?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

Beatrix Poter

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Beatrix Poter

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Beatrix Poter

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Reading comprehension

Read the text and answer the questions.

1) When and where was Beatrix Potter born?

14) Have you ever read a story written by Beatrix Potter ?

You might also like