The Suffragette Movement

Task 1: The Suffragette Movement

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) Mrs. Bruce, the interviewee, ___________.

a. was a militant suffragette b. was a supporter of the suffragette movement c. was not interested in the suffragette movement
(2) Mrs. Bruce doesn't think whether women should vote ____________. a. made a great deal of difference to her b. made things better c. was a matter of little importance
(3) According to what Mrs. Bruce says, ___________. a. the suffragette movement was not peaceful as she had expected b. the suffragette movement died away peacefully c. she doesn't care much whether the suffragette movement was peaceful or not.
(4) On the whole, Mrs. Bruce ___________. a. is very much interested in politics b. is not interested in politics at all c. is eager to enter the House of Commons

2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) Mrs. Bruce would feel
for being called a suffragette.
(2) Through the suffragette movement they got the right to
and some of them became
.
(3) Mrs. Bruce thinks those women MPs have been useful in
, in other
.
(4) When her friends asked her to join the suffragette movement Mrs. Bruce used to say she
.
(5) She feels all right joining
in
. But she is happy to
.

3. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.
(1) I did not
suffragette.
(2) I had
but I thought it wasn't going to be me.
(3)
, no harm was done.
(4) Those were much more peaceful days, nobody
their marches. There were
and a lot of
.
(5) But that's quite
beating men
.
(6) I always get
at Brooklands.