Billy Elliot by Melvin Burgess

Introduction
About the author
Summary
The main characters

Billy Elliot - the the main character
Mother (Billy*s)
Father(Billy*s)
Jackie Elliot (brother Billy)
Grandma
Debbie (a girl at Billy’s school)
The main characters

Key Words

Plot
Chapter 1:
Billy, whose mother has died, stays at home
taking care of his grandma, Nan, while his father and
brother are on strike on the picket line fighting for the
coal mines not to be closed.

PLOT
Chapter 2:
Billy’s father, Jackie, worries about his country
and about the future and particularly about his son, Billy,
because he is different from other boys. When Jackie sees
Billy dancing round the boxing ring instead of fighting, he
gets very angry

Questions
Who are Jackie and Tony?
Where does Billy go on Saturday morning?
Who is Debbie?

Exercise 1
Complete the sentences with words from the box.
different famous kitchen letter money pub
a) Billy shouts at his father and runs out of the house.
b) Mr Wilkinson often goes to the …………… .
c) Mrs Wilkinson doesn’t want …………… for the ballet lessons.
d) Gene Kelly was a …………… dancer like Fred Astaire.
e) Billy’s mam wrote a …………… to Billy before she died
f) Tony and Jackie have …………… ideas about the strike.
g) Jackie hits Tony in the …………… at four o’clock in the morning