The Artist

Find the mistake!

Correct the words that are underlined. Listening to Part Six again. Write the namie of the speaker in the space below the words. You had a good dream. Start the wedding! But where is Mr Rochester’s…

Filmography

A Christmas Carol has been filmed for the large and small screen over a hundred times. Here is a small selection from those titles. A Christmas Carol directed by Edwin L. [...]

Subordinate clauses

Subordinate clauses ‘Because perhaps I ate a piece of meat or cheese and my stomach didn’t digest it.’ This is a. Scrooge is saying why he doesn’t believe in the Ghost, so it is a subordinate…

Listening - Understanding the text

Listen to this extract and, without looking at the text, complete the boy’s part of the conversation. Scrooge: What’s today? Boy: Scrooge: What’s today, my boy? Boy: Scrooge: So the Spirits did…

Comprehension check (II)

Correct the false sentences. Many asylums were built in Britain during the Victorian period. In Victorian times asylums were places of safety. Victorian doctors thought that kindness and minimal…

Key words - The Stain

Haunt If a ghost haunts (haunt-haunted-haunted) a place it means the ghost often appears in that place and frightens people who are there. We say that this place is haunted. What happens at haunted…

Humour and mystery

A lot of the humour in Part Two comes from how the Americans behave without ‘respect’ for the Ghost. The first moment is, when Sir Simon appears as a typically terrifying ghost – but Mr Otis…

Jack the Ripper

Connect to the internet and go to www.blackcat.vicensvives.net. Insert the title or part of the title of the book into our search engine (buscador). Click on The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.…

Before You Read - An unusual job

An unusual job