LECTURA (chap 6)

1. Answer

- Servants, the twins, Washington and Mr Otis

- Mrs Otis, The Duke and the twins

- A skeleton, a dish and a jug

- The old black tree was full of flowers

- The moon came out from behind the clouds and the nightingale began to sing

- A ruby necklace from Venice

- Because the jewels belong to Virginia

- They will keep a secret

2. Find words

- midnight

- ruby

- skeleton

- funeral

- nightingale

3. Past simple

- Feel/ felt                             1. told

- Hide/ hide                          2. threw

- Fall/ fell                             3. hide

- Get/ got                              4. fell

- Tell/ told                             5. found

- Forgive/ forgot                    6. felt

- Throw/ threw                       7. forgot

- Find/ found                        8. heard

- Hear/ Heard                          9. got

- Wear/ weared                       10. threw

LECTURA (chap 5)

1. Answer

- He wanted to sleep in the garden of death

- Love is stronger than death

- There are six lines and they say that a Golden girl will help a bad man to pray. The black tree will have flowers. A child will cry...

Then the house will all be still. And peace will come to Canterville

- The voices said Go back! Go back!

- They left because the Wall opened

- Because Virginia was missing

- He decided to go with Washington to search the park

2. Describe Virginia

I think she is superstitious because she did believe in ghosts, I don´t think she was naughty because she looked so angelic. She is a brave girl because she helped the ghost.

3. Complete

1. Nightingale/ cold moon    4. Peace/ come

2.  Yesterday/ tomorrow       5. Cry/ cry

3. Death´s house                   6. Angel of death/ forgive

4. 

I love One Direction

I love to never give up

I love the way he smiles

I love the sound of waves

5. Write ideas using opposites

Garden of Death               Garden of Life

     

      a terrible storm                               warm sun

     

  White flowers                                 yellow flowers

     totally dark                                     lots of light

    ghostly music                                   funny music

   an old black tree                                 a tree full of flowers

   an angry angel                                      Cupido

 places to sleep                                    places to party

rats and spaiders                                 rabbits and squirrels                                   

LECTURA (chap 4)

1. Answer

- She told him "the ghost has gone"

- Because a branch tore her jacket

- He was looking sadly  at the red and Golden autumn leaves

- No, he wasn´t

- She suggest him to go to America

- Because he had no slept for three hundred years

2. Decide the point between humour and sadness

a. 7                   e. 1

b. 10                         f. 8

c. 8                  g. 3

d. 6                   h.6

3. Join the sentences using while

- The strom began while they were driving to Canterville Chase

- They were eating dinner while Mrs Otis noticed the bloodstain

- The Otis family were sleeping while strange things were happening

- The twins jumped out while the Ghost was looking at the photographs

- Cecil was sleeping while he dreamed about Virginia

- Virginia was talking to the Ghost while she became ungry

4. Anwer

- Because they didn´t have the same high-tech things that we have now

- Because they were rivals

- Yes because he wrote so many nice things about the Americans

LECTURA (chap 3)

1. Complete

- He planned to scare him

- Because she has not laughed at me

- Because he had never seen another ghost before

-  He promises to have bloody revenge

- Because the ghost appeared as The Headless

-  A large, heavy jug of wáter

- He had a terrible cold

- He escapes because he jumped into the fireplace and escaped up the chimney

- Because he has realised that the Americans were so uncivilised

2. Answer

- The funniest moment was when the ghost realised that the twins had made him a joke

- NO, because he wanted  to scared them

3. Complete

1. happy           6. funny

2. misty            7. lucky

3. pretty            8. friendly

4. risky            9. naughty

5. sunny          10. 

4. Connect

-  2+ 6+11

- 3+7+12

- 4+5+9

LECTURA (chap 2)

1. Answer

1. Did somethin wake up Mr Otis up during the next day?

Yes, a strange noise in the corridor

2. Was Mr Otis terrified by the Ghost?  No, he stayed absolutly calm

3. Yes, he sais that they should respect him

4. No, it changed colour

5. Yes, it was in the Stone floor

6.No, he just pointed a gun at  the Ghost

7. Yes, she thoungt that he was not good

8. Yes, he was very upset

2. How many differences can you find? There are 7 differences

3. Continue the diary.

Then one night, we saw the ghost!...

He was terrible, his eyes were red like fire, his long grey hair was thick and dirty, he was wearing old-fashioned clothes and heavy chains were hanging from his wrists and ankles. When we saw him we started to throw him pillows, it was funny!

4. Answer

- Find a humorous scene. When Mr Otis first saw the ghost he told him to put the Rising Sun American Lubricator on his chains to stop the making a noise

- What do you think of the conversation at dinner? I think it´s humorous for them because they were comparing American´s things with European´s things

- Why did the stain always changes colour? Because the ghost wanted to scared them

5.Complete

- More successful than

- is better/ than

- most beautiful than

- are richers than

- more dangerous tan

- excitier tan

- better than

LECTURA (chap 1)

1. Look at the sentences about chapter 1  and decide if each oe is correct or incorrect.

- Lord Canterville did not believe in the Ghost-  False

- The weather improved as the Otis family approached the house- True

-  The tree in the garden seemed to be dead- True

- Mrs Umney was the person who guarded the house- True

- Washington did not agree with Mrs Umney´s ideas- True

- Everyone was afraid  when they Heard the storm- False

- Mr and Mrs Otis reduced Mrs Umney´s wages- True

- The Otis family thought that the Ghost was dangerous- False

2. Humour is something that makes you laugh or smile. If you laugh or smile at something, you think it is humorous or funny.

a. Mr Otis said ¨ What a terrible climate, I´m not surprised that people want to emigrate

b. Because Mr Otis wanted to reduce her wages, no it´s not

3. Past simple or present perfect.

- I´ve never seen a ghost in my life

- It was 1 a.m. The Ghost came slowly along the corridor

- In 1891, Oscar Wilde wrote The Canetrville Ghost

- They´ve never performed any plays by Oscar Wilde

- Five years ago, he saw  a play by Oscar Wilde

-  Sir Simon murdered his wife in 1575

- Have you ever used Pinkerton´s Champion Cleaner?

- Mrs Otis lived in New York from 1856 to 1870

- Sir Simon haunted Canterville Chase since the sixteenth century

- Wilde´s stories have remainded popular. Modern readers love them.

4. Find the missing words.

1. This is the first room in the house.  Hall

2. This room is full of books.  Library

3. Babies sleep here  Nursery

4. You eat dinner here   Dinner room 

5. This room is at the top   Attic

6. You cook in this room   Kitchen

7.  This is long and narrow   Corridor