По Кентервильскому привидению.
Ex.1 Fill in the gaps on the cartoon.
-Calm yourself, darling.
-He touched my forehead with his ice hand.
-It has been since anybody saw him. You must have dreamt it.
-All this stuff is over old. 300 years old! And some say that the
castle houses a ghost! The thing is that. They thought they were going to
scare me with it. “A ghost?”- I said to them – “!” We Americans, have
been buying up much of your most precious stuff for a while. I will take
and the ghost at a vacation.
-I bid you welcome to Canterville Chase!
-This way, Sir!
-Hmm…
-An ancient prophesy. has ever been able to read it.
-I am afraid something has been spilt there.
-Yes, madam. Blood had been spilled on this very .
-How horrid! I don’t at all care for blood-stains in a . It must be
removed at once.
-I’m sorry to tell you, ma’am. But that is . It is the blood of Lady
Eleanore de Canterville, who was on this very spot 300 years ago by her
husband, Sir Simon de Canterville……..
Ex.2 Fill in the table. Match the words and the characters.
doesn’t believe in ghosts, believe in the ghost, straightforward, like whisper to each other,
very upset when see blood on the floor, plan tricks to play on people, plan revenge
The Ghost-
Mr Otis-
The twins-
Mrs Otis-
Mrs Umney-
Ex.3 Answer the questions.
1 How many children has Mr Otis got? -
2 Who met the family at the door? -
3 Why is there blood on the library floor? -
4 What does the ghost do with the bottle of oil? -
- Calm yourself, darling.
- He touched my forehead with his ice hand.
- It has been since anybody saw him. You must have dreamt it.
- All this stuff is over old. 300 years old! And some say that the castle houses a ghost! The thing is that. They thought they were going to scare me with it. “A ghost?”- I said to them – “!” We Americans, have been buying up much of your most precious stuff for a while. I will take and the ghost at a vacation.
- I bid you welcome to Canterville Chase!
- This way, Sir!
- Hmm…
- An ancient prophesy. has ever been able to read it.
- I am afraid something has been spilt there.
- Yes, madam. Blood had been spilled on this very .
- How horrid! I don’t at all care for blood-stains in a . It must be removed at once.
- I’m sorry to tell you, ma’am. But that is . It is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who was on this very spot 300 years ago by her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville……..
In this cartoon, there are several gaps that need to be filled with the appropriate words or phrases to make it complete. Let's go through each gap and fill it with the correct answer:
- Calm yourself, darling.
- He touched my forehead with his ice hand.
- It has been [blank] since anybody saw him. You must have dreamt it.
- All this stuff is [blank] old. 300 years old! And some say that the castle houses a ghost! The thing is that. They thought they were going to scare me with it. “A ghost?”- I said to them – [blank]! We Americans, have been buying up much of your most precious stuff for a while. I will take [blank] and the ghost at a vacation.
- I bid you welcome to Canterville Chase!
- This way, Sir!
- Hmm…
- An ancient prophesy. [blank] has ever been able to read it.
- I am afraid something has been spilt there.
- Yes, madam. Blood had been spilled on this very [blank].
- How horrid! I don’t at all care for blood-stains in a [blank]. It must be removed at once.
- I’m sorry to tell you, ma’am. But that is [blank]. It is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who was on this very spot 300 years ago by her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville……..
Ex.2 Fill in the table. Match the words and the characters.
- doesn't believe in ghosts - Mr. Otis
- believe in the ghost - The Ghost
- straightforward - The twins
- like whisper to each other - The twins
- very upset when see blood on the floor - Mrs. Otis
- plan tricks to play on people - The Ghost
- plan revenge - The Ghost
In this exercise, we need to match the given words or phrases with the appropriate characters from the story. Let's fill in the table:
- The Ghost - believe in the ghost, plan tricks to play on people, plan revenge
- Mr. Otis - doesn't believe in ghosts
- The twins - straightforward, like whisper to each other
- Mrs. Otis - very upset when see blood on the floor
- Mrs. Umney - N/A (No information is provided in the given passage about Mrs. Umney and her characteristics)
Ex.3 Answer the questions.
1. How many children has Mr Otis got? - The passage does not provide information about the number of children Mr. Otis has. Therefore, the answer is unknown based on the given text.
2. Who met the family at the door? - The passage does not explicitly mention who met the family at the door. Therefore, the answer is unknown based on the given text.
3. Why is there blood on the library floor? - According to the passage, blood had been spilled on the library floor. The blood belonged to Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who was killed by her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, on that very spot 300 years ago.
4. What does the ghost do with the bottle of oil? - The passage does not provide information about what the ghost does with the bottle of oil. Therefore, the answer is unknown based on the given text.