THE GHOST OF DODSON HALL

1. Translate the following words:

BOMB (verb)
CHILD, CHILDREN
COUNTRY
HERE, THERE
NEAR, FAR
LOOK AFTER
BETTER
WORSE
PUT
BAG
BEDROOM
WALK
AROUND
QUIET
EVERYTHING
NOTHING
SOMETHING
SAD
HAPPY
KITCHEN
GARDEN
BATHROOM
LOOK AT
INSIDE
OUTSIDE
HAVE DINNER
DEAR
MAYBE
STAY
IT'S TIME
SLEEP
CANDLE
SLOWLY
UNDER
DISAPPEAR
GHOST

2. Answer the following questions:
a. When are the Germans bombing the big cities?

b. Where does Sally Brown go?

c. Who is she living with?

d. What does she hear when she arrives in Dodson Hall?

e. What does the strange girl say to her?

BORLEY - A HAUNTED VILLAGE

1. Vocabulary (1 point):
village
church
ghost
newspaper
shouts
frightened
inside
ground
believe
nun
noise
door
no one
footsteps
burn
fire
flame
coat
something else

2. Correct the following sentences (2 points):
a. Reverend Harry Bull lived in the rectory with his wife and sons.

b. One of the daughters saw a ghost.

c. According to the daughters, the ghost was black and white.

d. The nuns killed the nun's lover.

e. Reverend Smith's book appeared on the living-room table.

f. Reverend Smith heard children weeping.

g. Mrs Foyster's bed moved slowly one night.

h. In 1939, an earthquake destroyed the rectory.


3. Answer the following questions (2 points):
a. What did Reverend Bull's daughters see?

b. What was the rectory in the past?

c. What happened in 1939?

d. What did the Foysters see on one of the walls?


4. Identify the following characters. Write a full sentence about them (2 points):
a. Guy Smith:
b. Mr. Price:
c. Mrs. Foyster:
d. The Bulls:

5. Complete the following paragraph. Change the tense of the verbs (2 point):

HEAR - WINDOWS - SEE - DAUGHTERS - WRITE - HAUNTED - LEAVE - START - NUN

Borley is a _________village. In 1900, Reverend Bull's _________ saw a ghost and they finally ____________ the house. It seemed the ghost was a _____ who was killed because she fell in love with a man. Later on, in 1928, Reverend Smith _________ strange noises, and someone ________ on the wall. It was very _________! Finally, in 1939, a fire ________ and people _________ the faces of people at the _________.

Watch the following video and write 15 words that you hear. What is it about?
(1 point):

THE GHOSTS OF GLAMIS CASTLE

PART 1
1. Answer the following questions with FULL ANSWERS (2 points):
a. Where is Glamis Castle?
b. How many rooms does Glamis Castle have?
c. Why did the Ogilveys go to Glamis castle?
e. Why did Lord Strathmore faint after unlocking the door?

2. Correct these sentences (1 point):
a. The Earl took the men to the secret room, unlocked the door and stayed with them.
b. When Lord Strathmore unlocked the door, he found the Ogilveys alive.
d. Visitor normally hear people screaming "Help! Help!".
e. The Earl was a good man.

PART 2
3. Vocabulary. Translate and WRITE a meaningful sentence with (2 points):
a. birth
b. look like
c. storm
d. nurse
e. roof

4. Complete the following text with SIMPLE PAST TENSE and then translate it into Spanish (2 points):

BE HIDE THINK GIVE SEE GO TALK

George Lyon's son ________ deformed so his parents ____________ him in one of the secret rooms with a nurse. One day after a storm, a workman ______________ the baby and he ___________ it was monster! Then, the Earl __________ to the workman and asked him to go to Australia with his family. For that reason, he ____________ him a bag of money and he __________ away.

Part 3
5. Who says what? Identify the characters and translate the sentences (1 point):
a. "She is a witch".
b. "I am not a witch."
c. "Take her to prison!"

6. Vocabulary. Translate these words and write a meaningful sentence (2 points):
a. Burned her at a stake.
b. poison
c. glow
d. return

7. Watch the video. What story does he talk about? What words can you hear? Identify from 10 to 20 (0,25 extra!).
a. The Ogilveys.
b. George Lyon's son.
c. Lady Janet.

THE GHOST IN THE TOWER OF LONDON (TASK)

1. Identify these characters. Who are they? (2 points)
- Albert Brown
- Len
- Edward V
- Henry VIII
- Anne Boleyn

2. Correct the false sentences. (2 points)
- The story happens in September.
- Len is the head of security.
- The guards see monsters in the castle.
- The ghosts appear when you get near them.
- Edward V wanted to be King of England. For that reason, he killed his nephew.
- A servant killed the two young boys.
- The servants found the bodies in the Tower of London very soon.
- The bodies appear in one room of the castle.
- Ghosts like the light.
- The Tower of London is also called The Tower of Life.

3. Vocabulary. Translate and write a meaningful sentence with (2 points):
- Ghost
- Wicked
- Laugh
- Gate
- Suddenly

4. Answer these questions with your own words (2 points):
- How many wives did Henry VIII have?
- Why didn't Henry VIII divorce Anne Boleyn?
- How can you recognize the ghost of Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London?
- Why doesn't Len want to work in the Tower of London?

5. Choose one of the characters in #1 and write a paragraph about him / her (2 points).

THE TOWER OF LONDON

1. Watch the video and answer the questions:




2. Now find the meaning of these words:

quiet
gate
night guard
shout
staircase
disappear
ghost
safe
servant
dark

3. Guess. Who's Richard III? Make your comments.

FAMOUS BOOKS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE

The Scarlet Letter

Moby Dick

Frankenstein

Romeo and Juliet

Dracula

Oliver Twist

The Grapes of Wrath





The Adventures of Tom Sawyer




The Black Cat

1. Une las obras con sus autores correspondientes.

Charles Dickens
Edgar Allan Poe
John Steinbeck
William Shakespeare
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mary Shelley
Herman Melville
Mark Twain
Bram Stoker

DRACULA

BRAM STOKER
1. Who was Bram Stoker?
a. He was a vampire.
b. He was a writer.
c. He was an evil man.

2. Where was Bram Stoker from?
a. He was from England.
b. He was from Scotland.
c. He was from Ireland.

3. What's the most famous novel that Bram Stoker wrote?


VAMPIRES
4. There is only one way to kill a vampire...what is it?

5. How do vampires sleep?

6. Name several things you can do to keep vampires away:

DRACULA

6. Identify these characters and write one sentence about them:
a. Abraham Van Helsing
b. Jonathan Harker
c. Mina Murray
b. Lucy Westenra


7. Where was Count Dracula from?
a. He was from Pennsylvania.
b. He was from London.
c. He was from Transylvania.

8. Count Dracula was in love. Who was he firstly in love with?
a. He was in love with Elizabeth Bathory.
b. He was in love with Lucy Westenra.
c. He was in love with Mina Murray.






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9. Now finish the second story: "An Evil Spirit". What happens at the end?

AN EVIL SPIRIT

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1. TRANSLATE THESE WORDS (1 point):

Ship
I'm depressed
Go home
Squeeze
Flag
Remember
Holiday
Hill
Maybe
Monk

2. MATCH THE VERBS AND THE PREPOSITIONS (1 point):

Look for
Wait to
Listen at
Talk of
Think to

3. TRANSLATE THE VERBS AND THE PREPOSITIONS ABOVE (1 point):

4. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (5 points):

a. What can Pierre see, and hear, when he sits in the garden?
b. What happened at 11 o'clock?
c. Why did Pierre go to the doctor?
d. Every night, Pierre had the same bad dream. What happens in his dream?
e. How many people are there in the room when Pierre wakes up?

5. THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ARE FALSE. CORRECT THE MISTAKES (2 points):

a. The doctor told Pierre he was sick.
b. Pierre met a monk. He was very unkind.