The Faithful

Faithful
GhostGhost and Other Tall Tales
BEFORE READING
1
2

GUESS WHAT

a2 b8 c5 d3 e6 f4 g1 h7
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a The Haunted Dolls House
b Meeting Mrs Dumoise
c Man-Size in Marble
d The Ghostly Bridegroom
e The Faithful Ghost

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READING CHECK
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b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l

Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a 1, 2
b 2, 3
c 1, 3
d 2, 3

Activities pages 2021

READING CHECK
a2

Dont know
T
F (He was a robber.)
T
Dont know
T
F (He didnt want to frighten the people in the house.)
T
T
F (No one knew where Emilys grave was.)
T

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2

b3
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

c2 d1 e3 f2
faithful
landlord
rent
drawing room
depressing
memories
believe

g2

b
c
d
e
f
g
h

He died last week and his funeral is today.

More than 200 servants work in the palace.
Ive got a fever today. Yuk!
Excuse me, I want to send a telegram to Australia.
I have to write an essay about Myanmar life and government.
Were not going to Vietnam because of the flu epidemic there.
Please send a reference if you are interested in the job.

DOMINOES
Three

Dominoes
Three

b
c
d
b
c
d
e
f

relations
ancestors
cathedral
celebrate
attack
skill
engaged
approval

b3

c7

d1 e6 f5 g2

WORD WORK
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G A T E
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S O N I N
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READING CHECK

WORD WORK

k 10

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READING CHECK

Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c, e
a, f
b, d

Dumoise was a doctor in a modern hospital in the north of India.

He married Mrs Dumoise one beautiful summer day and they
were both very happy. Although Dumoise was a very good doctor,
his wife got ill and died from a bad disease. After her death
Dumoise went on holiday for a month in the Indian hills to forget
his grief. He took his camera, his gun and his wifes favourite
servant with him, a lazy man with six children called Ram Dass.
One windy evening, on their way home from the hills, Ram Dass
saw Mrs Dumoises ghost. She was wearing a blue dress and she
looked very sad. She gave him a message for her husband; to
meet her on the first Monday of the next month in a place called
Nuddea. Nuddea was a large town in the south of India, a long
way from Dumoises home. When they returned home, Dumoise
told another doctor about his wifes ghost. While they were
speaking in the garden he got a message from the government
about a new job in the south of India. It was in Nuddea. Mr
Dumoise travelled to Nuddea with some other servants but
without Ram Dass. Eleven days later he died there of a bad
disease.

i 6 j 11

Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a and b

GUESS WHAT
1
2
3

d3 e9 f8 g5 h7

GUESS WHAT

WORD WORK
1
2

b1 c4

WORD WORK

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GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a3 b2 c1 d1

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READING CHECK
1
2

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b4 c5 d2 e3 f6
b Late one night the bride sees her ghostly bridegroom in the
garden.
c Six days later the bride disappears from her room.
d One of her aunts tells everyone that the goblin has taken her
away.
e Later that morning the bride returns to the castle with her
new husband.

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Key Key
Activity

DOMINOES Three
Dominoes
Three

The Faithful
Faithful
GhostGhost and Other Tall Tales
f
g

The ghostly bridegroom who came to visit her was really

Herman von Starkenfaust.
In the end, the Baron is happy about his daughters marriage.

WORD WORK
1

b
c
d
e
b
c
d
e

cheerful
niece
terrified
shock
It was a shock for everyone to hear about the Counts funeral.
The aunts looked after their niece after her mother died.
You dont look very cheerful! Has something bad happened?
Im terrified of snakes I faint when I see one.

j
k

WORD WORK
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j

GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a buys
b come to life
c an old man dying

d
e
f
g
h

Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
Laura: writer, poor, hates cooking and cleaning, nervous, believes
in ghosts, musical
Jack: painter, poor, loves listening to old stories, doesnt believe
in ghosts, musical, kind

T
F (He is woken by the noise of a clock, but there is no church
clock near his house.)
T
F (He doesnt look frightened. He looks unpleasant and
angry.)
T
T
F (He talks to the gentleman and lady in blue.)

Activities pages 6061

READING CHECK
b1

Wednesday 16th October

I woke when I heard a clock strike one oclock. Strangely the
dolls house looked like a real house, and I could see light in two
of its rooms. A lady and gentleman in blue were in the diningroom. They were drinking wine by the light of a candle. The man
pointed at the window with his hand, then stood up and left the
room. In a room upstairs I watched a nurse mix some spices into
a drink for an old man. He was sitting up in bed in a nightgown.
There was a drawer in the small table next to the old mans bed.
Perhaps there were some important papers in it?
b coach
c four-poster
d terrace
e curtains
f butler
g dining room
h stable
i platform

b
c
d
e
f
g
h

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READING CHECK

d
e
f
g
h
i

The children are terrified of their father pretending to be a

ghost.
Something frightening goes to the childrens room and kills
them.
After he speaks to his doctor Mr Dillet goes away to the coast
because he is nervous.
He meets Mr Chittenden and his wife there.
They all think that the lady and gentleman killed the grandad.
The man who made the dolls house also made a model
church, now in the town museum.
Mr Dillet visits the village where the Merewether family lived.
He sees the gravestones of the whole family in Coxham.

DOMINOES
Three

Dominoes
Three

honeymoon
sign
paint
tale
man-size
imagine
perfect

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A D V E R T
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C H U R
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Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a and d

d2 e3

GUESS WHAT

c1

WORD WORK

WORD WORK
1

retirement home
coffin
poison
model
church records
upset
cloth
lawyer
will

GUESS WHAT

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READING CHECK
b
c

Elizabeth Merewether, died soon after her father, Roger

Milford, and her children, Roger and Elizabeth.
When Mr Dillet leaves he recognizes the sound of the church
bells.

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b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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j

P A T H
I S E M E N T
P
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C H Y A R D
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I N G
L
E

marble
tomb
lightning
Halloween
cottage
advertisement
cross
pipe
path

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Activity

DOMINOES Three
Dominoes
Three

The Faithful
Faithful
GhostGhost and Other Tall Tales
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a No b Yes c No d Yes e Yes
4
5

Activities pages 6869

READING CHECK
1

Jack and Laura spend the day together happily, working in the
house and having a walk (e) in the evening. When they get back
to the cottage Laura is nervous and has a feeling that something
bad is going to happen. They play some music together and
then Jack goes outside (i) to smoke. It is a beautiful night and
he decides to walk to the church. On the way there he hears
the noise of people walking in the wood and on the path (c) but
he doesnt see anyone. When he reaches the church, he sees
the door open and remembers Mrs Dormans story (a) about
the marble knights. He walks in and is terrified to see that the
knights arent on their tombs. He runs wildly (b) across the fields
to the cottage, but a black figure jumps out in front of him. It is
Dr Kelly. Jack tells him what he has seen, but when they return to
the church together, the knights are there (f) on their tombs. Dr
Kelly notices that one of them has a missing finger. The two men
walk back to the cottage together (g) talking of explanations for
ghosts. When they reach the cottage, the door is open, (h) there
are many candles burning, and Laura is lying across a table
(d) by the window. She is dead, and in her hand shes holding a
grey marble finger.

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WORD WORK
b
c
d
e
f
g

That man is an
criminal. evil
He started running when he heard
behind him. footsteps
Imagine my
when I saw the ghost! horror
Theres a lot of
over the mountains this morning. mist
Im
because its so cold! Lets go and have a hot drink.
shivering
Can you show me a card
? trick

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The Faithful Ghost

b
Meeting Mrs Dumoise
e
The Ghostly Bridegroom
a
The Haunted Dolls House
d
Man-Size in Marble
c
a The mysterious bridegroom listened to this story with great
interest. Just before the baron finished, the handsome young
man began to stand up.
b He passed through me suddenly and, giving a terrible long
low moan of great sadness, he disappeared quickly out of the
narrow window by the back stairs.
c We sat down quietly together without speaking, and stared
thoughtfully for a time at the fine thick stone walls around us.
We walked slowly over to look at the sleeping knights.
d The poor old man looked terrible. His face was dark red,
almost black, his large round eyes were staring in fear, both
hands pulled repeatedly at his chest, and his thin lips were
white.
e The sun had gone down behind the dark mountains, and it
was very windy. Dumoise stood silently in front of the old
house, waiting for the useless man to come back.
I walked slowly and thoughtfully out of the front door, leaving
it unlocked. What a wild night it was! The purple sky was full
of dark clouds hurrying by, and a thin silver mist covered the
stars. The full moon swam high up, sometimes disappearing for
a few seconds behind the fast-moving cloud river and sometimes
shining down on the leafless trees which waved slowly and
noiselessly below. There was a strange grey light that night
which shone over all the earth.

DOMINOES
Three

Dominoes
Three

I walked calmly up and down. Everything was perfectly silent. The

wind was so high in the sky that even the dead autumn leaves on
the garden path were still. Across the empty fields I could see the
silent church tower standing black against the sky. I heard the
church bell striking heavily. It was eleven oclock already.
Open answers.
Open answers.

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5

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Heceta house is near a working lighthouse in Oregon, the

United States. It is a hotel.
b The Grey Lady and Rue.
c She was a past lighthouse keepers wife and the mother of a
young child whose grave is near the lighthouse.
d She moves things, opens and closes drawers and cupboard
doors, cleans floors, walks around in the attic, moans from
behind a curtain in the dining room and looks out of an attic
window.
e Shes old with grey hair and she wears a long, dark dress.
f Shes very popular with local people and hotel guests, but a
workman was terrified of her.
b It is said that the headless ghost of a boy walks around the
castle at night.
c It is thought that he is the ghost of Sean Flynn, a 15-year-old
drummer boy.
d The tunnels under the castle are haunted by the ghosts of
World War II soldiers.
e Many visitors report hearing the noise of running boots in
these tunnels.
f It is said that the Kings bedroom is haunted by the lower half
of a man.
g It is thought that the ghost of a Roman soldier haunts the
castle gardens.
h Many people report seeing a mysterious woman in red on
one staircase.
i The noise of a door opening and closing is often heard in a
place where there isnt a door any more.
It is thought that this cemetery dates back to the time of the first
Dutch settlers on Staten Island. The famous Vanderbilt Tomb
stands in one corner of the cemetery and it is believed that it
is haunted. Many people report seeing ghosts near the tomb.
Crying and moaning noises have also been heard coming from
inside. It is said that many photos taken in front of the tomb have
an unknown person in the picture. One woman reports taking a
photo of her family in front of the tomb, but when she got home
there was no one in the picture.
Open answers.
Open answers.

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DOMINOES Three
Dominoes
Three