INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Dracula by Bram Stoker

A Before Reading

1 The story of Dracula is a famous horror story.

(a) What do you know about Dracula? Have you seen any films about Dracula? Write down
anything you know.
(b) Are there any famous horror stories in your country? What are their names? Explain what
happens in one of these stories.

2 Read the Introductory Notes on pages 4 and 5. Here is a Dracula Wordsearch. Find ten words
about Dracula and vampires. (Find the answers without looking at pages 4 and 5 again.)
O W I Z U P S R Y R E P

H O L Y B R E A D O V O

S G G Z V L P Q U M E P

K G A R L I C P L A N T

T R A N S Y L V A N I A

S O R J Y E W P V I F D

T B L O O D G X A A E R

A E O Z C F R T M S T A

K I I U R D A U P S C C

E R T A O O V H I N R U

P X U F S F E H R N R L

O V L H S K S T E W I A

B While Reading

3 Some of the pictures in this story have captions. Each caption is a sentence from the story that
tells you about the picture. Some pictures do not have captions. Write captions for these pictures.
Page Caption

8 Suddenly the innkeeper ran forward and spoke to me through the coach window.

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C After Reading

4 Do you like the cover of this book? Explain why you like it or dislike it.

5 (a) Design a new cover for this book.

or (b) A new film has been made of Dracula. Design a poster to advertise the film.

6 You are a famous Transylvanian Professor. You have studied vampires for many years.
(a) Write a chapter of your new book. The title of your book is All About Vampires.
or (b) You are interviewed on television. What does the interviewer ask you? What do you answer?
Write the interview.

7 A very old book is found in Castle Dracula. Here is the cover of the book. Write three pages of
the book!

8 You work for a travel company. Write a page for a travel magazine advertising a holiday in
Transylvania. (Include drawings or photographs too.)

Have you listened to the cassette recording of Dracula?

Have you read the two Intermediate Level books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
These are The Speckled Band and Other Stories and The Sign of Four.

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www.macmillanenglish.com.
ELT GUIDED It is photocopiable,
READERS but all copies must be complete pages.
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