Dracula

WORKSHEET 2: CHAPTERS 6-10

A. Match the words from the box to their opposites below.

agree safe empty harm careless

darkness allow loudly nobody ordinary

1. unusual ........................... 6. careful ...........................

2. forbid ........................... 7. light ...........................
3. help ........................... 8. full ...........................
4. softly ........................... 9. in danger ...........................
5. everyone ........................... 10. disagree ...........................

B. Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1. They ........................... (bury) Lucy in a tomb.
2. The wind ........................... (blow) the ship to the shore.
3. Dracula ........................... (grab) a handful of money from the floor.
4. Mina ........................... (shiver) as she told the story.
5. When the mist ........................... (clear), the stranger wasn’t there anymore.
6. The Count ........................... (sail) from England on the Czarina Catherine.
7. As Dracula died, the sun ........................... (sink) below the horizon.

C. Write True or False next to each sentence.

1. Dracula can control the weather. ...........................
2. The evil Count can use his powers in the daylight. ...........................
3. Vampires cannot change into animals, fog or dust. ...........................
4. Vampires must sleep in a coffin or box with dirt in it. ...........................
5. Dracula is stronger than 50 men. ...........................
6. You cannot see a vampire in a mirror. ...........................
7. Dracula can control his victims’ minds. ...........................

D. There are three false sentences in exercise C above. Correct them.

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E. Fill in the blanks with on, at or in.

1. The castle is located ........ the mountains of Transylvania.
2. They could not leave Mina alone ........ night.
3. Dracula left England ........ a ship.
4. Van Helsing caught the Orient Express ........ Paris.
5. Van Helsing arrived at the castle ........ foot.
6. ........ last, Mina was safe.

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