Pre-intermediate Level

Listening Worksheet

The Invisible Man

H. G. Wells

The story step by step

1 Listen to Chapter 1 (from ‘The stranger arrived early in February ...’ to ‘... that was the most important
thing.’). Which of these do you not hear? Circle the answer. Check your answers on pp.8–13 of the
book or in the answer key.
1 Furniture
armchair chair curtains sofa table
2 Parts of the body
ears eyes face head leg
3 Weather
cold snow rain wet wind
4 Clothes
boots coat dress gloves jacket
5 Colours
black blue brown pink red
6 Family members
daughter husband son sister wife

2 Listen to Chapter 2 (from ‘As soon as the bottles were in the lounge ...’ to ‘… and started to work.’).
List all the different types of bottles you hear. Check your answers on pp.14–15 of the book or in the
answer key.

small, fat, red bottles; ______________________ ___________________________ _________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________________

3 Listen to Chapter 2 again (from ‘The stranger arrived in early February ...’ to ‘… to visit him.’).
Complete the sentences with the people/groups of people that have these opinions about the Invisible
Man. Check your answers on pp.15–16 of the book or in the answer key.

adults children Dr Cuss Mr Hall Mrs Hall others people x3

1 Mr Hall did not like him, but he just stayed away.
2 He frightened all the ____________________ that he met, and some ____________________, too,
especially in the dark.
3 The ____________________ in the village did not agree about the stranger.

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4 ____________________ seemed to like him. Or perhaps she just liked his money.
5 Some ____________________ thought he was on the run from the police.
6 ____________________ just thought that the man was mad.
7 ____________________ moved away when he walked through the village.
8 ____________________ really wanted to find out more about the stranger.

4 Listen to Chapter 3 (from ‘It was early one Monday morning ...’ to ‘… they were alone in the house.’).
List the things that Mr and Mrs Bunting see and hear. Check your answers on pp.17–19 of the book or
in the answer key.

Things they hear: the bedroom door open and close,____________ _________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ _________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ _________________________________

Things they see: a lamp burning, _______________________________________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ _________________________________

____________________________________ _________________________ _________________________________

5 Listen to Chapter 3 again (from ‘At about the same time on Monday morning …’ to ‘A few minutes
later they heard the door open again.’). Complete the missing words you hear. Check your answers on
pp.19–20 of the book or in the answer key.

The door of the stranger’s bedroom was __________________, and Mr Hall went __________________
and saw that the __________________ door was not __________________. He went back up to the
__________________ and looked inside. It was __________________. He called his __________________.
As she came_________ of their room, somebody __________________. They went into the bedroom.

She put her __________________ in the bed. ‘It’s __________________,’ she said. ‘And look! His
__________________ are still there, on that __________________. There’s his __________________!’

Suddenly the __________________ on the bed started to __________________. Something took

__________________ of them in the __________________, picked them up and threw them over the
__________________ of the __________________. Then, suddenly, the stranger’s __________________
flew up, around in a __________________, and into Mrs Hall’s _________. Then a chair jumped
__________________, laughed (with a __________________ very like the stranger’s), and started to
__________________ her. She ran out of the __________________, and her __________________ followed
her. The door closed __________________ and they heard the __________________ turn.

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6 Listen to Chapter 4 (from ‘Mr Thomas Marvel was not a man of fashion.’ to ‘After a very exciting
morning ...’). Write the direct speech you hear under the reported speech below. Check your answers
on pp.22–23 of the book or in the answer key.
01 A voice said that they weren’t very beautiful boots, were they.
‘They’re not very beautiful boots, are they?’
02 Mr Marvel said he’d had better boots and he’d had worse.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
03 The voice said they were terrible people around there.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
04 Mr Marvel asked the voice where it was.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
05 The voice told him not to be frightened.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
06 The voice told Mr Marvel he wasn’t mad and that the voice wasn’t a dream.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
07 The voice said it was simple, he was an Invisible Man.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
08 Mr Marvel asked the Invisible Man if he had been eating bread and cheese.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
09 The Invisible Man told him that you could sometimes see food for an hour or two after he ate.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
10 Mr Marvel said he’d help him.
__________________________________________________________________________________________

7 Listen to Chapter 5 (from ‘Later that same evening ...’ to ‘The two men walked on into the night.’).
Put the dialogue in the order in which you hear it. Check your answers on p.25 of the book or in the
answer key.
a You’ll have to help me. I’ve got no choice. You’ve got no choice. __
b If you try to run away again, I’ll kill you. 1
c I can’t help you anymore. I’m an old man. I’m ill. I can’t walk far. __
d I didn’t try to run away. I was lost. __
e And now. What am I to do now? They all know about me. It will be in the
newspapers tomorrow. __

8 Listen to Chapter 5 again (from ‘It’s a nice day.’ to ‘It’s a lie.’). Write Mr Marvel’s responses to the old
man. Check your answers on pp.25–26 of the book or in the answer key.
It’s a nice day.
Yes, it is.

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You’ve got some books, I see. Wonderful things, books. You can read some very strange things
in books.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
And in newspapers. You can read some wonderful things in newspapers, too. There’s a strange story
in this newspaper about an Invisible Man.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
No, near here. In Iping. A lot of people have seen him. He hit a policeman and nearly killed him.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
No, it doesn’t.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Not true! Of course it’s true. It’s in the newspaper. It must be true.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
But what about the Invisible Man? What do you know about him?
__________________________________________________________________________________________

9 Listen to Chapter 6 (from ‘One evening ...’ to ‘The window broke with a loud noise.’). Write the verbs
you hear in the correct form: past simple or past continuous. Check your answers on p.27 of the book
or in the answer key.
01 One evening, Dr Kemp was working (work) at home in his study.
02 He ________________ (can) see a long way from them.
03 Dr Kemp ________________ (look) carefully into a microscope.
04 He ________________ (write) a book about his research.
05 His research ________________ (go) to be famous all over the world.
06 He ________________ (stop) writing for a moment, and ________________ (look) out of the window.
07 He ________________ (turn) back to his work.
08 People in the street ________________ (can) see the man more easily.
09 He ________________ (run) as fast as possible.
10 A dog suddenly ________________ (turn) and ________________ (run) away from the road.
11 Something ________________ (run) down the hill.
12 A taxi driver, a large American with a black beard, and a policeman ________________ (be) inside.
13 He ________________ (stand) up and ________________ (look) out of the window.
14 The door ________________ (fly) open and Mr Marvel ________________ (run) in.
15 The policeman ________________ (stand) up and ________________ (lock) the doors.

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10 Listen to Chapter 7 (from ‘Dr Kemp was still writing ...’ to ‘Some shoes, too ...’). Match the beginnings
(1–10) with the endings (a–j). Check your answers on pp.30–32 of the book or in the answer key.

1 Dr Kemp was still writing in his study a and looked out.

2 It was dark now b and opened it.
3 He went to the south window c and took out some trousers and a shirt.
4 About an hour later, d because my hair is white.
5 He waited for her to come upstairs, e but there were lights in the street.
6 He went to the door of his study f but she did not.
7 He continued up the stairs g he heard the doorbell.
8 Then, coming towards him across the room, h he saw a bandage.
9 It’s easier for me than for some people i to his bedroom.
10 Dr Kemp went to a cupboard j when he heard the gun.

11 Listen to Chapter 8 (from ‘Are you all right?’ to ‘But when you put glass in water it is invisible.’). You
will hear the words in the box below. Group the words according to the pronunciation of the letter ‘a’.
Check your answers in the answer key.

asked man arm about and are breakfast hands Marvel started again

back understand that glass

/æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/

man asked about

12 Listen to Chapter 9 (from ‘So that is how my new, invisible, life began ...’ to ‘Then I could be ready for
my adventure.’). Circle the things the Invisible Man makes use of from the department store. Check
your answers on pp.42–43 of the book or in the answer key.

sofas / trousers shirt / skirt blanket / jacket coat / coal hat / hood cold food / cooked food
coffee / toffee chocolate / cutlet plastic hose / plastic nose bed / bread

13 Listen to Chapter 9 again (from ‘Do you understand now, Kemp, the problems that I had?’ to ‘He
decided to change the subject.’). Decide if these sentences are true (T) or false (F). Check your answers
on pp.44–46 of the book or in the answer key.
01 He had no clothes, and it was the middle of winter. T
02 He couldn’t eat because the food he ate was visible for about an hour. __
03 When he walked in snow or rain people couldn’t see him. __
04 It was easy to see him when he got dirty. __
05 He was able to enter the shop silently. __

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06 The shopkeeper was angry when he saw nobody in the shop. __

07 The Invisible Man was hungry and wanted to eat. __
08 The man couldn’t hear the Invisible Man in his house as he was old. __
09 The Invisible Man knocked the old man over the head. __
10 The Invisible Man was sorry for what he did. __

14 Listen to Chapter 10 (from ‘And now,’ asked Dr Kemp ...’ to ‘Yes, I understand …’). Underline the
sounds and words you hear stressed in these sentences. Check your answers in the answer key.
01 What are we going to do?
02 Why did you come to Port Burdock?
03 I wanted to find a ship and get out of the country.
04 I planned to get to France, and then get on a train south.
05 I wanted to find somewhere with better weather, where I didn’t need clothes.
06 Marvel’s got them, or he’s hidden them somewhere.
07 So you need to get your diaries first.
08 Do you know where he is?
09 Yes, I do. He’s in the town police station.
10 He asked them to lock him up.
11 It makes things a little difficult.
12 Without them, I will be invisible forever.

15 Listen to Chapter 10 again (from ‘You have told the police!’ to ‘What do we do now?’). Put the events
in the order in which they happen. Check your answers on pp.50–51 of the book or in the answer key.
a An invisible hand came through the door and caught Dr Kemp’s neck. __
b Dr Kemp and the Invisible Man pushed and pulled at the door. __
c Dr Kemp came down the stairs with blood on his face, holding some clothes. 10
d Dr Kemp closed the door quickly, but the key fell out on to the floor. __
e Dr Kemp fell back onto the floor and a shirt flew down on top of him. __
f Dr Kemp opened the door and jumped outside. __
g Something hit and kicked Colonel Adye and he was thrown down the stairs. __
h The front door opened and closed. __
i The Invisible Man started to take off his clothes. 1
j Two policemen downstairs shouted. __

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16 Listen to Chapter 11 (from ‘Posters went up on walls …’ to ‘… to get home safely.’). Write the
preparations for the capture of the Invisible Man. Check your answers on p.53 of the book or in the
answer key.

Posters went up on walls ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________ to get home safely.

17 Listen to Chapter 12 (from ‘Dr Kemp was still in his house.’ to ‘Mr Heelas, Dr Kemp’s neighbour, was
asleep in his garden …’). Choose the correct answers. Check your answers on pp.58–60 of the book or
in the answer key.
1 What could Dr Kemp see?
a) a fire b) a gun c) a man
2 Where were Colonel Adye’s hands?
a) behind his back b) in the air c) on his head
3 Who was shot?
a) Colonel Adye b) Dr Kemp c) The Invisible Man
4 What could Dr Kemp hear?
a) an old man snoring b) more gunfire c) someone knocking at the door
5 In which room did Dr Kemp pick up the poker?
a) the bedroom b) the kitchen c) the study
6 The Invisible Man was…
a) opening and closing b) shooting through c) shouting and laughing.
the door. the window.
7 Where did the two policemen and the servant come from?
a) the back garden b) the front garden c) the side garden
8 The Invisible Man said ‘Stand back, you two, I want …’
a) blood! b) Kemp! c) revenge!
9 The policeman hit the Invisible Man’s … with his poker.
a) arm b) hand c) head
10 When they went into the dining room, the two policemen discovered Dr Kemp and the servant …
a) were dead. b) had gone. c) were hiding.

18 Listen to Chapter 13 (from ‘That is the end of the story of Griffin’s experiment.’ to ‘And nobody else
will know where they are, until he dies.’). Answer the questions. Check your answers on pp.64–65 of
the book or in the answer key.
1 Where must you go to if you want to know more about the story?
To a little pub in Port Stowe called The Invisible Man.

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2 What must you do to get the man to tell you his story?
________________________________________________________________________________
3 Where did he work before?
________________________________________________________________________________
4 Who does he live with?
________________________________________________________________________________
5 What do the people of Port Stowe think of him?
________________________________________________________________________________
6 What does he do on Sunday mornings and after ten o’clock in the evening?
________________________________________________________________________________
7 Does he understand all the information in the books?
________________________________________________________________________________
8 Who is still looking for him and the diaries?
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The Invisible Man

H.G. Wells

1 1 sofa, 2 leg, 3 rain, 4 dress, 5 blue, 6 daughter

2 small, fat, red bottles

small, thin bottles
blue bottles with poison written on them
large, green bottles
large, white bottles
small, yellow bottles
heavy, brown bottles

3 1 Mr Hall did not like him, but he just stayed away.

2 He frightened all the children that he met, and some adults, too, especially in the dark.
3 The people in the village did not agree about the stranger.
4 Mrs Hall seemed to like him. Or perhaps she just liked his money.
5 Some people thought he was on the run from the police.
6 Others just thought that the man was mad.
7 People moved away when he walked through the village.
8 Dr Cuss really wanted to find out more about the stranger.

4 Things they hear: the bedroom door open and close, the sound of feet walking out of the room and
going down the stairs, somebody downstairs trying to open the desk in the study, a loud sneeze, the
sound of money, a loud noise in the study, a sudden sneeze just outside the door.
Things they see: a lamp burning, the desk with its doors wide open; the desk doors flew open, a match
lit, a sudden yellow light, the kitchen door opened and closed, the door into the garden opened and
closed.

5 The door of the stranger’s bedroom was open, and Mr Hall went downstairs and saw that the front
door was not locked. He went back up to the bedroom and looked inside. It was empty. He called his
wife. As she came out of their room, somebody sneezed. They went into the bedroom.
She put her hand in the bed. ‘It’s cold,’ she said. ‘And look! His clothes are still there, on that chair.
There’s his hat!’
Suddenly the blankets on the bed started to move. Something took hold of them in the centre, picked
them up and threw them over the end of the bed. Then, suddenly, the stranger’s hat flew up, around
in a circle, and into Mrs Hall’s face. Then a chair jumped up, laughed (with a laugh very like the
stranger’s), and started to chase her. She ran out of the room, and her husband followed her. The door
closed loudly and they heard the key turn.

6 1 ‘They’re not very beautiful boots, are they?’

2 ‘I’ve had better boots, and I’ve had worse.’

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3 ‘They’re terrible people around here.’

4 ‘Where are you?’
5 ‘Don’t be frightened.’
6 ‘You’re not mad, and I’m not a dream.’
7 ‘It’s simple. I’m an Invisible Man.’
8 ‘Have you been eating bread and cheese?’
9 ‘You can sometimes see food for an hour or two after I eat.’
10 ‘All right, I’ll help you.’

7 1 b, 2 d, 3 e, 4 c, 5 a

8 It’s a nice day.

Yes, it is.
You’ve got some books, I see. Wonderful things, books. You can read some very strange things in
books.
Yes.
And in newspapers. You can read some wonderful things in newspapers, too. There’s a strange story in
this newspaper about an Invisible Man.
Is there? Where is he? Is he somewhere in America or Australia?
No, near here. In Iping. A lot of people have seen him. He hit a policeman and nearly killed him.
Does it say if he had any friends?
No, it doesn’t.
I’ve just been in Iping. I can tell you that it’s not true.
Not true! Of course it’s true. It’s in the newspaper. It must be true.
I know more about this Invisible Man than the newspaper.
Do you?
Yes, you see – I must go …
But what about the Invisible Man? What do you know about him?

9 1 One evening, Dr Kemp was working at home in his study.

2 He could see a long way from them.
3 Dr Kemp was looking carefully into a microscope.
4 He was writing a book about his research.
5 His research was going to be famous all over the world.
6 He stopped writing for a moment, and looked out of the window.
7 He turned back to his work.
8 People in the street could see the man more easily.
9 He was running as fast as possible.
10 A dog suddenly turned and ran away from the road.

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11 Something was running down the hill.

12 A taxi driver, a large American with a black beard, and a policeman were inside.
13 He stood up and looked out of the window.
14 The door flew open and Mr Marvel ran in.
15 The policeman stood up and locked the doors.

10 1 j, 2 e, 3 a, 4 g, 5 f, 6 b, 7 i, 8 h, 9 d, 10 c

11
/æ/ /ɑː/ /ə/
man asked about
hands arm and
back Marvel are
understand started breakfast
that glass again

12 sofas / trousers
shirt / skirt
blanket / jacket
coat / coal
hat / hood
cold food / cooked food
coffee / toffee
chocolate / cutlet
plastic hose / plastic nose
bed / bread

13 1 T, 2 T, 3 F, 4 T, 5 F, 6 T, 7 T, 8 F, 9 T, 10 F

14 1 What are we going to do?

2 Why did you come to Port Burdock?
3 I wanted to find a ship and get out of the country.
4 I planned to get to France, and then get on a train south.
5 I wanted to find somewhere with better weather, where I didn’t need clothes.
6 Marvel’s got them, or he’s hidden them somewhere.
7 So you need to get your diaries first.
8 Do you know where he is?
9 Yes, I do. He’s in the town police station.
10 He asked them to lock him up.

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11 It makes things a little difficult.

12 Without them, I will be invisible forever.

15 1 i, 2 f, 3 d, 4 b, 5 a, 6 e, 7 g, 8 j, 9 h, 10 c

16 Posters went up on walls all around the town. Trains were running, but their doors were locked.
And in a circle of twenty miles around Port Burdock groups of men were getting ready with guns and
heavy sticks. They closed the roads and were ready to walk through every inch of countryside.
Police on horses visited every house. Stay inside your houses, they told everyone, and lock your doors.
They closed the schools and helped the children to get home safely.

17 1 b, 2 a, 3 a, 4 c, 5 a, 6 c, 7 a, 8 b, 9 a, 10 b

18 1 To a little pub in Port Stowe called The Invisible Man.

2 Buy something to eat or drink.
3 In the theatre.
4 Nobody; he is not married and he lives alone.
5 That he is very intelligent.
6 He studies three old books.
7 No, he doesn’t, but he hopes to one day.
8 Dr Kemp and Colonel Adye.

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