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BEFORE READING GUESS WHAT
1 a mother Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers

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b uncle now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c cousin a Rosanna d Rachel
d uncle and aunt...parents b Rosanna e Rosanna

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e cousin c Murthwaite
2 Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: Activities pages 26-27
a John Herncastle (who stole the Moonstone from the Palace of READING CHECK
Seringapatam) and Godfrey Ablewhite (who keeps the 1 The next morning, Rosanna Spearman goes into the garden with
diamond to repay his debt). Franklin Blake does not steal the Penelope. She hears Franklin Blake tell Sergeant Cuff and
diamond, he takes it in his sleep. Betteredge that he’s not interested in her. Rosanna is deeply hurt
b Franklin (She is also engaged to Godfrey, but breaks off the by Franklin’s words and she looks miserable all morning.
engagement.) Betteredge comes to talk to Rosanna but she says that she wants
c John Herncastle, Lady Verinder, Godfrey Ablewhite to talk to Mr Franklin.
At two o’ clock in the afternoon, Rachel leaves to go and stay with
Activities pages 6-7 her aunt and uncle (Godfrey’s parents) in Frizinghall. After she
READING CHECK has left, Sergeant Cuff wants to speak to Rosanna. He and
b2 c1 d3 e2 f1 g3 Betteredge follow her to the Shivering Sand. But they are too late.
WORD WORK Rosanna has already walked onto the dangerous sand and it has
1 b army f will pulled her under. Sergeant Cuff and Betteredge can’t save her.
c abroad g revenge ‘She has killed herself,’ says Betteredge.
d ink h attacked 2 b Rosanna Spearman e Franklin
e sand i forgive c Murthwaite f Rachel Verinder
2 b priest e servant d Rosanna g Lady Verinder
c housemaid f nephew WORD WORK
d guard g niece b cheque e footprint
GUESS WHAT c cloth f fiercely
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers d carriage
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: GUESS WHAT
a Rosanna d Franklin Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
b Rachel e Lady Verinder and Betteredge now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c Lady Verinder a2 b4 c6 d5 e3 f1

Activities pages 14-15 Activities pages 32-33

READING CHECK READING CHECK
1 a4 b7 c5 d1 e9 f3 g8 h6 i2 b Lady Verinder...Rachel
2 b T c Sergeant Cuff
c F (People give money to Godfrey Ablewhite for his charity d Mr Luker...Godfrey Ablewhite
work because he is a good speaker.) e Mr Luker
d T f Godfrey Ablewhite
e F (At the dinner party, Franklin is angry with Dr Candy g Rachel
because Franklin thinks all medicines and the doctors who h Mr Bruff
give them are useless.) i Godfrey Ablewhite
f F (The Indian dancers leave the garden when Murthwaite j Lady Verinder
speaks to them.)
g T
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b charity g behaving
c painting h troubled
d sitting-room I behaviour
e charming j Colonel
f determined
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, c and e

Activities pages 20-21

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b2 c3 d3 e1 f2
WORD WORK
b suspects f nightgown
c examine h bursts
d investigation i clues
e chain j protests
g cottage k suspicious

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WORD WORK Activities pages 56-57
1 READING CHECK

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B b3 c1 d2 e3 f3 g2 h1
2
A E WORD WORK

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3 1
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4 A I N N O C E N C E
D X R
5 R M S R P R O V E X
R E C E I P T A
6 G C F W I T N E S S
C O A Y
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L R U M O U R
A S T M N M E M O R Y G K
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E C I N L D B F E V E R S
L C T E A R S M X D U S
10 2 b argument g witness
K N E L T c opium h innocence
I d prove I candle
e fever
M f memory
GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a1 b3 c3 d2 e3 b, c, e and g

Activities pages 38-39 Activities pages 64-65

READING CHECK READING CHECK
b8 c4 d1 e6 f5 g2 h7 a2 b8 c6 d1 e3 f7 g4 h5
WORD WORK WORD WORK
b bury g debt b pillow f wig
c income h engaged c steamboat g wharf
d unexpected i cemetery d saw h disguise
e bows j sum e cab
f recover GUESS WHAT
GUESS WHAT Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: a2 b1 c3 d2
b, d and e
Activities pages 70-71
Activities pages 46-47 READING CHECK
READING CHECK b his client’s
b Rachel refuses to see Franklin because she is angry with him. c solve his money problems
c Betteredge tells Franklin that Limping Lucy has been keeping d Franklin take the diamond
a letter for him. e lend
d Franklin follows the instructions in Rosanna’s letter and finds f back to India
his nightgown with the paint smear on it. WORD WORK
e Franklin doesn’t remember going into Rachel’s sitting-room b respectable f Hindu
and taking the Moonstone. c forehead g pilgrims
f When Betteredge and Franklin finish reading Rosanna’s letter, d villa h ceremony
Ezra Jennings comes into the room. e shrine i forge
g Mr Bruff understands Rachel’s behaviour; she thinks that WHAT NEXT?
Franklin stole her diamond. 1 Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile,
h Mr Bruff agrees to invite Rachel to his house because Evil Under the Sun
Franklin needs to speak to her. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of
WORD WORK Four, The Valley of Fear
b inherit h pointed 2 Open answers.
c limps i list
d deliver j complain
e boldly k ugly
f evidence...solve l wrinkled
g instructions
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:
agf bfi cej dhl

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Project A pages 72-73
1 a 6 e 2

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b 5 f 4
c 3 g 7
d 1

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2 a Outside a temple in Thrissur in Kerala, in southern India.
b At the end of April or the beginning of May
c People watch two lines of thirteen brightly-decorated
elephants and their riders’ colourful parasols making a
display. Late at night they watch a fantastic firework display.
3 a three days
b northern
c arrival of spring
d paint powder
e smear
f bonfires
g ash
4 Open answers.

Project B pages 74-76

1 a Hindu statue f Hope diamond
b France g car accident
c King George h twenty-five
d Henry Hope i 1947
e $180,000 j Smithsonian Institution
2 a7 b9 c2 d4 e6 f5 g1 h8 i3
3 Open answers.

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